This Is Not a Forest

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  • Pando, Latin for 'I spread,' appears to be a forest but is actually one massive tree. Weighing 13 million pounds, Pando is one of the world’s largest living organisms. It has thrived in Utah's Fishlake National Forest, spreading across 106 acres with 47,000 stems. Find out how human intervention has both threatened its survival and sparked a passionate mission to protect it.
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  • @janq1421
    @janq1421 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +410

    As that man said (so moving), "It's a reflection of how we treat each other." Thank you to all who defend nature, of which we are a part.

    • @lunakat__
      @lunakat__ 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +19

      amazing to see someone so passionate

    • @felipericketts
      @felipericketts 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

      Truly: saving nature is saving ourselves! 🙂

    • @jason-wc5bs
      @jason-wc5bs 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      yea and were spending millions a year on protecting the epitome of the leftyst marxyst hive mind....pbs AND this is getting reported to DOGE......

    • @jason-wc5bs
      @jason-wc5bs 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      yea and were spending millions every year protecting the epitome of the lef

    • @jason-wc5bs
      @jason-wc5bs 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      yea.... and. w.ere sp.endi.ng m..llio..ns eve.ry y.ear p...rot.ecti..ng th.e epi..tom.e of t.he

  • @eklectiktoni
    @eklectiktoni 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +141

    I appreciate that the Forestry Service officer was so emotionally moved when talking about Pando! We need people like that caring for our environment. My respect to you sir.

    • @YouGuessIGuess
      @YouGuessIGuess 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

      Hopefully the Forestry Service can survive the Trump administration. We live in dark times for all things ecological.

    • @nolongerblocked6210
      @nolongerblocked6210 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      7:27 is what you're talking about. It was _very moving_ & beautiful to see that this gentleman is so attached to the park & the land he's working to protect. I've gotta say I agree, we need many more people like this in our country & world

  • @KatrinaEames
    @KatrinaEames 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +198

    The phrase "we are part of the hard times" is definitely going to stick with me

    • @rizkyadiyanto7922
      @rizkyadiyanto7922 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      hard time creates strong men.

    • @UnsencoredTube
      @UnsencoredTube 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      @@rizkyadiyanto7922just not true🤣

    • @CricketWorld-v4b
      @CricketWorld-v4b 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​​@@rizkyadiyanto7922Hard time create strong men,Strong men create easy time,Easy time create weak men,weak men create hard time and the cycle continues

    • @glost12311goduer
      @glost12311goduer วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@rizkyadiyanto7922 That statement has it's roots in fascism.

    • @pabl0sauced0
      @pabl0sauced0 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ​@@UnsencoredTube he heard Joe Rogan say it so it must be true 😂

  • @ShynyMagikarp
    @ShynyMagikarp 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +108

    One of the best videos you've ever uploaded. That segment in the middle with the man becoming teary eyed was truly moving. Incredible video.

  • @Seraph.G
    @Seraph.G 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +161

    Placing walls around a giant, ancient being because we cannot be trusted not to harm it is pretty striking.

    • @t.kersten7695
      @t.kersten7695 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      but whenever we´re doing such things, they barely seem to be without their own issues and damages. and even if we build fences and walls around something. just a single storm or wildfire can still destroy it and make all our efforts vain. this is just another thing we humans do: interfering with nature while claiming that we only have the best intentions only to make us feel better or even to try and elevate us above others. such things are barely coming without self-righteousness and elitistic thinking.

    • @andyroubik5760
      @andyroubik5760 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      We screw up everything we can

    • @D1ORogue
      @D1ORogue 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ​@t.kersten7695 yeah but walls help treats especially with retaining water. How does a wall hurt nature

    • @andyroubik5760
      @andyroubik5760 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @ walls can prevent migration. The border wall between Mexico and the US is a prime example. Jaguars and other sensitive species can’t make it across that wall.

    • @zackatwood2867
      @zackatwood2867 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@andyroubik5760 grow up already

  • @woodturner1954
    @woodturner1954 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +60

    I was there in 1987 and it was amazing. Obviously the folks in this video care for the Pando I hope they can keep there jobs and continue.

  • @Myself-yf5do
    @Myself-yf5do 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +29

    "You think you're any different from, or your friends, or this tree? If you listen hard enough, you can hear everything breathing together. We're all living together, even if most folks don't act like it. We all have the same roots, and we are all branches of the same tree."-Huu the Foggy Swamp guy.

  • @GhostNinja0007
    @GhostNinja0007 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +56

    7:33 You know that man cares about his job!

