Beavers

Council to review MSM contract

Meeting Preview

Starting at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday evening’s meeting at City Hall will begin with a joint session of the Council and the Planning Commission.

When the Council reconvenes at 7 p.m., a new police officer, Miles Williamson, will be sworn in and Sergeant Jon Sylvia presented with an award before the Council turns its attention to a bi-annual update from Main Street Martinez and sign a $47,5000 contract for another year of “Professional Services” provided by Main Street Martinez.more...

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Beaverfest: Kids have a dam good time

The local advocacy group Worth-A-Dam collected over $2,500 in donations during the second annual Beaver Festival last Saturday. From 12:30 to 6:30 p.m., an estimated 800 visitors — from all over the Bay Area and beyond — descended on Martinez in hopes of catching a glimpse of the elusive beavers and participated in a variety of beaver-related tours, games and activities.more...

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No sight of beavers at end of day one of creek stabilization project

$375,000 job funded by 2005 Texaco settlement.

Members of Worth-A-Dam knew they were in for a noisy day yesterday when Don Salts of the City’s Public Works department offered them earplugs, said beaver advocate Jon Ridler.

Once construction on the Alhambra Creek Emergency Stabilization project (next to Bertola’s) began around 7 a.m., the clamorous pounding of sheet piles into the creek’s east bank began and the beavers disappeared.more...

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