If I won the lotto, I have my eye on a contiguous 5000+ acres in Saskatchewan that I'd be converting to grasslands consisting of native species. Domesticated cattle would probably be used, initially, to help establish the ecosystem. Eventually, it would be home to Bison bison bison, and would expand as connected parcels became available. In the middle, overlooking a small river that runs the length of the acreage, I'd build my wife her dream home... of course.
I went to the first screening of this film in 2019, so well done. I am glad I can share it via youtube now. Currently studying geography with a focus on land management and conservation and the grasslands have my heart (born and raised in Saskatchewan). Thank you for creating something accessible and impactful and for all the work that you do!!
Absolutely loved this , Please share this with [at least] Rural schools, Let our children Be Proud of our country , So they can also be proud of their families for working for saving our most visible ‘natural ‘ resource ... our land
Regenerative grazing using holistic management is by far the optimal way to recover and maintain grasslands, and even in a silvograzing environment especially with hair sheep.
💯To me the best news is the fact that you don't have to choose between trees and grassland. You can use tree belts to shelter grassland pastures. This increases biodiversity, especially birds.
Cattle are not managed to graze like bison, so when cattle graze, the effect is different that that of bison. However grazing is important to the health of grasslands.
I believe the people in this video along with Allen Savory,Greg Judy and other Regenerative Farmers are absolutely correct when they say we need cattle to protect alot of the land. That and sheep can help as well. I believe that God made this Earth/Land for us to use and enjoy. So why not use and enjoy his creation as best we can? Also in what little experience I have had with vegans,vegetarians, and others who want to do away with livestock they know nothing about agriculture or food. As for the Politicians and government agencies that push for that, I'm not sure how much of that is stupidity and how much of that is evil. I suspect a combination of both. On a side note my main nit pick of this video is they forgot to mention that the cattle also fertilize the land.
I was interested until you started talking about your own economic benefit and a justification for raising cattle when we are all consuming meat at a pace the world cannot withstand- i’m not a vegetarian, I eat meat - thanks this was catchy propaganda 🙄
To make it a proper sanctuary, one would have no cows, since they're not native to the Americas. Populating the land with bison, elk, and horses would be natural; and of course you'd have to have wolves and grizzly bears to help manage their numbers. Of course, there would still be excess herbivores that need to be culled, ideally for meat source, which totally destroys your idyllic concept of a sanctuary. So in the end, whatever animals are going to be housed on these lands will end up being "ranched", one way or another.
Cows are necessary to the canadian prairies? Perfect! I guess those so precious creatures are allowed to live there entire life, and be healed if needed. Wait... What? They end slaughtered and eaten? Well all that is just one more marketing video for the meat production. So bad!
Why waste good food and have to use land elsewhere to produce it. This way of production doesnt use land because it is improving land. Grain crops and vegan food uses land because it destroys biodiversity, eating meat is so much better for the climate and biodiversity.
Cattle aren't necessary for the Canadian prairies, but they're better than swaths of monoculture; and they can also be produced in areas that are too poor for cropland.
"Canada purchased private land the place had been grazed for years and years and I think that's maybe where we made our first mistake as Parks Canada is there was no grazing and I think it took about 20 years before we realized that the grass wasn't in a great state you could look over the fence at the neighboring rancher and you could see know that biodiversity was much healthier over there"
This is a visually beautiful boatload of propaganda. You almost had me, but then the part about cattle being VITAL to preserving the grasslands screamed hypocrisy from the screen. If cattle are vital, then they would have been there all along; they weren't. If cattle were vital, ALL large, native mammals should be welcome to join in the grassland preservation efforts. Ranchers don't like to share the grass with other species as advertised in this film. Notice all the barbwire? That stuff really hurts and forces the local wildlife it hinders to unnecessarily adapt to survive: not very neighbourly. I think it's appalling that the ranchers locked down 65,000 acres for themselves, and are profitting off the backs of Canadian taxpayers. I hope the agreement with The Nature Conservancy of Canada includes a clause that protects native grassland mammals, such as wolves, coyotes, cougars, wild horses, bobcats etc. from ranchers traps and guns, but I doubt it. In 2016, agricultural producers in Alberta reported 50.3 million acres of farm land and 5.2 million cattle, 7x more than in 1911, when the grasslands were healthy. See the problem now?
Wolves, coyotes and cougars don’t graze on the grasslands, which is the main integral part of its maintenance. The video stated plainly that cattle are filling in the role of the keystone species on the prairie that bison once occupied. Sorry you didn’t absorb any of the pertinent information in the documentary. If you happen to find a coyote, wolf or cougar that consumes 8750 lbs. of refuse material off of the grasslands each year, please let us know.
