NPR News : Why You Should Give A Dam About Beavers!, May 3rd, 2022
A 10 year study of an arid area – not unlike our own – getting rehydrated by BDA’s (human made beaver dams) and beavers moving in to maintain them. The hard fact numbers of increases in steelhead – 180% after beavers returned – so dam encouraging! And in a drought affected area like our own!!!
“this is the kind of work that needs to happen in over tens or hundreds of thousands of stream miles”.
Beavers highlighted on Fox News Weather, April 25th 2022
Local SLO.INFO talking about Beavers

By RACHEL SHOWALTER

By RACHEL SHOWALTER • APR 7, 2021

BY KAREN GARCIA
Spotting a beaver-made dam is like walking into another world,
according to Audrey Taub, founder of the SLO Beaver Brigade.
“You’re walking through this sandy-dry arid environment, and then all of a sudden
it’s green, lush, and full of birdsong and herons. You can even see the fish and frogs,” Taub said.
“Something big is happening here.”

SLO BEAVER BRIGADE
educates the community about the many benefits of beavers
and the wisdom of allowing beavers to do what they do naturally:
HOLDING WATER on the land and recharging aquifers,
SLOWING WILDFIRE progression, CONTROLLING FLOODING, and
CREATING HABITAT that can support hundreds of other native species.
More…
Photo courtesy of Brittany App.

Senerey de los Santos reporting for KCOY12 • KEYT3 • FOX11 • NewsChannel 3-12
November 19, 2020

What if beavers could help fight wildfires?
A recent study from Cal State Channel Islands professor
Dr. Emily Fairfax indicates they can.




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