The Coexistence Fund

Half of the net profit from everything in The Beaver Cache goes into You Betula's beaver coexistence fund.

What it pays for

  • Free tours and public education about beavers and wetlands.
  • Discounts on coexistence projects for landowners and communities who qualify.

There's no application form. We decide where the fund can help during an install consult, or when a group asks us to lead a tour. If you've got a beaver situation or an outing in mind, get in touch on youbetula.com.

Out on the water: our tours with the Alberta Wilderness Association

Paddling past a beaver lodge on the Sturgeon River, July 2023

Since 2023, Kirby has volunteered as a guide for the Alberta Wilderness Association's Adventures for Wilderness program: by-donation outings where people meet beavers where they live and learn why they matter. These are the kind of tours the fund helps pay for.

  • 2023, Sturgeon River: Amisk Adventure, a canoe trip past lodges, slides, scent mounds and a couple of dams we had to get over. Read the recap
  • 2024, Waterton watershed: A Tale of Two Dams, with cottonwood biologist Cheryl Bradley, comparing the Waterton Reservoir with a beaver wetland on Cottonwood Creek. Read the recap
  • 2026, Lac Ste. Anne County: Beavers and the Boreal, on Edmonton and Area Land Trust's new conservation land. Read the recap
  • 2026, Lethbridge: Beavers and Bats, with the Helen Schuler Nature Centre. Read the recap · AWA's Instagram post · a participant's look back
Adventurers launching canoes on the Sturgeon River, July 2023Canoes on the Sturgeon River, July 2023Kirby England leading the Sturgeon River paddle, July 2023

Follow along on Instagram at @you_betula_beaver_guy and @adventures4wild.