Day: April 24, 2008

One of the best unintended consequences of our high-profile beavers is their capacity to draw interest and friends from all over the globe. From our avid supporter William Hughes-Games in New Zealand, to our much more local friends at the Bay Area Bird Blog, the story of the Martinez Beavers shines a spotlight on all the good work that is being done to protect wild things in a world with few wild places left. Our web guru is working now with Friends of Alhambra Creek to put together the best overview of the efforts they have made to study and improve our creek over the years. Our beavers will be featured in May’s Sierra Club Yodeler and shown at the public display at the Friends of the Creek Event May 10th in Walnut Creek. I have often said that our beavers have the very best publicist around, and this continues to be true. A bird tells me that the vote will likely be the second city meeting in May, so take out your calendars and draw a big beaver around the fourteenth. We’ll of course keep you posted.

Meanwhile, Linda says dad is hanging out at the bachelor’s pad and Mom is bringing home branches to the lodge. She thinks we just may be godparents, which seems to call for this Baby Beavers Film and a cigar.