"Beaver Park" was jam-packed Saturday with kilted fiddlers, costumed beaver fans and environmentalists all clamoring for attention to their cause during the 2013 Martinez Beaver Festival.
The park was lined with tents from Guadalupe Conservancy, the Marine Mammal Center and, of course, Worth a Dam, an organization with a close connection to the resident Martinez beavers.
Here are some of the sights from Saturday's festival along Alhambra Creek. Please share your own pictures, videos and thoughts in our comments section or on our Facebook page.
Heidi Perryman, festival organizer and founder of the group Worth a Dam, said the city's positive relationship with the beavers is a good example for other cities.
"The city engineered pipes to make sure the river doesn't flood and the beaver dams aren't damaged," she said.
Students from Whitman College patrolled the festival Saturday to capture footage for their project, a short documentary to be titled "Beaver Believers." The students have reportedly visited beaver sites in Colorado, California and other states.
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