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Tuesday, May 11, 2021: Behind the Scenes

Just an update on some behind the scenes stuff going on. We received responses from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources on some...

Monday, May 10, 2021: Water Quality Credit Markets

We left off yesterday by talking about how low-tech process-based restoration of riverscapes could help solve the problem of agricultural...

Sunday, May 9, 2021: Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone

Sunday, May 9: Tomorrow I am going to explain nutrient farming and how beavers are going to help save our planet, but today I'm going to...

Saturday, May 8, 2021: Lessons from Neal Marsh

As we walked around Neal Marsh yesterday admiring the clear water and the beaver channels that resident beavers created to get from the...

Friday, May 7, 2021: Field Trip!

We went on an amazing and educational field trip to Neal Marsh this morning with Dr. Donald Hey, Executive Director of Wetlands Research....

Thursday, May 6, 2021: Working Toward a Beaver Management Policy for the Village of Glenview

After our group spoke at the Village of Glenview trustees meeting on Tuesday night, incoming president Mike Jenny responded by reading a...

Wednesday, May 5, 2021: Micro and Macro Beaver Projects

Today feels like a good day to talk about the two parallel projects we have going on. The first project is, of course, our desire to make...

Tuesday, May 4, 2021: Beaver Relocations

I spoke with Molly Alves yesterday about beaver relocation programs. Molly is a wildlife biologist in the Natural Resources Department of...

Monday, May 3, 2021: Convincing the Farming Community to Join Team Beaver

I had a great conversation with Jeff Boland-Prom of Midwest Beaver Solutions and his son Edwin about beavers in Illinois yesterday. Jeff...

Sunday, May 2, 2021, Part 2: Illinois' Beaver Management Policies Are Behind the Times

The IDNR, including wildlife biologist Nicky Strahl, has been responding to all inquiries about the Glenview beavers with a statement....

Sunday, May 2, 2021: WANTED poster

Yesterday our group posted a photo of a billboard along Willow Road--a WANTED poster with an image of a skunk, a raccoon, and a squirrel....

Saturday, May 1, 2021: Clean Water and Access to Nature Is an Environmental Justice Issue

I had a wonderful conversation yesterday with Margaret Frisbie, Executive Director of Friends of the Chicago River. Margaret told me that...

Friday, April 30: Cultural Carrying Capacity

I have been thinking a lot lately about something Ben Goldfarb writes about in Eager. There are two different measures of how many...

Thursday, April 29: Nutrient Farming

We are live on Instagram at glenview_beavers_fan_club and are starting to tell our story! Please share this post on your Facebook stories...

Wednesday, April 28: Who Owns the Ponds?

The Glenview beavers were seen out and about last night and again this morning. We are waiting to receive information back from the...

Tuesday, April 27: The Plot Thickens About Who Owns the Retention Ponds

I want to talk about some "big picture" stuff that is going on for the Glenview Beavers Fan Club. When I reached out to Ben Goldfarb,...

Sunday, April 25: Offer for Glenview and Northbrook Residents

Today the Glenview Beavers Fan Club is pleased to make the following offer to every property owner and HOA in Glenview and Northbrook: If...

Saturday, April 24: Conversations with the Village

I wanted to keep the group posted about my conversations with the Village of Glenview. I just emailed incoming Village Board President...

Saturday, April 24: Book Club?

Both of our Glenview beavers were spotted at the ponds last night! Thank you to everyone who shared photos and videos; I will add them to...

Friday, April 23: Press Release

Here is the press release that we just sent to our media contacts. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Homeowners Association Rejects Community...