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Our Story

The San Luis Obispo Beaver Brigade, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, was founded in February of 2020 after a conversation among friends about what we each could do to contribute to climate regeneration. Supporting the beavers in our county was our answer to that question.

Our mission:

The SLO Beaver Brigade is dedicated to creating the conditions for beavers to thrive. We do so by:

Elevating the health of our watersheds by supporting our original river stewards, the beavers.
Educating our County on the benefits of beavers to our watersheds,
Leading educational walks out to beaver ponds,
Supporting research of beavers and wetlands,
Organizing river and creek cleanups, river surveys, community science events
Educating and supporting beaver management tools and
Providing landowner support for beaver restoration techniques.

Our primary goals are to educate and celebrate with communities within the Central Coast of California about the benefits of the beavers we have to our watershed, to empower river stewards to monitor and protect active beaver habitat, and to support process-based restoration to degraded systems to increase viable beaver habitat in the future.

Our intended outcome is to create a wetter, more resilient Central Coast of California for all of life.