  • @icebtw2004
    @icebtw2004 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +123

    i hope PBS doesn't get taken away

    • @janq1421
      @janq1421 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +25

      @@icebtw2004 Project 2025 does say to eliminate all federal funding for PBS & NPR. Not that they receive a huge amount, but it will be a challenge. Sad because they really are more moderate.

    • @egg-roll8968
      @egg-roll8968 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@janq1421 If every US citizen donated $1.5/yr you could scrap the gov funding that they get. Just saying, but lets hope it doesn't come to that...

    • @nomadikmind3979
      @nomadikmind3979 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      @@janq1421 in what world are they moderate??

    • @HannibalUvvU
      @HannibalUvvU 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +19

      ​@@janq1421 They aren't moderate they are impartial and not beholden to corporate money.

    • @janq1421
      @janq1421 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @HannibalUvvU Oh true! Thank you for the correction.

  • @chantallemay8265
    @chantallemay8265 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    I'm glad PBS Eons sent me this way, it's a great video.

  • @LaineyBug2020
    @LaineyBug2020 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +38

    Oh man, that forest service agent breaking down got me breaking down. 😢 ✊ Long Live the Fighters of Pando!

  • @Jellyfish146
    @Jellyfish146 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +73

    I hope Pando survives until I'm allowed to go to the states. 4 years, buddy. I'm coming to see you

    • @bottledwaterprod
      @bottledwaterprod 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      Unless there's some immense natural catastrophe like a fire or something Pando will be there waiting. I passed by it on a trip to Utah and desperately wanted to derail our plans for a day to explore it. Next time. Very soon...

    • @davidegaruti2582
      @davidegaruti2582 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      ​@@bottledwaterprodhonestly i think it may resist a forest fire as well : the root system may be able to survive and from then it may recover ...
      I am not an expert or knowledgable , i just think pando has a decent shot at surviving a decently sized fire

    • @solsystem1342
      @solsystem1342 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ​@@bottledwaterprod
      Pando does well after fires since it can send in nutrients from elsewhere to regrow

    • @BBurton1231
      @BBurton1231 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Great mountain biking around fish lake. It sits at a high elevation and is absolutely beautiful. The lodge has great food too! Hope you get to visit.

    • @CampingforCool41
      @CampingforCool41 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@bottledwaterprodeven if a fire did come through the roots would likely survive and send up new shoots. Wouldn’t look pretty but still alive.

  • @generalhades4518
    @generalhades4518 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +61

    Trees are endlessly fascinating! wonder what other natural wonders are lying hidden around the US

    • @bottledwaterprod
      @bottledwaterprod 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      I was surprised on a trip to Utah a few years ago just how many wonders are packed around the US. I passed pando and many other parks and well known sites. However, everything we did, everything we stopped to explore, was just off the beaten path, with seemingly little fanfare or traffic. And yet each one was more astounding than the last last. I saw truly special and miraculous places, and for the first time I had to just sit on a cayon ledge and weep at the beauty of nature. There is such beauty and peace all over the US when you know where to look, yes even where you live. Sitting just outside our comfortable urban confines. Get out and explore without a destination in mind. We don't do that enough as adults.

    • @andyroubik5760
      @andyroubik5760 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@bottledwaterprod our public lands are the envy of the world. Our ecosystems, while fractured, are some of the most intact in the world. We must protect the our public lands from the Trumplicans!

  • @b_uppy
    @b_uppy 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +18

    This surprised me. Figured we were visiting a tree plantation. Pretty cool its just one megalopolis of a tree.

  • @kevinslater4126
    @kevinslater4126 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    I visited Pando about 3 months ago! Thanks for doing a bit about this great treasure in my home state of Utah.

  • @lifeisagift.cherisheverymoment
    @lifeisagift.cherisheverymoment วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Quoting the description of this beautiful video story: Human Beings are very good at "threatening" and "protecting" Mother Nature, and each other. Thank you, PBS.

  • @CyPhi68
    @CyPhi68 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +68

    Predators helped Yellowstone. Can they help here? Hunters want to restrict predators to make game more abundant. So, the deer overgraze. Then we add fences, another unnatural management tool, to curb overgrazing. What's next? This seems to me to be a skewed approach to natural resource management. Nothing natural about it. Fix the problem as close to the source as possible. That's why I bought up bringing the predators back. BTW, I am a forestry major. I have been in the woods on public lands and seen active resource management.