North America used to have 40 more large mammal species that human has killed of through the past 10.000 years. We are now starting to understand that increase in grassland health is limited by the amount of grazing animals present to maintain them. Grasses needs grazing animals, its a symbiosis, and if there arent enough grazing animals, that will limit grassland productivity. BUT, for this increased production to happen, the animals must mimic natural grazing animals that were in a predator-prey relationship with predators, which made them behave in a beneficial way. I think ranchers should tear down permanent fences, and some are starting to do that, and combine their herds into megaherds of +5000 animals, and use herding to manage them more often instead of fencing. There are records from all over the world, some just 150 years old of herds of bison, or kudo in South Africa of millions of animals. It looked like the land was moving and not the animals as the describe it. Here is a few sources: th-cam.com/video/T23rEKfoVUs/w-d-xo.html (watch from where it starts) From South Africa: managingwholes.com/klipdrift.htm/ We are starting to understand some fundamental principles of how grasslands works, and that is why megaherds has been present all over the world, grasslands simply needed them as much as the animals needed the grasslands.
You did a great job of explaining key concepts in an accessible way, in a short video. Well done, and thank you.
Greatest insight I've ever heard. Thank you from an old prairey girl.
Congratulations on this release! Grateful for your work and this resource.
One of my favourite places to drive through in Canada. Kudos to the Waldron Ranch Shareholders for coming together and protecting this land.
If I won the lotto, I have my eye on a contiguous 5000+ acres in Saskatchewan that I'd be converting to grasslands consisting of native species. Domesticated cattle would probably be used, initially, to help establish the ecosystem. Eventually, it would be home to Bison bison bison, and would expand as connected parcels became available.
In the middle, overlooking a small river that runs the length of the acreage, I'd build my wife her dream home... of course.
Our local MP Michelle Ferreri brought me here. Great work - love the concept, makes perfect sense to me. Thank you!
I went to the first screening of this film in 2019, so well done. I am glad I can share it via youtube now. Currently studying geography with a focus on land management and conservation and the grasslands have my heart (born and raised in Saskatchewan). Thank you for creating something accessible and impactful and for all the work that you do!!
Wished it was longer, been waiting to watch this for awhile just to findout its under 15 mins
simply amazing
Very moving. Well done!!!
Absolutely loved this , Please share this with [at least] Rural schools, Let our children Be Proud of our country ,
So they can also be proud of their families for working for saving our most visible ‘natural ‘ resource ... our land
Regenerative grazing using holistic management is by far the optimal way to recover and maintain grasslands, and even in a silvograzing environment especially with hair sheep.
💯To me the best news is the fact that you don't have to choose between trees and grassland. You can use tree belts to shelter grassland pastures. This increases biodiversity, especially birds.
It's so refreshing to see the other perspective to livestock in a sustainable Earth.
Cattle are not managed to graze like bison, so when cattle graze, the effect is different that that of bison. However grazing is important to the health of grasslands.
Amen,
Thank you for this, This is why I eat grass fed, grass finished beef,
How did you guys Get so much Grasslands?
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The cows only help when proper grazing management is in place. I can’t count on both hands how many pastures in the prairie that look like moonscapes.
great
The European ranchers killed the bisons & buffalo 🦬. The also overgrazed over the years killing native grass.
Love me some tasty beefs!
🙏🙏🙏
You might wanna watch the 1 hour launch event for this film: th-cam.com/video/kbaHn4wPt5Y/w-d-xo.html
I believe the people in this video along with Allen Savory,Greg Judy and other Regenerative Farmers are absolutely correct when they say we need cattle to protect alot of the land. That and sheep can help as well. I believe that God made this Earth/Land for us to use and enjoy. So why not use and enjoy his creation as best we can? Also in what little experience I have had with vegans,vegetarians, and others who want to do away with livestock they know nothing about agriculture or food. As for the Politicians and government agencies that push for that, I'm not sure how much of that is stupidity and how much of that is evil. I suspect a combination of both. On a side note my main nit pick of this video is they forgot to mention that the cattle also fertilize the land.
Bring back the bison and fire.
Meatsplaining.
Veganism destroys nature,
I was interested until you started talking about your own economic benefit and a justification for raising cattle when we are all consuming meat at a pace the world cannot withstand- i’m not a vegetarian, I eat meat - thanks this was catchy propaganda 🙄
Here’s an idea: Leave the cows to graze and live a free life. Make it a sanctuary. No need to slaughter them.
