Return to the Beaver Pond
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- It has been four months since I lowered the water level in our beaver pond by breaching the dam and inserting some drainage pipe. We go back to see how things are doing.
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I appreciate all the views that this video and my original beaver dam video have gotten. The amount of views I have had are truly incredible! As a general practice for my channel I try and respond to every comment I receive. However the volume of comments in this series is eating up a serious amount of my free time. From now on I will still read all comments but I will no longer commit to responding to everything. I will try and respond to legitimate questions or suggestions especially if someone raises a new point. Sorry, I just need to strike the right balance.
I also want to say that I appreciate everyone's perspective. But, there is are a small minority of viewers who feel the need to throw insults or threats my way. Believe it or not I have received death threats over putting a few pipes in a beaver dam. If you don't like the content of my channel you don't need to make an insult or threat or even give a thumbs down. If you don't like my channel or any channel just stop watching and look for something that fits your taste.
I will continue to leave up negative comments but I will remove anything that is insulting or threatening. These comments are routinely deleted and reported to TH-cam as abusive.
I choose to be a content creator and put myself 'out there' if you don't like my work you can vote with your feet and simply not watch. I will continue to do what I feel is best for my land and family and will continue to make the videos I want to make. If you are with me in that, then great! if you have a legit criticism, that is fine too, please express yourself. Know that I draw the line at abuse and it won't be tolerated.
My skin is much thicker than 'Troll Skin'!
Kevin Outdoors
Its YOUR property.
Not environmental extremists. Or the beavers.
You do what YOU have to to save YOUR home.
I thought you would have used dynamite charges to blow the dam up.
Nevertheless, good job
I have a video of playing with a hard drive and people posted comments wishing I would die. TH-cam comments are vile no matter the subject.
I watched ur first video and thought u took a totally rural approach, u didn't appear to take nature on head on, just compromised with it. The pond appears to be thriving, lots of life and bugs in it that we don't see, lots of mammals using it as a fresh water source, and by allowing a flow of water out, drawing fresh water in the pond isn't stagnating. I think you've found a wonderful approach, far better than culling everything in sight... You are so lucky to have such an amazing variety of wildlife on ur doorstep, living in the city is ok, but it pales compared to living on the fringes of the countryside like I did as a kid...
I was just surfing TH-cam and came across your two videos; good job! As a current city boy who as a child spent my early years growing up in rural Wisconsin, what you are doing is A1-OK in my book. You are striking a perfect balance by maintaining your land that you are paying for and at the same time giving the beavers something to do, which is what the naysayers need. Keep in mind that liberals don't know how to change the channel, they try to eliminate the source. If they don't like what they are seeing or hearing because it goes against an ideology, then destroy the source. Keep up the good work!
@@Mynamesalexa that's what I was going to say a couple of well-placed sticks of dynamite they never would have repaired the dam
As a former habitat biologist that spent my career protecting floodplain habitat I applaud your approach. The remaining pond is good for you and the beavers. And you are leaving the area around the pond for wildlife. I hope you will continue to leave the area as wild as possible for all the living things to enjoy. Well done!
Thanks Swimbait1 I appreciate your comments. Yes the intention is basically to leave things as they are.
I’m a beaver and I’ve gotta say this was a nice compromise in order to co exist. I’m still going to clog the pipes though.
Wow, I never knew beavers could build dams, create water channels, AND knew how to type. BRAVO! Mr. Beaver
Jon Test - You could wind up as beaver stew, Mr. Beaver. 😳
I saw your human neighbor stepping on your food in this video - I hope you didn't leave a now deleted death threat somewhere... 😂
lmao
You've mentioned a lot of good points with regards to beavers. Beavers dig canals and use them like underwater roadways as an effective way to drag their branches. They also dig right up to trees for easy access to their food. These underwater paths make things easier for them and in some cases protect them from predators. Beaver ponds are eco-systems. When a pond/wetland is created (by diverting water with their dams) it feeds an entire community including birds of all kinds, frogs, squirrels, fish, deer, moose and more.
