3rd Annual SLO County Beaver Festival

Start: Saturday, April 12, 2025 10:00AM
End: Saturday, April 12, 2025 3:00PM

The SLO Beaver Brigade invites eager beavers of all ages to the Third Annual San Luis Obispo County Beaver Festival on Saturday, April 12th in Mission Plaza from 10 am to 3 pm. We will have strong focus on the nexus between prescribed burn, beaver restoration, and ranching at this year’s festival. Cosponsored and founded by Santa Barbara Permaculture Network The day includes free admission, food, vendors, live music, children’s activities, a beaver trivia contest, speakers, and a plethora of information on the benefits that beavers provide to us in our state and county. Live music by local violinist Miles “Danger” Kennedy and Cuyama Mama & the Hot Flashes. Event Schedule 10:30 am ? Miles ‘Danger’ Kennedy on the violin ? 11:30 am Opening Speaker Shaunie Briggs, Salinan Tribe 12:00 pm Keynote Speaker Molly Alves, California Department of Fish & Wildlife 12:30 pm Restoration Focus Speakers Sophia Marquez, SLO Prescribed Burn Association Grant Johnson, Grant Johnson Ag Cooper Lienhart, Nature’s Engineers 1:00 pm Kids’ Beaver Trivia Contest 1:15pm Creek Walk & Talk Creek Lands Conservation: The Creek as a Classroom 1:30 pm ? Cuyama Mama & the Hot Flashes ? Our Keynote Speaker Molly Alves, Beaver Restoration Supervisor for California Department of Fish and Wildlife Molly Alves has a long history relocating beavers from areas where coexistence is not possible to headwater streams that beavers struggle to naturally recolonize in an effort to store water, enhance biodiversity, and protect our landscape from wildfire. Come learn about California’s relocation efforts from the experts.