One of the things Dr. Hood asked me in the airport was whether I was planning on coming to the 6th annual beaver symposium in Croatia. I laughed aloud and said that I had a day job that didn’t allow me to talk about beavers all the time. But I did approach Alex Hiller, our beloved ‘foreign correspondent’ in Germany to see if he’d be there next year. Guess what I got back?
Indeed I`m planning to attend the 6th Int. Beaver Symposium in Croatia as your foreign correspondent. Glynnis Hood must have been impressed by your presentation and what else you contributed in talks among the participants and become a strong voice in beaver advocacy and research. The Damlet story touched my heart. Best Alex
Gee thanks and that should be fun! We are so lucky to read Alex’s brilliantly composed (and translated!) notes. Let me say that it is much harder to do in person. If the talk is transportingly inspiring and memorable you are too distracted to write down what you love. And if the talk is awsomely tedious and dull, I find i’m too deeply in a coma state to form complete sentences. Alex on the ground works the best for all of us.
I just received word that I’m to ‘call in’ to Ken Brown’s “Mornings in Sonoma” radio program when Tom Rusert will be the guest and discuss the upcoming presentation in Sonoma. (Gulp) The goal is to sound so intriguing that everyone listening will have to come Thursday night to find out more. The best part is that the host is also in his 4th term on the city council, so getting him to be a beaver believer would be a major accomplishment. If you’d care to listen in on the 22nd at 9:30 am go here or if you’re in range, tune into 91.3.
It’s a little bit beaver crazy around here at the moment. Oregon. Sonoma. Yosemite. Thank goodness they lost our application for the Flyway festival and we can take the weekend off. The beaver mapping tool idea has produced some very interesting conversations amongst the conference attendees. I apparently am the sole voice of disclosure, which is interesting. I just heard from Stan Pietrowski, president of SURCP, that he’d be willing for his complex, intelligent email on the subject to be a guest blog if its okay with everyone else. Stay tuned.