    • @Billionth_Kevin
      @Billionth_Kevin 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +15

      I'm guessing the deer are not necessarily the issue, pictured because deer are cool and they got deer footage. Probably to show what it should naturally look like. A few deer, compared to a herd of cows. Seems the cows are the issue, so people are the issue. Though you are right, if we got rid of the cows, then allowed the deer more room to roam and added predators to keep the deer in check would be the best way. Less people, more Pando!

    • @rypatmackrock
      @rypatmackrock 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      There is also the entire holistic paradigm championed by the Savory Institute I am studying under.
      The basic mathematical measurements that can help, is how long does it take for an aspen sapling to grow, how much herbivore activity let it be, dear, elk, bison, or capably defensive cattle, can benefit versus resting the land to allow the aspen saplings to grow, and when human recreation could also be allowed based on the seasons.
      At the end of the day, holistic management is a worldview and toolbox for managing nature and agriculture based on the natural principles themselves beyond we humans, adapting each measurement based on the context, regardless of where cross the globe, and recognizing how much we humans are part of the natural systems.

    • @StunBuns
      @StunBuns 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@rypatmackrock 'holistic' and 'paradigm' are some of the most abused buzz words by fraudsters and their movements. it's very unfortunate for the genuine and useful that they apply to 😔

    • @SteelyEyedMissileManic
      @SteelyEyedMissileManic 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I will say just as a resident of Utah... It's generally a very conservative state, kinda like Wyoming where they're allowing Hunting of Wolves, maybe even encouraging it for the sake of defense of cattle. It would be a tough ask to introduce Wolves when Utah hasn't had wolves for a long long time. We have some Bears, mountain Lions, Cougars. But perhaps not enough to control the herbivore population sufficiently.

    • @rypatmackrock
      @rypatmackrock 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@StunBuns I will simply say for the pessimistic, that there is a genuine difference between curiosity and exploration, dismissive pessimism, (where feeling fed up can be empathetic), and not even wanting to help at all from the disaffection.
      It’s all about perspective, and whether we want to do something about a problem or not.
      More often than not, when I get curious and sometimes excited about something, is when I tend to educate myself, to where I can geek out and admittedly parrot information I’ve learned.
      On top of perspective; exposure and firsthand experience can be informative, like learning another language and becoming fluent with it.
      When it comes to nature, the state of affairs, and my personal world view that every human subject is connected in one way or another; it found a home realizing the natural web of life in our natural ecosystems, and the timescale of ecological evolution that goes back over 6,000, 10,000, and millions of years across natural history before human evolution, with the end of the dinosaurs being 65 million years ago, and the time chapters before then across the Earth’s natural history.
      Paradigm is simply another word for perspective, and the more I continue my Savory Institute lessons that I am currently studying; holistic is the word for understanding the whole, entire system, like an ecosystem, the culture and economy of a country, how animal territory is the ancestral analog for human property, and doing the mental exercises of expanded ven-diagrams to understand the connection between all of these concepts by either hand drawing them, or having a computer program to easily edit such.
      I am yet to visit the Aspen stand as I have imagined an epic western US road trip with Yellowstone being the centerpiece. My hope is to witness the wild ecosystems, including the Aspen stand, possibly have these conversations with locals about the current food web in the native ecosystem, and how we humans are woven to it.
      It can all be summed up by a visual illustration of the food web of said ecosystem like we were ideally taught in grade school.
      I will end with a little story I heard on a lecture related to this idea.
      Once upon a time, there were three mice that got stuck in a jar of milk in someone’s kitchen.
      The first mouse was shocked and scared so much, that it struggled to escaped until it finally choked and drowned.
      The second mouse felt so pessimistic about the situation, that it gave up altogether and also drowned.
      The third mouse had a deep conviction that it could still live its life, regardless of obstacles, and believed with all its heart that it could escape to live another day. So the mouse splashed, and swam in the milk with all its strength and stamina, until the milk finally turned into butter, enough for the mouse to escape.
      The eye-opening moral of that story is to never give up on your convictions in the face of opposition.
      While in the greater scheme of things, some criticism is an admitted time to refine your worldview with humility.
      I will also add that the Savory Institute with its networks of training hubs, have also been an inspiration for me; enough to where I am indeed studying their courses in my downtime, with the hope of working for them as I find they are very well equipped to solve problems relating to nature and ecosystems, whether it be livestock agriculture, (they’re admitted specialty), or bringing the same principles back to wildlife management and the ancestral ecosystem balance.
      When it comes to livestock versus predators; beyond livestock guardian dog breeds and their history, another clue to that puzzle, is the wild ancestors of our livestock across natural history.
      That is my honest reply. May the conversation continue.

