“Looking Up” By Sylvia Forrest
Our tree planting project is coming together nicely. Yesterday our intrepid potential eagle scout MM addressed the council about the planting and got himself and our trees on the agenda for the April 15th city council meeting. He even had the mayor and councilman Menesini praising him for his very civic interest in our habitat. He wisely emphasized cooperation with Friends of Alhambra Creek, and saved “Worth A Dam” for his soto voice. All in all, a deft entry into local politics. Congratulations, and we’ll be there next week to support you!
For my part, I met yesterday with Felix Ratcliff the biologist from Condor Country Consulting, and we walked the habitat and talked beavers. He was an enthusiastic nature fan, with a keen attention to detail. He loved seeing the beaver lodge and the many chewed stumps in the area. When we visited the washed out fourth dam we awakened three pond turtles sleeping on its back. He had a nice understanding of the variety of the beaver diet, and was interested in when we had observed them eat tulle, fennel, blackberries. MM will be presenting Felix’ report to the council so that we can get approval to plant trees.
Thanks everyone for your help yesterday, and thanks beavers for reminding me how generous people can be with their time and support.
