I suppose I mentioned that Martinez is a small, small town. Not Stars Hollow small but pretty damn close when you compare to neighboring commutable behemoths. It’s no stretch of the imagination to say that the beavers are the biggest thing that ever happened in this little enclave in the last 50 years. And I guess that’s why they earn a visiting masters student from Oxford.
Yes that Oxford.
Annie Weldon is the president of Keble college (shown above) at the University and doing a masters in Nature, Society and Environmental Governance. She also happened to grow up in Walnut Creek, so of course she wanted to do a project on the great Martinez beavers and is coming for a visit tomorrow. The title of her study is:
Wading in Wetlands: Animal Infrastructures and Conservation in Natural Flood Management
She’s coming to our house for coffee and a chat and then Jon will take her around to show her where the beavers lived. Do you think Martinez has anything to say about natural flood management? Do you think our house will look shabby by comparison? This is the dining hall at Keble.
But have no fear, our story is sure to impress. Just the right time to be thinking about living with beavers and whether its good for a city or not. Annie will be right at home. Too bad we can’t show her actual beavers at the moment, but I something tells me we’ll show her a dam good time.
And not a moment too soon! I just finished touching up this yesterday. Thank you so much to all our authors and editors! And welcome to our visiting scholar!
