In looking back on 2023, all of us here at the SLO Beaver Brigade are stunned by all that has happened this year. It seems like ages ago when we were celebrating our First Annual Beaver Festival. And then, remember the sold out Fundraiser at Castoro Cellars? And beginning this year with the floods that […]
State of the Beaver Conference 2023
It was quite a highlight for Cooper Lienhart and myself, Audrey Taub, to get to attend and present at the State of the Beaver Conference in Canyonville, Oregon this Nov 13-16, 2023. We were able to hear from the founders of this conference, Stan Petrowski, Leonard & Lois Houston and feel their passion for their […]
UK Students visit Beaver Dams in Atascadero
Visit by 19 high school students from Yarm School in northeastern England to the Atascadero beaver dams, October 24, 2023. photos by Brittany App At first, hesitantly dipping their toes in the Salinas River, but ultimately getting their sea legs while witnessing the delights of Beaver habitat, a group of 19 high school students from Yarm […]
Wildlife Crossings and Beavers
We recently hosted Ben Goldfarb in San Luis Obispo for a talk on his new book, Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet. Ben’s previous book, Eager: The Surprising and Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter, accelerated the beaver movement on this continent and we were very excited to […]
Finally, all beaver families have a completed dam
Typically after a rain storm, the beavers begin rebuilding their dams within one week to one month after being damaged. This winter though, the beavers didn’t get to begin rebuilding until early June 2023. But the stronger current from this winters rains wasn’t the only obstacle preventing the beavers from rebuilding this year. As mentioned […]
CBS Sunday Morning at the Atascadero Beaver Pond
September 17, 2023 It was a hot day when CBS Sunday Morning came out to Atascadero to film Dr. Emily Fairfax in the beaver complex that she has been studying since 2020. It was a fun, memorable walk out to the ponds looking for a site suitable for a boatload of equipment, very little drinking […]