At the occasion of the World Wetland Day, we must not forget that it is the beaver who has the ability to create wetland areas. Increased water levels behind beaver dam can sometimes…
This week we decided to go in search of beaver field signs along Gradiško lake. We were tipped that beavers exist in the area through Beavertrack app (https://life-beaver.eu/en/beavertrack/). Exploring the site, we noticed…
As part of the ongoing monitoring of the installed beaver deceiver at Žerjavinski brook, we had a look at the functionality of the flooding solution during the winter.
In spring and summer time,…
At the beginning of December we received an incentive from Kozjanski park to have a look at known beaver dams along Buča brook in Buče settlement as well as Ribnik brook in Lastnik…
We are planning to set up six different information boards relating to beaver ecology spread across Slovenia. This time, the chosen place is along Radulja brook in Dolenjska region. Radulja has a historical…
One of the oldest and largest beaver dams known in Slovenia are from Lešnica brook near Novo mesto. Therefore, we decided to set up a camera there and see what the beavers are…
In August we met with a group of 31 children and their teachers, who wanted to have an educational outdoor trip to the otter centre Aqualutra in Goričko. The children had the opportunity…
An ongoing monitoring is being carried out of the first installed beaver-deceiver in Slovenia along Žerjavinski brook, which was regularly flooding due to a beaver dam. Since April this year and onward, we…
Institute Lutra founder, Marjana Hӧnigsfeld Adamič, carried out a lecture on beaver and its role within cultural landscape, as well as its effect on fighting against climate change. Beaver, as the ecosystem engineer,…
In the beginning of June, we collaborated with the Institute of the Republic of Slovenia for Nature Conservation (ZRSVN Novo mesto) and installed for the first time a »beaver deceiver«, which is a…
