Volunteer at the Beaver Festival!
The Beaver Festival is Saturday, April 12, from 10 am – 3 pm at the SLO Mission Plaza, and we need volunteers! Can you join us?
The Beaver Brigade is a volunteer-powered organization, and there are many ways to get involved!
Beaver Festival • Beaver Dam Monitoring • Drinkable Rivers • River Clean-Ups
Connect us with resources • Volunteer at our events
Volunteer for our annual Beaver Festival!
Our 3rd annual San Luis Obispo County Beaver Festival is happening on Saturday, April 12, 2025, from 10 am to 3 pm at the Mission Plaza in San Luis Obispo.
We need volunteers to help make the festival a success!
Beaver Dam Monitoring Program
Our volunteer Beaver Dam Monitoring Program monitors the health of our local beaver population on the Salinas River and other waterways on the Central Coast.
Learn how to join this program →
Drinkable Rivers – Coming Soon!
We are partnering with Drinkable Rivers, a Netherlands-based nonprofit organization, to start a Drinkable Rivers citizen science water quality testing program on the Salinas River.
This program is still in development, but we hope to launch it by Summer 2025.
If you are interested in volunteering with the Drinkable Rivers water quality testing program, please sign up for our Event Volunteer List (at the top of this page) to receive updates.
River Clean-Ups
We used to coordinate monthly river clean-ups on the Salinas River. We would love to start doing river clean-ups again, but we need a volunteer to help organize these events!
Please contact us at info@slobeaverbrigade.com if you are interested in this role.
Connect us with resources
Office space – The SLO Beaver Brigade is currently in need of office space (ideally with some storage space for river monitoring supplies such as waders, SD cards, and batteries for webcams) for our small staff.
Do you or someone you know have such a space that could be donated, perhaps with a longer-term arrangement for paying rent in the future? Please email Audrey at audrey@slobeaverbrigade.com.
Learn about future events
Throughout the year, we participate in recurring and one-off events to keep our rivers and creeks healthy. We work to educate folks around beavers in San Luis Obispo County and the work they do to replenish our groundwater, provide fire refugia, and increase the quality and quantity of water in our creeks and rivers.
Thank you so much for your interest in supporting our organization, the beavers in SLO County and the overall health of our watersheds. We are in this for the long-term health of our region, and the more arms linked together, the longer we can go.
Header photo by Brittany App