  • @comfortablynumb9342
    @comfortablynumb9342 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Here I was thinking that banyan trees were the biggest as far as one tree spreading out over acres of area. They drop roots from branches that sprout roots and those grow more branches, and sprouts can pop up from the ground. So they make a tangled crazy mess that can spread out into a very large single tree. The roots have been stretched across river and woven together to create living bridges that last 100s of years.
    This was a great video, very interesting. I'd love to hear about the mycoraizea network in the soil there. That aspen has a simbiotic relationship with a network of fungi that attach to the roots and spread out through the soil. When the tree wants a specific nutrient the fungi bring it to the roots and they exchange sugars or other exudates for the minerals or whatever the tree wants. It's a fascinating system that about 99% of wild plants share with specific species of fungi that they can work with.
    If you grow any kind of garden or want to improve the health of trees or plants you can find out exactly what type of mycoraizea they want and buy it to add to soil. If you happen to grow stinky little medicinal plants you absolutely want to use the right kind for cannabis, especially if you use any kind of organic medium/soil. They break down organic materials and bring the nutrients plants want at the time they want it.

  • @davidneilbird8849
    @davidneilbird8849 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Wonderful. How do we get more people to be passionate about nature and our planet like those that you interviewed?

  • @jenniferlevine5406
    @jenniferlevine5406 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    This is an amazing story. I didn't have any idea about this before. Great perspective! Thanks for the wonderful video!

  • @kashmirha
    @kashmirha วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    All those people be blessed. Warm hearted caring humans! The individuals who make me proud.

  • @christphertimo
    @christphertimo 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +32

    Why do they let cows graze there...

    • @datura087
      @datura087 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Seriously, Americans just love their cow flesh

    • @jasonalaimo4787
      @jasonalaimo4787 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +15

      $$$$

    • @rizkyadiyanto7922
      @rizkyadiyanto7922 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      so you can eat meat.

    • @cali-cali6700
      @cali-cali6700 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

      Ranching is an American legacy that is romanticized. There is a lot of old wealth in ranching. With large scale Animal farming, ranching is declining. In my opinion it needs to die out and regulations need to ban free range grazing. Ranching continues to threatened keystone predators. Raising cattle is extremely in efficient and devastating to the environment.

    • @paulahord9190
      @paulahord9190 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yes why why

  • @danilooliveira6580
    @danilooliveira6580 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +69

    as someone that lives in south America, it's weird how small the biodiversity of mammals in the northern parts of north America is. you can count on your fingers how many species of prey and predators there are. specially when you compare with the late Pleistocene.

    • @deathcreator
      @deathcreator 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      I feel like every animal where I live is a generic city animal lol.

    • @datura087
      @datura087 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yep, indeed it's even worse once you realize cattle and humans make up 96% of the mammal biomass

    • @gus473
      @gus473 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Living North of 45° N. Latitude, I most definitely cannot count all the mammal species on my fingers and toes together! How far north do you mean?

    • @philippolacek3475
      @philippolacek3475 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

      That's what happens when your continent is half covered in ice 14,000 years ago...

    • @Briggsian
      @Briggsian 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      Climate shifts that happened going into and coming out of ice ages did a number on large mammals in the northern hemisphere.

  • @johnydriessen6813
    @johnydriessen6813 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    As a longtime resident of Utah, i can tell you that aspens know how to take care of themselves. They begin to colonize a yard with just a few weeks of neglect. Amazing organisms.

  • @AlanZablocki
    @AlanZablocki 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +18

    There are similar giant aspen clones west of Kebler Pass in Colorado.

    • @philippolacek3475
      @philippolacek3475 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      They are ALL over the Rockies. I don't know how to tell if ones a clone or not, but look at San Antonio mountain NM.

    • @junglechick13
      @junglechick13 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      My grandmother introduced me to the aspens in Colorado decades ago..the quaking aspens.

  • @nolongerblocked6210
    @nolongerblocked6210 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I would love to see a LIDAR or a GPR(Ground Penetrating Radar) survey done so we could see the root system all connected. That would produce some amazing pictures!!

  • @Dirtbagmoto1
    @Dirtbagmoto1 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +43

    It's wild how people don't understand the importance of preditors in an ecosystem. Re introduce the wolves and bears and take the damn fence down

    • @volkerengels5298
      @volkerengels5298 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      looking back -> The invention of 'fence' seems like an error.

