Panel: Beaver Tale - Rehydrating the Land & Supporting Whole Ecosystems

Muralist Lindee Zimmer, The Boulder Watershed Collective, and other local partners are thrilled to tell the tale of beaver in a public mural created during the 2024 Street Wise Mural Festival. This artwork illustrates the beaver’s impact on water, ecosystems and climate change, featuring these keystone species who rehydrate parched landscapes creating wildfire buffers, replenishing groundwater, and expanding habitat for numerous species.

During this panel, Lindee and local watershed and climate resilient practitioners and leaders will discuss this collaborative eco-arts project process and inspiration, and dive into Lindee’s vision to tell the impactful story of beavers. This conversation will examine beaver’s influence on water, ecosystems, wildfire resilience, and climate change. Through an interactive Q&A, audience members will be able to ask panelist questions. The finished mural will be on display at BeaverCon 2024, held at CU Boulder from October 19 to 24 (more information at www.beaverinstitute.org).

PANELISTS:

Lindee Zimmer, Artist

Preston Brown, The Boulder Watershed Collective

Heather Bearnes-Loza, COOL Boulder

Moderated by Erin Fried, The Boulder Watershed Collective

Host or Publisher Street Wise Arts