Culverts under siege by persistent beaver damming? Roads being flooded and town residents exasperated?

Description

This University of Massachusetts Transportation Center lunch & learn webinar will cover:

• Beaver Problems
• Management Options
• Success Rates and Costs
• Billerica Municipal Beaver Program Study
• Self-Help Training and Resources
• Professional Beaver Control Options
• Q&A

The webinar is FREE, simply register and attend via the link provided.  Bring your questions for the live Q&A and have an action plan in place for the Spring!

Who Should Attend
Open to municipal and private sector audiences grappling with this problem or interested in learning about beaver behavior and management options.

Speaker   
Michael Callahan is the founder of the Beaver Institute Inc. (https://www.beaverinstitute.org/). He began working with beavers in 1998 after founding the Pioneer Valley Wetland Volunteers with his wife Ruth. In 2000 he started his business Beaver Solutions LLC and has personally resolved over 1,600 beaver-human conflicts. His clients include over 70 municipal highway departments and MassDOT. He has gained an international reputation as a leader in innovative beaver management. He teaches workshops, started the Facebook Beaver Management Forum, and has created instructional materials through which he and the Beaver Institute teach others how to cost-effectively manage beavers.