Washington Beaver Management Practitioners Map
A map of beaver outreach, coexistence, relocation, and restoration practitioners providing landowner/manager services across WA State.
Methow Okanogan Beaver Project
Mission: Methow Okanogan Beaver Project promotes working with beavers as partners for restoring streams, riparian habitat, and biodiversity while reactivating wetlands, increasing natural water storage, and fostering community education and involvement to improve the health and resilience of the Methow and Okanogan watersheds.
Snohomish Conservation District
Mission: Snohomish Conservation District’s mission is to work cooperatively with others to promote and encourage conservation and responsible use of natural resources.
Tulalip Beaver Project
Mission: The Tulalip Beaver Project relocates "nuisance" beavers from (sub)urban areas to hydrologically impaired tributaries in the upper Snohomish Watershed for the improvement of fish rearing habitat and fresh water storage. Staff hope to utilize these ecosystem engineers to work towards restoring and repopulating the areas where they are needed most.
Beavers Northwest
Mission: Beavers Northwest increases acceptance and understanding of beavers to support healthier and more resilient ecosystems.
Snoqualmie Valley Preservation Alliance
Mission: Our mission is to protect and enhance the lives, livelihoods, lands, and waters of the beautiful Snoqualmie River valley by working collaboratively to find balanced, long-term solutions to land use planning, agricultural viability, watershed management, ecosystem health, and flood risk mitigation.
South Sound Beaver Recovery
Mission: South Sound Beaver Recovery is dedicated to enhancing our watersheds and re-building habitat through Beaver conflict management.
Cascade Forest Conservancy
Mission: The Cascade Forest Conservancy protects and sustains the forests, streams, wildlife, and communities in the heart of the cascades through conservation, education, and advocacy.
Wishpush Working Group
Mission: The mission of the Wishpush Working Group is to support and promote sustainable populations of beavers for a host of ecological benefits, leading to healthier and more resilient watersheds for the benefit of fish, wildlife, and human communities. The effort is a collaboration of multiple organizations working in the Columbia tributaries south of Mt. Adams.
The Lands Council
Mission: The Lands Council preserves and revitalizes Inland Northwest forests, water, and wildlife through advocacy, education, effective action, and community engagement.
Wenatchee-Entiat Beaver Project
Mission: The Wenatchee-Entiat Beaver Project partners with beavers and mimics their processes to improve the health and resilience of streams.
Methow Okanogan Beaver Project
Mission: Methow Okanogan Beaver Project promotes working with beavers as partners for restoring streams, riparian habitat, and biodiversity while reactivating wetlands, increasing natural water storage, and fostering community education and involvement to improve the health and resilience of the Methow and Okanogan watersheds.
Beaver Services: Outreach, coexistence, relocation, process-based restoration.
Location: Twisp, WA.
Areas served: Okanogan County. Will travel to other areas in WA to provide training or consultation.
Contact: (509) 289-2770, methowbeaverproject@methowsalmon.org
Snohomish Conservation District
Mission: Snohomish Conservation District’s mission is to work cooperatively with others to promote and encourage conservation and responsible use of natural resources.
Beaver Services: Coexistence.
Location: Lake Stevens, WA.
Areas served: Snohomish County, Camano Island.
Contact: awinkler@snohomishcd.org, (425) 377-7005
Tulalip Beaver Project
Mission: The Tulalip Beaver Project relocates "nuisance" beavers from (sub)urban areas to hydrologically impaired tributaries in the upper Snohomish Watershed for the improvement of fish rearing habitat and fresh water storage. Staff hope to utilize these ecosystem engineers to work towards restoring and repopulating the areas where they are needed most.
Beaver Services: Relocation, coexistence, outreach
Location: Tulalip, WA
Areas Served: Tulalip Tribes territories: Stillaguamish and Snoqualmie watershed areas.
Contact: jburies@tulaliptribes-nsn.gov, dduvall@tulaliptribes-nsn.gov, 360-716-4411
Beavers Northwest
Mission: Beavers Northwest increases acceptance and understanding of beavers to support healthier and more resilient ecosystems.
Beaver Services: Coexistence, outreach.
Location: Shoreline, WA.
Areas served: Puget Sound Region- Whatcom, Skagit, Snohomish, King, Pierce, Thurston, Mason, Kitsap and Jefferson Counties and occasionally Clallam County.
Contact: info@beaversnorthwest.org
Snoqualmie Valley Preservation Alliance
Mission: Our mission is to protect and enhance the lives, livelihoods, lands, and waters of the beautiful Snoqualmie River valley by working collaboratively to find balanced, long-term solutions to land use planning, agricultural viability, watershed management, ecosystem health, and flood risk mitigation.
Beaver Services: Coexistence.
Location: Carnation, WA.
Areas served: Snoqualmie River Watershed.
Contact: justine@svpa.us, (614) 623-3773.
South Sound Beaver Recovery
Mission: South Sound Beaver Recovery is dedicated to enhancing our watersheds and re-building habitat through Beaver conflict management.
Beaver Services: Coexistence, relocation.
Location: Puyallup, WA.
Areas Served: King, Pierce, Thurston, Kitsap and Lewis Counties.
Contact: MarkHeckert@Outlook.com, jake@beavercreekenvironmental.com, (253) 732-6515, (253) 732-8822
Cascade Forest Conservancy
Mission: The Cascade Forest Conservancy protects and sustains the forests, streams, wildlife, and communities in the heart of the cascades through conservation, education, and advocacy.
Beaver Services: Outreach, relocation, process-based restoration.
Location: Vancouver, WA.
Areas Served: Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania, and Lewis Counties
Contact: amanda@cascadeforest.org, (971) 985-4690
Wishpush Working Group
Mission: The mission of the Wishpush Working Group is to support and promote sustainable populations of beavers for a host of ecological benefits, leading to healthier and more resilient watersheds for the benefit of fish, wildlife, and human communities. The effort is a collaboration of multiple organizations working in the Columbia tributaries south of Mt. Adams.
Beaver Services: Outreach, coexistence, relocation, restoration.
Location: White Salmon, WA.
Areas Served: Yakama Nation Southern Territories: Watersheds of North-bank tributaries to the mid-Columbia River, between Wind River and eastern Klickitat County.
Contact: jeanette@ykfp.org, dave@mtadamsstewards.org, (503) 440-5263
The Lands Council
Mission: The Lands Council preserves and revitalizes Inland Northwest forests, water, and wildlife through advocacy, education, effective action, and community engagement.
Beaver Services: Coexistence, outreach, restoration.
Location: Spokane, WA.
Areas Served: Spokane, Whitman, Stevens, Pend Orielle, Ferry, and eastern Lincoln Counties.
Contact: agebauer@landscouncil.org, (509) 838-4912.
Wenatchee-Entiat Beaver Project
Mission: The Wenatchee-Entiat Beaver Project partners with beavers and mimics their processes to improve the health and resilience of streams.
Beaver Services: Outreach, coexistence, relocation, process-based restoration.
Location: Wenatchee, WA.
Areas served: Primarily Chelan and Douglas Counties. Also Grant, Adams, Kittitas, and Yakima Counties.
Contact: lisa.foster@tu.org, (509) 630-3733
Washington Beaver Practitioner Range Map
View the approximate coverage of each organization on the map below.
