Justin Jendza

Founder and Lead Practitioner

Beaver Leavers was formed in 2019 after years of driving cross country and wondering what the continent must have looked like before beavers were removed. A chance encounter with Ben Goldfarb's Eager led to contacting the Beaver Institute and joining the BeaverCorps apprenticeship training program.  
  
Founder Justin Jendza grew up and still resides in the St. Clair Flats region of southeastern Michigan, the largest coastal wetland complex in the Great Lakes. After years of working in and around Yosemite National Park building trails and renovating historical structures, he returned to the Great Lakes to focus on beavers and wetlands. In his free time, he likes long climbing, biking and running routes in the mountains and a good Czech pilsner at the end of the day. 

Ford & Jasper

Chief Canine Officers

While the canine-castor partnership is one that has been slow to establish, we're certain that someday Ford and Jasper will come to appreciate the chief architects of those cool ponds that provide such instant relief on a hot summer's day. For the time being, a good whiff of castoreum never did a dog wrong.