Creating Miracles in the Desert: Restoring Dixie Creek

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2 жыл бұрын

Dixie Creek is a small stream near Elko, Nevada. Changes in livestock grazing practices resulted in the plants that naturally grow along streams to come back which eventually attracted beaver. The beaver built dams which captured and slowed stream flows, ultimately creating a landscape full of water and wildlife even during recent periods of severe drought. Interviews with stakeholders show how a recovered stream can benefit a wide range of interests and offer hope for a better future. The story of Dixie Creek’s recovery was produced by Reno, Nevada-based production company, Little Wild, and co-funded by the IWJV/BLM and NRCS/WLFW. www.partnersinthesage.com/blo...
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@jamesd2128 2 жыл бұрын

The beaver is a saviour in times of drought and times of flood, amazing creatures that need more recognition from the general public for doing infinitely more good than bad.

@craiga2002 2 жыл бұрын

Great. Take ours. Here in downtown Columbus Ohio we have those little brown b@st@rds raising he11 and Wildlife boys out here all the time catching and releasing... it ain't happy time for anyone!

@vintagethrifter2114 2 жыл бұрын

Beavers are a lot like man. They will destroy entire ecosystems for their own benefit.

@Theorimlig 2 жыл бұрын

@@vintagethrifter2114 They create new ones, though. Wetlands are threatened and lacking damn near everywhere humans have set foot!

@kirani111 2 жыл бұрын

@@vintagethrifter2114 their benefit is the ecosystem’s benefit, that’s the difference between them and us.

@vintagethrifter2114 2 жыл бұрын

@@kirani111 Beavers aren't flooding forests, mountain meadows and prairies for the ecosystems "benefit". They are doing it for their own benefit. Prairie dogs don't care who flooded their town. They just know that their colony has just become extinct. It's like the great Pacific garbage patch. Did you know that it is its own ecosystem, complete with plants, marine and bird life? We altered the original ecosystem and created a new one. It is the same thing beavers do but you want to give them a pass and blame humans for doing the exact same thing.

@shanegreen1360 2 жыл бұрын

This is miraculous. Don’t think that this is a story about only a mile or two of stream. Carol has done this with hundreds of miles of stream in Nevada!

@BobBob-nr1zt Жыл бұрын

now if only these folks could do something about their culture of white supremacy

@jamessparkman6604 8 ай бұрын

A few more trees growing in the desert and climate change, won’t be a problem anymore in fact, more biodiversity and less heat

@TomBTerrific 8 ай бұрын

Nothing miraculous about it! It called getting the hell out of the way! Simple don’t you think?

@xr6lad 20 күн бұрын

@@jamessparkman6604so you think you can change the earths temperature? Less heat? So then they’ll be complaints about worse winters?

@apmgold Жыл бұрын

Carol you deserve a medal. Not only for identifying what was causing the problem but then presenting your findings and getting the buy in from the people who, maybe inadvertently, contributed to the problem. Jon, you and you fellow ranchers are certainly a great bunch of people. Having the foresight to understand what Carol had identified and then picking it up and running with it. All in all a damn fine bunch of people making the land a much better and more sustainable. I hope lots of people use this as tale of how successful the outcome can be if people work together on a project. it may have taken a long time but I'm sure everyone felt the benefits from quite early on. Well done everyone involved, oh and a big shout out to Mr Beaver and his family for contributing also.👍

@jameswright2522 4 сағат бұрын

49 year old Englishman here and just wanted to say. Amazing Lady, Amazing story and everyone who listened to her and helped with this Amazing transformation, your all Amazing people. So nice to see life being made. I could have watched this for hours.

@TESLblog 2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations to the farmers, land managers and hunters for recreating and preserving that ecosystem. Keep up the great success! Greetings from Germany

@chrismckell5353 2 жыл бұрын

@@SimSim-zf9if it's easy to have 20 20 vision in hindsight. I wonder sometimes how people hundreds of years from now will view the actions of people who live now. 🤔

@djpjrn 2 жыл бұрын

Land managers, farmers and mostly hunters are people who contributes to ecosystem problems, farmers overuse the water and and these hunters endlessly killing wild animals just for recreation.

