Spanish Translation New Hope for Happy Endings to Beaver Conflicts by Holly Sletteland One of our most important goals here at the Beaver Brigade is increasing awareness of the beneficial role that beavers play in our ecosystems. If you’re reading this newsletter, there’s a good chance you’ve participated in one or more of our outreach […]
The Grand Beaver Tour
Training with professionals in beaver-based restoration techniques by Cooper Lienhart & Nicholas Hatalski Thanks to a grant from local non-profit Biodiversity First!, the SLO Beaver Brigaders Cooper Lienhart and Nick Hatalski were able to train in the summer of 2021 with a variety of experts in the field of beaver related restoration and beaver relocation. […]
River Cleanup Update
by Kate Montgomery Next cleanup we will join EarthShine in Atascadero, Saturday Feb. 12, 10-noon. We thought we were done! By November 2021 Beaver Brigade volunteers had finally removed all the trash we could find from Atascadero’s reach of the Salinas River. And we got it done it before the winter rains. Hooray! This […]
The Birds, the Bees… And the Beaver Series: Beaver Benefit Spotlight: The Wood Duck
by Steve Tillmann Beavers are nature’s aquatic engineers. They fell trees and shrubs, excavate mud for cement and build elaborate dams and lodges. In doing so, beavers create wetlands essential not only to their colonies but to a rich variety of life. In our part of the west, beaver activities can transform bare, scoured river […]
Preliminary Study of Salinas River Beavers
Keitreice Kirksey and Dr. Emily Fairfax recently released their Preliminary Study of the beavers on the Salinas River. There has been very little research done on beavers in arid regions, so this ongoing study of the beavers in the Salinas River is offering some much needed understanding that could have a large impact on areas […]
Roadside Dam Repair
My sister from Colorado made a surprise visit this past month for my birthday. So of course, I took her to see the beaver dams. We went to what we like to call the Roadside Dam. It isn’t really on a road, but the beavers built the dam right up to an ATV trail. (I […]