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Cortney
Dean

CONSERVATION BIOLOGIST

INDEPENDENT RESEARCHER

SCIENCE COMMUNICATOR

Menomonie, WI

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Hello!

Certified Beaver Enthusiast with a focus on process-based restoration, wetland and riparian restoration, green infrastructure, and leveraging natural processes to address community & environmental issues.
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Research Interests:
  • Bioacoustic Analysis
  • Beaver Pond Biodiversity
  • Bats and their relationship to beaver ponds
  • Avian relationships to beaver ponds
  • Water quality impacts of beaver dams and pond
  • Beaver Pond Species Richness and Use Patterns
  • Ecosystem-scale Impacts of Beaver Ponds
  • Food webs and biomass in Beaver Ponds.

I am a recent graduate student from the University of Wisconsin - Stout's PSM Conservation Biology program. 

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My thesis research focuses on the ecosystem-wide impacts of beaver dams, including water quality, biodiversity, and specific populations (bats and birds). Future project goals include trout utilization of beaver ponds across seasons and maturity, beaver dam impacts to amphibian & macroinvertebrate diversity, and food web/biomass analysis of beaver ponds.

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I am passionate about changing the dialogue surrounding beavers and their role in our world.

 

Read more here: Beavers: North America's Misunderstood Architects

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