Beaver Habitat Survey with Bark
Defending and Restoring Mt. Hood
Join TWC Partner, Bark, for a trek through potential beaver habitat. Beaver habitat field days are moderate to high physical activity days with plenty of stepping over logs, wading into wetland areas and pushing through shrubs. We’ll collect data from all over our site and assess our site for presence of woody building material, herbaceous foods, hydrology, beaver sign (like chew or old dams) and more! Our beaver scorecard will allow us to rank the sites suitability and add the location to our ever-expanding data set. This data will then be shared with our beaver reintroduction partners at the Forest Service, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Urban Flood Safety and Water Quality District, City of Portland, Oregon Zoo, Portland State University students and others.
For every field day, we will all meet at Gateway/NE 99th Ave. at 9 am. Make sure to meet us at the entrance to the parking garage! From there we will coordinate carpooling to our secondary location. This location will vary depending on the final survey site so keep an eye out for an update/reminder email a few days before the event. At the secondary location, I will share the coordinates for our final destination, and we will caravan together to the site. At the final site, we will do our Land Acknowledgement writing practice, share safety info, talk about the site and then head into the field for some surveying! While in the field, we will stop frequently for breaks, water, snacks and lunch. We will survey for approximately 4 hours, depending on the length of our drive, and return in time to be at the Gateway/99th Ave. Park and Ride between 5 and 6pm.
Check out our website for more info: Typical Field Day, Field Day Packing List
Questions? Email Meg@Bark-Out.org
