Resources

Check out the resources below if you’re interested in learning more about restoration, similar projects, and more!

- Fighting fire with beavers: How dam-building rodents are deployed to prevent megafires, restore scorched wildlands | Colorado Sun, Bay Stephens | April 2024
- How beavers became North America's best firefighter | National Geographic, Ben Goldfarb | September 2020
- How beavers help fight wildfires | The Weather Channel, Chris DeWeese | February 2023
- How beavers are helping restore wetlands and create buffers against wildfires | NPR, Morning Edition | July 2023
- If you build it | National Parks Magazine, Ben Goldfarb | January 2025
- River ecologists are eager to show how beavers are critical to improving watersheds in the West | Colorado Sun, Jerd Smith | May 2021
- The dam-building beaver now plays critical role in fighting wildfires | Colorado Sun, Jason Blevins | April 2024
- Apex predators not a quick fix for restoring ecosystems, 20-year study finds | Colorado State University, Jayme DeLoss | February 2024
- Grand County noxious weed resources | Grand County, CO | No date
- Elk and Moose Exclusion Fence | U.S. National Park Service | September 2010
- Fencing with wildlife in mind | Colorado Parks and Wildlife | March 2021
- Rapid riparian ecosystem decline in Rocky Mountain National Park | Conservation Biology | May 2025
- Riverscapes Restoration Design Manual | Utah State University | No date
- The benefits of healthy riverscapes for climate resilience and ecosystems in the West | Natural Resources Defense Council, American Rivers, National Wildlife Federation | June 2024