Carolyn Jones did a nice write up in todays chronicle, and even contacted Skip Lisle for background. Skip sent a letter today to the council advocating beaver management, and we will hopefully be posting that soon. In the meantime I thought I’d include a sample of support we have received from locals and not so locals. (We have one ardent supporter from New Zealand!)
To the Martinez City Council,
On behalf of the 1,200 families in the Concord Naval Weapons Station Neighborhood Alliance, I am asking the Martinez City Council to preserve the beaver colony in Martinez.
The members of the CNWS Neighborhood Alliance are local volunteers and residents in Concord and surrounding cities. We believe that 80% of the open space at the CNWS should be preserved as open space/recreation for Bay Area residents. We believe that we must think beyond our own city limits, taking our neighboring communities into consideration when making environmental decisions. We encourage the city of Martinez to preserve the beaver colony for the same reason we are asking the city of Concord to preserve 80% open space/recreation at the CNWS – so that Bay Area residents can enjoy the remaining natural habitat that has not yet been developed, now, and in future generations.
Kathy Gleason Co-founder, CNWS Neighborhood Alliance
Do not remove the beavers. We humans can and should learn to live with wildlife. They are doing what NATURE wants. Animals help bring tranquility to our busy lives.
Leave nature alone as much as possible. Thank you very much.
Mary L. Brown Clayton
We will be at the council meeting tonight. The beavers should be allowed to stay in Martinez. They, like all animals, even us humans, are just trying to survive the best that they can in an ever changing world. As we all know the environment for animals like the beavers is disappearing as the human population gets more and more out of control and greedy. I could never understand why so many people cannot learn to accept and enjoy animals sharing their immediate world. Some of these concerns are born out of fear or ignorance. Education is the best tool.
Debby Kirshen
What would you add? As always send your comments and thoughts to mtzbeavers@gmail.com. See you tonight!
