Did you feel it? The seismic shift in the force where the epicenter of beaver education suddenly landed in Colorado?Yesterday was the first-ever beaver festival in Colorado. Looks like it made a literal splash.

Give a Dam Beaver Festival debuts in Durango

Ryan Beevers, 9, Abel Blaisdell, 9, Ellie Linville, 7, and Adrien Linville, build beaver dams with sand, rock, willow trees and water with the help of volunteer Laurn Kramer on Saturday during Give a Dam Beaver Festival at Rotary Park. Several different organizations participated in the first annual event highlighting the benefits of beavers and the work being done to maintain and restore watersheds. 

Awesome photo~!That is just the kind of engrossing activity children love and photographers go crazy over! I’m so happy to see this happening in Durango.

Attendees at the Give a Dam Beaver Festival onSaturday at Rotary Park participate in beaver theater explaining the history of beavers in America and how important they are to the ecosystem. Several different organizations participated in the first annual event highlighting the benefits of beavers and the work being done to maintain and restore watersheds. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)

The very best way to tell a story is to get their attention first. Looks like Give A Dam did that in spades.

Attendees at the Give a Dam Beaver Festival on Saturday at Rotary Park participate in beaver theater explaining the history of beavers in America and how important they are to the ecosystem. Several different organizations participated in the first annual event highlighting the benefits of beavers and the work being done to maintain and restore watersheds.

This is my favorite part. I think it will be in the library for a few weeks afterwards. How cool is this?

 

A beaver hut was constructed on Saturday during Give a Dam Beaver Festival at Rotary Park. Several different organizations participated in the first annual event highlighting the benefits of beavers and the work being done to maintain and restore watersheds. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)

Hey I know what troop 429 might want to do next year. Hmm. It kind of makes me itchy just looking at it but kids like that sort of thing.

Great work Nichole pulling off the best ever beaver celebration in Colorado! I can barely remember our first festival lo these many years ago. Worth A Dam salutes you and give you a tail slap of hearty congratulations!