ReBeaver Restoration: How Mimicking Beavers Is Healing Trout Streams Across the Rockies
- The Fly Box LLC
- Jun 21, 2025
- 2 min read
A new kind of conservation funding is giving life back to rivers—and bringing native trout with it.
Across the American West, something unusual is happening: people are building beaver dams. Not actual beavers, but human-made structures that mimic their natural architecture. These "beaver dam analogues" (BDAs) are becoming a cornerstone of modern stream restoration—and now, a new fund is helping accelerate their reach.
