I'll tell you why it got graded, probably. A government contractor or someone who oversees a contract for the Border Patrol had money that had to get spent, so that they could justify asking for the same amount or more in the next budget cycle. You got money left over at the end of the fiscal year, then you clearly don't need more. So they did a bunch of useless shit with it, like grade a road near the border that no one uses. Bam. Money spent, budget justified, local economy stimulated real nice, everybody is happy.
Fossils are such amazing time capsules their age blows my mind , that they remain intact is mind blowing in itself. They recently cut down a beautiful native woodland full of huge ancient deciduous trees and rich undergrowth in my home village for profit alone, did it over two days kept it a secret as they knew it would be opposed. Idiot incommers in search of a quick profit they didn't know what they were doing and not only took down the trees by pulling them up at the roots but they felled and churned up the whole area turning it into a thick mud pit by using too heavy equipment and luddite techniques in search of a fast return completely destroying the undergrowth as well. It broke my heart and that of everyone local to the area. I literally cried when I saw it I couldn't believe the wholesale destruction of a local iconic landmark. It looked like an open cast mine site. It was beautiful, trees tunneled over the road and had been there for generations previously untouched except for sensitive management and with open access to all locals. Some of the trees were literally hundreds of years old with their own ecosystems. One of the locals was so incensed he bought the rest of the woods at way over the odds just to stop the desecration. Local hero. Those guys were morons my heart still bleeds as I drive through it several times a week. My mom and I just used to stop and sit up there as we passed through for a while listening to the woods and watching the trees. Now there's a mud slide and a huge open scar visible for miles. There's a word for people like that and it's not polite. Selective felling and tree management is one thing whole scale destruction for a quick profit is another.
This is what it's come down to; individuals need to buy forested property and insure it never gets cut, state and federal property is just a lawn for timber companies to mow every 20 years or so. Skip the fancy car, buy 10 acres everybody.
Big Hosafat why are you trying to argue. You literally said “I’ve never gotten that from them before”. Pretty apparent you’ve never experienced an ego death neither.
Big Hosafat give someone 5g of mushrooms who’s never experienced a psychedelic before and I guarantee they end up in a hospital scared out of their mind.
Why grade in October? Budgets must be spent before the end of the year. Otherwise the department won't get as much in their budget next year. Can't have that. :-/
Don't know. 50... maybe 100 years? I told some friends the outlook on how long our planet can burden our weight, recently. This year is kind of the deadline to press the breaks, and our survival is being determined by a fight over color... Red, or blue?
The upset I feel having watched the destruction of a little meadow next door to me...I have felt what your going through I could tear my heart out at the loss and what it means...the real cost is great...I hear you...thankyou.
I grew up with a wonderful set of little beaches and a reef, basically the ocean along Portlock Road on the island of Oahu in Hawaii, with tons of seaweed, fish, shells, etc. it was amazing. It was heartbreaking when they tore out the Portlock Pier, only because the neighborhood moms figured it was "dangerous' only because it was falling apart. The teardown killed off the reef from the silt, and it started to recover but now the runoff from all the new houses has finished everything off - I was last there in 03 and there were no recently died shells on the beach, only "fossil" stuff from maybe 50+ years before. Dead, dead, dead. They talk about the reefs dying in Hawaii due to global warming and that's a factor but what's killing them now is the silt and the chemicals and grunge from all the new houses and various ways of tearing up the land, and the millions of tourists swimming with their suntan lotion and skin grease and all that.
I know sounds like that kind of loss could tear your heart out :( took me all last year to adjust to the gigantic hole the backhoe left after they bull dozed the meadow and all its life off the face of the earth....a kin to what people must have felt when the Nazis rolled into town...I take my grief out on protesting the pipeline up here in Canada and signing every petition that comes my way! thanks for sharing your devastation. Alberta
Deforestation in the scottish Highlands is devastating to see and for all the eco systems that have been destroyed and all the trees that aren't sucking up c02. The hill is so wet without the trees, it is a worry about a landslide. They said they'd plant it back up. 2+ years later and I've yet to see a single tree be planted by the forestry commission. Just more and more come down across the Glen. My heart aches
@@HPNEEK don't feel sad about that, nobody's chopping down native forests in Scotland. They're all non native conifer plantations, planted within the last century and almost useless for native wildlife. I would like to see them all gone and replanted with native trees and better forestry practices. The main problem for forest regeneration is the deer eating all the saplings. Go to Deeside or Speyside to see the last remnants of the great Caledonian forest. That's what Scotland should look like.
I consulted with a library that is bulldozing a beloved old crab apple tree to build a parking lot for their new building. Very depressing for many, to lose this tree. Except- they hired me to do propogation classes which are open to the community. With success we will have many crab apples around the community to replace the mother tree. As it should be! Keep raising awareness, keep spreading your milkweed seeds. Don't get stuck in the dungeon. Thank you for how much you care. Awareness is growing quickly now. Tree planting is #1 tending on TH-cam. What?!!!
The milkweed here in Michigan, the plant the monarchs depend on, grows great in the grassy areas around the highways. The only problem is the state mows those areas several times a year, I'm sure the plants are loaded with caterpillars right when they're mowing.
I’m in Michigan too. I’ve noticed a lot more milkweed roadside and I was so happy about it that I didn’t consider the mowing. Maybe we need to organize a group to rescue the caterpillars like once a year? They’re super easy to raise. My sister grows milkweed and her kids help rescue the caterpillars so they don’t get eaten by birds, then release them after they butterfly-ize.