    • @kkattrap
      @kkattrap 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      But you see, it's important to have well stocked "wild" deer and elk for hunting licenses that allow that fence to be purchased and maintained.
      (that was sarcasm, I agree with you)

    • @Dirtbagmoto1
      @Dirtbagmoto1 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @kkattrap don't get me wrong I'm a life long hunter, I've met ranchers that have struggled with live stock predation too. Too much of a population of deer and elk and disease and inbreeding can be come a problem too. I could rant all day about it but my point is the balance is incredibly hard to find.

    • @FlyingDwarfman
      @FlyingDwarfman 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Yeah. The term that broadly refers to the most important species in a specific system are the 'keystones'. Wolves are often a keystone species -- most especially in these type of wooded areas where they most frequently live and hunt. There are other keystone species (eg: bison in North America, wildebeest on Sub-Saharan Africa, salmon for river systems near the coasts).
      For the apex predators, even more than managing the numbers of their prey (they haven't taken away game from sport hunters, as as a rule), research on reintroduction programs shows that they change the behaviors of their prey items by pressuring them to move around a lot more. This results in the plant life being able to grow better (less devastating browsing, broader feces distribution to enrich soil).

    • @frictionhitch
      @frictionhitch 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It's also amazing how people think that they can live separate from nature and export their destruction so that they can sit on a high horse. I live with the great bear and I respect him and love him but I ain't going to lie sometimes he scares the crap out of me. How much land is used to support you? How large is your garden? What does your ecosystem look like? Do you Steward it? The ancient peoples of this continent understand the importance of being stewards. I don't think that you understand anything other than being a consumer made possible through the consumption of fossil fuels that are destroying our entire planet now. The forest that I Steward is dying. It's your fault. I will do my best but if I can't save her I will burn with her. You are all awful and your high horses piss me off. If you want to live with a bear you can I do

  • @MrTwade2006
    @MrTwade2006 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Beautiful! What are we doing to our world? Saddens me, these are a thing of beauty to cherish, Gods green earth!

  • @ThisPartIsAndrew
    @ThisPartIsAndrew 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    I moved to the East Coast and the Aspen trees are the only thing I miss about living in the Rockies

  • @marim0y
    @marim0y 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

    Grazing doesn't seem like a good response. Why not reintroduce predators to the area first. Am i missing something?

    • @bottledwaterprod
      @bottledwaterprod 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      Indeed. Livestock grazing, be it legally contracted or otherwise, is a huge problem in much of Utah's delicate ecosystems. Even though I camped in numerous remote, protected, and struggling ecosystems, it wasn't uncommon to wake up to hundreds of cattle standing around our camp at 3am. My guide informed me on exactly how all the grazing and trampling can kill off whole areas, especially where plant diversity is low.

    • @xiphosura413
      @xiphosura413 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@marim0y It isn't a good idea but they kind of have to permit livestock grazing as it isn't a national park. Reintroduction of predators wouldn't go down well at all with the folks who graze the land. In the end, conservation is at the whims of the market like all else. The farmers can lobby extremely hard when they feel like their lifestyle is being impinged on.

  • @markvanderhorst2473
    @markvanderhorst2473 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Love the emotion, and commitment.

  • @andyroubik5760
    @andyroubik5760 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    It’s incredible that we let cattle graze this unique Grove of trees.End grazing on public lands! Encourage wolf populations!

  • @Matty002
    @Matty002 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    i hate when people say human intervention is 'natural' like no, building ships and shipping over animals from another continent over a few years is not the same as a herd of animals migrating from one continent to another over thousands of years

  • @micanikko
    @micanikko วันที่ผ่านมา

    this is amazing!! i've heard of this before but to learn more in depth about it is incredible!

  • @colenip5384
    @colenip5384 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    How about pollarding Pando? Would open up the canopy for more vigorous new growth, and can be pruned above deer browse height. I feel like there is a good chance that this is how Pando originated; by being maintained by the indigenous people so long ago for wood, the act of harvesting and managing Pando would make the root system quite strong and resilient over time.

  • @insanityward1516
    @insanityward1516 18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    Wow look at that thats an aspen you can tell its an aspen because of the way it is….thats pretty neat

  • @mechaslugzilla
    @mechaslugzilla 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    What is more important, preserving this one clone or helping the Aspen species in general? I think the nearest female Aspen clones in the region should be propagated along side the Pando clone (which is male, Aspen is dioecious) so seeds can be produced and spread to start new colonies of Aspen in places where they may continue to grow despite the climate warming.

