The flood is a flasher and grower

We wish that the water was lower!

But beaver-built lumps

Will act as speed bumps

So beaver dams make water slower.

Jon tries his hand at a demonstration model for the festival. Still thinking about a recirculating pump?

By the beaver pond grass just grows greener
The frogs, birds and crickets sing keener
The dam as they built ‘er
Will act like a filter
So beaver ponds make water cleaner.

In the west we are all water’s keeper

We’ve come to fear drought like the reaper

But something saves water

For your son and daughter

And beaver ponds make water deeper