@@jenmha I think this was a good year for the monarchs, I drive new Fords around for a living and saw thousands of them heading southwest in September and October. Sadly, they tend to fly too low so traffic is a real problem for them, I would hit at least one everyday. I raised them last year too, small operation, we released around 25 of them. Videos on my channel. A rescue operation is a great idea, might need to coordinate things with local road commissions, I don't know. I'm gonna try to get more milkweed growing in my yard next year. It's not just mowers, we found a chrysalis being eaten by a wasp. They really aren't safe out in the wild. Let me know if you come up with a brainstorm regarding the little guys on the highway.
Sorry to hear it and see it. Truly painful, the heartache, like a death. I'm old, I have felt it many times as well, watching microsoft throw gas on an already on-going feeding frenzy of developers that have obliterated Western Washington. As each cycle of newcomers arrives to buy up the scraps of forest left, they don't have a clue about what was already destroyed, they think it paradise. They complain about the roads and want their starbucks and costcos close, so on it goes until it's all built out. Then everone moves to "someplace pretty" like,... Montana (something I hear daily from people) and the process starts again. I wish I knew what to do. Imagine what will happen if the oligarchs get their way and build more wall. Environmental cost (not to mention human cost) of that debacle I can't even think about. At least I can vote.
It's capitalism. All things, all morals, all ideals must always bow at the altar of profit. When people say they did something "for the money" our society takes it as a valid excuse, a valid defense. It's a fucking condemnation.
I can't recall the name, but I watched a very good documentary on line with 5 people that traveled virtually the entire length of the Mexican border on horseback, bicycle, Canoe, and Mule. It was breathtakingly gorgeous, incredible landscapes, that vary so much from one area to another, lots of birds and wildlife, Wonderful people as well. But the idiots running the government will destroy it all in order to build a big beautiful wall. Note my sarcasm.
@@goodun2974 Oh how I want to take a road trip - South America via the Patagonian/Pan-American highway. Watching the motorcycle diaries ( and imagining Gael García Bernal riding along, lol) just makes it all the more appealing, the mountains, landscape, flora. Sadly, there's just too many of us. We end up damaging the very thing we love. It's a paradox :( Perhaps when the novelty dies down I'll go. Trail 2000 (The pac. crest trail) suffered popularity, but it has quieted and hiking (or riding) it is peaceful again. re: the wall. Some day, in the future, there will be a great celebration, the tearing down of the wall. Old game trails and vistas will be restored and bigots vanquished.
I think that the real problem are the people who live in a fantasy world where nothing negative happens. If you are self aware you have to be aware of the negativity in the world, and in yourself. That doesn't mean you have to be negative about it. It actually makes it easier to live in the world when you honest with yourself about it.
This reminds me of what happened when the government was closed for a few weeks last year and there was no money to guard the Joshua Tree national monument park and enforce the park rulesk, and a bunch of guys with 4 wheel drive trucks and a ATV's and motorcycles went in there and drove all over the place off road and shot up and chewed up and destroyed the landscape and even cut down some Joshua Tree's. Just for something to do, just because they could.
Your videos make me feel like I'm not alone. This distracted modern world has kind of isolated me, so I'm thankful that I can connect with your love of reality. I'm hoping to pursue botany (probably a bit of mycology as well) so I can verbally intrude ecosystems here in Aotearoa. Much love
Realism is not negativity. Dude you speak the truth. Things suck right now for Mother Earth. Thanks for taking us along for the view. Love from Austin Texas
By 5:40 you had me in tears! I myself am an Asclepias lover!!! When I was first biten by the plant bug, my first love was Stapeliads!!! A South African succulent member of the milkweed family... Once I discovered the unique unusual flower morphology I gained an appreciation for all Asclepiads and studied many California natives which were nearly impossible to grow, I learned to enjoy them in situ... Stapeliads also broke my heart due to the difficulty of culture! However I will always have a love and appreciation for all Asclepiads and their renegade style of reproduction!!! Very Sexy Plants!!!
Came here because I found you trying to save a baby fox, stayed because of your accent and choice of words, cried because you couldn't have given me any better life advices. Fuck, you're like a all in one for all things good.
I used to hike on the power company right of way; it was beautiful being on the edge of a woodland. There were vernal pools, permanent pools, springs, orchids, blueberries, cranberries (on the mountain), sundew, all kinds of moss and lichen, not to mention that creatures. I had gone away for two years and came back and went to hike at my favorite spot (after my mother had died and I needed to get myself back into Nature) and found that it was all dug up and paved for the power company. It broke me after all the loss and stress I had had. Not long after that I came down with an autoimmune illness. And I haven't been back to that beloved place.
You are my hero, and my favourite person on TH-cam. Also, you are the only TH-camr I have bought merch from. Thank you for being you, thank you for existing
Albert Camus' the myth of Sisyphus really put the world into perspective for me. I read it for a class in HS, and it was the hardest, yet best read of my life. Kafka is also a good author.
*Note : to clear up any potential misunderstanding, I'm not blaming the poor schmuck - or the well-intentioned but oblivious rancher with grading equipment - who's just doing his job by fulfilling requests for frivolous and unneeded maintenance of country roads that are already perfectly drive-able. Settle down, enjoy the commentary and laugh a little - or just skip to minute 13 - before typing any self-righteous obnoxious diatribes in the comments section. 😘 The solution here is easy, but few are willing to do anything about it : inform local municipalities this plant is going to be extinct soon and put this location on their radar so they know tk look out for it. Inform local ranchers its here - many won't give a shit but many might. Lots of local ranchers give a shit about and exercise responsible stewardship of their local flora, including star cactus and peyote populations. Finding remaining plants and collecting seed and sending them to a botanic garden for conservation and propagation is an absolute must as well. For those that don't see any point in caring about things like this - well, that's basically how I feel about most modern culture and economic infrastructure, so I feel you there. Stay irreverent. 😁 If you got questions or you're pissed or you're just jazzed about milkweeds, please consider sending angry mail to me directly at the email address
I was raised in California, Tony. Cynicism and negativity is rampant everywhere the morass of revolting human infrastructure exists, except in CA we have (as I am certain you know) many, many more idiots who see these things as bad (cynicism, negativity, misanthropy, etc). I see them as asymptotic of the garbage pile of a society that we have created. I find comfort in your misanthropy, as it highlights the fact that intelligent people are able to actually think for themselves instead of swallowing the "dahng" of political correctness that we seem to be so inundated with in *HEAVY AIRQUOTES* modern society.
