It’s official, the partial schedule for the 2011 State of the Beaver conference is out and I couldn’t be happier. I present just after Sherri Tippie and before Mike Callahan, which if you think about it, is a pretty nice beaver-loving sandwich. Yesterday I introduced Brock Dolman to Leonoard Houston who organizes the conference and now he’ll be presenting on watersheds as well. Brock was so enjoying my lyrics to the ‘beaver and the salmon should be friends’ that he wants to find some eco-singers to do it at the salmon conference cabaret, which made me very proud. I also introduced him to Tom Rusert of Sonoma Birding where I’ll be doing a beaver talk in February. Their recent Mt. Lion talk had 250 attendees! Tom was interested in maybe doing one on the beaver salmon relationship, so I suggested he talk to Brock and they’re getting together to chat next week. Small beaver world.
Of course I asked Brock if the beavers get a ‘finders fee’? And he assured me that he was “fee-ling” out multiple property owners in the region to find volunteers for a beaver re-introduction project, which is the best kind of fee!
Anyway, since I introduced myself to Susan, Susan to Tom, and Tom to Brock, I’m thinking of starting my own ecological escort service. I even made this comercial for GQ yesterday!
