Field Tour – June 28, 2025 (5–8pm), Methow location
Explore a living beaver complex with the Methow Okanogan Beaver Project and experience firsthand the incredible impact of beavers on a post-wildfire stream and floodplain. This 2–4 hour outdoor adventure will showcase the surprising feats of beaver engineering and the role these animals play in healing landscapes. To sign up, contact griffin@methowsalmon.org—we look forward to sharing the secret, fascinating world of beavers with you!
Evening Presentation – June 29, 2025
Spend an evening immersed in the wonders of watershed restoration and the ingenious engineering of one of nature’s most unassuming keystone species: the American beaver. Hosted by the Methow Okanogan Beaver Project, this engaging presentation will explore beaver behavior and their unique adaptations to semi-aquatic life. Learn how these remarkable rodents support biodiversity, enhance water security, and build climate resilience as they help us reimagine and revive entire watersheds.
About the Speaker: Alexa Whipple , Project Director – Methow Okanogan Beaver Project, a program of Methow Salmon Recovery Foundation
alexa.mbp@methowsalmon.org, www.methowbeaverproject.org
Alexa is the Director of the Methow Okanogan Beaver Project, a program of Methow Salmon Recovery Foundation. As a Restoration Ecologist, she works for sustainable, effective, and collaborative solutions to challenging environmental and social conditions. She is a co-chair of the WA Beaver Working Group, the WA Beaver Policy Group, and the National Beaver Working Group’s Policy & Management Committee. She is a 2020 graduate of BeaverCorps, the Beaver Institute’s Wetland Manager Beaver Coexistence training program. Alexa has called the Methow & Okanogan Watersheds of the Upper Columbia in northcentral WA State home since 2001 where she managed her family’s farm and groundwater well services business for 15 years. She has studied beavers, songbirds, carnivores, plant communities, sustainable agricultural practices, and post-wildfire recovery of western riverscapes. Alexa completed her BS in Wildlife Biology at Virginia Tech and MS in Ecology at Eastern Washington University where she focused on beaver-mediated restoration of degraded streams across western NA.
Non-MVIC Events Happening Soon
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In our May newsletter, we celebrate the arrival of spring with stories about balsamroot blooms, basalt formations, and what it’s like to be an MVIC docent.
We also introduce a new board member and share opportunities to get involved this season. Click here to read the full newsletter!
The Homestream Park Stewardship Campaign is still underway!
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