by Cooper Lienhart Cooper Lienhart certainly thinks so! In his words, “The best way I know to help the planet?— is to support the beavers!” My name is Cooper, and I’m a Beaver Believer — not only because of their cuteness, but actually because of climate change. Ever since high school I have been dedicated […]
Cleanup Update
by Kate Montgomery These days we can hardly find any more trash in the Salinas River where it runs through Atascadero. So we’re changing tactics! We’re cleaning up Atascadero Creek, the River’s main Atascadero tributary, which is clogged with plastics, shopping carts, abandoned bedding, and years of other trash on the banks and in the […]
Pests or Protection?
Spanish Translation New Hope for Happy Endings to Beaver Conflicts by Holly Sletteland One of our most important goals here at the Beaver Brigade is increasing awareness of the beneficial role that beavers play in our ecosystems. If you’re reading this newsletter, there’s a good chance you’ve participated in one or more of our outreach […]
The Grand Beaver Tour
Training with professionals in beaver-based restoration techniques by Cooper Lienhart & Nicholas Hatalski Thanks to a grant from local non-profit Biodiversity First!, the SLO Beaver Brigaders Cooper Lienhart and Nick Hatalski were able to train in the summer of 2021 with a variety of experts in the field of beaver related restoration and beaver relocation. […]
River Cleanup Update
by Kate Montgomery Next cleanup we will join EarthShine in Atascadero, Saturday Feb. 12, 10-noon. We thought we were done! By November 2021 Beaver Brigade volunteers had finally removed all the trash we could find from Atascadero’s reach of the Salinas River. And we got it done it before the winter rains. Hooray! This […]
The Birds, the Bees… And the Beaver Series: Beaver Benefit Spotlight: The Wood Duck
by Steve Tillmann Beavers are nature’s aquatic engineers. They fell trees and shrubs, excavate mud for cement and build elaborate dams and lodges. In doing so, beavers create wetlands essential not only to their colonies but to a rich variety of life. In our part of the west, beaver activities can transform bare, scoured river […]