Have you entered the contest?

Volunteer Elizabeth Winstead of GG Audubon fame was new to the festival but that didn’t stop her from stepping up to the plate. She dreamed, created and executed the beavers memes and memories site, and engaged folk young and old in her project. Entries are still accepted and you can read about them here: Click on the blue headers to go to the website.

What’s a meme?

A meme is unit of cultural transmission. On the internet, it’s usually an image or video with a funny caption that spreads on social media.

Enter the contest

Calling all punsters and word players! Visit the contest site to look at the fun photos of beavers (taken by Mike Digout). Submit your funny caption for a photo to enter the contest. Be sure to include the number of the photo on your entry form. Multiple entries are allowed.

Winners

Multiple winners will be selected based on creativity, humor, and originality. Extra consideration given to meme captions that highlight the climate change superpowers of beavers. Winning memes will be featured on social media posts on Facebook and Instagram. Winners will be notified by email.

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Memory Contest

We want to hear your favorite beaver tale!

Submit your original true favorite memory about seeing a beaver or beavers, either in Martinez, or another location. What made it special? How did it make you feel? What details do you remember?

Winners

Multiple winners will be chosen from the funniest, most moving, and inspiring stories, or if they touch on the theme of beavers as climate change superheroes. Winning memories/stories will be featured on social media posts on Facebook and Instagram. Winners will be notified by email.

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Dream Contest

Calling all California Dreamers!

Beavers are climate change superheroes. Not only are beavers keystone species that create wetlands that increase biodiversity and give crucial habitat to salmon, but they also help with wildfires, drought, and flooding. Tell us about your dream for beavers in California.

Winners

Multiple winners will be chosen from the most moving and inspiring dreams. Winning dreams will be featured on social media posts on Facebook and Instagram. Winners will be notified by email.

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Rules for all Contests

Please keep your language safe and respectful for children (including no swear words other than a good-humored use of “dam,” and no inappropriate jokes or language.) Enter by midnight Pacific time on Saturday, July 15, 2023.

Be sure to follow “martinezbeavers.org” on Facebook and “martinezbeavers” on Instagram to see the winners.

*We will notify the winners by email. We respect your privacy and will not give or sell your email to anyone.

Join us June 24th from 10-3 in Susana Park, Martinez.

The Beaver Festival is finally back! Show your support for urban beavers and join your friends and favorite nature organizations at the FOURTEENTH festival celebrating the Martinez Beavers. Beavers have become big news lately but this is the festival that started it all.

Don’t miss our many nature displays, children’s activities, excellent music, silent auction and dynamic chalk mural by Amy Gallaher Hall of Napa. Learn why beavers are “superheroes” when it comes to helping us cope with climate change and why more cities should be teaming up with them like Martinez did.

14th Annual Beaver Festival Promises to be a ‘Dam’ good time

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2023 Press Release

If you’ve never been to a beaver festival these reports from past years will give you an idea of what to expect:

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Beaver Festival Returns to downtown Martinez

Martinez News Gazette: Beaver Festival Returns to Susana Park

Mercury News: Martinez Beaver Fest, born from a furry standoff, returns

It’s official! Our next festival will be held on June 29th, 2019 in Susana Park in Martinez. (The historic tree filled park on Estudillo and Susana, (8 blocks up form our original location). In addition to being a nicer venue, with actual resident beavers in the neighboring creek, it will feature the amazing talents of artist Amy Gallaher Hall of Napa, who happens to love beavers and the role they play in creek restoration.

This is what she’ll be working on for two days for this year’s festival, showing the beaver and the many species for which its habitat creates homes.

She will be demonstrating her artistry in action on the central plaza drawing how beavers help wildlife. Children will be encouraged to chalk their creations as well. We are planning lots of special additions to brighten the day. Including the newly designed “walk of fame” showing off beavers’ many benefits and why they matter.

Be sure to check out our silent auction!

If you’ve never been to a beaver festival here’s an idea of what to expect from a previous festival at the old venue: