There was a town that thought they had a beaver problem in a park area that ran through the center of town. While they were deciding what to do with the problem beavers that were flooding areas of the park, a wildfire destroyed half the town. It was stopped by the beaver flooded park. Since then, the town has made space for the beavers and used mitigation methods to keep roads and paths safe.
Beaver babies: cute. Beaver grown: construction force of agendized ecologists w/ ever sharpening bucktooth blade. EDIT: They will ignore you if you ignore them. Clarifying I am hyper-proBeaver 1/2 Texan Indian Canadian.
Uh tell em to let them beaver be n make town called lake ville , city, town , burg , etc n make beavers tge town mascots helped n make it sFe for all downstream or remove tge peole I'd like to know what usa would look like if tge fur trade and rail n Buffalo hide industry didn't happen no logging but beavers just nature n native Americans if no otger country's invaded I e no European or later day oriental or Polynesian emigratikns , it'd be a wTer world tge Buffalo would be more like water Buffalo because tge beaver would ve flooded most rivers into series of ponds lks n reservoirs add say 500 yrs of no beaver trade theyed be huge , 100lb + common 6 ft easy yikes what suits a beaver fur suit wow.the forests would be lush n undeserved by bugs or fires or just mans excessive cutting forests into fsrms
Yup big beaver, Buffalo , bears , wolves deer elk moose,no highways no bridges otgervtgan those augmented by man of beavers dams get bug leave em alone tge fish would thick n big everything would still be clean unpolluted free heaven on esrth u can't get-away from us now but we will go tgevway of the beaver and tge Buffalo tgebears wolves elk n moose were huge n healthy n happy only few million natives to feed today theland n water n sky are all polluted as man's greed has destroyed tge very earths naturL paradise .if only tgecworld leaders would learn of course now its too late we've overgrown or natural environment for too long it will win but boi those nuclear plants oil refinerys n drilling fields n all chemical plants n huge open mines the environmental degradation caused is our combined suffering to us all.
While the Sierra Club Liberals are patting themselves on the back over beavers, what about their stupid laws that prevent HUMANS from building dams on these streams?
My friend with farm land in Vermillion, SD left his beavers alone, unlike others. Much of his farmland became marshland. One very dry summer, elsewhere in Clay County, there was a drought so bad, there was no more straw left for grazing animals during the winter. But not at Harry's land. His Straw was packed into his barns, and was able to be distributed locally during that Winter.
@@timothylongmore7325 I was just a greenhorn that was deposited on one of his farms while I went to school there. I am only doing my best with the local vocabulary.
@timothylongmore7325 Hay would be preferred for the grazers to eat, and straw usually is bedding. (Hay includes the seeds, more nutritious.). But, I'll bet he got plenty of both straw and hay.
Beavers are awesome.... there are videos on YT of orphaned baby beavers taken in to help them survive. With no roll model to know what beavers do... they start gathering things from around the rescuers home and putting them in doorways..... dam building is in their DNA. You gotta go watch --- so adorable.
So essentially the fur world wide fur trade of beavers has moat likely caused large scale desertification around the world, especially if you look into the sheer amount of beavers that were estimated to be collected you can imagine how much more wetlands was needed to house them all. Might be even to the point that what we now have as desserts here in the united states were most likely dry grass lands that were fed from beaver managed rivers and werent nearly as hot due to the extra water and grasslands in the area.
No. Absolutely bass akwards. It was not fur trappers that led to the decline of beavers it was there eradication by land owners that want to grow other things t on the land. Economics and mis "managment" not over trapping. Popular mis-conception of reality. I don't trap anymore as it is done nowadays is cruel and inhumane but is totally in line with a natural state of life.Fur is not murder but it's not pretty either. Like a wolf feeding. Not pretty but natural.
@@amberandrews6842 Trapping did not cause the demise of beaver habitat. That was anti trapping propaganda. Humuns did trap, shoot, blow up dams etc to remove the beavers to turn valuble muck land into grazing and crop land. Fur trappers for the most part don't want to remove all beavers from one pond.
@@timothylongmore7325 i was thinking more along the hundred or so years that led up to the colonization of the United States it was a very profitable area for furs and lumber for the French, Spanish, English, and early Russians. To be fair probably can't blame any group in particular because we are talking about a way of thinking that only saw abundance of resources that to them could never change. We know allot more now so we try to do more to restore or preserve wetlands and there animals. Though considering things of heard in documentaries and such and just from general knowledge of how agricultural changed the Mississippi River valley and the loss of wetlands that entailed over several large agricultural redevelopment projects, that a much larger portion of the United States was what most would consider marsh land or seasonal marshes which was probably related allot to beavers in a way or would atleast allow for larger populations of them.
I watched as beavers built dams across Silver Bow Creek in Butte, MT after the waterway was reclaimed. It was amazing how far the hydrostatic pressure moved water up the sides of the valley and dry valley sides suddenly appeared green. Even deer moved into the habitat all the while humans continued to walk up and down the creek walks.
The American Beavers are like architect cousins of Brazilian Capybaras who are constantly building dams to improvise the water flow and repair the damaged ecosystems.
While the Sierra Club Liberals are patting themselves on the back over beavers, what about their stupid laws that prevent HUMANS from building dams on these streams?
Great video! If you don't mind me adding to it. It's not just the dams that are making such an impact and significant difference on the landscaping. As you've heard the term busy Little Beaver, these animals work non-stop. When they build their dams and the water begins to rise, they also start digging the pond deeper without ceasing. They don't want any predators just walking across to get them in the night. This pond gets deeper and deeper has they use the mud to continue building their dam even stacking the mud around the pond to help the water levels rise more. Eventually what happens is the water pressure in the pond will reach a point at which it will bust through the dam. The beavers just immediately move down and start this process yet again. But this time there is a very deep pond being left at the first location. The thing about a deep pond verses a shallow Creek from before the beavers were there, the deep water does not so easily evaporate as shallow water. This leaves behind a deep reservoir for all the wildlife to drink from and it takes a much longer time for it to evaporate. Oftentimes receiving more rain before it can possibly evaporate, helping to be able to make it through the dry season when it otherwise it's water evaporated and leaving just a desert. I have watched other documentaries that has proved that some big lakes owed their existace to beavers.
Most nature does nature better than the majority of humans who are in power. Most of the humans that don't have power tend to live in better harmony with the environment around them, unless they have been coerced into abandoning traditional stewardship.
While the Sierra Club Liberals are patting themselves on the back over beavers, what about their stupid laws that prevent HUMANS from building dams on these streams?
@@isaackarr6576 While the Sierra Club Liberals are patting themselves on the back over beavers, what about their stupid laws that prevent HUMANS from building dams on these streams?
WATOP: This is an extremely interesting video! You would think that humans and beavers would make natural allies, because of all the good they do. In my opinion if beavers are causing problems in one area, you just simply relocate them to another area where their natural talents help out. You don't hurt them because they're extremely valuable to making ecosystems bounce back. Remember, there always has to be other options. I am 100% for increasing the number of beavers worldwide. Every human being alive should watch this video to realize how important this really is. You educated me today!
People like to sell there timber. That's why they pay their taxes. Goverments should compensate land owners for losses and also for not harvesting old growth instead of subsidising farmers to grow corn for instance. Win win.
@@timothylongmore7325I don't see why land owners should be able to fully exploit land economically without consideration for nature. In the end it's mostly about protecting people from their own stupidity.
@@gzoechi In the US , land owners have to pay their taxes to retain ownership of their property. Those with limited means have to sell timber in many case to make these payments. Some would rather not but are compelled to. Beavers are in direct conflict with this. I agree that nature should come first but If the payments aren't made and the "owner" loses the land to the state they can proceed in almost any way they deem prudent. Such as eradication, relocation or nothing at all. It doesn't matter ( economically) to them. My point is if that money was spent with the planets priority in mind the beavers could do what they deem proper and land owners would be compensated for their lost revenue in the form of tax breaks etc. Currently farmers are paid %50 of there yield for growing corn, soy beans and another I can't recall. Corn is almost the worst thing that's grown. Don't get me started on military spending by the USA. Our priorities are pretty messed up.
@@timothylongmore7325 I don't know about these things in the US, but I understand. It's the responsibility of the government to not punish people who work with nature.
p.s. most human made beaver imitating dams are driven straight down into the soil. They can and do eventually fail. Beavers slant their trees against the flow of the water, fat end of logs down stream in the sticky muck. Bushy tree top Ys intermingled on the up stream side. Beavers build to last. We cannot compete. Go Rodents! Wahoo!
Beavers have created a lodge in a park near my home in central Denver, Colorado. But, they collect all kinds of trash like empty beer and liquor bottles, bits of broken plastic, styrofoam cups, and put it into their dam!With all the rubbish strewn around the front of their lodge it looks like a frat house yard after a blow-out kegger party!
I would play this game as a kid, little dams I made are still there: I pulled in-stream stones into a broad-stroke across a barely running rivulet, piled across branches & sticks, lined-up tufts of grass with soil-clumped-roots, topped with more stones; by the time I was done, water was broader upstream.
I was building dams from thrown away planks and then grass with sticks on a small river near me until recently. I had stopped making dam specifically for water holding because they always silt over and stop silt from getting downstream making it erode more I think I just need to get a handle for the rusted shovel I once found and throw some dirt ito that river Also I think I want to try getting willow sticks from somewhere, making islands and putting it all over that water channel, and then waiting for them to grow If they actually grow up to be big that would be cool
Our world can't survive without beavers and bees. I love that they are building damns for the beavers in the desert to motivate them to stick around and finish it. Anyone have any extra beavers need to send them to the Navajo reservation. They are living in third world conditions and all their wells are dry. They really need help. I am sure they would be very motivated to keep an eye on the beavers and make sure they have starter damns.
i love beavers but that is actually not correct. Beavers are not 'global' for instance we don't have beavers in Australia, but every single country in the world has bees. Bees are essential.
@@thevocalcrone The Navajo reservation is in America, and have had beavers historically. Our politicians are just evil and have been pumping ground water to the point all their wells and streams have dried. And they refuse to give the reservation water. Politicians have made promises for decades to pipe in water for them but every single time the government approved money for water for the reservation they change their minds and decide they rather steal the money for something else that probably gets laundered into political pockets. The people living on the reservation have to depend on trucks that drive in water to them. They are living in 3rd world conditions, in the middle of America. It's criminal. I have a feeling that if democrats get power for any length of time more they will remove federal protections of the tribes and take their land out from underneath them. That land is theirs by rights, and nobody should take it from them. But police who have no jurisdiction over the tribes have been harassing and even broken into tribal members homes. Which if also a violation of the 4th amendment, as well as federal law prohibiting them from police activities on tribal lands. The tribes all have their own police force, and the tribal police have the authority to kick anyone off tribal lands. But our government is corrupt and doesn't follow ancient treaties.
@@thevocalcrone The exception that proves the rule. And frankly, I think that beavers would improve the Australian ecosystem, giving more critters a chance to thrive.
@@fractally well thank god you are not in a position to introduce invasive species to Australia which has not thrived after ANY species were introduced especially when water availability is a massive problem here in Australia. I love watching videos of beavers and find them adorable - i would hate to see them over here being culled because people realise they are a 'nuisance and should never have been introduced"
🎉I retired to the NW area of the Chihuahuan Desert in New Mexico and I am simply fascinated learning about things like this. Thank you for making me a little bit smarter today 👍🧓
Dam Beavers. Here is an interesting story. Cottagers on a lake by my cousin decided to take out several beaver dams. They claimed that the dams raised the water in the lake high enough to submerge their docks. It worked but the following spring saw their properties washed out completely.
Lol 😂 they got the taste of their own medicine What people don't get is that natural dams such as beaver dams or tree roots maintain constant flow of water
Most likely. Swans, after all, need ponds and lakes to swim on, and we've gotten rid of a heluvalota them by hunting beavers almost to extinction. I'm thrilled to know they're making a comeback. This could be a huge help in mitigating global warming. After all, a pond is a lot cooler than a desert.
@@zztopz7090 mute swans are, but there are a few native NA species as well. Trumpeting swan & tundra swan are the two I think of off the top of my head.
So you really believe you can throw beavers in a desert with no trees or brush or food for them and this will happen? That's what you believe? It's bs honey lol. That's not how it works in reality.
Someone planted a couple beavers on this piece of federal property (central CA costal chaparral area) where we used to go hiking as kids all the time. Within a couple years there were several large ponds filled with minnows, turtles, etc.. with a lot of clear running water. It was really amazing to see.
Thanks for the video. I live in Idaho and had heard about Parachuting Beavers into the Backcountry but now most of the news is about Beavers as Pests. I hope we can reclaim some of the Southwestern Deserts.
From the uk….we have a problem with flooding. Beavers are being released in various parts of the country to slow the flow of water and restore natural habitats. Their release is massively regulated by the Government. But it seems to be working……some landowners making money off giving tourists a show around of their projects. Maybe their introduction will even out your soggy winters and dry summers?
Let's face it----many in Idaho had no real feel for the environment, choosing "god" over "country" and trying to dominate our mother planet. Beavers are only "pests" if you build irresponsibly.
There was a study done at Earlham College in Indiana that determined beavers had telepathic and telekinetic abilities. Some of the 60 beavers studied also showed they had the ability to read and do basic mathematics as well. They are incredible animals.
careful, beavers are a great natural animal but for homesteaders they can be a bit of a nuisance for timber purposes, as other commentors have pointed out too they don't pay particular attention to where they drop their trees at.
I was there in Duvall when the beaver dam collapsed and flooded down in the valley. The home that was caught in the middle of the new stream was eventually relocated across the street to safer ground.
for those wondering why we dont just drop beavers in more places, you also have to make sure the flora of the area is beaver-friendly. Beavers have gotten accidentally introduced to areas with slow-growing trees that can't keep up with their pace.
While the Sierra Club Liberals are patting themselves on the back over beavers, what about their stupid laws that prevent HUMANS from building dams on these streams?
Nope. I am a conservationist and worked for the park service. They can be very destructive themselves, clearing out whole groves in short periods. Or a threat to native species by cutting them down and allowing invasives in. Sometimes, they have to be tthinned or relocated. There was just nothing at risk here. Ecology is complex and "nature good, humans bad" narrative is uninformed.
these organic semi solid dams can be replicated artificially in places where beavers don't exist and the willow branches in the structure may still grow adding to the bio diversity
I saw a documentary or two about what happened with the wolves when they were re-established in Yellowstone. I saw for myself on several trips there what the wolves had done to restore the forests. It was amazing. Beavers, wolves, and a few others are keystone species, and it's remarkable what happens when they are protected in the wilderness.
@@wendyscott8425 thewolves have decimated every species except the grizzly . It just another attack on the food supply , the commies screech with hysterical hatred when s human is able to eat clean healthy meat, and grow their own veggies eggs and milk.
Busy as a beaver….truer words have rarely been spoken!! Love and protect em for all the free work they do for our environment!! Natures hydronic engineers!
Giardia has infected all of the waterways in North America. As man’s presence expanded, so did giardia. It’s not due to the presence of beavers per se, although beavers get infected, too. It’s no longer possible to drink from natural streams and springs without risking serious sickness. Don’t do it, folks.
California is finally getting some beavers to repopulate its streams. I'm especially happy about the beavers in streams that feed Mono Lake. They could make all the difference in the lake's water level as they build and maintain the water in ponds, contributory streams, and aquifers, not to mention greening up the area.
While the Sierra Club Liberals are patting themselves on the back over beavers, what about their stupid laws that prevent HUMANS from building dams on these streams?
Settlers had such an erroneous initial impression of the US west. European diseases wiped out the native humans long before either group even met. Then mountain men infiltrated these areas and wiped out the beavers for trade. So the land was mostly empty and mostly dried out when whites arrived. "Mountain men are most associated with trapping for beaver from 1807 to the 1840s in the Rocky Mountains"- Wikipedia And the west was mostly settled after the US Civil War, c. 1865-ish. - source, my grade school teacher, Mrs Brandon. (Cool lady)
First of all natives we're more than happy to harvest beaver and trade the skins for all the things they could not produce them selves. They were not angels.
@@Robert-gs6cr Yes but instead of killing limited numbers for the clothing they needed they started killing more. Very healthy Beaver Populations need predators to keep population under control and Man was the apex predator and needed part of cycle of life after the Mega Funa went extinct.
I don't understand that in a desert where nothing grows, where do beavers find limbs and twigs to build a dam with? And if the water is not flowing to start with, why would any beaver build a dam? Do they have to start way back in the mountains, or wherever there is still water, and slowly work their way down the streambed as the water starts flowing again?
As shown in the video, nbeavers are flexible and can use stone, small vegetaion and loam too to build a second class damn. And once the land recovered enough, trees will start to grow on they own.
There are plenty of desert plants, at least in the US, both native and imported. The following I have seen growing happily in wild or cultivated areas in the Sonoran desert: mesquite, paloverde, acacia, desert willow, cottonwood (riparian), ironwood, various citrus and nuts, palm trees, some conifers, desert hackberry, Texas ebony, eucalyptus (invasive), carob, figs, laurels, peaches, etc. Some true willows do well in riparian areas as well. This doesn't even account for woody shrubs and for saguaros which have woody stems inside and long agave flower stalks, corn stalks, and the like. Go further north or to higher elevations and you get more typical temperate climate plants. About the only one of these I can't see beavers considering using as a building material at some phase of its life cycle (or after it passes) is the ironwood, and that is because even human tools can find it hard to cut (and even then, deadwood would be useful as it doesn't float away). Very few deserts are truly wholly devoid of life, and where there have been streams before, there likely are in fact woody shrubs and/or trees of some sort. Also, seasonal monsoon rains bring flash floods which can carry whole trees down ephemeral streams until they get stuck. That deadwood can then be harvested by beavers.
Drought resistant trees and regular will grow along streams and small river beds to underground river beds. You’ll suddenly see tree groves to a line of trees in the desert. Would go to a small forest/grove in the Arizona desert where an earthquake back in the 1800s made the river there go underground. It’s the American desert not the Sahara with sand dunes everywhere. Even Death Valley has life in it, although us humans wouldn’t last long in it without a large enough water supply.
I know the exact stream, it now has clump-willows {Bebb's willows, lemon willows, basket willows} and other shrubs. There are dams made of sagebrush or rabbitbrush {desert shrubs} within 2 miles of me--this stream is less than 25 miles-and the beavers eat the cattails that rise up with the increased water. The beaver came UPstream from the Humboldt River {small stream} that always has some water.
@@samarnadra Also, there are many seeds in the soil along the streams, and they can start sprouting new plants and trees once the water starts to spread out from the stream because of beaver activity.
@@shawnbell3468 You’re right. Some beavers were sent to England and other European countries because those people had killed off all the local beavers and wanted to bring them back, often for flood control. Then they found that countries like Romania still had European beavers, so they’re now relocating some of those. (Relocation is hard on the beavers, and the entire family must go together. Beavers are monogamous and very family oriented.) Beavers native to North America were shipped to South America as a money-grubbing effort, which didn’t work. However, the beavers are considered invasive there now.
It's a more complicated reality. It's the water reservoir and plant harvesting in unison. The water doesn't dry up because of 'lack of plants'. In fact, plants absorb the water and expel it as vapor, reducing water flow. I have seen this happen in my lifetime, with streams drying up because of plant growth. If the beavers building dams fixed things than human could have built dams and achieved the same thing. It's the natural balance of available water and plant consuming animals that has been achieved by reintroduction.
Fascinating. We have desert pack rats here in Arizona that my husband calls desert beavers. They build nests or houses with sticks in the washes. They look like damns.
I witnessed this in the meadows surrounding Lake Tahoe. Fascinating and extremely beautiful wetlands when motor vehicles and cattle stay at least 100 meters away from riparian zones.
motors yes, calttle no. The riparian zones rely on grazing and fire to maintain their health. The grazing just has to follow a natural frequency and intensity.
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19:00. but what's more important? what would our landscape look like if humans never destroyed the beaver population? People are complaining that the beaver is a nuisance animal but to me it seems we did more harm than them and now we need them to fix our mistakes.
I live right close. They make dams from desert sagebrush and desert rabbitbrush, filled-in with cattails and they eat cattails and bullrushes. There are some clump-willows that grew back from down "river" {small river-Humboldt River}, where the beavers came from-
Beavers are one of God's best Creations for sure. I love this project and it's a great come back through Biologists and Cattle Rancher's. However I don't think Biologists asked the Cattle Ranchers to change, more than likely they were, "Rightfully" told to change how they grazed. I believe most farmers and ranchers do want whats best for the ecology and environment of the area on and around their farms. Although were most likely told to change, I firmly believe they most likely wanted to see if it would work so that both could benefit from a better way of doing things. I think once the area has recovered the beavers should be moved to another area that needs to be brought back, since they are no indigenous to the ares. If it survived before it was over grazed it should be able to sustain itself with proper grazing for a more historical eco system. Thanks for sharing this story. Best Wishes & Blessings. Keith Keith Noneya
I grew up learning to swim in a creek with a Beaver Damm and a Turtle Myrtle helped with the Beavers to show us how to swim. We were a wild crew of 6 feral 1970s Girls. Our Parents were Big Sur Carmel Valley homesteaders and the original free Range parent's and minimalist HS teachers. So not Hippies. I AM incredibly grateful my parents and Grandparents raised us out in the wilds with dogs for nannies. All of us Have excellent immune systems too. And very few jabs. Lots of Agricultural chemicals unfortunately. Crop duster used to spray our Catholic school bus. We waved as the poison rained. Take paradise and put up a condo and a parking lot. Perhaps. Nature will take care of itself as it always does. Look to the wolves of cheronoybl. Lots of human dams coming down all over west coast . A bunch of volcanoes in Italy changed our weather pattern from a desperate drought cycle Colorado River Basin, Great Lake over 70% gone. Salinity up no brine shrimp no birds migrating. They were all Perhaps saved by the Immense amount of volcanic activity in Italy. The entire island of Sicily is evacuated. Mount Etna blew already. Theres 12 active volcanoes right now in Italy. Haven't heard a word online until Reddacted . Crazy worlds.
Beavers are literally awesome! Beavers are considered a keystone species because they develop wetlands that attract and support literally hundreds of other species. Beaver wetlands are among the most biologically productive ecosystems in the world. Beavers increase plant, bird and wildlife variety, improve water quality, and raise salmon and trout populations. Beavers are biodiversity in action. Beavers are very family-oriented. Beaver pairs are monogamous and have kits every year, with two-year old kits living in the family home until they've learned everything they need to know to go out and start their own families.
Keep in mind that the European beaver and the North American beaver are actually different but related species, with some different behaviours. The beavers discussed here are the western version.
0:15 dont let this photo fool you, i am a photographer and live in the desert, 2 things, first the desert has a wet and dry season(proof is the RIVER in the shot) where it turns itself green, and tricks with the camera and post production editing can make one photo brown and one green is so SIMPLE. Always think for yourself!
So basically you're saying this whole video is fake? I doubt it. It wasn't just the color we saw after beavers did their work, it was plants. And this certainly isn't the first video I've seen of beaver restoration both here and all over Europe. You might want to think for yourself as well. This country had something like ten times the number of beavers we have now, and somehow there weren't the deserts we have now. Hmmm, I guess it couldn't have anything to do with trappers wiping out the beavers in the early 1800s so water couldn't spread out on the land anymore, could it?
Excellent video. It was good to see beavers' beneficial side. Here in western Kentucky, we are more focused on staying above water and beavers can be a real pain. I am not saying beavers are entirely bad even here, but they can be incredibly destructive depending on how narrow or broad your focus. Yes, I acknowledge that they can be beneficial to flood control even in an already wet area, but drainage is important as well. My Grandfather was a Wildlife Officer. Dynamiting problem beaver dams with him when I was a boy is now but a fond memory.
Just so ya'll know. Beavers don't build dams in the dessert. They don't build a dam then wait for some trees to grow ( to eat). Beavers are animals and require FOOD !
Fabulous video. Totally loved it. Glad to hear beavers are wanted in more places again. After all, we do have a huge water shortage and too much polluted water.
The title of this video makes me think of a big burly man chucking beavers out of a helicopter as they fly up through the desert. Beavers are like cats, right? They land on their feet….
Sorry, no, beavers are not at all like cats in that way. They are graceful in water but slow on land. Beavers are monogamous, and the kits start helping their parents maintain the dam, lodge, and channels within weeks of their birth (2-4 kits are born at a time usually). When another bunch of kits is born the next spring, the older kits help the parents raise them and teach them how to do the work, and find and store food. At two to three years old, the kits are old enough and experienced enough to build their own lodges, usually a short distance downstream from their parent’s lodge. With more and more dams the water in a whole river is moderated so it stays on the land, providing habitat to hundreds of other species, filtering pollutants, recharging the aquifers, resisting wildfire and helping prevent flooding. Idaho dropped beavers in crates tied to parachutes. The main problem is that they did not keep families together, so how many survived the drop is a question. We know some did.
Gotta love Beavers. I personally take care of any good beavers that I come across and I know they are always grateful for my interest and love 💗 . 😂 😅 😂 😅 😂 😊
Yes, and one destroyed itself and the front of my daughter’s car, this March 2024in NY state, when it was sitting up in the middle of her lane on the road just around a corner! And she wasn’t driving fast, but, as you say, beavers can be very big!
The German village I grew up in in Germany is called Ostbevern - rom the river bever and the name of a few villages and the name of the river is derived from beaver. It's the villages code of arms animal or how that is called. It's shown in the towns/villages seal. A great animal!
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There was a town that thought they had a beaver problem in a park area that ran through the center of town. While they were deciding what to do with the problem beavers that were flooding areas of the park, a wildfire destroyed half the town. It was stopped by the beaver flooded park. Since then, the town has made space for the beavers and used mitigation methods to keep roads and paths safe.
Beaver babies: cute. Beaver grown: construction force of agendized ecologists w/ ever sharpening bucktooth blade. EDIT: They will ignore you if you ignore them. Clarifying I am hyper-proBeaver 1/2 Texan Indian Canadian.
@tss9886 Do you know which town that was, or what area it was in?
Uh tell em to let them beaver be n make town called lake ville , city, town , burg , etc n make beavers tge town mascots helped n make it sFe for all downstream or remove tge peole I'd like to know what usa would look like if tge fur trade and rail n Buffalo hide industry didn't happen no logging but beavers just nature n native Americans if no otger country's invaded I e no European or later day oriental or Polynesian emigratikns , it'd be a wTer world tge Buffalo would be more like water Buffalo because tge beaver would ve flooded most rivers into series of ponds lks n reservoirs add say 500 yrs of no beaver trade theyed be huge , 100lb + common 6 ft easy yikes what suits a beaver fur suit wow.the forests would be lush n undeserved by bugs or fires or just mans excessive cutting forests into fsrms
Yup big beaver, Buffalo , bears , wolves deer elk moose,no highways no bridges otgervtgan those augmented by man of beavers dams get bug leave em alone tge fish would thick n big everything would still be clean unpolluted free heaven on esrth u can't get-away from us now but we will go tgevway of the beaver and tge Buffalo tgebears wolves elk n moose were huge n healthy n happy only few million natives to feed today theland n water n sky are all polluted as man's greed has destroyed tge very earths naturL paradise .if only tgecworld leaders would learn of course now its too late we've overgrown or natural environment for too long it will win but boi those nuclear plants oil refinerys n drilling fields n all chemical plants n huge open mines the environmental degradation caused is our combined suffering to us all.
While the Sierra Club Liberals are patting themselves on the back over beavers, what about their stupid laws that prevent HUMANS from building dams on these streams?
My friend with farm land in Vermillion, SD left his beavers alone, unlike others. Much of his farmland became marshland. One very dry summer, elsewhere in Clay County, there was a drought so bad, there was no more straw left for grazing animals during the winter. But not at Harry's land. His Straw was packed into his barns, and was able to be distributed locally during that Winter.
I didn't know grazer ate straw? Interesting.
@@timothylongmore7325 I was just a greenhorn that was deposited on one of his farms while I went to school there. I am only doing my best with the local vocabulary.
Must be a different clay co...feels for them during drought times.
@timothylongmore7325 Hay would be preferred for the grazers to eat, and straw usually is bedding. (Hay includes the seeds, more nutritious.). But, I'll bet he got plenty of both straw and hay.
@@40wallflower46 no worries
Beavers are awesome.... there are videos on YT of orphaned baby beavers taken in to help them survive. With no roll model to know what beavers do... they start gathering things from around the rescuers home and putting them in doorways..... dam building is in their DNA. You gotta go watch --- so adorable.
Yes I have seen them
Yeah, that's Justin Beaver you are talking about. He was a great little beaver. He died awhile back.
Urban rescue ranch
So essentially the fur world wide fur trade of beavers has moat likely caused large scale desertification around the world, especially if you look into the sheer amount of beavers that were estimated to be collected you can imagine how much more wetlands was needed to house them all.
Might be even to the point that what we now have as desserts here in the united states were most likely dry grass lands that were fed from beaver managed rivers and werent nearly as hot due to the extra water and grasslands in the area.
No. Absolutely bass akwards. It was not fur trappers that led to the decline of beavers it was there eradication by land owners that want to grow other things t on the land. Economics and mis "managment" not over trapping. Popular mis-conception of reality. I don't trap anymore as it is done nowadays is cruel and inhumane but is totally in line with a natural state of life.Fur is not murder but it's not pretty either. Like a wolf feeding. Not pretty but natural.
a likely theory
Yes. Interestingly the hunting, trapping of them coincided with the overgrazing by cattle... Cattle got all the blame....
@@amberandrews6842 Trapping did not cause the demise of beaver habitat. That was anti trapping propaganda. Humuns did trap, shoot, blow up dams etc to remove the beavers to turn valuble muck land into grazing and crop land. Fur trappers for the most part don't want to remove all beavers from one pond.
@@timothylongmore7325 i was thinking more along the hundred or so years that led up to the colonization of the United States it was a very profitable area for furs and lumber for the French, Spanish, English, and early Russians. To be fair probably can't blame any group in particular because we are talking about a way of thinking that only saw abundance of resources that to them could never change. We know allot more now so we try to do more to restore or preserve wetlands and there animals. Though considering things of heard in documentaries and such and just from general knowledge of how agricultural changed the Mississippi River valley and the loss of wetlands that entailed over several large agricultural redevelopment projects, that a much larger portion of the United States was what most would consider marsh land or seasonal marshes which was probably related allot to beavers in a way or would atleast allow for larger populations of them.