    • @FlyingDwarfman
      @FlyingDwarfman 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I'd say the value of both are high enough that prioritizing one over the other is an incorrect view. Current colonies like Pando need to be properly supported and also given opportunities to sexually propagate (as chances are, Pando was doing so for centures/ millennia before modern practices spaced them out so far).

  • @Pawny1-r1z
    @Pawny1-r1z 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    These are cool 😎!

  • @sopha_bed
    @sopha_bed 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I'd be very grateful for metric translations of some of the quantities in these videos! They're fascinating, but trying to remember how many metres are in 9000ft of elevation or trying to guess what 13mil lbs is in numbers I understand takes me away from the whole thing. But great docos keep smashing it!!

  • @paulahord9190
    @paulahord9190 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Pando needs to be saved. I hope whoever or whatever is thinking that it is not significantly important needs to rethink

  • @GaasubaMeskhenet
    @GaasubaMeskhenet 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Don't miss the tree for the forest

  • @sashaolenets7883
    @sashaolenets7883 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Wow! I've learned a lot today! Thanks ❤❤❤

  • @rhombifer566
    @rhombifer566 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    🌳 interesting 🤔

  • @jackstone4291
    @jackstone4291 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Love that he’s chewing gum while he’s painting in the first minute. Only in The States !

    • @RMCbreezy
      @RMCbreezy 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ..?

  • @MontgomeryWenis
    @MontgomeryWenis 16 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Pando tree-age. Excellent.

  • @thewholeuniverse
    @thewholeuniverse 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Not surprised it's for farming animals and having abundant deer to hunt

  • @solon2923
    @solon2923 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Clones are not same organism, they are identical but not the same, just like genetically identical twins are 2 independent organisms.
    Many species clone themselves as a form of reproduction.

    • @LuminousSteel
      @LuminousSteel วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Pando is the root system. every one of the tree shoots is attached to one root

  • @jensonee
    @jensonee 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    not eating meat is positive for many reasons. Pando is one of them.

    • @LuminousSteel
      @LuminousSteel วันที่ผ่านมา

      nature eating meat is how pando got so big.

    • @jensonee
      @jensonee วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@LuminousSteel nonsense

  • @estarszak
    @estarszak 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great video.
    I live in Aspen Colorado, I see this amazing tree everywhere!

    • @sleekilla
      @sleekilla วันที่ผ่านมา

      I'm in northern Utah. Just outside SLC and they're everywhere. I have one in my front yard.

  • @jackstone4291
    @jackstone4291 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great work being done. Good understanding to help protect and let successive trees come up and grow up instead of all being eaten by deer

  • @goldentrout4811
    @goldentrout4811 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    beautiful leaves

  • @lerualnaej5917
    @lerualnaej5917 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    I'm glad to hear some acknowledgement of how much "conservation" has more to do with maintaining hunting stock than considering ecosystems as a whole. Official channels for ecosystem protection get filtered through game-focused law enforcement.

  • @gregorius.dentang
    @gregorius.dentang วันที่ผ่านมา

    This must be the inspiration of Path of Exile 2 "Skill Tree"

  • @lenOwOo
    @lenOwOo 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Just like the pando, their caretaker are all old already too. Do we have successors ready?

  • @sophiareygrace6656
    @sophiareygrace6656 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Pleasee put up more fences 😢😢😢

  • @AdamtheRed-
    @AdamtheRed- 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Came here because of EONS. Staying for the nature!

  • @SourojitBh
    @SourojitBh 14 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Tbh, the way they are saying "Pando clone", it is giving me mental images of "The last of us" and "Resident Evil" like fused zombie creatures.
    Amazing plant though, this Pando! This is the first time I have heard of it.

  • @mattsonnie2989
    @mattsonnie2989 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    No forests don't "take care of themselves." These were managed landscapes before any European set foot here! What is that guy, a lobbyist for the ranchers?

  • @andicarson1339
    @andicarson1339 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Interesting. A few questions come to mind. If this Aspen sends out runners, do other Aspens? If trees can spread by runners, how can we determine if other trees or shrubs also do? How many plants spread in this manner that we have been assuming have been spreading by seed not getting dispersed by wildlife that would carry seed farther? If monocultures are unhealthy because of the lack of diversity, how isn't this not considered a monoculture. Is it being protected only because we are assuming this isn't happening elsewhere or with other large plants? Isn't the potential there for grasses to be spreading in this manner in areas where the season isn't conducive for seed production (such as some Miscanthus in zone 3 or 4)?

