April 12 3rd Annual San Luis Obispo County CA Beaver Festival

3rd Annual SLO County Beaver Festival
Saturday, April 12, 2025
10 am – 3 pm, free admission
SLO Mission Plaza, 989 Chorro Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

Cosponsored and cofounded by Santa Barbara Permaculture Network

The SLO Beaver Brigade invites eager beavers of all ages to the Third Annual San Luis Obispo County Beaver Festival on Saturday, April 12th in Mission Plaza from 10 am to 3 pm. We will have strong focus on the nexus between prescribed burn, beaver restoration, and ranching at this year’s festival.

The day includes free admission, food, vendors, live music, children’s activities, a beaver trivia contest, speakers, and a plethora of information on the benefits that beavers provide to us in our state and county. Live music by local violinist Miles “Danger” Kennedy and Cuyama Mama & the Hot Flashes.

Event Schedule

10:30 am ♫ Miles ‘Danger’ Kennedy on the violin ♫

11:30 am Opening Speaker Shaunie Briggs, Salinan Tribe

12:00 pm Keynote Speaker Molly Alves, California Department of Fish & Wildlife

12:30 pm Restoration Focus Speakers
Sophia Marquez, SLO Prescribed Burn Association
Grant Johnson, Grant Johnson Ag
Cooper Lienhart, Nature’s Engineers

1:00 pm Kids’ Beaver Trivia Contest

1:15pm Creek Walk & Talk Creek Lands Conservation: The Creek as a Classroom

1:30 pm ♫ Cuyama Mama & the Hot Flashes ♫

Our Keynote Speaker

Molly Alves, Beaver Restoration Supervisor for California Department of Fish and Wildlife

Molly Alves has a long history relocating beavers from areas where coexistence is not possible to headwater streams that beavers struggle to naturally recolonize in an effort to store water, enhance biodiversity, and protect our landscape from wildfire. Come learn about California’s relocation efforts from the experts.

SLO Beaver Festival 2025