Humans: "I see a desert."
Beavers: "I see a fixer upper!"
Beaver: free real estate
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Brilliant remark.
Human: Beaver:
I watched as beavers built dams across Silver Bow Creek in Butte, MT after the waterway was reclaimed. It was amazing how far the hydrostatic pressure moved water up the sides of the valley and dry valley sides suddenly appeared green. Even deer moved into the habitat all the while humans continued to walk up and down the creek walks.
The American Beavers are like architect cousins of Brazilian Capybaras who are constantly building dams to improvise the water flow and repair the damaged ecosystems.
They have to have trees and brush and food. This place has none of that.
@@ChristaFree They seem to be able to improvise. Probably not ideal but they make do.
beaver are in tier del feugo s end s america
While the Sierra Club Liberals are patting themselves on the back over beavers, what about their stupid laws that prevent HUMANS from building dams on these streams?
giant bark eating flat tailed water rats
Great video! If you don't mind me adding to it. It's not just the dams that are making such an impact and significant difference on the landscaping. As you've heard the term busy Little Beaver, these animals work non-stop. When they build their dams and the water begins to rise, they also start digging the pond deeper without ceasing. They don't want any predators just walking across to get them in the night. This pond gets deeper and deeper has they use the mud to continue building their dam even stacking the mud around the pond to help the water levels rise more. Eventually what happens is the water pressure in the pond will reach a point at which it will bust through the dam. The beavers just immediately move down and start this process yet again. But this time there is a very deep pond being left at the first location. The thing about a deep pond verses a shallow Creek from before the beavers were there, the deep water does not so easily evaporate as shallow water. This leaves behind a deep reservoir for all the wildlife to drink from and it takes a much longer time for it to evaporate. Oftentimes receiving more rain before it can possibly evaporate, helping to be able to make it through the dry season when it otherwise it's water evaporated and leaving just a desert. I have watched other documentaries that has proved that some big lakes owed their existace to beavers.
So beavers are better at wildlife conservation than we are.
Who'd have thought nature knows how to nature better than we do
Most nature does nature better than the majority of humans who are in power.
Most of the humans that don't have power tend to live in better harmony with the environment around them, unless they have been coerced into abandoning traditional stewardship.
While the Sierra Club Liberals are patting themselves on the back over beavers, what about their stupid laws that prevent HUMANS from building dams on these streams?
The best way is always to make it prophetable to do so.
@@isaackarr6576
While the Sierra Club Liberals are patting themselves on the back over beavers, what about their stupid laws that prevent HUMANS from building dams on these streams?
Beavers are like that OCD friend who can't handle seeing you do it wrong and ends taking over the project lol
And not even caring if you take all the credit they just want it properly done to their standard
not how OCD works, bud
@@haleypirio921Uhhh, no, it totally could be for some people, doing that is both obsessive and compulsive
@@sporeham1674 i'm sorry if i didn't enjoy the comparison of myself to a goddamn beaver
Thank goodness!! 😊
Beavers are natures own maintenance men and surveyors
Army Corps of Engineers...only better
beavers are magic, my dad took us kids to camp by and visit a beaver dam for a week in northern cal. in the 70's, priceless
If i was a beaver that ended up in the desert, I'd be like, "Damn it!"
And that is exactly what they will do!! Dam it! 😂
lol !!
@YoungDolphh: very good !
i see what you did there
I don’t get it. 😢
WATOP: This is an extremely interesting video! You would think that humans and beavers would make natural allies, because of all the good they do. In my opinion if beavers are causing problems in one area, you just simply relocate them to another area where their natural talents help out. You don't hurt them because they're extremely valuable to making ecosystems bounce back. Remember, there always has to be other options. I am 100% for increasing the number of beavers worldwide. Every human being alive should watch this video to realize how important this really is. You educated me today!
If you ask people in areas with significant numbers of beavers, they're a destructive PITA and cost millions to control and repair their damage.
People like to sell there timber. That's why they pay their taxes. Goverments should compensate land owners for losses and also for not harvesting old growth instead of subsidising farmers to grow corn for instance. Win win.
@@timothylongmore7325I don't see why land owners should be able to fully exploit land economically without consideration for nature.
In the end it's mostly about protecting people from their own stupidity.
@@gzoechi In the US , land owners have to pay their taxes to retain ownership of their property. Those with limited means have to sell timber in many case to make these payments. Some would rather not but are compelled to. Beavers are in direct conflict with this. I agree that nature should come first but If the payments aren't made and the "owner" loses the land to the state they can proceed in almost any way they deem prudent. Such as eradication, relocation or nothing at all. It doesn't matter ( economically) to them. My point is if that money was spent with the planets priority in mind the beavers could do what they deem proper and land owners would be compensated for their lost revenue in the form of tax breaks etc. Currently farmers are paid %50 of there yield for growing corn, soy beans and another I can't recall. Corn is almost the worst thing that's grown. Don't get me started on military spending by the USA. Our priorities are pretty messed up.
@@timothylongmore7325 I don't know about these things in the US, but I understand. It's the responsibility of the government to not punish people who work with nature.
"Nice beaver!" 😂 Leslie Neilson continues to make me laugh!
" thanks I just had it stuffed " .
@@jeffrobodine239As for beaver hats... I have yet to come across a beaver big enough to fit on my head, and I hope I never do.
Elvis thought so. He got the beaver when it barely had hair.
Heard Winona had a big brown beaver.
@@dennismokry258 and she shows it off to all her friends
Nature's engineer, doing what he knows best, it's beautiful.
Just small correction. Do not drink water from a beaver pond. Beavers carry Guardia a no fun disease.
This!!!
Giardia (*autocorrect messed with your post*)
There are fun diseases?
All open water in the US now has Giardia, a disease introduced to the Americas from Europe.
Or from any other water in the wild.
p.s. most human made beaver imitating dams are driven straight down into the soil. They can and do eventually fail. Beavers slant their trees against the flow of the water, fat end of logs down stream in the sticky muck. Bushy tree top Ys intermingled on the up stream side. Beavers build to last. We cannot compete.
Go Rodents! Wahoo!
Beavers have created a lodge in a park near my home in central Denver, Colorado. But, they collect all kinds of trash like empty beer and liquor bottles, bits of broken plastic, styrofoam cups, and put it into their dam!With all the rubbish strewn around the front of their lodge it looks like a frat house yard after a blow-out kegger party!
Lol😊😂
I would play this game as a kid, little dams I made are still there: I pulled in-stream stones into a broad-stroke across a barely running rivulet, piled across branches & sticks, lined-up tufts of grass with soil-clumped-roots, topped with more stones; by the time I was done, water was broader upstream.
You were channeling your inner channeler! Maybe beavers are your spirit animals 🌿🦫
I was building dams from thrown away planks and then grass with sticks on a small river near me until recently. I had stopped making dam specifically for water holding because they always silt over and stop silt from getting downstream making it erode more
I think I just need to get a handle for the rusted shovel I once found and throw some dirt ito that river
Also I think I want to try getting willow sticks from somewhere, making islands and putting it all over that water channel, and then waiting for them to grow
If they actually grow up to be big that would be cool
Our world can't survive without beavers and bees. I love that they are building damns for the beavers in the desert to motivate them to stick around and finish it. Anyone have any extra beavers need to send them to the Navajo reservation. They are living in third world conditions and all their wells are dry. They really need help. I am sure they would be very motivated to keep an eye on the beavers and make sure they have starter damns.
i love beavers but that is actually not correct. Beavers are not 'global' for instance we don't have beavers in Australia, but every single country in the world has bees. Bees are essential.