@minusinfinity6974 Жыл бұрын

@@chrismckell5353 20:20 hindsight, for god's sake its the 21st century not the 1900's. These things were known over 50 years ago and we still continue to rape the land. These types of success stories are a drop in ocean. Also what do the hunters have to do with anything? They are only looking for a good supply of prey to rebound.

@pam9470 Жыл бұрын

Ditto from the UK!

@Guitarzan8 Жыл бұрын

Esp the farmers. Either there was a massive pushback from them when the govt came in to “fix the problem”, or the problem they caused was so bad they didn’t care what anyone did to the stream. It’s sad they took and took from the land until it’s resources were gone instead of managing it as a resource all along.

@valerieheath-harrison9955 2 жыл бұрын

This is fabulous! I grew up during a time in the Great Basin where most of the drainages looked like the 1989 video and photos of Dixie Creek. I’m so happy to hear and watch this multi-interest group come together to restore something so precious in this dry country. Bless you all!

@cowsmuggler1646 2 жыл бұрын

How about the revitalize the human habitat for once.

@merrillbeck1575 2 жыл бұрын

Things like this is why I want to take over my dads ranch, so I can focus on putting in beaver dam analogs and pushing wholistic management further than my dad did when he got the ball rolling

@nmarbletoe8210 2 жыл бұрын

in Nevada? It is amazing how fast riparian veg can come back

@GaiaCarney 2 жыл бұрын

Beaver dam analogs are cool 😎 we can learn so much following nature’s example . . .

@katec9893 Жыл бұрын

That sounds like a really worthwhile goal. Learn as much as you can now whilst working alongside him and one day when the time is right and he's ready to retire you'll be ready to take over the ranch and continue his work.

@JohnReyst Жыл бұрын

Holistic

@arislopes1924 2 жыл бұрын

It’s amazing how everything is dried up for miles expect the immediate basin around the creek reminds me of the same effect the Nile river does In the Sahara

@nickp.4995 2 жыл бұрын

You can start to imagine what would happen if you start to reverse the damage humans have done to all of these creeks, rivers, etc. You can create green spots and permanent water throughout dry areas, it cools, changes weather, creates more rain, and makes everything else more fertile... which again starts another cycle of life and growth.

@Justwantahover 2 жыл бұрын

Not being a grand ma nazi but watch auto correct. It's a pain cos it can replace a word with a completely different word (if you accidentally press a wrong key). In your case you ment "except" but autocorrect made it "expect", it seems.

@felipeacosta5680 2 жыл бұрын

@@Justwantahover Yeah alright "Grandma Errors" 😂

@waynetyson3822 2 жыл бұрын

Or the Colorado River in Mexico?

@samsmom1491 2 жыл бұрын

And...man has managed to ruin the natural cycle of the Nile by building the Aswan Dam. Nature has been perfecting herself for millenia until humans came along, thought they knew better and destroyed the environment. .

@gardenerofthegalaxy 2 жыл бұрын

The permaculture ethos for watershed management is "slow it, soak it, spread it" and maximize each drop's participation in life-rich interactions between the point where it first enters your land and the point where it finally leaves your land.

@brutusbarnabus8098 2 жыл бұрын

Beavers are second only to man in modifying their environment to suit their needs. They really are incredible creatures who get little recognition.

@duotronic6451 2 жыл бұрын

An argument could be made that man is second to Beaver in several ways.

@Maurazio 2 жыл бұрын

@@duotronic6451 man up to medieval times shaped the environment in ways that also increased biodiversity, similar to beavers. they created small open areas in the woods, etc. The problem is intensive agriculture and ranching which is still fairly recent history.

