On the invasive slipper limpets: there’re ongoing projects in the US employing dogs to sniff & detect invasive zebra mussels! Idk how much training do the dogs need, but it could be a way to involve the neighbourhood - teaching them basic ID, and they can help just by walking their dogs along the coastline to (1) monitor the range of the invasives (2) detect and remove them!
This is a really cool idea! I've heard mention of this with a focus on carpet sea squirt (Didemnum vexillum) on the west coast of Scotland, but hadn't yet considered it for slipper limpets. Our border collie is a bit too manic (sorry Cuilean) to be trained up, but I wonder whether some of the community in Fortrose could take this idea forward. I'll mention it in the Moray Ocean Community group! Cheers, Isla. 😊
training dogs to detect properly is quite complex and expensive and usually done by highly skilled trainers. I wonder if it really becomes an issue that mossy earth could look at the costs of getting a dog trained to do it.
Ah a new (to me) non native to look out for. Not that I’m likely to see many where I live in Manchester but I do occasionally get to the coast, so I’ll be able to bang on about them to whoever I’m with. Navigating the regulations around the oysters sounds like it would test the patience of a saint, but I’m sure you’ll get there in the end. Keep smiling if you can!
The nearest record I can find to you is from Bangor (on MarLIN), though the ones near us haven't been updated yet so I wouldn't be surprised if they are some nearer Manchester now too. Thank you for your words of encouragement, it has been a challenge over the past year! Cheers 😄Isla.
I'm glad to see that social environmental science is asking these kinds of questions! I agree, the more people find out about how being good to our surroundings is also good for us economically, the more we'll be able to push for regulatory changes.
Great to see and hear these updates! Especially nice to see your not shying away from the difficulties and delays. Keep up the good work! The world is rooting for you!
Personally I find it really refreshing when other restoration practitioners talk about the challenges they've encountered along the way, how they've overcome them and how others can avoid some of them. So we're happy to deliver that to you guys! Though we haven't overcome the native oyster nursery installation challenge just yet. 😆Watch this space, and thank you for the support! Cheers, Isla.
Love this update channel with the feedback gathered from the different projects! Thanks for your efforts of making them Isla and the rest of the team involved. And thanks for all the restoration initiatives you guys are deploying Mossy Earth! I will become a member and support soon. Cheers from The Netherlands
Thank you for the support, we all really appreciate it! 😄Can't wait to welcome you to the Mossy Earth community and cheers from a snowy Scotland, Isla.
Wouldn't a solar-powered fountain in the tank give you a bit of the stirring and aeration that you would get from wave action in the natural setting for sea-grass? They are quite cheap now, though you'll want a responsible company not some auction site.
Good suggestion! We have been chatting to other seagrassy folk and now have some plans in the works that involve something along these lines. More on this for you in future. Cheers, Isla. 😊
Perhaps an airstone or six or a powerhead/pump at the water level would benefit the seagrass growing project out by making sure the water is properly oxygenated as it would be in the ocean? (I keep a marine aquarium complete with captive bred/aquacultured coral and air flow through the water is very important!)
Hello! Thank you for the suggestion, connecting with you guys helps a lot. We have something along these lines in the works as we upscale the seagrass nursery and will keep you in the loop! 😊As a side note I am envious of your marine aquarium, I'd quite like one in my house but not sure I'm ready for the commitment. Cheers, Isla.
Some inexpensive solar-powered bubblers could help keep the sea grass nursery from becoming anoxic. I'm not sure if that would be compatible with the target environment parameters, but it's probably worth a look.
Thank you for the suggestion - we have been chatting to other seagrassy folk and now have some plans in the works that involve something along the lines of this! Watch this space. Cheers, Isla. 😊
Maybe a bit of a weird/unrelated question, but what kind of forest are you walking through? It looks pretty but those trees dont seem like Scots Pine to me. Are those trees native or is it planted?
The woodland is a community owned Scot's pine plantation. Although it is a plantation it is being managed really nicely - a good amount of rowan and birch regeneration and an understory of blaeberry (Vaccinium myrtillus). It will be left to naturalize after being bought from Scotland's national forest estate via the Community Right to Buy. I love it. ☺ Cheers, Isla.
I wouldn't say it's sad at this point. It's a sobering reminder that this is the exact mindset which has led us here, sure. But unlike past decades where the effects of our actions weren't apparent enough, nowadays they are crystal clear. Environmental and ecological collapse is something we live with now. It's no longer *sad* that people refuse to realise the truth. It's infuriating.
It is a shame, and could be a symptom of a few things like extractive capitalism and people feeling like their views are not valued which can lead to detachment. We hope that this project will help highlight that this does not need to be the case. Cheers, Isla. 😄
On the invasive slipper limpets: there’re ongoing projects in the US employing dogs to sniff & detect invasive zebra mussels! Idk how much training do the dogs need, but it could be a way to involve the neighbourhood - teaching them basic ID, and they can help just by walking their dogs along the coastline to (1) monitor the range of the invasives (2) detect and remove them!