@@thevocalcrone The Navajo reservation is in America, and have had beavers historically. Our politicians are just evil and have been pumping ground water to the point all their wells and streams have dried. And they refuse to give the reservation water. Politicians have made promises for decades to pipe in water for them but every single time the government approved money for water for the reservation they change their minds and decide they rather steal the money for something else that probably gets laundered into political pockets. The people living on the reservation have to depend on trucks that drive in water to them. They are living in 3rd world conditions, in the middle of America. It's criminal. I have a feeling that if democrats get power for any length of time more they will remove federal protections of the tribes and take their land out from underneath them. That land is theirs by rights, and nobody should take it from them. But police who have no jurisdiction over the tribes have been harassing and even broken into tribal members homes. Which if also a violation of the 4th amendment, as well as federal law prohibiting them from police activities on tribal lands. The tribes all have their own police force, and the tribal police have the authority to kick anyone off tribal lands. But our government is corrupt and doesn't follow ancient treaties.
@@thevocalcrone
The exception that proves the rule.
And frankly, I think that beavers would improve the Australian ecosystem, giving more critters a chance to thrive.
@@fractally well thank god you are not in a position to introduce invasive species to Australia which has not thrived after ANY species were introduced especially when water availability is a massive problem here in Australia. I love watching videos of beavers and find them adorable - i would hate to see them over here being culled because people realise they are a 'nuisance and should never have been introduced"
🎉I retired to the NW area of the Chihuahuan Desert in New Mexico and I am simply fascinated learning about things like this. Thank you for making me a little bit smarter today 👍🧓
Dam Beavers.
Here is an interesting story.
Cottagers on a lake by my cousin decided to take out several beaver dams.
They claimed that the dams raised the water in the lake high enough to submerge their docks.
It worked but the following spring saw their properties washed out completely.
Serves them right for building in the wrong place....work with nature...not against it
@@davewilliams6172❤. Work intelligently with nature and we create such an awesome win win.
Lol 😂 they got the taste of their own medicine
What people don't get is that natural dams such as beaver dams or tree roots maintain constant flow of water
There used to be many more swans in North America when beavers were everywhere.
Most likely. Swans, after all, need ponds and lakes to swim on, and we've gotten rid of a heluvalota them by hunting beavers almost to extinction. I'm thrilled to know they're making a comeback. This could be a huge help in mitigating global warming. After all, a pond is a lot cooler than a desert.
Yea, so as an unfortunate side effect of reintroducing beavers, we're gonna have more satan birds. It'll be ok, though
I thought swans were an invasive species.
@@zztopz7090 mute swans are, but there are a few native NA species as well. Trumpeting swan & tundra swan are the two I think of off the top of my head.
Beavers showed up like, “ok water, you’re not going ANYWHERE🦫😎”
this is funny because that quote came through my head today at work!
Yeah
Nowhere
Call up the dot, next stop, San watego and huerto queeko.
So you really believe you can throw beavers in a desert with no trees or brush or food for them and this will happen? That's what you believe?
It's bs honey lol. That's not how it works in reality.
Someone planted a couple beavers on this piece of federal property (central CA costal chaparral area) where we used to go hiking as kids all the time. Within a couple years there were several large ponds filled with minnows, turtles, etc.. with a lot of clear running water. It was really amazing to see.
Beavers should always be kept moist.
Discharge, blood,and yeast infected cottage cheese like cream.
@@JSun3000 buzz kill
@@JSun3000better get some new beaver to service pal, enough blue waffle snacking!
A dry beaver is an unhappy beaver.
@@paulkarp958 😋
Thanks for the video. I live in Idaho and had heard about Parachuting Beavers into the Backcountry but now most of the news is about Beavers as Pests. I hope we can reclaim some of the Southwestern Deserts.
That's just the first wave wait till we send in the moose calvary and timber wolf units lol. Those potatoes will be our 🇨🇦🦫 lol jk
From the uk….we have a problem with flooding. Beavers are being released in various parts of the country to slow the flow of water and restore natural habitats. Their release is massively regulated by the Government. But it seems to be working……some landowners making money off giving tourists a show around of their projects. Maybe their introduction will even out your soggy winters and dry summers?
Let's face it----many in Idaho had no real feel for the environment, choosing "god" over "country" and trying to dominate our mother planet. Beavers are only "pests" if you build irresponsibly.
There was a study done at Earlham College in Indiana that determined beavers had telepathic and telekinetic abilities. Some of the 60 beavers studied also showed they had the ability to read and do basic mathematics as well. They are incredible animals.
I am adding beavers to my homesteading animal list.
careful, beavers are a great natural animal but for homesteaders they can be a bit of a nuisance for timber purposes, as other commentors have pointed out too they don't pay particular attention to where they drop their trees at.
I was there in Duvall when the beaver dam collapsed and flooded down in the valley. The home that was caught in the middle of the new stream was eventually relocated across the street to safer ground.
Good job! Really, when we think about it, people could do a lot better in where building are located so that everyone benefits!
First the beavers build dams. Then they build hydroelectric turbines.
As a Poland citizen I love beavers. ❤ 🦫
Texas now would like to buy 1 million beavers.😅.
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That's not even remotely funny. There was much devastation and loss of life. Over 10,000 head if cattle perished.
Speak to Canada
Hey, Buckees is doing his best. 😂
for those wondering why we dont just drop beavers in more places, you also have to make sure the flora of the area is beaver-friendly. Beavers have gotten accidentally introduced to areas with slow-growing trees that can't keep up with their pace.
That weird dude dressed in black is killing these videos.
yes if the video needed a poorly animated creepy thing to narrate, it should have been a beaver.
@@ek.74.914 since not all the videos are about beavers, I'm okay with the guy in black establishing a memorable brand
@@Lazy_Fish_Keeper it's not a good look lol
@@ek.74.914 yet, it's working!
Ultimately, isn't that the point of a brand?
To be memorable?
While the Sierra Club Liberals are patting themselves on the back over beavers, what about their stupid laws that prevent HUMANS from building dams on these streams?
The best part is that grass roots make the water get into the earth instead of flowing over a desert.
Beavers are also very cute and their vocalizations are wonderful. 🙂
I love this story of the beaver and how helpful even essential to the well being of the rest of us.
Ah Humans and beavers terraforming the land, humans make it worse, beavers make it wet.
We're learning!
Nothing like a wet beaver.
Nope. I am a conservationist and worked for the park service. They can be very destructive themselves, clearing out whole groves in short periods. Or a threat to native species by cutting them down and allowing invasives in. Sometimes, they have to be tthinned or relocated. There was just nothing at risk here.
Ecology is complex and "nature good, humans bad" narrative is uninformed.
Humans make mistakes.
@@Owlsnestranch😂😂
"what happens when you throw beavers in a desert" i took 9 seconds to understand what this was supposed to mean
lol
How else did you interpret it?
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Same I was like WHAT? A beaver in a desert??
@@shifty1927 idk he was like dropping beavers on a desert
these organic semi solid dams can be replicated artificially in places where beavers don't exist and the willow branches in the structure may still grow adding to the bio diversity
And those willows will attract beavers who will happily take over maintenance. 😂
It's great this animal has a county in Utah named after it. Now we need a similar video about returning wolves.
I saw a documentary or two about what happened with the wolves when they were re-established in Yellowstone. I saw for myself on several trips there what the wolves had done to restore the forests. It was amazing. Beavers, wolves, and a few others are keystone species, and it's remarkable what happens when they are protected in the wilderness.
@@wendyscott8425 thewolves have decimated every species except the grizzly . It just another attack on the food supply , the commies screech with hysterical hatred when s human is able to eat clean healthy meat, and grow their own veggies eggs and milk.
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Busy as a beaver….truer words have rarely been spoken!! Love and protect em for all the free work they do for our environment!! Natures hydronic engineers!