@waynetyson3822 2 жыл бұрын

@@Maurazio "We" moved from being social (cooperation) to cultural (competition). "We" didn't get kicked out of Eden, we defiled it. The whole Earth was an "Eden" and could be again. Let us work to reconcile the needs and works of humankind with those of the Earth and all of its life.

@johnathanschuman6505 2 жыл бұрын

As a Christian we humans after the fall into sin brought selfishness and lack of love of creation to humanity. We were meant to be the perfect caretakers for the planet as God's creation but after the fall we lost the ability to be perfect caretakers of the planet due to greed and selfishness.

@kloewe6069 2 жыл бұрын

Haha, beavers are easily no. 1. Seeing as they are not the ones who created the destruction in the first place.

@sixfigureskibum 2 жыл бұрын

I ran inmate fire crew for utah state 97 and 98. We fenced off alot of riparian zones for BMP to achieve these same results

@nmarbletoe8210 2 жыл бұрын

good job eh

@Get_Splooshed Жыл бұрын

Carol out here literally changing the world what a trooper

@TheZinmo 2 жыл бұрын

Beavers in the desert.... Unbelieveable.

@everythingisfine9988 2 жыл бұрын

Beavers used to be all over North America. Happy seeing them making a come back 🦫

@zenolachance1181 2 жыл бұрын

@@everythingisfine9988 yes everywhere. all the way down to Mexico

@lawrencemckeon6802 2 жыл бұрын

We need a lot more of this. Great to see. Nature just needs a little support, then it makes a huge difference. Beavers are awesome, and they are just one of thousands or millions of creatures that exist to maintain a diverse and healthy ecosystem.

@erfan4244 2 жыл бұрын

You're right about nature needing human support to thrive but most of the time its after the human themselves has degraded the land, ironic right? Nature was long here before us and actually were doing better without us! Although humans can have a pretty good role to play among other species in this planet instead of battling the thing that gave us life...

@chrismckell5353 2 жыл бұрын

@@erfan4244 I think a lot of the ancient cultures have a better understanding of living with the land. We are a part of it yet we are encouraged to see ourselves as apart from it. I don't think this view benefits the world including most of us.

@marilynaicardi1860 23 күн бұрын

This story makes my heart sing! Thank you, Carol, and all the other unsung heroes who dedicate their lives to returning our land to the way Nature intended it to be. THANK YOU!! ❤❤❤

@daveg1640 2 жыл бұрын

G'day I'm in Australia and we have been dong a similar thing here with great results.Looks good keep up the good work and well done.

@AussieAquatic 2 жыл бұрын

G'day Dave.........Exciting isn't it!!!

@vossejongk 2 жыл бұрын

Make a video about it !

@noguruespanol 2 жыл бұрын

I remember & enjoyed the Australian Story of bringing back the creeks & sadly a millionaire philanthropist who devoted a lot for the cause dies young of cancer & touchingly wanted to be burried in a hand made basket like coffin. My respect

@noguruespanol 2 жыл бұрын

@@vossejongk kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oK5drZCUzbqopn0.html

@noguruespanol 2 жыл бұрын

@@vossejongk kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oK5drZCUzbqopn0.html if U can't open this, go to Australian story, Land regeneration 2017

@ronaldrhatigan7652 2 жыл бұрын

A watershed manager once told me his job was capturing and safely releasing water. Dixie Creek is an excellent example.

@russellringland1399 2 жыл бұрын

It's too easy. Just bring Beaver and keep everyone from shooting them. The Beavers will do the work.

@zenolachance1181 2 жыл бұрын

@@russellringland1399 nobody shoots Beaver. They won't come back until the habitat can support them. Beaver haven't been Hunted hard for 100 years. There are so many beavers in New England now, we don't know what to do with them all. It is just a matter of giving them space to live

@gardenerofthegalaxy 2 жыл бұрын

@NDwhITeBoYZ 2 жыл бұрын

@@zenolachance1181 We need more in the PNW, i have only seen a few in the wild.

