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Martinez Beaver Festival Returns To Contra Costa County
The annual Beaver Fest celebrates Martinez's famous creek-dwelling beavers with a parade, live music, and wildlife exhibits.
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CA — Even the March release of "Hoppers," a film by Emeryville-based Pixar about a feisty group of beavers (now streaming!) cannot change the fact that the beaver capital of the world in the East Bay is not in Emeryville, but in Martinez.
The beloved Martinez Beavers of Alhambra Creek moved into the creek in 2006 and despite plans by some concerned officials to evict them, some remain there today, adored and revered by Martinez residents and many others. The popular whiskered ones even have their own festival.
On Saturday, the 17th edition of Beaver Fest runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Susana Park, at Susana and Estudillo streets in Martinez. The event features a parade, an 18-piece jazz band, a huge, stocked aquarium, displays of wildlife, and assorted presentations devoted to science, nature and more. Organizers are promising -- wait for it -- a dam good time. No word on whether they will offer chunks of wood to nibble on.
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Admission is free.
More information is at martinezbeavers.org.
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