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Maximizing the potential benefits of beaver restoration for fire resilience and water storage
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Created: Jun 24, 2025 at 8:06 p.m. (UTC)
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Published date: Jun 25, 2025 at 12:23 a.m. (UTC)
DOI: 10.4211/hs.74c8ad5a706a446a8f8d0cdfcf05e523
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Abstract

This study used the Beaver Restoration Assessment Tool (BRAT) to estimate beaver dam capacity in streams in the Sierra Nevada of California. We used BRAT model results to estimate potential water storage and fire resilience associated with potential beaver dam capacity in the region. We used this analysis to identify priority watersheds for beaver restoration and reintroduction. This code replicates our analysis of BRAT model results.

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Coordinate System/Geographic Projection:
WGS 84 EPSG:4326
Coordinate Units:
Decimal degrees
North Latitude
42.1444°
East Longitude
-113.8184°
South Latitude
32.1167°
West Longitude
-125.1563°

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Maximizing the potential benefits of beaver restoration for fire resilience and water storage

This study used the Beaver Restoration Assessment Tool (BRAT) to estimate beaver dam capacity in streams in the Sierra Nevada of California. We used BRAT model results to estimate potential water storage and fire resilience associated with potential beaver dam capacity in the region. We used this analysis to identify priority watersheds for beaver restoration and reintroduction.

Dataset: AllSierras_DamCapacity6.shp Dataset Description: BRAT model results for all 31 study watersheds

Dataset: background.rds Dataset Description: State boundaries dataset for figure backgrounds. Dataset Citation: us_states package in R using 2021 census data: https://docs.ropensci.org/USAboundaries/reference/us_states.html

Dataset: WatershedBoundaries5.shp Dataset Description: Watershed boundaries map for figure backgrounds. Dataset Citation: U.S. Geological Survey. 2024b. “National Hydrography Dataset.” 2024. https://www.usgs.gov/national-hydrography/national-hydrography-dataset.

Dataset: FireRisk_4.tif Dataset Description: Wildfire Hazard Potential (WHP) Dataset Citation: U.S. Forest Service. 2020. “Wildfire Hazard Potential | Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory.” USDA Forest Service, Fire Modeling Institute. https://research.fs.usda.gov/firelab/products/dataandtools/wildfire-hazard-potential.

Dataset: LandOwnership.shp Dataset Description: Land ownership (public vs. private land) Dataset Citation: BLM National SMA Surface Management Agency Area Polygons. 2024. US Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management. April 18, 2024. https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/6bf2e737c59d4111be92420ee5ab0b46/about.

Dataset: ndc.rds Dataset Description: Water deficit Dataset Citation: Devineni, Naresh, Upmanu Lall, Elius Etienne, Daniel Shi, and Chen Xi. 2015. “America’s Water Risk: Current Demand and Climate Variability.” Geophysical Research Letters 42 (7): 2285–93. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015GL063487.Filtered for CA and NV.

Code/Software: The script MoravekEtAl_HydroShare.Rmd is an R Markdown script that uses the above datasets to reproduce the analyses in this manuscript.

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Funding Agencies

This resource was created using funding from the following sources:
Agency Name Award Title Award Number
U.S. National Science Foundation GRFP
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA Sea Level Change Science Team Grant #80NSSC21K0321
The Center for Biological Diversity
UC Berkeley Environmental Science, Policy, and Management Departmental Research Grant.

How to Cite

Moravek, J., J. Brashares, M. Girotto, R. Spivak, A. Kerr, A. Molod, S. Feirer, R. Johnson, A. Getirana, E. Fairfax, A. Ruhi (2025). Maximizing the potential benefits of beaver restoration for fire resilience and water storage, HydroShare, https://doi.org/10.4211/hs.74c8ad5a706a446a8f8d0cdfcf05e523

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