For every gallon of water that beavers store in their ponds, they're capturing approx. 5 - 10 gallons more underground (that is pushed down by the weight of the pond) which ultimately recharges the aquifer. This can be incredibly helpful for farmers, especially during droughts, when water sources are scarce for their animals. Try not to feel bad about those downed trees. Rotting vegetation like that is very helpful in adding nutrients to the soil. Despite wetlands looking "messy," they're extremely functional and can filter and purify water. The whole notion behind a beaver's behavior is to "slow down water" by damming it so that it can be used effectively rather than being allowed to dry up and evaporate.
Its great you found a way to live with the beavers. A lot of people would have solved the problem with traps and dynamite. Nice one Kevin! Wade
Like the logo too!
Thanks. I have no idea where people can legally get dynamite these days.
Thanks again.
Kevin Outdoors So I assume you know where one could find it illegally then? haha Just kidding👍
LOL nope!
I very much appreciate your approach to this. It does seem like you definitely took nature into account and didn't take the easy route which would be to probably just shoot the beavers. And I like how you point out all of the benefits to a beaver pond. Good onya mate!
Thanks Jackie! I appreciate the comment.
As someone who simply stumbled across the 2 videos on the subject I can say from a third party animal lover and logical thinker point of view that this is by far the best way of dealing with beavers I have come across, not only have you kept your property from being damaged you did it in a way that allowed the beavers to continue their work just in a limited copasity, brilliant. Too many times I have seen these videos go the way of explosives or heavy equipment and this was a lovely change so you did a wonderful thing so don't give any concern to those down voting your videos. You found a elegantly simple way to live with nature rather than destroying it or letting it completely overrun you, great job.
Thanks Brian. I appreciate the comment. Strange how this one is taking off most of my videos are about camping and backpacking :)
beavers can have rabies and be aggressive
Yeah... The assholes who kill them, not good. I don't dig that at all. But managing to find a balance and live in peace and cooperation with nature is the goal. Not to disrupt or abuse it but to coexist with it amicably.
@@kylehoward5046 very very rarely. They're very rarely ever afflicted with rabies. Don't use that as an excuse to kill an animal.
i dont think he brought it out to kill beavers on sight, i think he brought it out just in case one did attack him. wat
No beavers were harmed in the making of this video... only out smarted.
Bob Nicholas just their feelings😏
How dare you !😂
Just because somebody in California doesn’t like what you do in your back yard, does not make what you do wrong.
True. California is a distraction from reality.
I guess I must be new to the channel....But, what the fuck does California have to do with this video.
@@m33lover
It's the default go to for d!psh!ts who want to make some "government bad" meme and use Cali as the example of "over regulation". Brain dead as they usually are, they fail to take into account that Kevin, by his "accent" is a fine Canadian lad. As such, he deals with more regulations than a dumbass yank.
@@markwilliams2620 Hey Mark, how's the migrants?
California is becoming a wasteland due to the leftists. It's really sad. They're becoming their own private communist country. People are leaving in a mass exodus because businesses and industries are leaving to other states where they won't be over regulated and taxed out of buisness.
What a cool look at natural succession taking place after draining the dam. Looks like you may have restored a lot of the original wetland habitat. Thanks for documenting this! Very interesting to see!
So! You're the one!!
- the Beavers
LOL, yes I didn't realize they had internet access :)
Hahahaha
Very cool 👍
You are on beautiful land and you seem to be a good steward of that land. I'm glad your pipes worked. Best to you.
Thanks, Susan. Much appreciated!
Good stewards that want to use destroy nature for their own benefit?
Traom
What do you know about Nature? You know that in Nature theres balance,predators and PREY,its natural what hes doing,.
