These photos were taken on the Salinas River of the beavers that are being researched by Dr. Emily Fairfax of CSU Channel Islands. Donald Quintana is a local wildlife photographer that has taken an interest in beavers and supporting the SLO Beaver Brigade in getting the message out about beavers and their benefits. Look how […]
Beavers Fight Fire
by Franklin (Fred) Frank, Former San Luis Obispo Cal Fire and County Fire Chief, and Fire Captain at the Cal Fire Paso station Overhead fire photo Courtesy of Joseph Wheaton (Utah State University) Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. As the former San Luis Obispo Cal Fire and County Fire Chief, and Fire Captain at […]
Something To Chew On
What’s the difference between a healthy stream and an unhealthy stream, and why does it matter? It may seem hard to tell if a river or stream is healthy. I always thought that if there was running water it was a stream, and that was that. But now that I’ve spent a lot of time in […]
One Year at the dam
I’ve really been enjoying these images we’ve taken of the beaver dam on the Upper Salinas River once a month over this past year. Here are two 360 images, one from May 2020 and the other is from May 2021. What differences do you notice? This 360 was taken May 2020 by Dr. Emily Fairfax […]
The Loving Mosh Debut at the California Beaver Summit
That was an amazing Beaver Summit. I learned so much and have a whole list of people and projects to followup on. Feeling really appreciative of Heidi Perryman and others for all the work they did to make this event happen. Now the video we shared at the end of our presentation at the CA […]
Thank You Elizabeth
By Audrey Taub On behalf of the SLO Beaver Brigade, I want to acknowledge and thank Elizabeth Johnson for all the work, time and support she has dedicated to our budding organization over this past year+ and wish her well on all of her future endeavors. Elizabeth was an early “Yes!” who responded when I […]