FixedGearFox I was born and raised in Southern California. When I got old enough to comprehend humour, I remember thinking the trend of regarding folks from California as spaced out, tree-hugging, laid back surf bums was pretty inaccurate, but then, I grew up and lived in a working class inner city barrio in San Bernardino. And they weren’t handing out any rose coloured glasses that I was made aware of.
lol someone on twitter just told me not to be negative for talking about how terrible people are for deliberately coughing on others and I'm like, why do I have to be nice, on my own page, for the benefit of someone else's illusion? fuck them
Laird Haynes I thought about it and, * you’d have to ask him they’re his words, I’m just playing with them and * I’d have to choose mammary midnight Thanks for playing 🤙🏻
I had to move out for a while when "progress" flattened the forest behind my house, the woodland my daughter grew up playing in. All I could smell was trees crying. They put up crappy, overpriced houses, ruined a pristine mountain fed stream & then further screwed it up with all the fertilizer run off from their little plots of grass. I complained to every gov't agency I could & was told so long as the developer used "best management practices", my only recourse was to sue the developer to "remediate" my stream! There's NO fix to be done, the algae & sediment broke the entire ecosystem, no more crayfish, no more tiny fish, snakes left & the raccoons started hitting trash cans, becoming "pests" & getting exterminated. The new houses raised my taxes & raised the heat. Lost that house & land in 09, thanks to the bank & recession. I still remember my kid playing in the creek, learning about plants, snakes & how beautiful nature is (was). Wanted my grandson to grow up there, still sad over the loss.
I have seen more useless and destructive land development than i care to share. land , with nesting bald eagles, clear cut. I was told the county commissioner can do whatever and bald eagles were no longer on the endangered list? The land still sits with offices ready to purchase and empty for three years. The rest of the land is reclaiming as it is beside a vast forest. Money has all the rights. The laws may be written somewhere, but no one can find the book.
@@bluewaterpines8323 those of us that care have our hearts broken on the regular. A developer looks at land & sees future homes, I see the homes already there. Peace my friend. I spent an hour today along a fairly pristine N. Georgia stream with my 13 year old grandson, showing him how plants work together to make the bank holding tapestry. Identifying natives & invasives, teaching him how to spot wildlife trails. It pains me to know how much will be lost in his lifetime.
This comment is no mind food. But I just wanted to say I think you are a valuable human being and I hope you live long and continue to share your lovely experiences with us.
I enjoy your unique point of view and your extensive knowledge of plants is impressive. Botany can pay. Why not start a patreon account and/or a Kickstarter for the purpose of furthering your goals re ensuring the survival of rare plants that you discover? I'm pretty sure it would work, you can launch fundraisers on facebook also. That is what the other youtube superstars are doing and it's working for them.
Never confuse criticality with negativity... Only insecure idiots call critical observation negativity, especially when it is constructive criticism. Thanks for the awesome video and knowledge.
@@bluewaterpines8323 , I watched heartbreaking video yesterday of a koala that had been singed by the fire and the poor thing was crying. A woman scooped it up in her shirt and brought it to a vet.
I would rather watch these videos than feel upset during quarantine. Rio Grande is my favorite... it would be amazing to be watching it flow like my ancestors saw it flow. Wild, Unpolluted and amazing. Maybe one day. Or not at all.
I have found my own way of living in the human condition, seeing pain and suffering as the price for living. Hope, ah. That's for the kiddies. I hope to die. That's all the hope I need for. I got a ways to go. Unless...
Old Soul I have no desire to continue arguing with a stranger on the internet. You have your opinions, you stated them loud and clear for all to see and hear. Have a good day.
Have you heard about the TH-cam collaboration #TeamTrees? I think you would be able to contribute a wonderful video on trees and their ecology. One thing I've learned from your channel is about the deep relationship between plants and fungi. I never knew they were so entwined and dependent. Your channel has really rekindled my interest in botany. A great video about the Tree/Fungi relationship would be cool. I'm going to donate to TeamTrees (they are working with the Arbor Day Foundation who will actually do the region-appropriate planting) and I'm going to spread the donation over a few of my favorite TH-camrs. I don't know if they get anything more than bragging rights, but I'd love to donate via your page as part of my overall donation.
13:00 and 19:40 - You should ask someone where we should build the wall there. On the US side where we cut off access to the river? The Mexico side where we literally violate the sovereignty of a foreign country. How about if we just fill the river with alligators and call it a moat?
If it makes you so mad, why don't you go to the county Highway Dept. And tell them what they are doing? Maybe throw some bs in about contacting some federal bureaucracy about the situation.
Hey, I feel you Jerry. I checked out from people a while ago. I'm going to try to get in touch with the group that grows American chestnuts. Not the foundation that crossbreeds Chinese chestnuts, the obscure group that grows them from the surviving resistant ones. It could be huge, and I'm highly annoyed that the American chestnut foundation is sweeping it under the rug to justify their existence. Ffs, that went dark, anyway, I need to get out of this city in Europe and get a yard before I can, I'll be moving to the states soon to my wife n family. But yeah, chestnuts, something else to eat yourself up about, you're welcome.