@@Ck-zk3we, good steward because he could have destroyed the dam and removed the beavers but he chose to just lower the water level to a point where his septic system was not in danger and the beaver could stay in their lodge
Thanks for the follow up. I was interested when you put the pipes in if the beavers would successfully clog them. I can't believe how smart their attempts were! Glad it worked out and that's a beautiful piece of property you got there! I'm looking myself.
Thanks John, yes it is working nicely and yes they are very creative at plugging pipes. Still working after over a year.
Beaver Wars, The Beaver Strikes back, Return of the Beaver
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Finally, a video where the landowner doesn't feel the need to kill off, natures brilliant engineers, of ecosystems. Kudos, to you, sir.
This should be a series in which you revisit every time you do something with the dam. Love your friendly approach with dealing with the beavers. The entire family gets excited every time you post your beaver dam videos.
No, we are not a beaver family, haha...
Thanks, for understanding the situation and glad you enjoy the video.
like you said, it's all about balance. when you live in such a rural area, you need to take precautions for your own house/land/property! you've done a great job balancing the problem, keeping the wildlife intact without killing anything and also reducing the risk of your own property! KUDOS to you sir! keep it up!
Those beavers are persistent! Next, they’ll try glueing a cap on the ends of those pvc pipes.
we have had similar issues on our farm acreage. we had shallow swampy areas which we contracted to have dug out into two deep ponds and water drained into the two of those giving us useable pastures. Even with pipes, like you found, the beavers managed to plug up the exit flow of the larger pond which endangered the earthen dam surrounding one side so we had a trapper come in and remove 2 of them. There is a fairly new hut in the smaller pond and that one causes no problems since the small overflow ditch is easily cleaned out each day when I take my pasture walk during chores and the pipe exit there is also easy to access to clean out. We love wildlife and take the job of land stewardship seriously. The deep ponds now support lots of fish, blue herons, ducks, geese, and a family of otters. The overflow pipes and ditches flow year round even with temps well below zero here in upstate NY and deer now come down from the back hills to get fresh water all year long. That source of fresh water was not there for them in the past when the acreage consisted of shallow swamps that froze solid all winter. We did not have to secure permission to dig out the ponds as town surveyor maps indicated the ponds were actually there at one time before the beaver population moved in and changed the landscape. Interestingly, the beavers were brought into a neighbor's property illegally as they wanted them to damn the water flow to give them a pond. They forgot to tell the beavers the plan and they quickly moved onto our acreage. I understand that many city folks do not approve of trapping but they also are not involved in land stewardship which goes way beyond loving one type of animal. It is actually illegal to trap to rehome beavers to other locations due to the amount of damage they can do to protected watershed areas. We also used to get hate messages when we had a harness horse racing stable but again it was coming from folks who formed opinions not based on fact, folks pulled in by deceptive videos and such. We do the best we can do and the haters can hate but that is their issue, not ours. Nice job in reclaiming that acreage.
Hey thanks for sharing your experience. Sounds like you have a lovely place! Happy New Year!
This is a good compromise. No matter what some uneducated people say, you are being a good steward and guardian to your property, home/family as well as nature and wildlife. Sometimes that can be hard to do.
I love how you have found a way for your land, your wildlife and your family to all live together. Nice going.
I used to bust holes in Beaver dams as a kid. They would always fix the holes in a day or two.
I applaud you for leaving the beavers. My first thought was kill everything and blow the dam with tannerite. Thanks for giving me a better perspective.
Good job on the pond renovation.probly got muskrats in there too.all wildlife benefitted.
I am insanely jealous of your property. I'd love to be able to have so much land, but in the uk, space is a bit cramped. It's also great to see the beavers haven't been moved on or killed, living together in harmony 😉
Thanks No-Ones! One of the things I like about TH-cam is that we get to experience each other's realities. I might think land here is expensive but in reality, it is cheap compared to other places in the world. Supply and demand. Here in Canada we have vast expanses of land and relatively few people. We can afford to have truly natural areas. Thanks, I really appreciate the comment.