@zenolachance1181 2 жыл бұрын

@@NDwhITeBoYZ I'm sure New Hampshire would love to give you some

@tomardans4258 2 жыл бұрын

My dad grew up on a ranch exactly in this area. He would have loved to see this.

@jimf1964 2 жыл бұрын

Up north here in Canada we have some pretty flat areas where beaver will flood huge areas, including homes, but in a valley, or rivers like that, they usually just make ponds like you have there, and then the water flows out of it. They don’t stop the river like people think, unless there’s no more input. People always used to break down the dams thinking they stop the water flow.p, but that’s impossible. If the flow stops, it’s because there is no water coming in, and consider yourself lucky the beaver made a reservoir

@macw2234 2 жыл бұрын

Greetings from the Netherlands. Phenomenal. Thank goodness there are folks like yourselves that care about environmental health.

@user-md9yv7jx2c 8 ай бұрын

I used to fish for trout in Buffalo Spring I think, near Orovada, NV. You could step across it in most places but it had plenty of trout. Good to see people looking out for these places.

@Nuggettfaz 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic. I'm an Aussie who has lived in arid areas and seen the effects of over grazing and poor land management. The simple strategy of slowing down the water flow (I wish we had beavers) and reducing the time stock feeds on the vegetation is so conducive to the health of our waterways and native ecosystems. Smaller paddocks and faster rotation of stock so that they don't over eat/stress the areas has shown to be both better for the land and better for profits. No matter how much we all wish we could make everything a National Park or protected land, the reality is most of it will be owned and operated as a business. Farmers and graziers have to make money to look after their families and survive just like the rest of us. Initiatives like this, tick all the boxes. Just because our forefathers did things in a certain way, it doesn't disrespect them to learn and adopt better methods when it ultimately benefits everyone. People, animals. plants and the water table. Again fantastic. It makes me feel good to see people making a real difference and caring for the land. Cheers from Australia.

@carrieullrich5059 Жыл бұрын

If you import beavers, you need to import predators too, or they will make a mess like they are in South America. On a positive note, predators that eat beavers would also eat rabbits. ❤

@markvanderstelt8999 3 ай бұрын

that is blm land those farmers do not own the land we all do they graze dirt cheap and many destroy the rivers with there cows if they want to be on the land they need to do what these farmers did.

@brettstone87 2 жыл бұрын

Love to see ranchers, locals, BLM, and others working TOGETHER. Way to go! Everybody benefits!

@jimmiller5600 2 жыл бұрын

Beaver has been extinct in the UK since the mid-1500's. They've been reintroduced in several places since 2009. They're thriving. Everybody keep up the good work.

@LimeyLassen 5 ай бұрын

I've heard euro beavers were bred with american ones to bolster their gene pool.

@twelve11 Жыл бұрын

This is Incredible. Every single American should watch this and every single American should do their part to restore the country's natural beauty

@sparkywatts3072 Жыл бұрын

This needs to happen around the world! Kudos to all who helped make this happen.

@Argrouk 8 ай бұрын

Many places around the world have been doing this for hundreds if not thousands of years. It's modern, industrial farming that has tried to take shortcuts to save money. I live on a cattle farm in Scotland, our cows are regularly moved around, several times a year, and we have more water than we will ever need. It's not just about the water, it's feeding the soil and letting it recover. Too many people over the years have said "over grazing is the problem", but what they mean is land management is the problem. The waste from cattle etc is vital to the whole system.

@wendyscott8425 7 ай бұрын

@@Argrouk You only move your cattle around several times a year? Regenerative ranchers that I know of in the US move them every day!

