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Beaver Stewardship in California: A Dam Good Idea! Presentation with Kate Lundquist, Occidental Arts and Ecology Center
Join us for a dam good presentation from Kate Lundquist about beaver and their importance to our ecosystem!
Thursday, November 5, 7:00-8:30pm
Laguna Environmental Center, 900 Sanford Road, Santa Rosa, CA 95401
$10 at the door. No RSVP necessary.
A vital part of our local ecosystems, beaver were once close to complete extinction in the United States. Kate Lundquist of the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center WATER Institute will share the historical plight of this “keystone” species as well as insights about its remarkable biology and many ecological benefits. Learn how beaver can help both urban and rural communities across California restore watersheds, recover endangered species such as salmon, and increase climate change resiliency. Kate will share findings from her beaver research and explain how you can help the Bring Back the Beaver Campaign create a culture of beaver stewardship in California.
Kate Lundquist is a watershed advocate, researcher, author, educator, artist and community collaborator. She has been a part of the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center WATER Institute since 2005. She directs the Bring Back the Beaver Campaign towards the greater inclusion of beaver in watershed restoration and the recovery of salmonids. Her most recent research focuses on re-evaluating the historic range of beaver in California. Kate enjoys cultivating her own watershed literacy through observing, tending and foraging from the wilds of North America’s diverse ecosystems.
For more information, see www.lagunafoundation.org
Or contact Anita Smith, Public Education Coordinator, Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation(707) 527-9277 x 110, anita@lagunafoundation.org
