2025

Beaver coexistence efficacy assessment

Over the 10 years since Beavers Northwest was founded, our organization has provided technical assistance to land owners and land managers who want to coexist with beavers throughout the Puget Sound region. Our work includes installing beaver coexistence devices such as culvert exclusion fences and pond levelers which help to create a compromise between beaver habitat needs and human infrastructure… Read Project SummaryBeaver coexistence efficacy assessment

IUCN Red List Assessment of the African forest elephant

K. Gobush
2025 (category)

NOTE: This award was emergency funding granted in response to federal grant cuts. It falls outside CREO’s standard geographic scope of Washington State, and is part of an effort to meet immediate conservation needs in our current volatile funding climate. Africa’s savanna and forest elephants (Loxodonta africana and Loxodonta cyclotis) are keystone species and their functional presence supports the persistence… Read Project SummaryIUCN Red List Assessment of the African forest elephant

Human-bear coexistence in the Methow Valley

Climate change, increasing wildfire activity, residential development, and shifts in natural food availability are altering patterns of American black bear (Ursus americanus) habitat use and increasing the potential for human–bear conflict across the western United States. Washington’s Methow Valley has experienced a 33% increase in residential development over the past 15 years and extensive high-severity wildfires that have burned approximately… Read Project SummaryHuman-bear coexistence in the Methow Valley