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Now hiring: Policy & Science Director

Beaver Institute is hiring a full-time Policy & Science Director to bridge beaver management and best available science to sound permitting and policy. This position will administer the science of coexistence, bridging best beaver management practices toward accessible, intelligible permitting processes that practitioners and agencies can nimbly navigate. The role will collaborate with the Executive Director, and external partners, to develop, launch, and orchestrate a North American Beaver Network. Critically, this position will take the results and actions from state-by-state review of beaver coexistence permitting to ensure our BeaverCorps members are able to work on the landscape.  

Summer internship with the Beaver Institute!

Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Beaver Research Assistant (Hybrid/Part-time/Paid)

An update on the National Beaver Working Groups

Over the last three years the National Beaver Working Groups (NBWG) have provided a virtual forum for knowledge and resource-sharing, community building, inspiration, and activity. Facilitated by Beaver Institute, chaired by a cadre of committed volunteers, and with a membership of over 250 individuals across the continent and globe, the NBWGs have been a critical space and tool for many. In the coming months, the NBWGs will sunset, taking all we’ve learned and accomplished to inform a functioning knowledge and resource-sharing platform under the auspices of the North American Beaver Knowledge Network (NABKN), bridging science and sound beaver management to policy and permitting. Read this post to learn more!

Now hiring: Full-Time Grants Manager

Beaver Institute seeks to hire a full-time Grants Manager to support our continental-scale expansion. The Grants Manager will collaborate and work alongside the Executive Director in fundraising (private foundations, individual donors, corporate) and ensure timely and thorough completion of all stages of workflows from initial inquiry and application to award, payment, reporting, and closeout.

Notes from the Beaver Field

executive director Adam Burnett conducted 9 site visits from October thru December 2024 with BeaverCorps professionals, partners, tribes, restoration practitioners, hunters, ranchers, land holders, and academics. Adam was able to spend time with three of our trained beaver professionals and witness their considerable impact on three very different landscapes and contexts – historical, cultural, geological, hydrological.

Midwest Beaver Summit 2024

The Midwest Beaver Summit returns on August 28th!

2023 Annual Report

Beaver Institute publishes 2023 Annual Report

BeaverCON 2024 RFP

National Beaver Working Groups Autumn 2023 Updates

Our Values

Summer updates

The past year has seen Beaver Institute grow significantly, due to the great need and opportunities for ecosystem repair in nearly every corner of North America. As wildfires rage, droughts subsist, and species decline in the U.S. and Canada, the presence of beavers can help.

Beaver Institute’s 2022 Annual Report is here!

Our first-ever Annual Report is here!