You should watch more nature videos. A pack of coyotes taking down a cow is way more savage than a bolt to the noodle.
And let them die of disease and predators... I'm sure if cows could talk they would agree on going to the butcher where death is swift and painless.
People need to eat. If not beef then soybeans, which means tearing up the grassland and destroying the eco system to grow them.
They have to managed, otherwise they will degraded the land with over grazing some plants and over resting some plants, and over resting the soil.
To make it a proper sanctuary, one would have no cows, since they're not native to the Americas.
Populating the land with bison, elk, and horses would be natural; and of course you'd have to have wolves and grizzly bears to help manage their numbers.
Of course, there would still be excess herbivores that need to be culled, ideally for meat source, which totally destroys your idyllic concept of a sanctuary.
So in the end, whatever animals are going to be housed on these lands will end up being "ranched", one way or another.
Cows are necessary to the canadian prairies? Perfect! I guess those so precious creatures are allowed to live there entire life, and be healed if needed. Wait... What? They end slaughtered and eaten? Well all that is just one more marketing video for the meat production. So bad!
Why waste good food and have to use land elsewhere to produce it. This way of production doesnt use land because it is improving land. Grain crops and vegan food uses land because it destroys biodiversity, eating meat is so much better for the climate and biodiversity.
Lydie Tremblet What's wrong with conservation of the land and at the same time, using it for food production? Vegans have their priorities wrong.
Tell that to all the insects,small mammals and fish that die as a result of your crops.
Cattle aren't necessary for the Canadian prairies, but they're better than swaths of monoculture; and they can also be produced in areas that are too poor for cropland.
"Canada purchased private land the place
had been grazed for years and years and
I think that's maybe where we made our
first mistake as Parks Canada is there
was no grazing and I think it took
about 20 years before we realized that
the grass wasn't in a great state you
could look over the fence at the
neighboring rancher and you could see
know that biodiversity was much
healthier over there"
This is a visually beautiful boatload of propaganda. You almost had me, but then the part about cattle being VITAL to preserving the grasslands screamed hypocrisy from the screen. If cattle are vital, then they would have been there all along; they weren't. If cattle were vital, ALL large, native mammals should be welcome to join in the grassland preservation efforts. Ranchers don't like to share the grass with other species as advertised in this film. Notice all the barbwire? That stuff really hurts and forces the local wildlife it hinders to unnecessarily adapt to survive: not very neighbourly. I think it's appalling that the ranchers locked down 65,000 acres for themselves, and are profitting off the backs of Canadian taxpayers. I hope the agreement with The Nature Conservancy of Canada includes a clause that protects native grassland mammals, such as wolves, coyotes, cougars, wild horses, bobcats etc. from ranchers traps and guns, but I doubt it. In 2016, agricultural producers in Alberta reported 50.3 million acres of farm land and 5.2 million cattle, 7x more than in 1911, when the grasslands were healthy. See the problem now?
Wolves, coyotes and cougars don’t graze on the grasslands, which is the main integral part of its maintenance. The video stated plainly that cattle are filling in the role of the keystone species on the prairie that bison once occupied. Sorry you didn’t absorb any of the pertinent information in the documentary. If you happen to find a coyote, wolf or cougar that consumes 8750 lbs. of refuse material off of the grasslands each year, please let us know.
North America used to have 40 more large mammal species that human has killed of through the past 10.000 years. We are now starting to understand that increase in grassland health is limited by the amount of grazing animals present to maintain them. Grasses needs grazing animals, its a symbiosis, and if there arent enough grazing animals, that will limit grassland productivity. BUT, for this increased production to happen, the animals must mimic natural grazing animals that were in a predator-prey relationship with predators, which made them behave in a beneficial way.
I think ranchers should tear down permanent fences, and some are starting to do that, and combine their herds into megaherds of +5000 animals, and use herding to manage them more often instead of fencing.
There are records from all over the world, some just 150 years old of herds of bison, or kudo in South Africa of millions of animals. It looked like the land was moving and not the animals as the describe it.
Here is a few sources: th-cam.com/video/T23rEKfoVUs/w-d-xo.html (watch from where it starts)
From South Africa: managingwholes.com/klipdrift.htm/
We are starting to understand some fundamental principles of how grasslands works, and that is why megaherds has been present all over the world, grasslands simply needed them as much as the animals needed the grasslands.
You need to go somewhere other than peta for your info. Start by looking up Allen Savory.
Wendy Moore what's wrong with conserving the land and using it for food production at the same time? Vegans...
You know that most of North America used to be wall to wall with bison right? The stupidity of some people.