What is BDWS? ============= .. image:: images/bdws.gif :width: 100% Beaver Dam Water Storage (BDWS) is a collection of Python classes for estimating surface water and groundwater stored by beaver dams. BDWS uses beaver dam capacity estimates from the Beaver Restoration Assesment Tool `(BRAT) `_ to place beaver dams along stream reaches, flow direction algebra to determine the area inundated by a dam, and `MODFLOW-2005 `_ to model potential changes to groundwater tables from beaver dam construction. BDWS is comprised of three classes. :code:`BDLoG` (Beaver Dam Location Generator), which generates beaver dam locations along a stream network using BRAT outputs. :code:`BDSWEA` (Beaver Dam Surface Water Estimation Algorithm), which estimates the amount of water a beaver dam of a given height at a given location could potentially store. :code:`BDflopy` (Beaver Dam flopy), which uses the existing `FloPy `_ python module to automatically parameterize and run MODFLOW-2005 to estimate changes to groundwater storage resulting from beaver dam construction. Products -------- Publications ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hafen, K. 2017. To what extent might beaver dam building buffer water storage losses associated with a declining snowpack? Master's Thesis. Utah State University, Logan, Utah. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/6503/. Presentations ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hafen, K., and J. M. Wheaton. 2017. Could beaver dams buffer a declining snowpack? Society of Wetland Scientists Pacific Northwest Chapter Meeting. Kelso, Washington. September 26. `Slides `_. Wheaton, J. M., K. Hafen, W. W. Macfarlane, and N. Bouwes. 2017. Could beaver compete with a declining snowpack? American Water Resources Association Meeting. Snowbird, Utah. May. doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.32406.86089. `Slides `_. Hafen, K. 2017. To what extent might beaver dam building buffer water storage losses associated with a declining snowpack? Thesis Defense. Logan, Utah. April 21. `Slides `_.