Are you ready to learn more about how beaver coexistence can build capacity for land managers and owners in California? Join the California Beaver Coexistence Training and Support Program on June 10 from 9-11:30am for an informative webinar featuring coexistence experts and practitioners.
During our 2nd annual webinar, participants will hear from Grey Hayes, Beaver Coexistence Program Manager at Occidental Arts & Ecology Center. Grey will share about the California Beaver Help Desk. This new landowner support tool provides technical and financial support for those ready to expedite beaver solutions—from neighborhoods experiencing flooding, wetland managers with clogged culverts, and ranchers looking to preserve shade-producing trees.
The webinar will also feature presentations and discussions with two of the state’s leading beaver coexistence professionals: Cathy Mueller with Connected Ecology and David Krawitz-Greenspan of Wet Meadows Institute. They will share case studies showing how their work makes living alongside beaver easy and affordable for communities. The Beaver Institute’s Aaron Hall will describe the national context of California’s beaver coexistence efforts. Additionally, Molly Alves from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Beaver Restoration Program will offer updates about that program, and Vicky Monroe of CDFW’s Human Wildlife Conflict division will discuss how her team works to resolve human-beaver conflicts.
Participants are encouraged to watch our previous webinar, which this year’s will build upon with timely new information and insights about coexistence in California. We anticipate ample time to answer participant questions during the webinar.
Webinar Speakers & Schedule
9:00 am
An Elegant Solution Provides Relief: A Backyard Pond, Beavers, and a Landowner Who Tries Something New.
Cathy Mueller, Owner, Connected Ecology
How do I get support for beaver conflict solutions?
Grey Hayes, PhD, Program Manager, California Beaver Coexistence Training and Support Program at WATER Institute at Occidental Arts & Ecology Center
Experiences from the Field: Melding Landscape Level Restoration with Beaver Coexistence
David Krawitz-Greenspan, Co-owner, Wet Meadows Institute
Beaver Coexistence Across the Nation
Aaron Hall, PhD, BeaverCorps Program Manager, Beaver Institute
10:05 am
Break
10:15 am
Update from CDFW’s Beaver Restoration Program
Molly Alves, Beaver Restoration Program Supervisor, California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Wildlife Human Conflicts Program
Vicky Monroe, Conflict Programs Coordinator, California Department of Fish and Wildlife
How can the California Beaver Help Desk help you?
Grey Hayes, PhD.
Question and Answer Session
11:30 am
Webinar Ends
Ready to learn more about coexistence in California?
This webinar is made possible through the Nature Based Solutions: Wetlands and Mountain Meadows Grant from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
