Giant beavers (Castoroides ohioensis) grew to more than 2 meters long, not including their tail. For comparison, modern beavers grow as long as 1.3 meters (tail included). Image courtesy of The Canadian Encyclopedia (thecanadianencyclopedia.ca) @ Corbin Rainbolt
Pleistocene Paleoecology of the Mid-Willamette Valley: A Ghost StoryMammoths, camels and bear-sized beavers in the Luckiamute?? This presentation will take us to the watershed's distant past and help kick-off our brand new theme for our 2023 - 2024 Love Your Watershed program - Beavers in the Basin!
If you missed this presentation, don't worry - you will have a chance to view the video-recording, which will appear on this page in about a week from the event date!
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You won't want to miss this fun and interactive in-person Sips 'n' Science pub talk, which features LWC Project Manager Aubrey Cloud! As you enjoy some of West Valley Taphouse's delicious fare and 65 sipping options, you will be transported back in time to discover the lost world beneath our own feet. Join us for a tour of a land both familiar and surprisingly wild. Hear about exciting fossil discoveries in our watershed and its neighbors. Learn about local Pleistocene paleoecology; the mammoth-sized hole it has left in our modern world, and the lessons it holds for our future. You are invited to reimagine how you think of the land; to engage with it on its own time scale instead of our own.
A big thank you goes to Willamette Habitat Restoration Fund for providing the funding that allows us to make this event free of charge!
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About Aubrey Cloud: Aubrey joined the Luckiamute Watershed Council as Project Manager in May 2020. Aubrey moved to Oregon from Denver, Colorado in 2011 to pursue education in Natural Resources and Ecosystem Restoration at Oregon State University. He has been working to restore the Willamette Valley’s native habitats since 2016, when he was hired as a restoration contractor. Starting as a crew member doing boots on the ground restoration work (often at LWC sites), Aubrey continued to work as a Crew Leader and then a Project Coordinator, improving riparian and floodplain forest habitat at a wide range of sites throughout the Valley. In his free time, Aubrey loves writing, native plant gardening, and amateur paleontology. Aubrey lives in Corvallis and also serves as a Project Manager for the Marys River Watershed Council.
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