Enjoyed the discussion on county roads and "maintainers". Love your channel. PS. Why didn’t you try to save that plant?? Like replant it off the road and add some water, to give it a break?? Also wish I could of been an "apprentice" of yours. REAL SERIOUS.
I live in Hidalgo county and I really hate all the clearing of native habitat that goes on everyday. Prostrate Milkweed should definitely be a point of pride here, but like you said, no one gives a shit. The flora down here is so crazy that I got hooked on native plant horticulture. Love your videos. Lemme know if I can check on any plant populations for you. I can show you some cool stuff if you come down again.
youre right in every day you describe the situation. thank you for saying what you're saying because i literally don't have people in my life who don't live in the bullshit land of their minds, and they act like i'm a facist for hating facism
Speaking into my already creeping doubts about the good I’m doing in the world. Thank you for the uplifting words, if I wasn’t laughing at the absurdity of humans I’d go insane.
Couldn't they be collected, grown in a controlled location, and planted again in the area? Is plant repopulation/reintroduction the same as animal repopulation?
This is supposed to be why ecological consulting exists, unfortunately the regulatory agencies, at least here in Florida, seem to barely keep pace with developers. I worked for one of them for a period of time and it didn't seem to be due to any lack of willpower. They were severely understaffed and had fucking no money. Vote, I guess? The sentiment that led to the endangered species act, the national environmental policy act, the clean water act, etc. gives me hope. We could still do so much more, but these efforts at least show we're capable of some semblance of collective foresight. Your videos give me hope too. I don't know how the fuck you find the motivation to maintain such a passion for systematics amidst the largest extinction event ever, but I'm sure as fuck glad that you do. You, and to an extent everyone that watches these videos, give me hope, even when ya'll are struggling to find it. Thank you ya beautiful bastards.
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I'll tell you why it got graded, probably. A government contractor or someone who oversees a contract for the Border Patrol had money that had to get spent, so that they could justify asking for the same amount or more in the next budget cycle. You got money left over at the end of the fiscal year, then you clearly don't need more. So they did a bunch of useless shit with it, like grade a road near the border that no one uses. Bam. Money spent, budget justified, local economy stimulated real nice, everybody is happy.
lightdark00 mr Gorbachev tear down that wall
Yep, that's what most corporations do, never mind about there employees on the floor.
@@40intrek Employees can't waste money if we don't control the means of production.
Now that you mention it they probably justified by saying it would help with security.
Yes, that's probably the case. That's how it works. Here in the Netherlands too!
"Utterly negative and lighthearted" ......HOLY SHIT thats why I enjoy listening to you so much every morning! Thank you my utterly negative kind sir.
You are a national treasure. I love listening to you.
Fossils are such amazing time capsules their age blows my mind , that they remain intact is mind blowing in itself.
They recently cut down a beautiful native woodland full of huge ancient deciduous trees and rich undergrowth in my home village for profit alone, did it over two days kept it a secret as they knew it would be opposed. Idiot incommers in search of a quick profit they didn't know what they were doing and not only took down the trees by pulling them up at the roots but they felled and churned up the whole area turning it into a thick mud pit by using too heavy equipment and luddite techniques in search of a fast return completely destroying the undergrowth as well. It broke my heart and that of everyone local to the area. I literally cried when I saw it I couldn't believe the wholesale destruction of a local iconic landmark. It looked like an open cast mine site. It was beautiful, trees tunneled over the road and had been there for generations previously untouched except for sensitive management and with open access to all locals. Some of the trees were literally hundreds of years old with their own ecosystems. One of the locals was so incensed he bought the rest of the woods at way over the odds just to stop the desecration. Local hero. Those guys were morons my heart still bleeds as I drive through it several times a week. My mom and I just used to stop and sit up there as we passed through for a while listening to the woods and watching the trees. Now there's a mud slide and a huge open scar visible for miles. There's a word for people like that and it's not polite. Selective felling and tree management is one thing whole scale destruction for a quick profit is another.
Humanity is completely fucked
Progress can really suck
This is what it's come down to; individuals need to buy forested property and insure it never gets cut, state and federal property is just a lawn for timber companies to mow every 20 years or so. Skip the fancy car, buy 10 acres everybody.
Unregulated capitalism baby!
Not only that they ruined it if they even want to potentially use it for something because of the mud. Hopefully things will grow back there
Wow, such a nice road. So happy for society and the 3 people that use the road.
I'd rather be sad about reality than happy in delusions.
Try some mushrooms and you won’t even think reality is real anymore
Big Hosafat what do you mean eat atleast a quarter? Quarter what? 2 grams is enough for a first timer.
Big Hosafat 3.5 grams is considered the standard dose. Less for first timers
Big Hosafat why are you trying to argue. You literally said “I’ve never gotten that from them before”. Pretty apparent you’ve never experienced an ego death neither.
Big Hosafat give someone 5g of mushrooms who’s never experienced a psychedelic before and I guarantee they end up in a hospital scared out of their mind.
Why grade in October?
Budgets must be spent before the end of the year.
Otherwise the department won't get as much in their budget next year.
Can't have that. :-/
"a race to nowhere" seems like a misrepresentation, this is pretty clearly a race to the bottom
@paul beenis i agree, industry was humanity's biggest fuckup
@John Jacob Jingle Heimer Schmitt gimme summoradat... Ie drop some book recommendations
Good one for me bro. Me fav of the lot.feels real, a rarity.
The plants go followed quickly by the butterflys.
You ever read " The end of the pollinators " ?
