Fluvial geomorphologist committed to healthy riverscapes. Associate Professor of Riverscapes at Utah State University.
Joined August 2012
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18 Jan 2023
Researchers Partner with Ranchers, #Beavers, and @NASA, @BoiseState and @USU_WATS on rewilding
Another version of the great @JayWilde3 Birch Creek story... this time to produce the Apps through @RiverscapesC to help facilitate doing this work beyond archive.org/details/bsuid-Re…
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18 Jan 2023
Thinking about going back to graduate school and interested in #beaverrewilding and #lowtechPBR? I am seeking a graduate student here @USU_WATS on a @NASA funded project with an awesome team at BSU led by Jodi Brandt. For more info see: tinyurl.com/2p83xpvu
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7 Nov 2022
Well, kayaking of course!
2 Nov 2022
Rivers are amazing for an infinite number of reasons; one of those reasons being that they are fun! With so many different activities to choose from such as rafting, fishing, kayaking, and many more, there is always a way to enjoy the river.
What's your favorite river activity?
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25 Oct 2022
Thank you @VSkarpich, Tomáš and Jan for sharing amazing Czech #riverscapes at the focus of wonderful longterm monitoring efforts and publications. Such a treat! I was particularly partial to our lunchstop on the river at Hospuudka u Bobra . A #beaver, or #bobra Octoberfest!
10 Oct 2022
On Saturday, we showed our river research sites (Odra R. where we are monitoring LWD and Morávka R. where long story of channel development had analysed) to Hervé Piégay from @ENSdeLyon and Joe Wheaton @fluvialwheaton from @CNRUSU.
@Fyz_geografieOU @Prf_Ostravska @Ostravska_Uni
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19 Sep 2022
I am excited to be hosted @H2oLyon and the Collegium de Lyon for the year on sabbatical! Join us and @ECRRnetwork tomorrow to hear more about efforts to reverse #structuralstarvation in #riverscapes by getting #LWD back in these systems!
Webinar not to be missed on Technics for Renaturing Rivers with Large Wood from Abroad!
📆20 sept 2022, 5pm to 7pm (Paris time)
with @bfc_region @forestservice @Rijkswaterstaat #ECCR @fishmigration
Info & registration h2olyon.universite-lyon.fr/h…
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6 Sep 2022
Yep, what's the essence of our understanding? See lowtechpbr.restoration.usu.e… and lowtechpbr.restoration.usu.e… details. We're working on a manuscript as well to get a refined set of #RiverscapeHealth principles out there.
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6 Sep 2022
More great reporting highlighting work of @theOAEC and #beaver! @EmilyFairfax is such an awesome spokesperson for this stuff. Go CA Beaver! "Why this underappreciated rodent is one of California’s best chances to fight climate change" sfchronicle.com/climate/arti… via @sfchronicle
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31 Aug 2022
Nice eye candy @Matt__gibbs. And extra points to anyone who is unfamiliar with the Gregory River to explain how they know which direction the river is flowing? From a) From Top to Bottom or b) Bottom to Top? #GeekyFluvialGeomorphTrivia
31 Aug 2022
We’ve just received some 1m #LiDAR and I couldn’t resist trying out @OpenTopography's RiverREM python package on an interesting section of the Gregory River at Gregory Downs. Pretty cool result from 4 lines of code!
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31 Aug 2022
Great to see @CBSMornings highlight how #lowtechPBR to build #BDAs as soft-landing pads for beaver. Nice work @beaverbunkhouse, @RestorationUSU , @EmilyFairfax, @UtahDWR and @AnabranchS! "Beavers used to make land drought-resistant " → tinyurl.com/5ypdh392
ALT Nick Bouwes showing @CBSMornings Jonathan Vigliotti how to prep a BDA for beaver translocation.
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31 Jul 2022
Op-Ed: Want to fight climate change and drought at the same time? Bring back beavers latimes.com/opinion/story/20…
Spot on @EmilyFairfax and CJ!
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30 Jul 2022
Chalk up another tally in the win column for #CommonSenseAndBeavers. I like how @BenjiSJones uses the benefits of beavers' ecosystem engineering to cast them as heat wave heroes tinyurl.com/4bmzf9ks via @voxdotcom
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25 Jun 2022
I love that @ben_a_goldfarb is shining a spotlight on the fact that beaver dams of all ages and neglect (by beaver) can still provide huge values. So not just shiny, young new beaver dams are cool, but so are old derelict ones... Spot on.
12 Jun 2022
Beavers haven't actively maintained this pond for a decade or two, but it's still holding a few thousand gallons at the headwaters of Tenmile Creek. Love the archaeological feel of these derelict sites.
#CastorLongaVitaBrevis
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Joe Wheaton retweeted
13 Jun 2022
Reminds me of this old clip of a firefighting helicopter scooping water from beaver ponds up by Yellowstone (I think that’s where it was at least).
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20 Jun 2022
Lately I've been noticing the geomorphological signature of old beaver *lodges*, which, though not nearly as world-changing as dams, are influential in their own right. The depression on the left is definitely a lodge footprint, and the keyhole on the right looks suspicious, too.
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31 May 2022
Steve Bennett from @AnabranchS @USU_WATS deserves the credit on this cool piece of anec-data. He noticed not only this apparent beaver flushing, but also the brilliant spawning habitat the disturbance produced immediately downstream for BCT that flocked their the following spring
31 May 2022
Quick story about 🦫 brilliance, relayed by @fluvialwheaton. A few summers ago, this pond filled with scum. So beavers apparently tore a hole in their own dam, let the algae drain, then plugged the leak and refilled the pond. 🤯
As Joe put it: "They flushed the toilet!"
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30 May 2022
Nice to see @AnabranchS Samantha Bango balancing her way across this #BDA she built in response to #BootlegFire.
indiancountrytoday.com/news/…
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12 May 2022
Insightful new review: "Levees don't protect, they disconnect" Moreover, levees provide false sense of security of protecting infrastructure in floodplains while failing to allow #riverscapes to realize their potential as #NaturalInfrastructure!
doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.…
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10 May 2022
Always with empathy. I wouldn't assume that all natural processes are incompatible with land uses like ranching and farming (may be mutual benefits). Is it nostalgia or economics? Several acres of productive #NaturalInfrastructure may be worth far more than several acres of crops
9 May 2022
How do you respond to the farmer that loses several acres during this process? Agree with what you’re saying but also empathize with landowners making a living…
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7 May 2022
Thanks @restoringrivers for posing #riverscapes as one of the most important examples of #NaturalInfrastructure. Pleasure working with you on this.
26 Apr 2022
#Riverscapes as #naturalinfrastructure - meeting the challenges of climate adaptation and ecosystem restoration #riverrestoration #beavers sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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7 May 2022
I am so proud of our #lowtechPBR @RestorationUSU students and volunteers (thanks @BlueForestConsv)! Thanks @JayWilde3 for letting us work in Birch Creek! usu.edu/today/story/building…
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