SACRAMENTO (June 27, 2022) – At the urging of more than 100 conservation, agricultural, business, and tribal partners – with advocacy led by Occidental Arts & Ecology Center’s (OAEC) WATER (Watershed Advocacy Training Education & Research) Institute – by June 30th Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposal to launch a new Beaver Restoration Program at the California […]
SLO County Citizen Science Beaver Survey
Come join the fun and contribute to beaver science while you do it! We will be walking the rivers and creeks in the County gathering beaver data with iNaturalist. You just need iNaturalist downloaded on your Smart device. We will give a short educational intro on what to look for and then we’ll all head […]
Governor Newsom’s Beaver Restoration Proposal
This is great news for our watersheds! Not only has Governor Newsom submitted a Beaver Restoration Program, but it is a program proposed to be run by CDFW, the very folks who issue depredation permits for beavers. Read some of these excerpts from his proposal: “To be successful in our efforts to protect biodiversity, the Department must take […]
California Process-Based Restoration Network
We are excited to announce the initiation of the California Process-based Restoration (Cal PBR) Network and invite you to participate and spread the word. The goals of the Cal PBR Network are to promote process-based (aka, beaver-based, ecological, low-tech, nature-based) restoration approaches to increase the capacity of degraded river and stream ecosystems to retain water, […]
Beavers: Our Greatest Climate Change Ally?
by Cooper Lienhart Cooper Lienhart certainly thinks so! In his words, “The best way I know to help the planet?— is to support the beavers!” My name is Cooper, and I’m a Beaver Believer — not only because of their cuteness, but actually because of climate change. Ever since high school I have been dedicated […]
Cleanup Update
by Kate Montgomery These days we can hardly find any more trash in the Salinas River where it runs through Atascadero. So we’re changing tactics! We’re cleaning up Atascadero Creek, the River’s main Atascadero tributary, which is clogged with plastics, shopping carts, abandoned bedding, and years of other trash on the banks and in the […]