Hydronic not hydronic …. Autocorrect is not always right! 😂😂
Hydraulic….ac did it again!
Thank you for covering this.
Beavers are the #1 example of permaculture.
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And people wonder why Canada has so many lakes, and why the beaver is the national animal.😮
Beavers put a smile on my face... and so do those little bucktooth creatures.
Beavers contribute to cleaner water… except for Giardia. Always boil or filter your water when you’re out hiking.
We call it beaver fever
@@robertanderson5092
Beavers are not the cause of guardia, but the parasites can infect them too.
There's a study, that says Giardia like farm run off well settle out in a beaver pond.
@@johnbland1422Please explain what you mean by settle out… that it is no longer a problem in a beaver pond or it is more abundant there?
Giardia has infected all of the waterways in North America. As man’s presence expanded, so did giardia. It’s not due to the presence of beavers per se, although beavers get infected, too. It’s no longer possible to drink from natural streams and springs without risking serious sickness. Don’t do it, folks.
Beavers... cant live with them, cant live without them 😁
California is finally getting some beavers to repopulate its streams. I'm especially happy about the beavers in streams that feed Mono Lake. They could make all the difference in the lake's water level as they build and maintain the water in ponds, contributory streams, and aquifers, not to mention greening up the area.
Sounds good, and I've been to California, it could use a little green.
@@Grimm-14 Exactly. And a little more water.
Beavers are mother nature's carpenters. Volunteering to build dams without charging anyone a cent. Lol... I am amazed they don't choke on splinters.
I quit giving thumbs up when TH-cam quite displaying thumbs down, but this one gets a thumbs up anyway.
While the Sierra Club Liberals are patting themselves on the back over beavers, what about their stupid laws that prevent HUMANS from building dams on these streams?
Another spectacular rehabilitation natural for our world.
How wonderful 🦫
Excellent content 👌
Settlers had such an erroneous initial impression of the US west. European diseases wiped out the native humans long before either group even met.
Then mountain men infiltrated these areas and wiped out the beavers for trade. So the land was mostly empty and mostly dried out when whites arrived.
"Mountain men are most associated with trapping for beaver from 1807 to the 1840s in the Rocky Mountains"- Wikipedia
And the west was mostly settled after the US Civil War, c. 1865-ish. - source, my grade school teacher, Mrs Brandon. (Cool lady)
First of all natives we're more than happy to harvest beaver and trade the skins for all the things they could not produce them selves. They were not angels.
@Robert-gs6cr true, but they did not destroy beaver populations. We European did that. Historical fact.
@@Robert-gs6cr Yes but instead of killing limited numbers for the clothing they needed they started killing more.
Very healthy Beaver Populations need predators to keep population under control and Man was the apex predator and needed part of cycle of life after the Mega Funa went extinct.
I don't understand that in a desert where nothing grows, where do beavers find limbs and twigs to build a dam with? And if the water is not flowing to start with, why would any beaver build a dam? Do they have to start way back in the mountains, or wherever there is still water, and slowly work their way down the streambed as the water starts flowing again?
As shown in the video, nbeavers are flexible and can use stone, small vegetaion and loam too to build a second class damn.
And once the land recovered enough, trees will start to grow on they own.
There are plenty of desert plants, at least in the US, both native and imported. The following I have seen growing happily in wild or cultivated areas in the Sonoran desert: mesquite, paloverde, acacia, desert willow, cottonwood (riparian), ironwood, various citrus and nuts, palm trees, some conifers, desert hackberry, Texas ebony, eucalyptus (invasive), carob, figs, laurels, peaches, etc. Some true willows do well in riparian areas as well. This doesn't even account for woody shrubs and for saguaros which have woody stems inside and long agave flower stalks, corn stalks, and the like.
Go further north or to higher elevations and you get more typical temperate climate plants.
About the only one of these I can't see beavers considering using as a building material at some phase of its life cycle (or after it passes) is the ironwood, and that is because even human tools can find it hard to cut (and even then, deadwood would be useful as it doesn't float away).
Very few deserts are truly wholly devoid of life, and where there have been streams before, there likely are in fact woody shrubs and/or trees of some sort.
Also, seasonal monsoon rains bring flash floods which can carry whole trees down ephemeral streams until they get stuck. That deadwood can then be harvested by beavers.
Drought resistant trees and regular will grow along streams and small river beds to underground river beds. You’ll suddenly see tree groves to a line of trees in the desert. Would go to a small forest/grove in the Arizona desert where an earthquake back in the 1800s made the river there go underground. It’s the American desert not the Sahara with sand dunes everywhere. Even Death Valley has life in it, although us humans wouldn’t last long in it without a large enough water supply.
I know the exact stream, it now has clump-willows {Bebb's willows, lemon willows, basket willows} and other shrubs. There are dams made of sagebrush or rabbitbrush {desert shrubs} within 2 miles of me--this stream is less than 25 miles-and the beavers eat the cattails that rise up with the increased water. The beaver came UPstream from the Humboldt River {small stream} that always has some water.
@@samarnadra Also, there are many seeds in the soil along the streams, and they can start sprouting new plants and trees once the water starts to spread out from the stream because of beaver activity.
We need official work beavers worldwide 😁
I think Canada sent beavers somewhere in Europe or the UK maybe both and South America I think, sorry probably drinking during that documentary.
@@shawnbell3468
You’re right. Some beavers were sent to England and other European countries because those people had killed off all the local beavers and wanted to bring them back, often for flood control. Then they found that countries like Romania still had European beavers, so they’re now relocating some of those. (Relocation is hard on the beavers, and the entire family must go together. Beavers are monogamous and very family oriented.)
Beavers native to North America were shipped to South America as a money-grubbing effort, which didn’t work. However, the beavers are considered invasive there now.
If beavers had internet and could read, thank you beavers!
Go beavers, you have a growing fan base
They terraform the land to meet their needs.
And the needs of a whole lot of other creatures!
God bless the beaver!
It's a more complicated reality. It's the water reservoir and plant harvesting in unison. The water doesn't dry up because of 'lack of plants'. In fact, plants absorb the water and expel it as vapor, reducing water flow. I have seen this happen in my lifetime, with streams drying up because of plant growth. If the beavers building dams fixed things than human could have built dams and achieved the same thing. It's the natural balance of available water and plant consuming animals that has been achieved by reintroduction.
My favorite animal is the beaver for all the reasons shown in the film and many more besides.
The Angry Beavers cartoon has taught us more than we will ever know. 😂
Fascinating. We have desert pack rats here in Arizona that my husband calls desert beavers. They build nests or houses with sticks in the washes. They look like damns.
I’ve never met a dry beaver! 😂
I like to think that when humans are building dams, the beavers show and say, “No no no, you’re doing it all wrong! Here let me do it!”
I witnessed this in the meadows surrounding Lake Tahoe. Fascinating and extremely beautiful wetlands when motor vehicles and cattle stay at least 100 meters away from riparian zones.
motors yes, calttle no. The riparian zones rely on grazing and fire to maintain their health. The grazing just has to follow a natural frequency and intensity.
@@BeautifuLakesStreamsBiologists
A herd of cows is way too frequent and way too intense. No cows.
@@terredee you would harm the planet with that statement. Learn
To any Aussie getting ideas, two words - Cane Toad
And all the other insane amounts of feral critters in this country, we have feral camels out here.
Beavers were/are native to the area-
@@jackprier7727 Really? I thought they were only native to the Northern Hemisphere.
@@wendyscott8425 to the area in the show--
@@jackprier7727I was just reading that beaver were all over America, Europe and Asia, but not Australia.
I'm a Dane that used to live in a neighbourhood off of Beaver Ruin Road in a suburb of ATL before moving to NC with my Southern wife. 😄
Fit Nok du er Dansk. I lived in Arhus and have the accent of a Arhus Bricklayer. According to a Bricklayer from Arhus. It was commune kids and artists who taught Me. Still best friends with Lone and my first boyfriend Jeppe he's a music producer and performer since 1980s. Mek Pek party band. He's alright mek.