I could just imagine what the beavers do at night, they’ll get their hardhats and start planning how to rebuild the dam after you made a hole in it. I can just imagine a beaver telling the other beavers to be safe, amping them up to boost morale. I just find it hilarious that there is actually a beaver that probably is the one in charge of safety.
That's very funny!
Beavers are the best engineers ever! Well done to you for outsmarting them without harming them, much respect!
M F the conditions allowed them to do so. I live in foot hills area have tried to build dam to hold back some water it failed after heavy rain fall, the water must came down so fast.
Great video and story. I think its great you found a solution without killing or trapping. Really, to outsmart the beavers in their habitat is no small thing. Hardest physical work I ever did was helping some friends take down a damn in Iowa. Handpicks, shovels, axes....unbelievable the engineering the beavers could accomplish. And the repairs they can do in a short time. It was a war of attrition, which eventually we won, but it took weeks. Other farmers in that area used dynamite and guns. To those who have issues with this consider the alternatives. This is a great solution Kevin, and you clearly care for your land and the wildlife on it. Great work, and thanks for sharing!
Thanks MrMajoco! Much appreciated! All the best!
You succeeded!
“We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.” Also Leopold.
Nice quote!
Excellent quote and it fits well!
I'ts Aldo - just being that guy....
This reminds me of when I was a boy. My Dad used to take me way out in the woods to go fishing on a beaver dam. One of my favorite childhood memories. The dam was huge, thick and very sturdy. We caught a lot of fish, but I never seen a beaver! Every year the Army corp of engineers would come out and blow up the dam, and every year it was quickly rebuilt, and we would fish again. I wonder how many taxpayer dollars were spent on blowing up that dam every year. It seems to me that the Army corp of engineers could have thought of your idea and saved a lot of time and money. Great Job!
The cost of sending a few guys out to blow the damn is actually pretty cheap. The cost per hour of having guys out there is what makes the blasting a cheap way to go about it. The blow a huge hole, lots of water drains, yeh the beavers rebuild but the drop in water level is a good short term solution.
I found your channel by accident. it's nice that you like and want nature around you and you take the time and effort to make sure it continues to thrive. you are living with nature and are not trying to kill it
Thanks Richard!
Watching your other video, I couldn't help thinking that the beavers were eyeing you from the treeline, thinking "Try to take down our dam, eh buddy? Just wait..." And sure enough, they even tried to plug the 3" pipes! You have your work cut out for you with those little critters, but great to see you're all sharing a lovely parcel of forest.
It's really just mind over matter. You don't mind, so they don't matter! It's your property, and you've dealt with the problem in an enviromentally safe manner. I'd bet some opinions would change if it were their property...
Smart, balanced stewardship. This is how our species should interact with our planet.
Wow, some of the comments here are really amazing. People take out their issues in the strangest places.
Kevin, thanks for this series. I'm planning to lower a beaver pond on my property using pipes. It is good to see how successful you were.
Thanks Brian! Good luck. If I was to do it again I would use even longer pipes, extending further into the pond and I would put elbow fittings on the intake side (facing up). I might even put a 'Y' fitting at the end and use two elbows. Anything to reduce the rate of flow helps to trick them.
@@KevinOutdoors Yes, I have seen where a downward 90 bend will totally fool them.
The regrown areas are amazing. In a year you may not be able to walk back there. Very nice.
It is neat to see how quickly things grow back. Nature abhors a vacuum. ATB.
Would love to see you setup some cameras so we can see the beavers in action! They sure are clever, love the videos, keep them comin!
Thanks Mark. I've thought about doing that. I need some motion activated cameras or something. They don't like to be seen.
@@KevinOutdoors Put deer cameras out on T-post
@@KevinOutdoors I'd watch that.
Thats what i was thinking
Santa brought be a trail camera. In the spring I may have some more beaver videos.