@@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt 11:01 which plant is this?
Do ya think by the time we finally learn to dance the party will be almost over?
Don't know. 50... maybe 100 years? I told some friends the outlook on how long our planet can burden our weight, recently. This year is kind of the deadline to press the breaks, and our survival is being determined by a fight over color... Red, or blue?
Trying to learn how to dance has done this to the planet. We're the kid that drives a truck into the ballroom
@@hickory654 to be fair... blue won't save us either. capitalism just isn't good at keeping ecosystems alive.
@@mooncrime4998 Sanders is your best shot though
Styrkur maybe 10 or 20 years
The upset I feel having watched the destruction of a little meadow next door to me...I have felt what your going through I could tear my heart out at the loss and what it means...the real cost is great...I hear you...thankyou.
I grew up with a wonderful set of little beaches and a reef, basically the ocean along Portlock Road on the island of Oahu in Hawaii, with tons of seaweed, fish, shells, etc. it was amazing. It was heartbreaking when they tore out the Portlock Pier, only because the neighborhood moms figured it was "dangerous' only because it was falling apart. The teardown killed off the reef from the silt, and it started to recover but now the runoff from all the new houses has finished everything off - I was last there in 03 and there were no recently died shells on the beach, only "fossil" stuff from maybe 50+ years before. Dead, dead, dead.
They talk about the reefs dying in Hawaii due to global warming and that's a factor but what's killing them now is the silt and the chemicals and grunge from all the new houses and various ways of tearing up the land, and the millions of tourists swimming with their suntan lotion and skin grease and all that.
I know sounds like that kind of loss could tear your heart out :( took me all last year to adjust to the gigantic hole the backhoe left after they bull dozed the meadow and all its life off the face of the earth....a kin to what people must have felt when the Nazis rolled into town...I take my grief out on protesting the pipeline up here in Canada and signing every petition that comes my way! thanks for sharing your devastation. Alberta
Deforestation in the scottish Highlands is devastating to see and for all the eco systems that have been destroyed and all the trees that aren't sucking up c02. The hill is so wet without the trees, it is a worry about a landslide. They said they'd plant it back up. 2+ years later and I've yet to see a single tree be planted by the forestry commission. Just more and more come down across the Glen. My heart aches
@@HPNEEK don't feel sad about that, nobody's chopping down native forests in Scotland. They're all non native conifer plantations, planted within the last century and almost useless for native wildlife. I would like to see them all gone and replanted with native trees and better forestry practices. The main problem for forest regeneration is the deer eating all the saplings. Go to Deeside or Speyside to see the last remnants of the great Caledonian forest. That's what Scotland should look like.
If you told them it was endangered I wonder if they'd use a flamethrower too, just to add the charbroiled flavor to destruction.
Probably, yes. 😂
YAASSS
"old italian guy washing down a driveway in Berwyn."
as a guy who lives near Berwyn, this metaphor really just captures the whole theme of the video
"I'm not gonna win but I'm still gonna do it".
My attitude too, I'm always surprised more people don't share it.
One of the best channels on TH-cam
"Crime pays but infrastructure doesn't" new channel commin folks stay tuned!
The pleasure is getting to see these organisms before they are gone. It's great that you took the time to even make this record of it's existence.
I consulted with a library that is bulldozing a beloved old crab apple tree to build a parking lot for their new building. Very depressing for many, to lose this tree. Except- they hired me to do propogation classes which are open to the community. With success we will have many crab apples around the community to replace the mother tree. As it should be! Keep raising awareness, keep spreading your milkweed seeds. Don't get stuck in the dungeon. Thank you for how much you care. Awareness is growing quickly now. Tree planting is #1 tending on TH-cam. What?!!!
The milkweed here in Michigan, the plant the monarchs depend on, grows great in the grassy areas around the highways. The only problem is the state mows those areas several times a year, I'm sure the plants are loaded with caterpillars right when they're mowing.
I’m in Michigan too. I’ve noticed a lot more milkweed roadside and I was so happy about it that I didn’t consider the mowing. Maybe we need to organize a group to rescue the caterpillars like once a year? They’re super easy to raise. My sister grows milkweed and her kids help rescue the caterpillars so they don’t get eaten by birds, then release them after they butterfly-ize.
@@jenmha I think this was a good year for the monarchs, I drive new Fords around for a living and saw thousands of them heading southwest in September and October. Sadly, they tend to fly too low so traffic is a real problem for them, I would hit at least one everyday. I raised them last year too, small operation, we released around 25 of them. Videos on my channel. A rescue operation is a great idea, might need to coordinate things with local road commissions, I don't know. I'm gonna try to get more milkweed growing in my yard next year. It's not just mowers, we found a chrysalis being eaten by a wasp. They really aren't safe out in the wild. Let me know if you come up with a brainstorm regarding the little guys on the highway.
Sorry to hear it and see it. Truly painful, the heartache, like a death. I'm old, I have felt it many times as well, watching microsoft throw gas on an already on-going feeding frenzy of developers that have obliterated Western Washington. As each cycle of newcomers arrives to buy up the scraps of forest left, they don't have a clue about what was already destroyed, they think it paradise. They complain about the roads and want their starbucks and costcos close, so on it goes until it's all built out. Then everone moves to "someplace pretty" like,... Montana (something I hear daily from people) and the process starts again. I wish I knew what to do. Imagine what will happen if the oligarchs get their way and build more wall. Environmental cost (not to mention human cost) of that debacle I can't even think about. At least I can vote.
With you sister! We have memories of beauty that our grandkids will never know.
It's capitalism. All things, all morals, all ideals must always bow at the altar of profit. When people say they did something "for the money" our society takes it as a valid excuse, a valid defense. It's a fucking condemnation.
