![]() Resourceful humans built a golf course on the beavers’ territory and called it Blue Lakes Country Club after the crystal clear lakes in the canyon. In the 1950s the beavers were building their dam in that canyon where pure spring water gushed forth from artesian wells. Perrine established a ferry across the Snake River for people traveling the Oregon Trail in the 1800s. After crashing over the Twin Falls and descending one hundred feet, the Snake takes another plunge over Shoshone Falls about three hundred feet more, straight down. The River cuts a channel through the ancient lava flow as it snakes its way across southern Idaho. This was an unusual place to see a beaver, not the Wind River of Idaho’s Sawtooth Mountains, but four hundred feet below the farmland of Magic Valley where the desert bloomed from water transported through irrigation canals. The beavers move up or down stream to create new ponds.Īs a young boy I saw beavers building a dam in a stream feeding the Snake River. When the pond fills up with silt, rich fertile farm land remains for humans to grow vegetables, beans, corn (maize), and squash, the three sisters of Native American heritage. With the trees down, bushes grow where deer can forage in the meadow surrounding the pond. ![]() They are water way architects their dams create habitat for other animals. It serves as a safety feature keeping predators away and as a storage facility for the tree bark, upon which beavers depend for nourishment. ![]() Once built, the dam must constantly be repaired. They build dams and cut down trees with their large teeth. What does the dreamer know and/or associate with the symbol of the beaver? Beavers are hard working. In a nap before teaching a dream group, a wet beaver appears, curious looking, it has blond fur, like a golden Labrador retriever.
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