  • @ByMySelfGardening
    @ByMySelfGardening วันที่ผ่านมา

    Personally I see the entire planet earth as one plant. Differently composed but one living root system all the way to its core of plate activity creating new landscapers through time and ushering in new eras of growth. The soil barrier is almost to me more mesmerizing than an ocean horizon. The area from where soil or sand stops and air and wind start is the most breathtaking area in life and creates so much natural wonder in this world. ❤ I hope to see more of this earth be discovered and connected until it gets us to where it wants us. I’m starting to understand for my own peace in this world, I have to accept that Father Time has been beaten and Mother Nature is her name! ❤ so cool to be apart of the entire existence of time and be able to understand these things globally is surreal when I think of all the people who did it before us.

  • @mattmiller220
    @mattmiller220 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    And humans put a road right through the middle of it. 🤦‍♂️

  • @bavondale
    @bavondale 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Seems like they can have a walking fence. Fenced in area until new growth reaches 6 feet. Then, after 10-15 years, move fenced area to next spot

  • @j.megatron
    @j.megatron 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Which tree is the oldest

    • @hansolowe19
      @hansolowe19 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It might be this one.
      There are very old olive trees as well, and the USA has some very old ones.
      There's a wikipedia page about this, if you want to read about old trees for a night, go there and have fun 😉🤓

    • @PsyOpsAVA
      @PsyOpsAVA 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      What looks like individual trees are actually the above ground sprouts from a single giant tree. So it's a bit like asking which branch on a tree is the oldest. As far as which of the mature sprouts is the oldest, that's hard to say as Pando has been around for at least 12k years, so it's underground portion is simply too chaotic to truly know.

    • @danilooliveira6580
      @danilooliveira6580 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @@PsyOpsAVA it's a ship of theseus problem. the oldest tree died millennia ago, so are all the trees that sprouted from that first tree still part of the same tree ? or it's a completely different organism at this point ?

    • @sammyisanoctopus
      @sammyisanoctopus 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      It's one organism with thousands of stalks from a connected root system. Each stalk lives up to ~100 years. The entire organism has lived longer. Most estimates I've seen age it at somewhere around 9,000-14,000 years. But there was a new study I heard about that to my knowledge hasn't been peer reviewed they suggested an upper age range in the 80,000s of years. I didn't read the study myself, though, so I don't know if that was misreported.

    • @PsyOpsAVA
      @PsyOpsAVA 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@danilooliveira6580 well put

  • @anandsharma7430
    @anandsharma7430 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Is there any research or opinions on whether aspen clones are good as part of a reforestation / afforestation solution?

    • @icarusbinns3156
      @icarusbinns3156 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Probably not. Maybe as soil stabilization, to hold it in place, but aspens grow too fast to be a good, usable tool-species

  • @meandyouagainstthealgorith5787
    @meandyouagainstthealgorith5787 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The way 'forest' is defined is by canopy cover. Not the number of trees.

  • @philippolacek3475
    @philippolacek3475 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I believe that there has to be an aspen clone bigger than Pando, but people haven't found out where the bigger one is. Is there people wandering around checking random groves in the Rockies or Eastern Canada to see if those are clones?

  • @ronthecityronthecity5741
    @ronthecityronthecity5741 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    God bless and heal the universe 🙏🏿, people respect nature give her a break 🙏🏿

  • @KNOCKxUpper
    @KNOCKxUpper 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    This is not a comment

  • @felipericketts
    @felipericketts 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Have Pando shoots been transplanted to other areas? Might be a way of preserving it by spreading it. 🙂

  • @D.E.P.-J.
    @D.E.P.-J. 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    So every clone is just one organism? Like twins are really only one person?

  • @andrewbrennan2891
    @andrewbrennan2891 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    It seems to boil down at time to some people seeing nature as something human kind was given dominion over. Therefore we can't really destroy what we were given 'divine' control over because if we could the deity wouldn't have given us control over it. Not my view I think humankind is pretty good at destroying stuff with not much thought for tomorrow.

    • @junglechick13
      @junglechick13 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      And therein lies the problem with how some people interpret "dominion over" as if if we are to subjugate instead of protect and preserve.

  • @ttyyuuiiei
    @ttyyuuiiei 13 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Wow, to think, they’re not all individual trees, it’s just one organism. So, when you look at it, you’re not looking at a forest of trees, you’re actually looking at a single tree. Likewise, if you were to cut down what you think is a single tree, you’d be wrong. You’re actually cutting down one part of a large, single organism. That’s because it’s not multiple trees, you see. It is, in fact, a single plant. Or “tree,” if you will.