So Nice to see someone caring about the nature
Saw the pond at it's largest. Well done. I really like beaver, but they need to be kept in check, not eliminated. They do have a purpose, all the new game around your property, but all the ravaged land when not controlled. Enjoy your site.
Thanks Chip!
I applaud your approach to handling the situation. It was well thought out and executed. I would have trapped the beaver out of that particular pond, but only because I am a beaver trapper and know that more beaver will move in to take up the void. Also beaver meat is very good to eat, and the fur would supplement my income. I would not trap the other beaver because I love to have them around, except when they become a problem, as in your situation. You have some beautiful land, you are very fortunate. Thanks for sharing your experience.
Thanks Stillwater! Removing them will always be an option but if I can keep the pond lower I will continue with this method. We have lots of beaver on the land around us but this stream and pond is not connected to the other wetlands. Almost immediately after this pond the stream disperses into the forest and drains quickly into the ground water. There are ponds below us in elevation but they are almost a half mile away. Because it isn't connected by flowing water if the beavers ever leave here they will likely take longer to come back. We went almost 15 years without beavers at this spot.
You pay the land tax not the beavers screws the haters
Thanks Clough!
absolutely, the alternatived was to destroy the dam and trap the beavers, some people just need to be offended by something
A nice balance between ecology and coexistence. In Texas a lot of property owners would just shoot everything with a pulse.
Thanks Michael! Much appreciated!
Well done Kevin,a humane solution to animal problem.You are managing your land with skill,the beavers will manage the pond.👏👏👏👏👏
Thanks Roy!
I came here from the original video. Wow - only four months and the land is already regrowing native vegetation? Maybe that's normal - I'm just a city slicker and on the rare occasion I get to see nature it always leaves me awed. The best thing is that now the native animals who occupied this land before the dam can start to repopulate and rebuild the native ecosystem which was there first.
Nice video. I’m not worried about the beavers. Idea for you.... water through pipes turns water wheel, which turns car alternator, which charges batteries... first step toward free electricity. That what I would for sure do if the lands fits it.
Pretty cool idea bradrnstyle!
Trap the beavers and put them on a treadmill. Even more electricity.
Kidding. But you have a great idea. I've seen people use washing machine motors for this purpose. I'm not sure whether or not they work better than an alternator, but perhaps they are better sealed & suited for submersion.
The only thing I would have done differently is taken a cattle panel and rolled it up to about 1/4 of its size. Cut a 10 or 12 inch hole in it and ran a 10 or 12 inch culvert out. This would have given you about a 4 ft diameter screen that they would have to try and plug. Otherwise very good job. Always nice to live in harmony
Thanks Jay, I might add something like that if I need to.
I absolutely loved the content and narrative in this video. You live in a paradise and you’ve allowed your little furry friends to do the same. Thanks so much for sharing this with us.
Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪
Thanks Grey Line!
Our property is a lot like yours. I'm amazed at how big a tree a beaver can take down. My husband has had to remove many trees to keep our yard dry. Hopefully we don't have to do as much work as you had to do.
Thanks MacKenzie, I would have to cut a lot of trees to keep them away :)
@@KevinOutdoors we have been outside before and heard a noise to look up and see a large tree falling over.
If they figure that out, and defeat it, consider a bit different approach. A much larger pipe. Buried deeper, going through the dam. Coming out the downside of the dam far enough, that the end hangs well in the air. Inside the dam... Go farther in, as well. Then put an elbow in. And put in a standpipe. Make the top of that pipe, at the level you want the pond to be. Put an upside down cone, made of rebar, on top of that pipe, to prevent them from just sticking stuff in the top of the pipe.
Great suggestions. There are (expensive) commercial products like that. So far so good we will see what next season brings.
Best of luck with the current solution, seems to be doing the trick well so far :D
Then, on top of that inverted cone, install some motion sensors and sirens powered by a generator wired with underground wires (in conduit so the beavers cannot chew through the wires) far enough away so the beavers cannot hear it. Along with the sensors and sirens, just in case the beavers don’t get spooked off, install 5 submerged 3000 GPM pumps with float switches to keep the pond level where you want it and then at the same time, install several cameras so you can have 24/7 surveillance.