This is a really cool idea! I've heard mention of this with a focus on carpet sea squirt (Didemnum vexillum) on the west coast of Scotland, but hadn't yet considered it for slipper limpets. Our border collie is a bit too manic (sorry Cuilean) to be trained up, but I wonder whether some of the community in Fortrose could take this idea forward. I'll mention it in the Moray Ocean Community group! Cheers, Isla. 😊
training dogs to detect properly is quite complex and expensive and usually done by highly skilled trainers. I wonder if it really becomes an issue that mossy earth could look at the costs of getting a dog trained to do it.
Interesting response from the public about the economic impact of restoration!
Agreed! This is really valuable information for us to take into consideration as the project develops. Cheers! Isla.
Yay!
The best nature restoration channel updated.
Thanks for your continued support! 😄 Cheers, Isla.
Well it's nice to see that being distracted by crabs aren't one of the complaints
Crabs are cool
Crabs are great! Cheers, Isla. 😀
Ah a new (to me) non native to look out for. Not that I’m likely to see many where I live in Manchester but I do occasionally get to the coast, so I’ll be able to bang on about them to whoever I’m with. Navigating the regulations around the oysters sounds like it would test the patience of a saint, but I’m sure you’ll get there in the end. Keep smiling if you can!
The nearest record I can find to you is from Bangor (on MarLIN), though the ones near us haven't been updated yet so I wouldn't be surprised if they are some nearer Manchester now too. Thank you for your words of encouragement, it has been a challenge over the past year! Cheers 😄Isla.
I'm glad to see that social environmental science is asking these kinds of questions! I agree, the more people find out about how being good to our surroundings is also good for us economically, the more we'll be able to push for regulatory changes.
Absolutely! 🙌
Great to see and hear these updates! Especially nice to see your not shying away from the difficulties and delays. Keep up the good work! The world is rooting for you!
Personally I find it really refreshing when other restoration practitioners talk about the challenges they've encountered along the way, how they've overcome them and how others can avoid some of them. So we're happy to deliver that to you guys! Though we haven't overcome the native oyster nursery installation challenge just yet. 😆Watch this space, and thank you for the support! Cheers, Isla.
Love this update channel with the feedback gathered from the different projects! Thanks for your efforts of making them Isla and the rest of the team involved. And thanks for all the restoration initiatives you guys are deploying Mossy Earth! I will become a member and support soon. Cheers from The Netherlands
Thank you for the support, we all really appreciate it! 😄Can't wait to welcome you to the Mossy Earth community and cheers from a snowy Scotland, Isla.
Lovely vlog Isla, Josie and Francis.
Cheers Matt! 😊 Isla.
Wouldn't a solar-powered fountain in the tank give you a bit of the stirring and aeration that you would get from wave action in the natural setting for sea-grass? They are quite cheap now, though you'll want a responsible company not some auction site.
Good suggestion! We have been chatting to other seagrassy folk and now have some plans in the works that involve something along these lines. More on this for you in future. Cheers, Isla. 😊
Perhaps an airstone or six or a powerhead/pump at the water level would benefit the seagrass growing project out by making sure the water is properly oxygenated as it would be in the ocean? (I keep a marine aquarium complete with captive bred/aquacultured coral and air flow through the water is very important!)
Hello! Thank you for the suggestion, connecting with you guys helps a lot. We have something along these lines in the works as we upscale the seagrass nursery and will keep you in the loop! 😊As a side note I am envious of your marine aquarium, I'd quite like one in my house but not sure I'm ready for the commitment. Cheers, Isla.
Interesting projects and nice with these updates!
Thank you for the support, we're gad you enjoy the updates! 😄Isla.
really cool to learn about these investigations!
Thank you for the support! 😊 Isla.
Really interesting update, thanks all :)
Thanks Paul! 🙌 Isla.
Some inexpensive solar-powered bubblers could help keep the sea grass nursery from becoming anoxic. I'm not sure if that would be compatible with the target environment parameters, but it's probably worth a look.
Thank you for the suggestion - we have been chatting to other seagrassy folk and now have some plans in the works that involve something along the lines of this! Watch this space. Cheers, Isla. 😊
Thanks for the update
Thank you for watching! 🙌Isla.
Nice vlog!
Thank you! 😄Isla.
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Maybe a bit of a weird/unrelated question, but what kind of forest are you walking through? It looks pretty but those trees dont seem like Scots Pine to me. Are those trees native or is it planted?
The woodland is a community owned Scot's pine plantation. Although it is a plantation it is being managed really nicely - a good amount of rowan and birch regeneration and an understory of blaeberry (Vaccinium myrtillus). It will be left to naturalize after being bought from Scotland's national forest estate via the Community Right to Buy. I love it. ☺ Cheers, Isla.
Are they edible?
Yes! Though I’d be wary of eating them without some form of testing.. Cheers, Isla.
It's sad that people think to have to destroy our planet to make money.
I wouldn't say it's sad at this point. It's a sobering reminder that this is the exact mindset which has led us here, sure. But unlike past decades where the effects of our actions weren't apparent enough, nowadays they are crystal clear. Environmental and ecological collapse is something we live with now. It's no longer *sad* that people refuse to realise the truth. It's infuriating.
It is a shame, and could be a symptom of a few things like extractive capitalism and people feeling like their views are not valued which can lead to detachment. We hope that this project will help highlight that this does not need to be the case. Cheers, Isla. 😄