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How a beaver dam transforms the river
By Raine, Watershed Outreach & Education Coordinator Our staff and volunteers have been busy keeping an eye on the beavers to see what they’ve been up to. Spring is such an exciting time, spent waiting in anticipation for when the…
Salinas River Spring Exploration
By Audrey, Executive Director (Eli and Raine testing out the Rocky Talkies in the photo). We’ve begun our spring time visits to the Salinas River in search of active beaver habitat, full of questions: Are the beaver dams still standing…
2026 Beaver Festival Highlights
What an incredible event! Photo by Brittany App Even after the morning setup started out wet, over 3500 people joined us at the San Luis Obispo Mission Plaza to celebrate the beavers and almost the entire restoration community on April…
January Movie Night at Castoro Cellars
College Corps Fellows Lily and Brittany serve popcorn donated by Colony Cinemas in Atascadero. Photo by Brittany App Thanks to all who joined us at Castoro Cellars on January 24th for our screening of Freelance Beaver Detective: Tracking Urban Wildlife,…
Winter Storms: 2026 Update
Salinas River The Atascadero Mutual Water Company’s weather station reports 14.13 inches of rain so far in the 2025-2026 rain year. Much of this rain fell during the second half of December. According to the National Weather Service, Atascadero received…
Meet our 2025-26 College Corps Fellows
We are pleased to announce that the SLO Beaver Brigade will be a host organization for two Cal Poly San Luis Obispo College Corps Fellows for the 2025-26 school year. In January of 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom and the leaders…