Beaver populations

Connected Sites: 29

Definition

WHS with beaver populations. Show the species, and whether native or reintroduced (with dates for the latter).

Contributor

Proposed by Solivagant

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Connected Sites

  • Miguasha National Park
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.44
    51
    5

    C. canadensis Native
  • Great Smoky Mountains
    Great Smoky Mountains
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 1983
    3.36
    172
    11

    C. canadensis Self-Reintroduced (Migrated back 1966; descendants of 1939–1950s nearby releases)
  • Primeval Beech Forests
    Primeval Beech Forests
    Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, France, Germany, Italy, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine
    Inscribed: 2007
    2.70
    325
    38

    C. fiber, present in the following included parks:
    • Kalkalpen National Park Austria Extensive research shows beavers are "ecosystem engineers" here, significantly boosting local biodiversity.
    • Bieszczady National Park Poland Beavers have naturally expanded into these Carpathian beech forests from the San River drainage.
    • Hainich National Park Germany Reintroduced populations have moved into the small streams that cut through these "primeval" lowland forests.
    • Müritz National Park Germany Located in a lake-rich landscape (Serrahn component), this is a "beaver paradise."
    • Uzhansky National Park Ukraine Part of the original "Primeval Beech Forests" core; beavers inhabit the headwaters of the Uzh River.
  • Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
    Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
    Canada, United States of America
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.93
    133
    9

    C. canadensis Native
  • Anticosti
    Inscribed: 2023
    2.13
    7
    2

    C. canadensis Native. Isolated island population. The core zone includes the major river systems where the fossil-bearing strata are visible. These same rivers—such as the Jupiter River and the Vauréal River—are the primary habitats for the island's native beavers.
  • Dutch Water Defence Lines
    Inscribed: 1996
    2.46
    303
    16

    C. fiber Reintroduced to Biesbosch in 1988, from where they expanded their region also up the river and are, for example, spotted around Slot Loevestein.
  • Dinosaur Provincial Park
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.44
    84
    10

    C. canadensis Native (they were almost gone during the early 1900s due to hunting, but they worked their way back down again). At the lush riparian riverside habitat along the banks of the Red Deer River.
  • Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi
    Inscribed: 2019
    2.88
    38
    7

    C. canadensis Native. You can spot signs of them, like felled trees, along the Milk River
  • Kinderdijk
    Kinderdijk
    Netherlands
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.48
    319
    12

    C. fiber Reintroduced (to Biesbosch in 1988, spread to Kinderdijk area from there) (source)
  • Yellowstone
    Yellowstone
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 1978
    4.49
    219
    12

    C. canadensis Native (Natural recovery/Expansion post-1990s with reintroduced examples)
  • Wood Buffalo National Park
    Inscribed: 1983
    2.82
    13
    4

    C. canadensis Native
  • Volcanoes of Kamchatka
    Inscribed: 1996
    4.31
    15
    2

    C. canadensis Introduced (Non-native) (1977)
  • Inscribed: 1995
    2.53
    13
    4

    C. fiber Reintroduced (1930s–1950s)
  • Upper Middle Rhine Valley
    Inscribed: 2002
    3.67
    332
    12

    C. fiber Reintroduced (Reached Heritage area 2003)
  • Redwood
    Redwood
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 1980
    4.02
    192
    7

    C. canadensis Native. Present in the park's major river systems - Redwood Creek, Smith and Klamath
  • Pimachiowin Aki
    Inscribed: 2018
    2.81
    6
    3

    C. canadensis Native. Abundant; vital to the Anishinaabe culture and receives numerous mentions in the nomination file in both natural and cultural contexts
  • Olympic National Park
    Olympic National Park
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 1981
    3.86
    145
    8

    C. canadensis Native
  • Nahanni National Park
    Inscribed: 1978
    3.76
    8
    4

    C. canadensis Native. Boreal population; expanding north into the tundra with climate change bringing ecological consequences
  • Mammoth Cave
    Mammoth Cave
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 1981
    3.26
    126
    5

    C. canadensis Native. Found in the Green and Nolin Rivers
  • Laponian Area
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.41
    81
    7

    C. fiber Reintroduced (1924–1926)
  • Lake Baikal
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.59
    79
    5

    C. fiber Native / Expanded (Post-1950s natural spread)
  • High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.82
    112
    5

    C. fiber Reintroduced (1922–1939)
  • Gros Morne National Park
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.91
    70
    10

    C. canadensis Native (Recovered mid-20th century)
  • Golden Mountains of Altai
    Inscribed: 1998
    3.38
    22
    3

    C. fiber & Cc Native / Reintroduced / Introduced non-native (Started 1950s)
  • Glacier parks
    Glacier parks
    Canada, United States of America
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.08
    108
    6

    C. canadensis Native
  • Danube Delta
    Inscribed: 1991
    3.11
    82
    7

    C. fiber Reintroduced (Began 1998; reached Delta 2012)
  • Central Sikhote-Alin
    Inscribed: 2001
    2.98
    6
    1

    C. fiber & Cc Reintroduced (Cf) / Introduced (Cc) (1950s)
  • Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
    Inscribed: 1984
    4.42
    184
    9

    C. canadensis Native
  • Białowieża Forest
    Białowieża Forest
    Belarus, Poland
    Inscribed: 1979
    2.75
    105
    9

    C. fiber Native (Relict) (Unbroken lineage)