People will moan about anything these days. I felt bad for their hard work but it's sure as shit better than shooting them. You did it in a way where you both live and share the area together. Although if they ever figure out the pipes you run the risk of creating some scary smart beavers lol
Thanks! I may have created some real monsters.
Thanks for the update. It’s great that everyone wins. You and the beavers.
this was awesome to see the balance of nature and our needs, good job man.
You might find later that you'll have to put a large cage around the pipe inlets to make it more difficult for the beavers to plug those ends. They're smart little boogers.
Thanks Dan, I have seen commercial set ups like that. So far so good. I just cut a 21' pole and every 3 months in the ice free season I stick it up the tail end of the pipe and poke out any blockage. The pipes are also perforated and I think that helps a lot.
Ok, ready for another update.
Probably in the spring.
Well done you sorted the prob with no loss of life.Nice land by the way.
Thanks Wayne.
What a beautiful pond. Love your approach in working with the Beavers. What a great wildlife habitat you have there.
Thanks Lynn!
My dad would be in his mid 90' if he was still here and was a woodsman and outdoors man he once told me that if you have problems with Beavers damming up around your land. The easiest none harmful solution is to create a small oil slick by using Vegetable oil in a sealer jar with a small hole punched in the lid and sub merged by the Dam and as the oil leaks out it will create a thin slice on the top of the water. Beaver like to have oil free fur and will move their dam from that spot upstream. Any eatable oil used in foods is not harmful to the Animals and will be used by natural plants over time.
Interesting idea. I might try it in the spring.
Yes anywhere above the dam and make sure the oil is biodegradable so it's not harmful to the water table. Beavers have hollow hair to help them float and don't like oil getting on it. ADDED www.naturallynorthidaho.com/2013/01/several-ways-fur-can-keep-animals-war.htm
Although I am no fan of plastic in the wilderness I'm pleased to see that you were conscientious and sensitive about the wilderness and the local wildlife living on your property. This is the right way to live with nature and I am pleased to see you living in harmony with nature. It is a test of wills for sure, yours and the beavers. But I'm pleased that you enjoy having the beavers on your property. They are far more beneficial than they are detrimental as I'm sure you are already aware. Great Job. It pleased me that you did not need to use your rifle to kill the beavers. Just remember, they were there for thousands of years before you arrived. They will be around long after you've gone and your house has turned to dust... as long as you can keep living in harmony with them. Thanks for sharing your learning experience with us.
Thanks for sharing your perspective JW!
Harmony is a wonderful beaver hat.
You're cool, not totally destroying the balance of the beaver environ, cool, so many other vids w/o septic issues or ANY issues other than looking at beavers and dams as negative, you hot the best balance.
Thanks Jack!
Thank you for returning me to my pond. Love you.
I love your property .... So beautiful
Thanks! It has its own charm!
Kevin Outdoors Which state is it in?
Its a Mess and all that Wood rotting away will have a Big Forest Fire soon
,,,very good very nice ,,thanks for sharing,,,
Thanks James!
As others have said - I appreciate the balance you found!
I have drained a pond by starting a siphon with 4" hose using a valve on one side. Dunk the hose, purge the air, and then pull the valved side over the top and down to the lower ground, then open the valve.
Really cool idea. I may try that. Thanks Christopher!
Thank u for letting the beavers live an that was smat putting them pipes in.
You bet
The sound of running water makes beavers build.
Yes this is true. If you want to get the beaver to stop plugging the ends of you pipes get rid of the sound of running water.
The only way to please everyone is to never make a video...
LOL, yep. That is what this has taught me!