A great advertisement video for "timberborn".
19:00. but what's more important? what would our landscape look like if humans never destroyed the beaver population? People are complaining that the beaver is a nuisance animal but to me it seems we did more harm than them and now we need them to fix our mistakes.
How are beavers supposed to stay willingly in a desert place where there are no willows or other trees for food and dams?
In a desert with literally no plants I think people need to do a little restoration first and then bring in the furry bois
I live right close. They make dams from desert sagebrush and desert rabbitbrush, filled-in with cattails and they eat cattails and bullrushes. There are some clump-willows that grew back from down "river" {small river-Humboldt River}, where the beavers came from-
Beavers are one of God's best Creations for sure. I love this project and it's a great come back through Biologists and Cattle Rancher's. However I don't think Biologists asked the Cattle Ranchers to change, more than likely they were, "Rightfully" told to change how they grazed. I believe most farmers and ranchers do want whats best for the ecology and environment of the area on and around their farms. Although were most likely told to change, I firmly believe they most likely wanted to see if it would work so that both could benefit from a better way of doing things. I think once the area has recovered the beavers should be moved to another area that needs to be brought back, since they are no indigenous to the ares. If it survived before it was over grazed it should be able to sustain itself with proper grazing for a more historical eco system. Thanks for sharing this story. Best Wishes & Blessings. Keith Keith Noneya
The Otters are actually like " Hey! I'm a stay here or I'll kill ya! Thanks"
I grew up learning to swim in a creek with a Beaver Damm and a Turtle Myrtle helped with the Beavers to show us how to swim. We were a wild crew of 6 feral 1970s Girls.
Our Parents were Big Sur Carmel Valley homesteaders and the original free Range parent's and minimalist HS teachers. So not Hippies.
I AM incredibly grateful my parents and Grandparents raised us out in the wilds with dogs for nannies.
All of us Have excellent immune systems too. And very few jabs. Lots of Agricultural chemicals unfortunately.
Crop duster used to spray our Catholic school bus. We waved as the poison rained. Take paradise and put up a condo and a parking lot. Perhaps.
Nature will take care of itself as it always does. Look to the wolves of cheronoybl.
Lots of human dams coming down all over west coast .
A bunch of volcanoes in Italy changed our weather pattern from a desperate drought cycle Colorado River Basin, Great Lake over 70% gone. Salinity up no brine shrimp no birds migrating. They were all Perhaps saved by the Immense amount of volcanic activity in Italy. The entire island of Sicily is evacuated. Mount Etna blew already.
Theres 12 active volcanoes right now in Italy. Haven't heard a word online until Reddacted . Crazy worlds.
Few years ago I saw a beaver in the river at Laughlin Nevada the last place I'd ever expect one
love beavers 🦫❤️
I too now am loving of the beaver species
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Beavers are literally awesome!
Beavers are considered a keystone species because they develop wetlands that attract and support literally hundreds of other species. Beaver wetlands are among the most biologically productive ecosystems in the world. Beavers increase plant, bird and wildlife variety, improve water quality, and raise salmon and trout populations. Beavers are biodiversity in action.
Beavers are very family-oriented. Beaver pairs are monogamous and have kits every year, with two-year old kits living in the family home until they've learned everything they need to know to go out and start their own families.
Keep in mind that the European beaver and the North American beaver are actually different but related species, with some different behaviours. The beavers discussed here are the western version.
How are their behaviors different, please?
0:15 dont let this photo fool you, i am a photographer and live in the desert, 2 things, first the desert has a wet and dry season(proof is the RIVER in the shot) where it turns itself green, and tricks with the camera and post production editing can make one photo brown and one green is so SIMPLE. Always think for yourself!
So basically you're saying this whole video is fake? I doubt it. It wasn't just the color we saw after beavers did their work, it was plants. And this certainly isn't the first video I've seen of beaver restoration both here and all over Europe. You might want to think for yourself as well. This country had something like ten times the number of beavers we have now, and somehow there weren't the deserts we have now. Hmmm, I guess it couldn't have anything to do with trappers wiping out the beavers in the early 1800s so water couldn't spread out on the land anymore, could it?
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You are correct, Wendy.
I love the animal "pop ups" it's both hilarious and satisfying to watch.
Excellent video. It was good to see beavers' beneficial side. Here in western Kentucky, we are more focused on staying above water and beavers can be a real pain. I am not saying beavers are entirely bad even here, but they can be incredibly destructive depending on how narrow or broad your focus. Yes, I acknowledge that they can be beneficial to flood control even in an already wet area, but drainage is important as well. My Grandfather was a Wildlife Officer. Dynamiting problem beaver dams with him when I was a boy is now but a fond memory.
If they build a pond on your upstream neighbors land they are great for flood control. If they build on your land, not so much.
Hail the beavers! They save the world without pay.
Human: ok mr beaver time to do your thing
Beaver: DAM its about time
All you need is 2 of them male and female in each area they are needed. Beavers multiply very quickly.
no Beavers do not multiply very quickly .
Smart animal
I love this animal
Just so ya'll know. Beavers don't build dams in the dessert. They don't build a dam then wait for some trees to grow ( to eat). Beavers are animals and require FOOD !
Let's send beavers to Mars for terraforming.
Yeah, w emight want to rise the temperature and oxygen level there first 😎
lol LOVE this comment!
Fabulous video. Totally loved it. Glad to hear beavers are wanted in more places again. After all, we do have a huge water shortage and too much polluted water.
The title of this video makes me think of a big burly man chucking beavers out of a helicopter as they fly up through the desert. Beavers are like cats, right? They land on their feet….
they used parachutes somewhere, can't remember the details.
Sorry, no, beavers are not at all like cats in that way. They are graceful in water but slow on land.
Beavers are monogamous, and the kits start helping their parents maintain the dam, lodge, and channels within weeks of their birth (2-4 kits are born at a time usually).
When another bunch of kits is born the next spring, the older kits help the parents raise them and teach them how to do the work, and find and store food.
At two to three years old, the kits are old enough and experienced enough to build their own lodges, usually a short distance downstream from their parent’s lodge.
With more and more dams the water in a whole river is moderated so it stays on the land, providing habitat to hundreds of other species, filtering pollutants, recharging the aquifers, resisting wildfire and helping prevent flooding.
Idaho dropped beavers in crates tied to parachutes. The main problem is that they did not keep families together, so how many survived the drop is a question. We know some did.
Gotta love Beavers. I personally take care of any good beavers that I come across and I know they are always grateful for my interest and love 💗 .
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beavers are like 3 feet long, not tiny. At least north american ones
Yes, and one destroyed itself and the front of my daughter’s car, this March 2024in NY state, when it was sitting up in the middle of her lane on the road just around a corner! And she wasn’t driving fast, but, as you say, beavers can be very big!
The German village I grew up in in Germany is called Ostbevern - rom the river bever and the name of a few villages and the name of the river is derived from beaver. It's the villages code of arms animal or how that is called. It's shown in the towns/villages seal. A great animal!
1:48 Those are otters, not beavers.
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It's good to see you again, WATOP! I was wondering where you had gone... .
👏 thank you very much
"Warmer weather" means "more evaporative uptake".
That's why the earth is 15% greener today than it was 20 years ago.
Not often you see hairy beavers on TH-cam.
You can't put bald Beaver's in the desert they will sunburn badly and nobody wants a scorched beaver.
One thing everybody can agree on, nobody wants a dry beaver ;P
I ❤️ Beaver
Allah has not created anything in this universe without a purpose. Amazing animal - thank you for showing this video🌳🌲