Beavers mate for life and like to live in close family groups called colonies. They’re super social animals, like us; they groom each other and the young beaver play and wrestle. We’re lucky enough to have a tight knit family of healthy beavers right here in Atascadero. We can see that Mom and Pop beavers […]
Sneak Peek at our local Beavers
I can’t even begin to explain the excitement of getting to see OUR very own beavers! It is so special. I have seen lots of beaver footage, and have enjoyed every bit of them, but nothing quite compares to getting to see the beavers that created the environment that I love so much. Feeling super […]
Close access to the Beaver Dam?
It is understandable, the Atascadero Mutual Water Company is tired of removing couches and shopping carts out of the river bed, saying they pull about a dozen of each out each week! Yikes. The homeless encampment along the river is getting large, cutting holes in their fences, using the river as their bathroom. The Atascadero […]
Why do fish like Beaver Ponds?
I am not a scientist, but it’s easy to see that cool water fish would need these deep pools and upwelling waters of beaver dams. It will be exciting to track this throughout the heat of the summer. Stay tuned!
“Jewel” of a Beaver Complex
What a treat, I got to show our beaver dam to Dr. Emily Fairfax, Assistant Professor, California State University Channel Islands, Environmental Science and Resource Management. She was the researcher that studied large-scale wildfires and beaver habitat and made a great stop-motion video demonstrating her findings. It was so fun to walk around the beaver […]
Dam Mystery!?
My friend Amalia Galpert and I went to the river this past week to see what was happening. (We stayed 6′ apart the whole time!) Not sure what those beavers are up to right now, they still haven’t rebuilt the dam that washed out back in mid-March! We found lots of exposed bank dens, some […]