I feel your pain!
I can't recall the name, but I watched a very good documentary on line with 5 people that traveled virtually the entire length of the Mexican border on horseback, bicycle, Canoe, and Mule. It was breathtakingly gorgeous, incredible landscapes, that vary so much from one area to another, lots of birds and wildlife, Wonderful people as well. But the idiots running the government will destroy it all in order to build a big beautiful wall. Note my sarcasm.
@@goodun2974 Oh how I want to take a road trip - South America via the Patagonian/Pan-American highway. Watching the motorcycle diaries ( and imagining Gael García Bernal riding along, lol) just makes it all the more appealing, the mountains, landscape, flora. Sadly, there's just too many of us. We end up damaging the very thing we love. It's a paradox :( Perhaps when the novelty dies down I'll go. Trail 2000 (The pac. crest trail) suffered popularity, but it has quieted and hiking (or riding) it is peaceful again. re: the wall. Some day, in the future, there will be a great celebration, the tearing down of the wall. Old game trails and vistas will be restored and bigots vanquished.
Your personality complements all of the plants. Keeps me coming back to watch your channel.
I think that the real problem are the people who live in a fantasy world where nothing negative happens. If you are self aware you have to be aware of the negativity in the world, and in yourself. That doesn't mean you have to be negative about it. It actually makes it easier to live in the world when you honest with yourself about it.
“Everything environmental has been politicized” I agree with that.
Edit: hey you should come out to Colorado! Thanks for the videos.
This man has a ruler tattooed on his index finger! Probably the most useful tattoo ive ever seen! What's more, its metric! Smart man.
This reminds me of what happened when the government was closed for a few weeks last year and there was no money to guard the Joshua Tree national monument park and enforce the park rulesk, and a bunch of guys with 4 wheel drive trucks and a ATV's and motorcycles went in there and drove all over the place off road and shot up and chewed up and destroyed the landscape and even cut down some Joshua Tree's. Just for something to do, just because they could.
@@jo9732 The dumbest kind. If they had a TH-cam channel, it’d probably be in that day’s vlog. Entitled idiots
Nuthin like getting a defective, free bag made by children from a billionaire that says he loves you !
Your videos make me feel like I'm not alone. This distracted modern world has kind of isolated me, so I'm thankful that I can connect with your love of reality. I'm hoping to pursue botany (probably a bit of mycology as well) so I can verbally intrude ecosystems here in Aotearoa. Much love
Realism is not negativity. Dude you speak the truth. Things suck right now for Mother Earth. Thanks for taking us along for the view. Love from Austin Texas
By 5:40 you had me in tears! I myself am an Asclepias lover!!! When I was first biten by the plant bug, my first love was Stapeliads!!! A South African succulent member of the milkweed family... Once I discovered the unique unusual flower morphology I gained an appreciation for all Asclepiads and studied many California natives which were nearly impossible to grow, I learned to enjoy them in situ... Stapeliads also broke my heart due to the difficulty of culture! However I will always have a love and appreciation for all Asclepiads and their renegade style of reproduction!!! Very Sexy Plants!!!
Came here because I found you trying to save a baby fox, stayed because of your accent and choice of words, cried because you couldn't have given me any better life advices. Fuck, you're like a all in one for all things good.
I laughed, I cried, and I learned something. Thanks, you
I feel 100% better ..Not knowing is the worst....Thank you !!!.. I am now aware of every step I take in Nature.. Because of you Sir...
You're the best !
I love your take on things !
Very true !
I used to hike on the power company right of way; it was beautiful being on the edge of a woodland. There were vernal pools, permanent pools, springs, orchids, blueberries, cranberries (on the mountain), sundew, all kinds of moss and lichen, not to mention that creatures. I had gone away for two years and came back and went to hike at my favorite spot (after my mother had died and I needed to get myself back into Nature) and found that it was all dug up and paved for the power company. It broke me after all the loss and stress I had had. Not long after that I came down with an autoimmune illness. And I haven't been back to that beloved place.
I still have "Trash Transfer Station" going thru my head from last week.
Your so called "negativity" brightened my day, friend!
You are my hero, and my favourite person on TH-cam. Also, you are the only TH-camr I have bought merch from. Thank you for being you, thank you for existing
I know this video is 4 years old now but wondering if you ever went back and saw if the plants recovered? Bloody hope they did.
I admire your ability to be positive. Thank you for the inspiration to not despair.
How depressing is that! I'm glad you make these videos. It's pretty awesome someone else out there thinks the same way I do.
Albert Camus' the myth of Sisyphus really put the world into perspective for me. I read it for a class in HS, and it was the hardest, yet best read of my life. Kafka is also a good author.
*Note : to clear up any potential misunderstanding, I'm not blaming the poor schmuck - or the well-intentioned but oblivious rancher with grading equipment - who's just doing his job by fulfilling requests for frivolous and unneeded maintenance of country roads that are already perfectly drive-able. Settle down, enjoy the commentary and laugh a little - or just skip to minute 13 - before typing any self-righteous obnoxious diatribes in the comments section. 😘
The solution here is easy, but few are willing to do anything about it : inform local municipalities this plant is going to be extinct soon and put this location on their radar so they know tk look out for it. Inform local ranchers its here - many won't give a shit but many might. Lots of local ranchers give a shit about and exercise responsible stewardship of their local flora, including star cactus and peyote populations.
Finding remaining plants and collecting seed and sending them to a botanic garden for conservation and propagation is an absolute must as well.
