SHERRI TIPPIE GETS TOAST OF BEAVER BEER

Well this was a surprise to come across. I have been so buried in festival details I forgot international beaver day is fast approaching!

Belching Beaver Donates $10K To Wildlife 2000 Through Give A Dam Campaign

Did you know National Beer Day and International Beaver day are on the same day? April 7 hosts both of these holidays, and Belching Beaver is celebrating by teaming up with Wildlife 2000 to drive awareness, through it’s Give A Dam campaign, of how beavers help create biodiversity and other positive ecological benefits.

“The state of California has antiquated laws,” said Eric Robinson of Wildlife 2000. “They don’t allow anyone to move beaver anywhere in the state without a permit, and the permits are not given to anyone, they have lots of reasons not to move beaver.” “You can kill them, about 2,000 per year, mostly in Northern California.” “There are plenty of permits given to lethally remove them, but not for humanely putting them back in the land where they can do some good.”

Belching Beaver’s donation to Wildlife 2000 will fund efforts to try and get these laws updated and changed.

Wildlife 2000 is the advocacy group run by Sherri Tippie. So of course when I saw this I called her right away. She sounded very cheerful and excited about the whole thing. And she says hi to everyone, of course.

“To be honest, I’ve never seen a beaver, and I’ve lived in California my whole life, but now I know why, they are being killed,” said Haley Smith Marketing Manager at Belching Beaver Brewery. “I’ve always been a lover of animals, and I understand that some can see beavers as a nuisance, but I don’t think they should just be killed.” “This is their home, and they are just doing what they know to do, build dams, and raise their kits.”

The brewery is working with their distributor partners to create displays in retail locations to try and drive awareness about these animals. The displays will consist of marketing pieces that give facts about beavers and host a QR code that can be scanned to learn more about Wildlife 2000 and their partnership.

A special release beer was also created, Operation Beaver Drop Lemon Wheat Ale, to shine light on a successful beaver relocation project that took place in Idaho. Beavers were put into aerated boxes and parachuted down to a new environment, instead of the alternative of being trapped lethally.

Wow, Eric Robinson is the point person that made this happen, and he is a FORCE of nature for beavers. He has been hard on the beaver relocation rule change for years now. and doesn’t seem to be getting weary.

Operation Beaver Drop is a light and refreshing wheat ale brewed with lemon peel, lemongrass and grains of paradise. It will be available throughout the brewery’s distribution footprint in 4-pack 16 oz cans starting April 1.

Belching Beaver is also hosting a special Pint Night at their Oceanside location on April 7. Wildlife 2000 will be there to talk more about their mission and how, and why we should protect beavers. There will be a video as well as special giveaways.

Well well well, They use our name but they aren’t giving us any money. Hmm. I suppose raising awareness of the importance of beavers is good new, even if they don’t contribute to the beaver festival. And I’m always happy to have a reason to call Sherri and here her happy and taking on the world. So that’s a plus plus plus!

Oh I saw our ad in the new issue of Bay Nature yesterday. It’s on the second page right hand corner top, right where you open to.

REMEMBER THIS DAY IN BEAVER HISTORY

heidi08 Beaver relocation September 25, 2019

You know how it is. You think you’ve seen it all. Tried everything, opened every door. And then one day, almost out of the blue Nancy Pelosi launches an impeachment inquiry and San Diego is relocating beavers.

About Dam Time!

So our friend Eric Robinson is really doing this. He is raising money to buy traps and I think Worth A Dam should help. I already told him he has to have a booth at the festival and explain it all. And he agreed!

The rest, as they say, is history.

Beavers flooding rifle range to be removed from Camp Pendleton

Experts say the beavers come down the Santa Margarita River each year and flood the rifle range at Camp Pendleton with their dam-building.

SAN DIEGO — Several beavers that have been causing issues at Camp Pendleton in North San Diego County are set to be removed from the Marine Corps base.

A group of environmentalists that specialize in these types of animal removals has received approval to live trap and transport eight to 14 beavers. Experts say the creatures come down the Santa Margarita River each year and end up flooding the rifle range at Camp Pendleton with their dam-building.

Previously, Marines at the base were lethally trapping the beavers each year as their population expanded.

The group that traps the beavers will house them temporarily and the animals will have a health check performed by a veterinarian.

The entire beaver family will be transported to release sites with the first batch going to Tule River Reservation near Porterville, California.

A GoFundMe page has been set up to assist with the rescuing of the beavers.

Footage in this piece by Sarah Koenigsberg courtesy of The Beaver Believers. To learn more click here.

The campaign now has nearly 400 dollars Click here to help out and get beavers relocated in San Diego!

B.R.A.V.O. FOR BEAVERS

heidi08 Beaver relocation September 24, 2019

You know how it is, You work and work every day at a worthy task, like changing the beaver relocation laws in California or hey maybe impeaching a corrupt president who made deals with a foreign government to thwart our democracy, and it seems like you are getting NO WHERE, You’ve followed all the rules. You’ve done this all by the book, and you can measure the dramatic noneffect in nanometers.

It’s not working.

Then one day, everything changes. I mean everything.

Meet Eric Robinson a fairly recent beaver believer from Southern California who wants those reintroduction laws changed and fast for his very dry part of the state. He tried talking to fish and wildlife, tried working with Kate Lundquist from OAEC who has been at the frontlines on this issue, working to get the law changed, And got impatient with all the nothing that was happening.

So he stepped out of line. Got a crowbar. And found the rusted gears most likely to move.

Eric spoke with the head of USDA who said they would be happy to give him some beavers. And with the members of several tribes who want beavers back on their land. And with Molly Alves from the tulalip tribe whose been doing this work in Washington for years. Then he talked with Doris at Sonoma Wildlife and got her to agree to house some beavers during transition.

It went from impossible to it’s all happening. Molly is coming to do a training for Doris and her staff in October, and rusty wheels are in motion. Yesterday he was on the local news regarding the beavers at Camp Pendleton which they have been routinely trapping for years. Now he’s talking to SeaWorld about possibly being a Southern California stopover site. It couldn’t hurt their reputation. And they already have a beaver in their education program.

Oh and he has an acronym for the program. It’s called B.R.A.V.O.

Project BRAVO – Beaver Restoration Aquifer Vitalization Opportunities

Now the operation has a GOFUNDME campaign and you can help. Sometimes when the wheels of progress turn too slowly you just have to make your own.

Rescue Camp Pendleton Beavers

Currently Beaver are coming down the Santa Margarita River into Camp Pendleton every Spring where they are lethally trapped. This year we finally discovered a way to save them. We are partnering with California Tribes to restore beaver to their native lands. We will use the money to buy Hancock Live traps $450, Game Cameras to record our process $90, Food and Lodging for them while we collect the whole family $300, Veterinarian bill for health check up $360. Transportation to the release site at Tule River Reservation $300.

GO TEAM BRAVO! Eric and his merry volunteers could use your support. This is pretty exciting to watch unfold. Now we just have to do that other thing too, Stay tuned.