Events

Methow Okanogan Beaver Project hosts and attends many different types of events throughout the year. From volunteer work parties to workshops for restoration professionals to beaver-themed education and activities for kids, there's a little something for everyone to learn about beavers and help improve the function and resilience of our watersheds.

Upcoming Events

Beaver Habitat Tours

The Methow Okanogan Beaver Project is now offering free monthly educational beaver habitat, beaver based restoration, beaver coexistence site tours!

April Tour (Saturday, April 19th from 10am - 1pm): You're invited to the Methow Okanogan Beaver Project's first ever public tour in the Okanogan Watershed! Come explore the Methow's sister watershed and appreciate the beauty of beaver habitat in the spring! We'll tour some active beaver habitat and look for beaver activity and then take a look at MOBP's restoration work while we discuss beaver based restoration. Sign up here.

May Tour (Saturday, May 17th from 5pm - 8pm): Join us for an evening tour of one of our Methow Watershed beaver habitat tours. We'll check out an awesome beaver dam, talk about beaver coexistence strategies, and enjoy the vibrant and biodiverse habitat. Bring your binoculars to get a look at the many songbird species enjoying the beaver pond. If we're very quiet, still, and lucky, we may even catch a sunset tail-slap as our tour subjects emerge from their lodge to make their evening rounds. Sign up coming soon!

Attendance is free, but spots are limited - sign up now to join us! Can't make it? Stay tuned for more tour offerings to different locations later this spring/ summer.

Spring Beaver Relocator Workshops

Are you a wildlife professional, restoration practitioner, or just a beaver-ally with a strong interest in learning to relocate beavers? Join us for our Spring Beaver Relocator Workshops. In partnership with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Methow Okanogan Beaver Project is offering two Beaver Relocation and Coexistence Training days this Spring.

When: 8am-4pm on Friday, April 18th and 8am-4pm on Monday, May 19th
Where: Winthrop National Fish Hatchery
Cost: Free to all who are interested
Sign up: Please register with both MOBP and WDFW by emailing:

  • WDFW through Shawn Behling - shawna.behling@dfw.wa.gov
  • MOBP through Livvie Bright - livvie.mbp@methowsalmon.org

Past Events

Below are some of our past events. Many are offered yearly or throughout the year, so stay tuned for our next appearance!

Earth Day Festival

We celebrated Earth Day by teaching our neighbors about beavers at this fun, nature and ecology themed festival.

Process-Based Restoration Workshop

We periodically offer this hands-on workshop to other restoration professionals to share our knowledge on process-based restoration.

WDFW Beaver Relocator Permit Training

MOBP shares our beaver relocation expertise by helping to run a training where other restoration professionals can become permitted beaver relocators.

 

Volunteer Work Party at Cow Creek

At this recent work party, volunteers channeled their inner beaver to help weave boughs through our Beaver Dam Analogues. Many hands made light work and we were grateful for the help!

Coexistence Strategies Workshop

At this training, MOBP staff share our best tips and tricks on coexistence devices, from culvert protectors to pond levelers and more.

Methow Arts Festival

Our booth at the Methow Arts Festival featured a beaver-themed art activity: sculpting miniature beavers out of modeling clay.