THINGS I WILL NEVER GET TIRED OF LOOKING AT

heidi08 Beavers July 3, 2024

And this awesome drone footage of an Oregon Beaver Complex.

BEAVERS THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

heidi08 Beavers July 2, 2024

One of the things that was very clear to me on Saturday is how different the world is from the one beavers first visited in Martinez. And how very, very pivotal our story has been in the transformation.

From the many believers who came because they read about us in Ben’s book, to the proud locals that have followed this story from the beginning, to the happy new mayor that actually brought her children to the event And the chamber of commerce sent its blessing in the form of Marina the beaver mascot.

Beavers are in a new world. Martinez is a new world.

Now CDFW is talking about how good beavers are on the landscape and people are lining up to have beavers reintroduced on their land, There are several people in California trained to install flow devices and there were city workers from Fairfield and Vacaville who had dealt with beavers in the past and attended the festival!

Beavers have passed through the looking glass and everything looks different on the other side.

MARTINEZ IS A BEAVER BELIEVER MaGNET

heidi08 Beavers July 1, 2024

There are 28 items outstanding from the silent auction so I spent yesterday calling folks to arrange the exchanges. I was truly blown away by how many different places they came from. Not just Martinez and Concord. Napa Oakland, Vacaville, Sonoma, Santa Clara, Woodland, Santa Cruz, Antioch, Berkley, Danville., GARBERVILLE.

Lots of them had read Ben’s book and wanted to see the city that had made such a difference.

No wonder it seemed so crowded!