Bridge Creek IMW Database: Beaver-Assisted Stream Restoration Project

A 2009 restoration project installed 84 Beaver Dam Support (BDS) structures across four reaches of Bridge Creek to assist beaver populations and improve habitat for ESA-listed steelhead. The dataset, from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, details the project's design rationale, monitoring campaign, and preliminary observations. The report is presented in a PDF format.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the effectiveness of low-cost, process-based restoration techniques based on the described Beaver Dam Support (BDS) structures.
• Modeling habitat changes for steelhead trout based on the project's hypothesis of reversing channel incision through beaver dam aggradation.
• Comparing outcomes of the five described restoration treatment variants (e.g., post lines, starter dams, dam reinforcement).
• Designing monitoring protocols for similar ecological restoration projects based on the campaign discussed in the report.

Strengths

• Describes a specific restoration project with 84 installed structures in 2009.
• Provides a detailed rationale and five variants of the restoration treatment used.
• Authored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a federal scientific agency.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The primary data format is a PDF report, which may require extraction for quantitative analysis.

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Field installation and monitoring as part of the Bridge Creek Restoration and Monitoring Project.

Time Range

2009

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-14 22:51:04.996116; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Bridge Creek