This year the beavers in Illinois got a whole lot luckier. Rachel Siegel stepped up to advocate for her beavers in Glenview and thought, sheesh why just protect the beavers in my condominium? Why not educate people about all the good beavers can do for the state?
So she did.
Meet the Illinois Beaver Alliance,
In addition to getting the people of Glenview to care about beavers and starting a nonprofit to protect them, she has met with the local representative AND Fish and game to put beavers on the radar if everyone involved. She even adapted our handout about urban beavers for the state, complete with articles by a local expert. Rachel is full of power moves. If I were a beaver in Illinois I’d be feeling pretty confident right about now.
