Guess what’s coming soon to a wifi near you? Straight from our good friends at the Methow beaver project:
Our summer intern, Josiah Shaver, has been hard at work for months behind the scenes getting ready for this. And now it’s almost time.
We’re calling it “I’ll Be Dammed,” a name that Joe Weirich, our Restoration Coordinator, came up with. And, as far as we know, this will be the FIRST EVER podcast dedicated to beaver restoration and coexistence.
Check back in on Friday morning to find the first episode, which will be released on Spotify, Anchor and our YouTube channel. Any guesses on who our first interviewee is? We’ll give you a hint. His name rhymes with “Mike Had-a-plan”.
Well of course we all know this won’t be the FIRST BEAVER PODCAST but we’ll definitely tune in a cheer you along. Can’t find anything about a launch today yet, but I’ll keep you posted.
I’ll Be Dammed is a down-to-earth, humorous and serious show hosted by the Methow Beaver Project. We have conversations with beaver restoration experts, wildfire researchers, environmentalists, ranchers and community members with the goal of understanding the multifaceted ecological and community benefits that beavers bring to us, as well as the challenges of living with them at times. Listen in as we discuss all things beavers – working with beavers in conflict with human priorities, and partnering with beavers to adapt and build resilience to climate change impacts like extreme wildfire, drought, flooding, etc. We explore how beavers can provide the complex habitat that our endangered and threatened salmon evolved with, even in a very modified, human-dominated landscape. We also explore the motivations behind the Methow Beaver Project’s efforts, and the future of partnering with beavers across the U.S.
Excellent news! Josh and I spoke recently about his work on an serious game about beaver management, which he hopes to launch at the next beaver con. He was a young man in a complete different field who read Eager and decided that he would dedicate his future career to restoring beavers and ecology. So you can imagine how good this will be.
I’m so old I barely remember our own podcast but I do have a fairly clear notion of HOW MUCH DAM WORK it was.
