Bipartisan Beavers

Beavers are bipartisan. They work hard no matter which politician is in office. They have done thier job for hundreds of years: build and repair dams so they can lead a safe and fruitful life.

My wife and I were driving by a spot that brought back a distant memory (65 years ago) of my family and my father in particular. In this spot we went on a family field trip after supper and after he had put in a ten hour day on the job. He didn't tell us what was up, but soon we neared a pond in the woods. He asked us to keep quiet and sit down about 20 yards from the waters edge. Soon, a motion in the water revealed a beaver coming to the surface. We watched him swim and work around the dam for a while and then my father stood up. The beaver noticed the motion, looked around and then gave the water a loud slap with his huge flat tail. That is the alarm system for beavers and we were all surprised and impressed. My wife Nancy then related a similar story from her childhood and her father .

The beavers do a good job maintaining and operating thier environment. They don't worry about lobbyists and outside influence. They do their job in a co-operative way and that is the way our society should work.

I could relate many stories of this sort that imparted education and enjoyment from the impartiality of nature. How many people of this day and age could or would be impressed by a study of such things. Nature does not care about parties, politics and partisanship. It is just there for us to enjoy. I wish every kid could experience things like this and get away from the electonics that take up thier time now