On June 12th, the Tule River Tribe welcomed a family of seven beavers back to their homelands on the South Fork Tule River watershed in the Tule River Indian Reservation. In partnership with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), this was the second beaver relocation in the State of California in almost 75 […]
Beaver Mural at Charles Paddock Zoo
Beavers and their critical role in ecosystems and culture took center stage on April 20 at the Charles Paddock Zoo in Atascadero with the unveiling of a mural crafted by Chumash artist John Khus. This mural has been made possible through the California Coastal Commission WHALE TAIL® grants program and the San Luis Obispo Beaver […]
Bringing Beavers Back to Coastal California
Please join us on Saturday May 18th from 10:30-3 for this hybrid event, hosted by the Cal Poly Initiative for Climate Leadership and Resilience, with nonprofit partners SLO Beaver Brigade and the Morro Bay Open Space Alliance. Register today, as there is a capacity of 130! Event Description This hybrid in-person and online seminar will […]
SLO Beaver Brigade becomes a hub for Drinkable Rivers
In February, 2024, the SLO Beaver Brigade became a hub for Drinkable Rivers. From the Drinkable Rivers Website: Our Story: In 2005 Li An Phoa canoed the full length of a river in Canada, the Rupert. All along the way, she could drink water straight from the river. Three years later, Li An came back and […]
2nd Annual SLO County Beaver Festival
March 23rd, 2024 10am – 3pm, SLO Mission Plaza, 939 Chorro Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. If you’d like to volunteer with us for this event, please sign up here! The SLO Beaver Brigade invites eager beavers of all ages to the Second Annual San Luis Obispo County Beaver Festival on Saturday, March 23rd […]
CDFW Beaver Restoration Program needs our help
(From the CDFW Beaver Webpage ) The CDFW Beaver Restoration Program is updating the current range map of beavers in California. To help improve this dataset and our understanding of the current range of beavers in California, the BRP is requesting submissions of additional beaver observation data. Beavers were once one of the most widely […]