Screw the haters it's your land and your mother killing the beavers your trying to live side by side. Keep up the goodwork
You are a hateful person
I've seen a vid on here where land owners in the US installed a 12" pipe through a dam , then put a bellmouth overflow about 20 feet into the actual dammed up water . the level only goes to the level of the bell mouth and is quiet. Apparently Beavers are attracted to the sound of running water and will try and stop it. The size of the pipe prevents the dam over filling in times of heavy rain and so on .
Thanks, I have seen designs like that. It would be difficult to get heavy equipment into this area. It is possible but I would have to remove a lot of trees.
Mate I live in Australia and we Dont have Beavers, But Good on you for out witting them and finding a good healthy balance. Top Job! - I would like to see more of what it looks like today if you could make another video. I think you have done an amazing thing here! - Skorp, Western Australia
That was the best answer in the world!
Thanks!
Redoing the septic most likely won't even be a option.
The water table goes up and the soil won't perk.
Exactly. I would have to completely demolish the dam and bring the water table down/
Great method of dealing with the beavers. That’s an awesome property!
Thanks Alex.
My grandfather used to blow the dam when they blocked off the creek. He liked to be able to fish for rainbows that would swim up from a lake below.
Just pray they don’t grow opposable thumbs. They will take over the world
My greatest fear!
Gr8 clear did kev, but could you turn up the volume!.:-)
Thanks Del. I recognize my audio quality needs improvement. So far every video I have made has been with the free MovieMaker software that has limited audio control. I have a new computer on order and when that arrives I will be upgrading my editing software.
Beavers are fascinating creatures who hate running water. Experiments were run involving speakers set up to play the sound of running water near beavers in the wild, and they tried to dam the speakers. Just wanted to share!
Thanks Tim!
Great solution, I was really thinking I was going to see heavy equipment or a lot of tanerite being used. Was really hoping for tanerite but this solution works as well.
I hear beaver tacos are tasty. Lol nice balance they still have a pond and u have land that attracts other wildlife.
Glad to see how you done what you did without getting in a battle with the cry baby activist. You done a great job.
This seems like a great solution without scaring the beavers off. We will try it for our pond and see how it goes. Thanks!
Thanks and good luck! I highly reccomend using perforated pipes (drainage pipes) in the pond end. I think that is helping prevent them from clogging the pipes. If I was to do this again I would also probably install two sets of pipes. The first set as low as possible and another set a little higher so that when heavy rains come the pond drains faster. Elbows and y fittings are would also be a bit of an improvement but staggering the ends seems to work well. Again, good luck!
years ago we had a beautiful little spot we used to love to go picnic at. then the beavers moved in. Its amazing how they can decimate an area. Also at my folks place beavers moved in and while it didnt affect my parents property (on the hill side) it flooded the pasture of the farmer next door completely. His cattle had nowhere to eat and he had to do something about it or give up cattle farming. I understand your problem completely.
Thanks Robin!
You know anyone who is bothered by this isnt really thinking. It could be much worse for the beavers if you were to give up the land and a development were to be built. Then there wouldnt be multiple ponds for the beavers and they would likely be slaughtered. I think it is a nice compromise and good stewardship of the land. With you owning the land the beavers are likely to have a relatively safe location to live they just cant flood your home and septic :)
Thanks, glad somebody appreciates the balance here. Lots of detractors but I guess they live in deep urban environments and don't have a clue about this stuff.
Well I got my answer from the question I asked you the other post I'm glad to see the water level is down for you... But for me personally with the beaver count being as high as it is I would either Harvest a few of those beavers myself or have a fur trapper come in in Harvest a portion of those beavers for me to keep the ecology and check.... Don't worry about the haters that don't know nothing about living outside of their pretty city limits.... Beavers can destroy a person's land in a very short time if they're not kept in check they are very destructive animals..... And when their numbers good too many it brings other problems even to the Beavers themselves in their health and wellness.... Be blessed.... BBE 😀
Thanks Bobby. We did remove a couple during the previous winter. Obviously we missed a few.
Good job. Aint easy to out think a beaver. Nice balance.
