TONIGHT!/SB Beaver Brigade/Monthly Mtg Apr 14/ 6:30pm
Margie Bushman
SANTA BARBARA BEAVER BRIGADE
An advocacy group for beavers & local watersheds
Monthly Meeting Tues, April 14, 2026, 6:30-8pm
Meeting Location: South Coast Watershed Resource Center
Arroyo Burro County Park (Hendry’s Beach)
2981 Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93109.
Hi everyone, please join us for our monthly meeting on Tues, April 14, 6:30 – 8pm. We will review the recent Eco Hero event honoring Brock Dolman & Kate Lundquist of Occidental Arts & Ecology Center’s WATER Institute.
What a wonderful evening it was, and what a wealth of information they shared about their 30 years of advocacy work for beaver, salmon & our watersheds. We filmed the event, so it will be available online in the future.
We will also show a video of Pamela Adams of Beaver Insights, who we met at the recent State of the Beaver conference in Oregon a few months ago, and last weekend where she was the keynote for the Central Coast Beaver Festival. We met lots of other beaver enthusiasts from many backgrounds at the Beaver Festival, we were busy all day answering questions, and learning from others who had information about beavers & our watersheds. It was another happy & successful event with thousands attending.
Hope to see you soon! Margie Bushman & Wes Roe, www.sbpermaculture.org
Resources:
Pamela Adams: https://beaverinsights.com/
Pamela Adams, is a Seattle-based "beaver detective" and leader in community-based urban beaver ecology. Her work focuses on empowering everyday residents to observe, understand, and advocate for beavers in their own neighborhoods. Through her initiative Beaver Insights, she helps people recognize the powerful ecological changes these animals bring to urban waterways and how communities can support coexistence. Pamela's vision is simple but inspiring: more "freelance beaver detectives" in every watershed across the West and beyond.
Article & videos:
Kate Lundquist & Brock Dolman:
How We’re Winning the Campaign to Rehydrate the West:
Free downloadable publications on the Water Institute website:
- Basins of Relations: A Citizens Guide to Restoring & Protecting Our Watersheds
- Beaver In California: Creating a Culture of Stewardship
Upcoming Events 2026:
· Sat April 18, Chumash Earth Day, public welcome, SB Beaver Brigade & SB Permaculture Network tabling. Location: kitiyepumu’ park | santa ynez reservation
· Sat Apr 25 & 26, Santa Barbara Earth Day; Alameda Park in downtown Santa Barbara, CA, SB Permaculture Network & SB Beaver Brigade tabling, in the Homegrown Section, Space #511, stop by & visit.
· May 23-25 (Memorial Day weekend) I Madonnari Street Painting Festival, at the SB Old Mission, Santa Barbara Permaculture Network & SB Beaver Brigade sponsor an art square, this year a Beaver & Steelhead theme
SB Beaver Brigade Meetings are on the 2nd Tuesday of the month 6:30-8pm (no meetings in July or December)
Location: South Coast Watershed Resource Center, Arroyo Burro County Park (Hendry’s Beach)
2981 Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93109.
Kate & Brock receiving their Eco Hero Award