Watershed Guardians

12/29/2025

https://youtu.be/6lT5W32xRN4?si=D2n2S0DdbFsuKFqC

Take the 2023 PBS Survey: https://to.pbs.org/pbssurvey2023editionMore and more scientists are starting to ask the question: Could beavers be the ally we’ve b...

12/22/2025

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12/11/2025

https://youtu.be/Ic3x8OVYe80?feature=shared

Second only to humans, beavers alter their environment more than any other organism on the planet. These tireless animal engineers face the challenges of pre...

12/03/2025

https://www.instagram.com/p/DRxWEbcgRno/?igsh=b21rMG51MzlyZXd6

11/07/2025

🦫🌕✨️ The Beaver Supermoon is here! 🦫🌕✨️

Get out there and view (or dance!) with the biggest, brightest supermoon of the year.

November's full Moon is known as the Beaver Moon because it's traditionally the time when beavers are most active in nature, preparing for the harsh winter months ahead. Soon beavers will take shelter in their lodges, having laid up sufficient food stores.

During the North American fur trade, it was also the season beavers were trapped for their thick, winter-ready pelts.

Each of the monthly full Moons has a nickname tied to early Native American, Colonial American, and European folklore that reflects annual events or changes in nature.

Other November Moon Nicknames

🌕 Digging or Scratching Moon (Tlingit): the time animals forage for fallen nuts // shoots and bears dig their winter dens

🌕 Deer Rutting Moon (Dakota & Lakota): the time when deer seek mates

🌕 Whitefish Moon (Algonquin): the spawning time for this fish

🌕 Frost Moon (Cree & Assiniboine) or Freezing Moon (Anishinaabe): the onset of colder days ahead

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11/07/2025

One of our friends and a fellow sent us this awesome video. Which gives us the perfect excuse, now that we're into the season of Thanksgiving, to talk about some of the reasons we need to thank our local Beaver populations.

Beaver dams clean water by creating a natural filtration system that slows down water flow, this allows sediment to settle into the bottom of the pond or the dam itself. They also promote microbial processes that break down contaminants. Their ponds also help recharge , improving water quality downstream and substantially builds up our local .

10/28/2025

Interesting bit of Idaho history gobbled up by DOGE.

When a large-scale restoration effort was halted by feds, history could not be forced back into the archives.

10/26/2025

Here's a note from CBI Bikes. CBI ( on Yellowstone, Taco John's) is having a sale on gear. CBI donated a e-bike at last year's BDJ-Idaho. Check 'em out!

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Hey it’s Trent from CBI BIKES!
I just wanted to reach out and le you know that we are making room for some awesome new spring gear, so right now helmets, shoes, and select items are up to 75% off! Swing by and grab a deal while it lasts!

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10/11/2025

Yumm!

Now available!! Pumpkin Maple Cookies with Cream cheese frosting. These delectable treats will melt in your mouth!!

**Gluten-free versions available.

10/07/2025

Congratulations to Tamzen McBeth who won our super Raffle float trip with Tanner Lewis of Palisades Creek outfitters! It should be a grand trip!

10/03/2025

HazWaste day at BanCo Landfill.

09/22/2025

Here's a shout out to the fantastic bands who played at this year's beaverdamjam-Idaho: The Wolverines, tearin' it up; Steelhead Redd with Orla O'Connor swimming upstream with precision and flavor; Catagory3 with hurricane shredding guitar and gail-force vocals (who was that lady) and Walther's Wallpaper who kept the crowd rocking with their eclectic funk right up to close. Thank you all so much! Mike