@Argrouk 7 ай бұрын

@@wendyscott8425 I understand how that may sound, but let me make two things clear that might explain things. Firstly, the land is sound, it is not healing after years of abuse. It is well hydrated with regular rain, bordered by hedgerows and trees in a biodiverse landscape, and free from chemical "assistance", and has been for generations. This is not regenerative, this is stopping it going bad in the first place. Cattle do not graze anywhere near watercourses. Secondly, our herds are smaller and pastures are larger (on a per cow basis) than most US commercial ranches. Cattle do not march in a line like a cartoon fever dream lawn mower stripping the land bare, but are free to roam and frolick in a space that they do not come close to clearing before they are moved.

@wendyscott8425 7 ай бұрын

@Argrouk Cool, sounds like heaven!

@pracillabain4218 8 ай бұрын

With the waters rising all countries that have desserts or suffer heavy draughts need to adopt this idea. Well done Nevada! ❤

@ar1701 2 жыл бұрын

Wish there were more things like this on youtube win win instead of argue argue

@Rzagski 2 жыл бұрын

When there is water and rolling foothills like that it also brings back and hold populations of Sage grouse, Hungarian and Chukar partridge, not mention larger mammals.

@r0cketplumber 2 жыл бұрын

"Welcome to our drought," as she wades knee-deep. Rockin'

@holzmann8443 Жыл бұрын

This woman's beaver singlehandedly saved Nevada.

@ziaarastu7519 7 ай бұрын

It's good to see some people repairing the land instead of damaging.

@brandon7482 2 жыл бұрын

I have land 20 minutes from Dixie Creek great to see how good it looks.

@Brandonthesnifferofall Жыл бұрын

Beautiful work.. our public lands are such a special thing ❤️

@fuferito 8 ай бұрын

All of us Canadians appreciate all the good work our national spirit animal does around the world.

@TheClassyArchitect Жыл бұрын

Man, the effect that one small change can make. Inspiring.

@yoopermann7942 2 жыл бұрын

that is what i learned from a old couple that were /lived to be in their early 100s, if you have beavers on your land you will always have water even in drought times,, so i took their advice and never trapped more then 2 beaver out of a colony unless they were causing damage to roads or field crops ,i was a damage control trapper at one time when i was younger and healthy,, so yup beaver are oth good and bad,, in this case they are really really good

@martingoodef811 Жыл бұрын

It’s a great positive story, a theme I love. There are Dixie creeks all over the world right now that need help

@FlaviusMaximus1967 8 ай бұрын

Beaver. Man's best friend.

@bradleytenderholt5135 Жыл бұрын

What a fantastic story and such a remarkable lady!

@zenofthemoment Жыл бұрын

Beautiful! Not too far from us. I’d love to see more streams restored in the arid west. I drive semi in the region for a living, and pass so many former stream beds that look like Dixie at the start of this restoration project…barren, dry, ghosts of themselves. Would absolutely love if every canyon and valley looked like Dixie does today! Great work everybody!

@petersterling5334 Жыл бұрын

So Great to see what Miracles can happen when People understand that Beavers are So Critical to our Healthy Streams and Creeks especially in Desert type landscapes! Thanks for the Video!

@leroytrujillo11 2 жыл бұрын

I grew up in Ely around Cave lake Cummings lake illipah lake in the Ruby marshes. So much outdoor fun I never even realized I was in a desert, this is a good story !

@maieldmik5233 2 жыл бұрын

What a great example of conservation work.well done people, from NZ 🇳🇿

@ignatiuskhan 2 жыл бұрын

The feel better video of the day. Congrats from France.

@darrellschulte3868 2 жыл бұрын

Wow ! Imagine if we had more state employees like this in general. Across the nation

@calcrappie8507 2 жыл бұрын

Recharging the water table is a huge benefit. The ranchers probably appreciate that.

@I_Am_SciCurious 8 ай бұрын

It’s so nice to see the hard work and perseverance of people trying to improve the world bear fruit. Well done! This is beautiful!

@joeyricefried9621 2 жыл бұрын

When we work together, great things happen. Awesome!!

