OSU’s Benny the Beaver greets new and old friends as students get ready for the new school year. But did you know that Benny has a brother on the Oregon Coast? Yup, just down Highway 34!
Benny Beaver’s brother, Billy, lives near (you guessed it) Blackberry Campground; near milepost 18 on the Alsea River.
Beavers don’t make much noise so you have to be watching for them. Early morning or late evening hours are the best time to see them. We’d seen signs they were in the area for a few days: bark-stripped sticks floating down the river. We could also see waves in the water coming from something bigger than a fish on the other side of the river. Then we saw him lazily swimming upriver yesterday and today.
