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 […]
Beaver Antics on the River
What are the beavers up to these days? You might be wondering what they are doing, especially since it hasn’t rained in 7 or 8 months now. We gathered some recent footage and thought we’d share with you all a sneak peek into their lives. Be sure and have the sound up because there are […]
Got Beavers?
Why are beavers on my property, and what can I do about it? Beavers have lived in California for millions of years, but they were almost wiped out by the fur trade. People moved into the bountiful areas beavers had made and had once called home. Today, a recovering beaver population finds itself in conflict […]