Working with Beaver-A Dam Good Idea!

Wednesday, October 9, 7:00-9:00pm

Presentation with Kate Lundquist of the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center and Edward Willie, Educator and Pomo Indian This presentation is in association with Pomo Honoring Month and The Pomo Project.

You might recognize Kate  from our last two beaver festivals, the most recent paper we’ve been working on regarding beavers in coastal rivers and the OAEC but the new face presenting with her will be Edward Willie, of Pomo descent and eager to add his voice to the team. He is an artist, herbalist and native ecologist currently furthering his education in permaculture. Pomo territory stretched from the Pacific Coast, along the Russian river and on to Clear Lake. We know the Southern Pomo had a word for beaver ṱ’ek:e (N. ALexander Walker, personal communication, 2011-01-23) Beavers appeared in their Coyote legends and learning more about beaver in the area will be very important for ultimately restoring those streams to support salmon.

Expect very good things from their presentation in October.