You win some. You lose some. I heard yesterday that troop 429 will be helping us with the festival. 13 12-13 year olds. The troop’s leader is a pediatrician and she says her children have loved the festival for years and can’t wait to help. Another leader is a member of the CERT team so they are also volunteering our emergency plan for the festival to check another city requirement.
How lucky can you get? (more…)
Yesterday was Earthday and beavers had their share of helpers. Safari West held an event and we Worth A Dam was represented by Susan Berg and her grandchildren, Alana and April Ludlow, who have grown up with the beavers at close quarters. Don’t believe me? Here’s a little slice.
And here they are on the beaver bridge after watching the PBS documentary “Leave it to Beavers” which inspired so many of us.
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Missing John Muir celebration at Birthday Earth day, but this helps.
If I told you what I was doing next week on behalf of beavers you wouldn’t believe me. Let’s just say it’s been a long time coming. A l-o-n-g time. If it does what I hope it does you’ll read about it soon enough. And if nothing comes of it why waste our breath? But I will say it requires a persuasive new powerpoint and I thought you’d like these slides in particular.
I don’t know how persuasive that will be. Some companies really seem to like wasting money over and over again. But the images make me happy so there’s that.
Really hating all public works crews who think “Notching” a beaver dam is a good idea, Makes it way more vulerable to washouts with a sudden spring rain and then the beavers are screwed out of a pond all summer.
These photo is from the Monte Verde dam in Rocklin, courtesy of Laurie Rindell.
