For several years, a busy beaver team has been building and rebuilding a dam and a beaver lodge at the local Botanical Gardens. We took a walk there recently as shown in the photos. Their original dam doesn’t seem to be in use now, but a few more beaver structures have been constructed along the way, as shown above.
Walking in the Garden
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| Fungus on a log. Is that poison ivy behind the log? Probably not but I wouldn’t touch it. |
Indigenous Peoples Day
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| A sign in the gardens in appreciation of local indigenous people. |
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| A native American wood carving from a trip to the Pacific Northwest a few years ago. |
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From a trip a few years ago: the opinion of the people of Alert Bay of the salmon farms in their waters. |
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Paul Kane, “Interior of a Chinook Lodge,” 1847. Illustration from
Lewis and Clark among the Indians by James P. Ronda |
