ALL ABOARD FOR BEAVER CAMP!

Did you ever go to camp as a child? I did twice. The first time I was so homesick i cried my eyes out when I got there. It turned out I loved every moment and cried my eyes out again when it was time to leave all my new friends and come back,

Well, now there’s another camp we should ALL want to go away too. This time it’s BEAVER CAMP! You read that right. BEAVER CAMP!!!

A two-day immersion in beaver ecology and river science, with a focus on the relationship between beavers, watershed health, and flood resilience. A combination of field trips, discussions, and classroom instruction, this retreat is for those who want to understand the complex role that beavers play in creating ecosystems, managing water, and sometimes causing headaches for humans along the way. Two full days of learning and exploring why beavers are important partners in towns dealing with floods. Instructed by Patti Smith of Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center, Skip Lisle of Beaver Deceivers International, and NorthWoods Educator Courtney Guinane.
On-site camping available at NorthWoods – suggested $25 donation, available as an add-on during registration.

Camping with Skip and Patti! If I could pick out of all the world a brilliant, observant woman who had spent hours around beavers and knew all their secrets the author of the beavers of Poppel’s pond and an educator, artist and writer of highest regard, I’d pick Patti.

And Skip, well, who wouldn’t want to go camping with Skip and ask him questions under the stars? I think this is the perfect way to spend a weekend and I’m totally jealous of Vermont.

Beaver Family Camping trip MissJohnnySquirrel

Read more and learn how to register here:

Have a wonderful time guys. and tell us all about it!

EARMARKS FOR BEAVERS

heidi08 Beavers September 16, 2026

Congratulations to SLO beaver brigade and their cheerful energetic persistence on a very difficult landscape. Newsome’s last budget designates 200000 to the restoration of the Salinas river and the education and advocacy of beavers.

Newsom’s last budget

$250,000 to the San Luis Obispo Beaver Brigade, a nonprofit advocating for beavers.

Congratulations our friends of beavers and to Gov. Newsome for taking one last step to make sure California understands that beavers matter before heading off into the sunset or possibly the whitehouse.

DOROTHY RICHARDS MEMORY PRESERVED BY BWW

heidi08 Beavers September 15, 2026

𝑫𝒐𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑨𝒍 𝑹𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔’ 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝑩𝑾𝑾!
Dorothy and Al Richards spent decades observing and documenting the Beavers at Beaversprite in Dolgeville, New York, leaving behind an extraordinary record of long-term Beaver observation. Part of that legacy survives in her 16mm films, which documented the Beavers she knew so well, along with the sanctuary, its habitats, and other wildlife.
𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙯𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙘 𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙡, 𝘽𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨: 𝙒𝙚𝙩𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨 & 𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝘿𝙤𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙮’𝙨 𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙢𝙨 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙩. Preserving them safeguards a unique visual record of her pioneering work and an important chapter in the history of Beaver research, education, and conservation!