Eco Park Resort
Starting at USD 950
Tue, 07 Oct, 2025 at 09:00 am - Thu, 09 Oct, 2025 at 03:00 pm (GMT-07:00)
Eco Park Resort
14000 Spirit Lake Hwy, Toutle, United States
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Partnering with Beaver in River Restoration: Beaver Analogs, Beaver Coexistence, and More
Join Alexa Whipple, Chris Jordan, Emily Fairfax and Colin Thorne at the Mount St Helens Eco Park Resort this Fall for a 3-day Beaver short course! You’ll learn about their natural history, find out how to read beaver signs, tour beaver colonies, discuss recolonization, live trapping, and relocation best practices, and get hands-on experience with: assessing site suitability for beaver reintroduction; designing and installing BDAs (Beaver Dam Analogs) and PALs (Post- Assisted Log Structures), and using various devices that help beavers and people co-exist. Each day will begin with classroom briefings, but will be predominantly field-based. We will also organize informal evening talks by local experts and ‘beaver watches’ to observe the animals at work.
DATES:
October 7–9, 2025
CLASS TIMES:
Oct 7 9am–5pm (Tuesday)
Oct 8 9am-5pm (Wednesday)
Oct 9 9am-3pm (Thursday)
It's highly recommended that you arrive Monday afternoon to get oriented before class begins Tuesday morning.
LOCATION:
– We will have exclusive use of Eco Park during the course. Eco Park is located at the 24 mile marker along Washington State Route 504 (Spirit Lake Memorial Hwy) and is the closest overnight accommodations to Mount St. Helens.
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Also check out other Workshops in Toutle.
Tickets for Partnering with Beaver in River Restoration can be booked here.
Ticket type | Ticket price |
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General Admission | 950 USD |