ALL HANDS ON DECK

heidi08 Beavers May 24, 2025

Yesterday I had the sweetest chat with Luigi about bringing sandwiches and sodas to the beaver festival. I thought he was moving back to Albania but he is now apparently a doting grandfather and wants to be around for the excitement. He has a very successful food truck and is in the process of adding a second!

“How you doing my friend! Of course we are there and we bring anything you need! Thankyou so much for doing this!”

12th Martinez Beaver Festival 2019. Photo by Cheryl Reynolds 6/29/19.

His son runs the shop in Martinez now and he has a million helpers. The food truck parks at shell every day. I thought you might enjoy seeing that business man so many years ago helping out his sister:

FLYING DRAGONS: INDICATORS OF BIODIVERSITY

heidi08 Beavers May 23, 2025

Many a summer day in my canoe we came across a drowning dragonfly and felt sorry for it such that I hauled it out of the water with my paddle and gave it a safe place to dry. Usually on the gunnels but once upon my knee.

During which drying period I observed anxiously that some dragonflies were really really big and if they were so inclined could really give you a nasty bite.

Which thankfully one never had a taste for human, although I did see many a dragonfly take off from my knee and snag a gnat before happily settling back on my knee again.

Well flying dragons are more important than you might think.

Why dragonflies should be central to biodiversity conservation efforts

EXPERTS have called for dragonflies – which are natural sentinels of freshwater resources, signalling the health of aquatic ecosystems – to be included more widely in biodiversity conservation efforts and policies. They say this is necessary to ensure the long-term survival of these insects, and other creatures that share their habitats. The group of international dragonfly experts includes scientists from Stellenbosch University’s Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology.

In a recent review* published in Insect Conservation and Diversity, they proposed a five-point action plan to promote dragonflies in freshwater and riverbank conservation:

expanding and enhancing dragonfly assessment and monitoring;

including dragonflies in standard environmental toxicological risk assessment;

learning from dragonflies to improve landscape conservation efforts;

ensuring the integration of dragonflies with other plant and animal conservation initiatives;

and promoting dragonflies in environmental education.

According to the scientists, global dragonfly conservation hing

Which reminds me, Hey you know what’s really really good at making dragonfly habitat? I’ll give you a hint, It starts with a “B”.

A PLACE FOR EVERYONE AND EVERYONE IN THEIR PLACE

heidi08 Beavers May 22, 2025

CITY APPROVES 16th BEAVER FESTIVAL

heidi08 Beavers May 21, 2025

JOHN MUIR WOULD LOVE THIS DONATION

heidi08 Beavers May 20, 2025

So I am always looking for cool things that might be willing to make a donation to our silent auction. And I got a facebook ad for THIS company and got very excited. It’s a young company run by a fairly young man who was interested in our story and how we might collaborate.
The shirts are very high quality and the designs are delightful Click on the website image to browse for yourself. These shirts will be available at the silent auction.