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 […]
Springtime, full to bursting
It’s amazing to watch new dams appear in the springtime. This one, downstream from our main dam, has been slowly growing over the past few weeks. Lots of freshly chewed sticks have been added to the dam. Lots of beaver scat littering the bottom of the river. And the banks of the river, swelling and […]