Beaver fever: $1.5M proposed for beaver restoration efforts
Lawmakers have introduced a package of bills that proposes sweeping changes to the Department of Game and Fish, including a possible name change. Now, the “modernization” reform effort has prompted a proposed $10.5 million from the general fund for at-risk wildlife...
Beavers + Beer Abiquiú Edition – Thursday, January 16th, 5:00 PM
New Mexico Beaver Project is coming to Abiquiú! Chris Smith, Wildlife Program Director of WildEarth Guardians, and Reid Whittlesey, Restoration Director at Rio Grande Return, will be discussing how beavers can make New Mexico a more lush, resilient, hospitable, and productive place for people and wildlife.
We hope to see you there!
Beavers improve the ecosystem for humans and animals
My View by Julia Morgan My partner, Alex, and I live in an old adobe schoolhouse in Ocate, about an hour’s drive north of Las Vegas, N.M. We raise Valais Blackneck Goats with our two livestock guardian dogs and are also volunteer wildland firefighters. On the...
Beavers + Beer Taos Edition – Wednesday, September 25th, 5:30 – 7:00 PM
EVENT DETAILS HERE We are having our third installment of Beavers + Beer in Taos next week, September 25th (invite attached) and we’d love if you could join us! You’ll park your car at Fred Baca Park and take a very quick stroll to the Taos Land Trust (there will be...
Can Wildlife Services Learn to Believe in Beavers?
The U.S. Department of Agriculture killed more than 23,000 beavers in 2017. There’s a better way to manage our ecosystem engineers. Each spring Wildlife Services, the branch of the U.S. Department of Agriculture tasked with controlling problematic fauna, engages in a...
The Beaver Seekers: Citizen scientists are helping restore the ecosystem engineers to the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument
Beavers, once pilloried as pests, have undergone an image makeover in the Beaver State, thanks in part to legislative champions. Last year Oregon’s governor signed the “Beaver Believer” bill, which recognizes the rodent’s potential role in mitigating climate change....
Beavers reintroduced to CA watershed for first time in a century
A family of the largest rodents in North America were released in a California watershed “for the first time in over a century,” officials said. Beavers were once staples of the watershed on the Tule River Indian Reservation, and they were featured in pictographs...
California Assembly Overwhelmingly Supports “Beaver Bill”
SACRAMENTO, CA—Yesterday, Assembly Bill (AB) 2196 by Assemblymember Damon Connolly (D-San Rafael) passed the State Assembly by a vote of 72-0. Sponsored by the Occidental Arts & Ecology Center, AB 2196 aims to ensure the longevity of the Beaver Restoration...