Against All Odds: A beaver story in Fish Creek Provincial Park
Wildlife photographer Susan Ingham shares the incredible story of a beaver who lost a limb to a trap – and their inspirational effort to keep going.
April 23, 2025
Tag: beavers
WANTED: Okanagan land owners with beavers
Beaver Corps trainee looking for a site to build pond leveller or exclusion fencing to protect road culverts in British Columbia.
April 8, 2025
Planting for Beavers: Trees, shrubs and perennial choices
Beavers prefer certain types of plants for consuming and adding to their dams or lodges. Making the right selection can protect – or provide resources – from beavers.
March 27, 2025
A Dam Good Conversation: Ben Goldfarb on Beavers, Wetlands, and Rewilding the World
Environmental journalist and author of Eager, Ben Goldfarb joins Defender Radio as part of our beaver celebrations.
March 25, 2025
Best of Beaver Videos
Celebrate beavers becoming Canada’s symbol with some of the best beaver videos the internet has to offer.
March 24, 2025
Fascinating Facts About Beavers: Nature’s Engineers
As the second-largest rodent in the world, beavers play a crucial role in shaping ecosystems, creating habitats, and even combating climate change.
March 24, 2025
Brilliant Beavers Crossword
Take a break and test your knowledge of beavers in this fun crossword puzzle, designed to celebrate the beaver’s 50th anniversary as a symbol of Canada.
March 24, 2025
Free Webinar: How Beavers Became Canada’s Symbol
Join our free webinar to learn about the beaver’s journey to becoming Canada’s official symbol, and why protecting them is essential for our future.
March 10, 2025
Freshwater friends: beavers are our eco-heroes
Increased trade tensions putting spotlight water security and protection in Canada.
February 19, 2025
Open Letter: Beavers can help fight the climate crisis
Ecological benefits of beavers are well-documented in research, but are undermined by the commercial trapping licensing regime of the government of BC.
September 13, 2023
Action Alert: End commercial trapping of beavers in B.C.
The province needs to implement urgent measures to stop the commercial and recreational trapping of beavers and recognize their ecological benefits.
September 13, 2023
Wildlife are facing extreme pressures and need relief
In Canada’s worst fire season on record, we don’t know for certain what the medium and long-term impacts will be on wildlife, and because of that, there is an urgent need to relieve pressures we can control in the face of uncertainty.
September 11, 2023