For those that don't see any point in caring about things like this - well, that's basically how I feel about most modern culture and economic infrastructure, so I feel you there. Stay irreverent. 😁
If you got questions or you're pissed or you're just jazzed about milkweeds, please consider sending angry mail to me directly at the email address
With all the sarcastic rambling you can still hear the pain and frustration in his voice .. and that reallt gets to me.
Oh could you let Al know I looked up his music and I am hooked.... The man ( and his band / fellow musicians ) are a joy to listen to. Thank you.
I was raised in California, Tony. Cynicism and negativity is rampant everywhere the morass of revolting human infrastructure exists, except in CA we have (as I am certain you know) many, many more idiots who see these things as bad (cynicism, negativity, misanthropy, etc). I see them as asymptotic of the garbage pile of a society that we have created. I find comfort in your misanthropy, as it highlights the fact that intelligent people are able to actually think for themselves instead of swallowing the "dahng" of political correctness that we seem to be so inundated with in *HEAVY AIRQUOTES* modern society.
I'm pretty certain his name is Joey, but that's neither here nor there.
FixedGearFox I was born and raised in Southern California. When I got old enough to comprehend humour, I remember thinking the trend of regarding folks from California as spaced out, tree-hugging, laid back surf bums was pretty inaccurate, but then, I grew up and lived in a working class inner city barrio in San Bernardino. And they weren’t handing out any rose coloured glasses that I was made aware of.
I'm late to this video, but appreciate the "negativity" (also known as reality). Glad I'm not alone in these feelings.
Yggdrasil Burnes that could very well be an intentional malaprop Yggy
Leslie Beckwith if flattened out nature and causing destruction makes you feel better you might be shitzo
@ yes.
lol someone on twitter just told me not to be negative for talking about how terrible people are for deliberately coughing on others and I'm like, why do I have to be nice, on my own page, for the benefit of someone else's illusion? fuck them
Dude thank you so much for turning me on to Albert Camus!
=1 "Philosophically, Camus's views contributed to the rise of the philosophy known as absurdism." Nail head meet hammer.
I love Camus! Myth of Sysiphus probably saved my life. Absurdism is my favorite way to deal with the constant chaos of the universe.
Another entertaining yet educational botanical class
After the high of finding the Asclepias prostrata, it's gutting to see it as roadkill
Well look on the bright side,
if they do grow back next year you can look forward to them being graded again.
I like the udder darkness.
Udder darkness.. #blindedbybreasts or #mammarymidnight
Laird Haynes
I thought about it and,
* you’d have to ask him they’re his words, I’m just playing with them and
* I’d have to choose mammary midnight
Thanks for playing 🤙🏻
I had to move out for a while when "progress" flattened the forest behind my house, the woodland my daughter grew up playing in. All I could smell was trees crying. They put up crappy, overpriced houses, ruined a pristine mountain fed stream & then further screwed it up with all the fertilizer run off from their little plots of grass. I complained to every gov't agency I could & was told so long as the developer used "best management practices", my only recourse was to sue the developer to "remediate" my stream! There's NO fix to be done, the algae & sediment broke the entire ecosystem, no more crayfish, no more tiny fish, snakes left & the raccoons started hitting trash cans, becoming "pests" & getting exterminated. The new houses raised my taxes & raised the heat. Lost that house & land in 09, thanks to the bank & recession. I still remember my kid playing in the creek, learning about plants, snakes & how beautiful nature is (was). Wanted my grandson to grow up there, still sad over the loss.
I have seen more useless and destructive land development than i care to share. land , with nesting bald eagles, clear cut. I was told the county commissioner can do whatever and bald eagles were no longer on the endangered list? The land still sits with offices ready to purchase and empty for three years. The rest of the land is reclaiming as it is beside a vast forest. Money has all the rights. The laws may be written somewhere, but no one can find the book.
@@bluewaterpines8323 those of us that care have our hearts broken on the regular. A developer looks at land & sees future homes, I see the homes already there. Peace my friend. I spent an hour today along a fairly pristine N. Georgia stream with my 13 year old grandson, showing him how plants work together to make the bank holding tapestry. Identifying natives & invasives, teaching him how to spot wildlife trails. It pains me to know how much will be lost in his lifetime.
@@mysterymanforu we kept it clean, never any no trespassing signs. Don't be a dick. Endangered plants got killed & it impacted MY property.
This comment is no mind food. But I just wanted to say I think you are a valuable human being and I hope you live long and continue to share your lovely experiences with us.
That pretty rock looked like a little Edwards formation chert cobble. Cool stuff.
I enjoy your unique point of view and your extensive knowledge of plants is impressive. Botany can pay. Why not start a patreon account and/or a Kickstarter for the purpose of furthering your goals re ensuring the survival of rare plants that you discover? I'm pretty sure it would work, you can launch fundraisers on facebook also. That is what the other youtube superstars are doing and it's working for them.
Thanks for visiting my hometown
Never confuse criticality with negativity... Only insecure idiots call critical observation negativity, especially when it is constructive criticism. Thanks for the awesome video and knowledge.
Yep I recently forced my nephew to get to Redwoods because hell I don’t know if they are going to be around much longer.
Keep it up, good sir. Thank you so very much.
A simple gracias...stay strong!!
Don't be negative or positive, be realistic. If reality is negative, be negative about it. If reality is positive, be positive.
It is a nice flat road, though! Thanks for caring.
"Some fucking mouth breather"
CPBBD is my spirit animal!
Albert Camus, my favorite philosopher. Made an excellent theme for this video.
Wow you went from Australia back to Texas rather quick
Ran
planes are a wondrous thing
I guess he didn't swim home after all.
SYDNEY IS BURNING.
@@bluewaterpines8323 , I watched heartbreaking video yesterday of a koala that had been singed by the fire and the poor thing was crying. A woman scooped it up in her shirt and brought it to a vet.