Thanks Shoman Blues!
Good solution . Thanks for being good to the animals.
Beaver shenanigans can be good and bad to the surrounding land.
Yep, I love the beavers on our property. Just not this particular pond.
Beaver shenanigans, I like that.My experience is that it is how it starts, Beaver shenanigans and unfortunately evolves into an oh crap situation.
Don't push Beavers to corner they are extreme engineers ya Dam engineers 😆
You outsmarted the beavers!!! I have a problem with damns myself
That's really beautiful country though. I love pine forests. Thank you, very much, for finding a way to work WITH the beavers instead of eradicating them. They were here first. They deserve to live in peace too. Maybe not with the all out flooding, but like this it seems more amicable between you and the wildlife and that's important.
Thanks for that!
@@KevinOutdoors mhm! It's always great to live beside nature, and with it, than it is to force nature to conform to our standards.
And that my friends is where mosquitoes come from.
Yes. Mosquitoes that feed birds, fish, frogs, turtles, dragonflies and bats. A single bat can eat up to 1,000 mosquitoes per hour. They then go on to pollinate. Over 500 plant species depend on bats for pollination including mango, banana, guava, agave (which is used to make tequila) along with 300 species of fruit trees. The eco-system created by beaver wetlands is truly amazing.
ever thought of installing a small scale hydro plant? the pipes you have installed are half way there and the beavers are already maintaining your head of water for free!
Not a terrible idea!
I really enjoyed both videos. I thought they were very interesting and it was kind of fun to see how the beavers would make attempts to undo what you had done. It makes it kind of a fun game that way.
LOL, yes it is, thanks!
Hey man, you did it the best way you knew how. The beavers will survive and so will you. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Horsemen!
Good job KO! Stewardship in action.
Thanks WinterTrekker!
Hey man I hear that beaver tastes pretty god just letting you know 😂
This showed up on my recommended videos as I was watching videos of bee colony cutouts and trapouts, so I followed it over... glad I did. That's an ingenious idea you had! Thinking back on my years in the Scouts, I wonder if there's a merit badge for balanced wildlife management like that?
tangents aside, love the combination of engineering ingenuity and wildlife management skill you showed in this- acknowledging the value beavers bring to the land and balancing it against the damage to your property is a marvelous and well-thought solution.
Thanks Slavkei, I appreciate the thoughtful comment.
Now if that was my property, next step clean up the pond, make a good path to the pond and put in a bench and slowly level the land. That was a great approach to the water level with the pipes. Also maybe I don't know the lay of the land but why not create a stream closer to your house? Also with some water flow, hydroelectricity.
I have thought about some of these ideas. Any "improvement" to the course of the stream would require cutting a bunch of trees and hiring an excavator. Good enough the way it is now but thanks.
Well I made sure to go back and LIKE your other video. Made sure to do the same for ya on this one too. Thx Kev!! Keep it up. Nobody likes em pesky beavers. I prefer to shoot em. Bang Bang
Don't worry about ignorant people. So many people forget we are also a part of nature and are just as important as the wildlife.
Thanks Bill!
+Bill Barnes Well said, my sentiments exactly.
where i live in Poland there's too many wild animals, all they do is eat crops, and wonder 5 meters from buildings...
You forget that we depend on said wildlife to perform a multitude of services that we cannot do without. You harm nature, you harm yourself, in the long run. Many an impressive civilization has fallen this way, yet we seemed to have learned nothing from their mistakes. Now we are doing what they did but on a global scale. F***ing scary if you ask me.
Dustman- STFU! If you're so concerned, then why don't you buy every single property available and turn it into what you think is best!! Otherwise please STFU!
Just found your channel & subscribed. Thank you for sharing your beautiful land & knowledge.
Thanks for the comment and the sub! Much appreciated!
Cool video. I am a nature photographer but also a realist. You have to do what you have to do to protect you family! Great idea with the pipes!
Thanks!