New Mexico Beaver Coalition
Working to expand the distribution of beaver across New Mexico
The purpose of the New Mexico Beaver Coalition is to bring together a diverse group of state, federal, tribal, non-profit, for-profit organizations, and individuals to share information, coordinate activities, and identify common interests and opportunities to work collaboratively to expand the distribution of beaver across New Mexico.
The Coalition meets quarterly to discuss and advance the status of beaver-related activities such as planning for beaver management, beaver habitat expansion, human-beaver coexistence, beaver relocation, and beaver education and outreach. The Coalition hosts webinars with invited speakers, field trips to beaver habitat restoration sites, and workshops on human-beaver coexistence methods.
The New Mexico Beaver Dam Census report is complete. See the end of the report on how to obtain the data as shapefiles or .kmz files.
New Mexico Beaver Coalition Tools and Resources
New Mexico Beaver Coalition Meetings
Notes from the NM Beaver Coalition meetings are provided here.
New Mexico Beaver Coalition Field Trips and Workshops
6/12/2024 field trip to RGR’s Upper Rio Cebolla riverscape restoration project.
Human – Beaver Coexistence
Rio Grande Return works to increase beaver habitat with a goal of expanding beaver populations across New Mexico.
Beaver Restoration Assessment Tool
RGR has contracted with Utah State University to run the Beaver Restoration Assessment Tool for the entire state of New Mexico.
Beaver Dam Census
Defenders of Wildlife has contracted with Utah State University to perform a virtual beaver dam census for the entire state of New Mexico.
New Mexico Beaver Coalition Partner Activities
See these links for organizations that are working on other beaver-related activities in New Mexico.
To participate in the New Mexico Beaver Coalition, please complete the form below and you will be added to the invitation list.
Beaver dam on El Rito Creek.
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