I would rather watch these videos than feel upset during quarantine. Rio Grande is my favorite... it would be amazing to be watching it flow like my ancestors saw it flow. Wild, Unpolluted and amazing. Maybe one day. Or not at all.
“... the pointless race to nowhere that our species is engaged in.” Well said.
God damn the episode made my day!! Thank you
Your monologue is fantastic, love your train of thought
LOOK HOW FLAT AND WIDE THE ROAD IS NOW
Sadly, most folks have more pride in their guns and monster trucks than rare native species.
Culture of moronics. Viewing the world from the perspective of a 9 year old.
You make me want to cry. I love you!
I’d rather be a fool than a coward any day.
I have found my own way of living in the human condition, seeing pain and suffering as the price for living.
Hope, ah. That's for the kiddies. I hope to die. That's all the hope I need for. I got a ways to go. Unless...
Old Soul you chose to spend your time being negative to someone you’ve never met.
Old Soul grammar check....
Old Soul I have no desire to continue arguing with a stranger on the internet. You have your opinions, you stated them loud and clear for all to see and hear. Have a good day.
"[This] doesn't really affect me."
Yeah, I would want to cry too.
Have you heard about the TH-cam collaboration #TeamTrees? I think you would be able to contribute a wonderful video on trees and their ecology. One thing I've learned from your channel is about the deep relationship between plants and fungi. I never knew they were so entwined and dependent. Your channel has really rekindled my interest in botany. A great video about the Tree/Fungi relationship would be cool. I'm going to donate to TeamTrees (they are working with the Arbor Day Foundation who will actually do the region-appropriate planting) and I'm going to spread the donation over a few of my favorite TH-camrs. I don't know if they get anything more than bragging rights, but I'd love to donate via your page as part of my overall donation.
beautiful river, thanks for sharing
Every time one more of these precious species goes extinct it not only shames humanity, but part of ourselves dies with them.
13:00 and 19:40 - You should ask someone where we should build the wall there. On the US side where we cut off access to the river? The Mexico side where we literally violate the sovereignty of a foreign country. How about if we just fill the river with alligators and call it a moat?
If it makes you so mad, why don't you go to the county Highway Dept. And tell them what they are doing? Maybe throw some bs in about contacting some federal bureaucracy about the situation.
why did you not try to save seeds or take tissue for TC, if you knew that this rare Milkweed was in danger of being lost.
They just excavated a salmon bearing stream , changed everything, 2 days after the finished, there were fish already in the system
Thank you.
Hey, I feel you Jerry. I checked out from people a while ago. I'm going to try to get in touch with the group that grows American chestnuts. Not the foundation that crossbreeds Chinese chestnuts, the obscure group that grows them from the surviving resistant ones.
It could be huge, and I'm highly annoyed that the American chestnut foundation is sweeping it under the rug to justify their existence.
Ffs, that went dark, anyway, I need to get out of this city in Europe and get a yard before I can, I'll be moving to the states soon to my wife n family.
But yeah, chestnuts, something else to eat yourself up about, you're welcome.
What a gorgeous sunset. Anyway imagine a world without borders.
Enjoyed the discussion on county roads and "maintainers". Love your channel.
PS. Why didn’t you try to save that plant?? Like replant it off the road and add some water, to give it a break??
Also wish I could of been an "apprentice" of yours. REAL SERIOUS.
I live in Hidalgo county and I really hate all the clearing of native habitat that goes on everyday. Prostrate Milkweed should definitely be a point of pride here, but like you said, no one gives a shit. The flora down here is so crazy that I got hooked on native plant horticulture. Love your videos. Lemme know if I can check on any plant populations for you. I can show you some cool stuff if you come down again.
If you live in the RGV you're going to like the videos I got coming out in a couple weeks.
I wish more people see things like you .watch your shoes in this in this evil world
youre right in every day you describe the situation. thank you for saying what you're saying because i literally don't have people in my life who don't live in the bullshit land of their minds, and they act like i'm a facist for hating facism
I’m curious. Would Asclepias prostrata only grow on the road verges? Why not in the fields behind the fences?
Love your work Tony !!!
Thank you
Speaking into my already creeping doubts about the good I’m doing in the world. Thank you for the uplifting words, if I wasn’t laughing at the absurdity of humans I’d go insane.
It’s always road crews. Almost lost the endemic yellow delphinium here in sonoma county that way.
I hold pond scum in higher regard than I do most hoomans
Couldn't they be collected, grown in a controlled location, and planted again in the area? Is plant repopulation/reintroduction the same as animal repopulation?
This is supposed to be why ecological consulting exists, unfortunately the regulatory agencies, at least here in Florida, seem to barely keep pace with developers. I worked for one of them for a period of time and it didn't seem to be due to any lack of willpower. They were severely understaffed and had fucking no money. Vote, I guess?
The sentiment that led to the endangered species act, the national environmental policy act, the clean water act, etc. gives me hope. We could still do so much more, but these efforts at least show we're capable of some semblance of collective foresight. Your videos give me hope too. I don't know how the fuck you find the motivation to maintain such a passion for systematics amidst the largest extinction event ever, but I'm sure as fuck glad that you do. You, and to an extent everyone that watches these videos, give me hope, even when ya'll are struggling to find it. Thank you ya beautiful bastards.
Incredible stuff man.
I doubt the person who graded those roads had any idea there was a rare milkweed there... some who grade roads would actually care, if informed...
I agree. Very unlikely it was intentional.
Even if we never meet, you’re my friend 🌈✨
Its a couple years late but this is my first time seeing this vid. Were you or any of your friends able to find any more of them?