  • @WouldbeSage
    @WouldbeSage วันที่ผ่านมา

    Eons sent me. They said there'd be cake.

  • @NeonApathy
    @NeonApathy วันที่ผ่านมา

    Why does the idea of one organism spreading out and cloning freak me out 😮

  • @duncandonuts_gi
    @duncandonuts_gi 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    He’s like the tree papa! 05:16

  • @mikeclarke952
    @mikeclarke952 วันที่ผ่านมา

    But if you let it grow too big it becomes Pandomonium, then it's just a matter of time until cats and dogs are living together.

    • @absen-7965
      @absen-7965 16 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      Then you get the ansurrection

  • @aoifa_silverDragon
    @aoifa_silverDragon 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Is there other places where there is tree clones?

    • @CorwynGC
      @CorwynGC 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Leaving aside the misnomer of clone, sure. I have aspens in my yard that are multi-stem trees.

  • @eljefe3993
    @eljefe3993 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Humanity is the only threat

  • @marquistf1996
    @marquistf1996 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    All of our issues come back to the way we govern our society. We all need anti corruption laws now. Represent.us is a great way to learn and get involved so our political system doesn’t doom us all.

  • @variousrebuilds
    @variousrebuilds 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Well, whats the main tree in that forest?

  • @gordonprice695
    @gordonprice695 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    So, serious question, how is this not a lot of "trees" that are each part of a single individual organism? We accept that each mushroom is a different mushroom, even when they are all just different fruiting bodies of a single fungal organism. Would not a "tree" in this case just be something like a Photosynthesizing Body of a larger plant organism?

  • @sidneyvandykeii3169
    @sidneyvandykeii3169 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I would dig half mile long channels across that "forest" and keep that space maintained. In 100,000 years test the genetics of the trees to see how each section/biome has changed in relation to the others.

  • @JuliaCCCP
    @JuliaCCCP 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    So that's the largest and heaviest living creature in the known universe right now

  • @keikun145
    @keikun145 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Humans def play a role, and many people dont care about the now but when we are 50 years in and see the dmg ppl start caring. It's Sad but it is also part of life and whne he says we are prat of the hard time makes me sad.

  • @Becauseimme
    @Becauseimme 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    That’s Pando… Shout out my Cambodian people!💪🏾

  • @volkerengels5298
    @volkerengels5298 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    "Drill Babe Drill"
    Ecosystems all over the world are under pressure. Nobody should wonder - we are in 6th mass extinction.
    There are more than one reason for this - but all have to do with human activities.
    I liked your report- because engaging ppl are always like-able. They shouldn't get lost in details.....
    I didn't heard of Pando before - so thank you again.
    **We lose 60.000 species per year** Every year. In the future these numbers will just go up. Climate Change will do his part.

  • @Doomroar
    @Doomroar 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Goddammit are we killing Pando?

  • @JaxonBinch
    @JaxonBinch วันที่ผ่านมา

    You’re seeing the tree for the forest.

  • @youropionmattersnot
    @youropionmattersnot 14 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    3:36 Listen to the hypocrisy. "Their populations are kept high for the hunters."

  • @LaineyBug2020
    @LaineyBug2020 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    If I ever go to Utah, I'm definitely stopping by to get some leaves for a pressing. Already fallen of course.

  • @Myself-yf5do
    @Myself-yf5do 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    This was mentioned in a Vsauce video.

  • @BigSnipp
    @BigSnipp 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    * largest tree in the world

  • @explorewithme4707
    @explorewithme4707 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I drive Skyline every year around my bday in Oct. Just in time to see all the leaves change. And it ends basically at Pando.

  • @wordzmyth
    @wordzmyth 4 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    It is only 106 acres, a fence is easy. Why dos that 106 acres need stock on it?

  • @mosledge
    @mosledge 19 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Incredible! I can't wrap my head around this! Thanks @BeSmart for directing me to this video.

  • @CorwynGC
    @CorwynGC 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It IS a forest. Nothing in the definition says a forest can't have large multi stem trees. The tree plantations, that clear cutters plant? THOSE aren't forests.

  • @rhombifer566
    @rhombifer566 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    more hunting🤔

  • @mattcoffey-s6b
    @mattcoffey-s6b 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I bet you can find a bamboo forest larger

  • @skullandbones1832
    @skullandbones1832 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    💚

  • @hueykratos
    @hueykratos 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    whose dumb ass idea was it to allow cows. Humans cant have nice things