@marinangeli3250 2 жыл бұрын

I watch the daily news and my heart despairs, seeing so little light shed on what truly threatens our future… the decimation of the miraculous balance of Nature. I find this video and my heart rejoices. Like Dixie Creek, it has been replenished and renewed. Just knowing there are others out there who understand and care, who are planting seeds of wisdom and compassion, replenishes my resolve and renews my strength to never give up. Thank you so very much!!!

@lindapolle1665 2 жыл бұрын

Learn and teach Permaculture. It has answers.

@JoePesty 4 ай бұрын

I love stories like this. We can do so much better.

@terrysteichen873 Жыл бұрын

This is being done in many parts of the world. So exciting and encouraging 😁

@dac545j 2 жыл бұрын

It is a very impressive sight to see the rejuvenation of the creek. It is also a very well-made video. Good luck with enlarging the project. By the way, beavers are just coming back into the UK in a few places. You can check out the progress of "re-wilding" in the UK - and how the reintroduction of beavers is helping the process - at various places on KZfaq.

@williamchamberlain2263 2 жыл бұрын

Giant Wet Mice are an ecologically important species.

@carolevans1829 2 жыл бұрын

So cool to hear about the work in the UK! Thanks!

@davidhuston495 2 жыл бұрын

A powerful restoration. Hope this spreads to the other basins. So beautiful. Congratulations Carol Evans!

@mountainhobbit1971 8 ай бұрын

it is nice to know there are ranchers out there that are genuinely interested in working with nature and not being so hyper focused on just cattle and that water in the desert is a good thing. I am southwestern New Mexico and this is definitely not the case.

@minyoung823 2 жыл бұрын

So, aside from the land managers and the cooperative people in the area the second heroes in these story are The Beavers 😁

@huskypilot6305 2 жыл бұрын

One smart woman and many brilliant beavers.

@GaiaCarney 2 жыл бұрын

Intermountain West Joint Venture 🌱 thank you for sharing this story of land rehabilitation! Beavers build healthy habitats 💕 wonderful scientists

@kentkachigian7035 3 ай бұрын

I rarely see quail near grazing, Excellent work

@jasonpost5735 2 жыл бұрын

This is an amazing and inspiring story! I'm sure it will serve as an example of how multiple use management, when done correctly, can benefit all parties. Thank you, Carol, for having the foresight to document conditions 32 years ago and sticking with the goal! Do you remember your week at the Tozitna River fish camp with my crew and me ;)

@carolevans1829 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Jason! So cool to hear from you. Do I remember Tozi? That was the best experience of my life! I have long wondered how the salmon runs are doing here. News about salmon everywhere seems pretty grim. Are you still in Alaska?

@BillyBobFishtail Жыл бұрын

I can't agree more! And I too remember our week at the Tozi Fish Camp. Unforgettable.

@gogreenlocally 10 ай бұрын

This is so wonderful! We heard about this recently and was so happy to come across this video. What an amazing story of how things can recover with the right knowledge to manage land correctly. Thank you so much for all that you've done to make this happen! Bravo!

@alainvosselman9960 Жыл бұрын

Waw ! You guys are showing a way of life i never knew existed. These actions are not being shown on tv or they might show one project. Lately i realize there's so many groups spread all over the world, often connected thru the internet... I want to be a part of that. I live in Belgium, we don't have these dry places but i sure like to join in the nearest dry region which is Spain. Than you for being an inspiration ❤

@KnightKing06 11 ай бұрын

I love it you said every stream has their own story.

@holliegould3463 2 жыл бұрын

hey youtube can you recommend way more vids like this i really really love seeing nature heal herself 🥰

@replica1052 2 жыл бұрын

when every living cell holds an ocean within water wants to flow slow

@davedaddy101 Жыл бұрын

This is such an awesome story. So inspiring that it isn’t too late for us to change the world. Thank you for sharing.

@Ekstrax Жыл бұрын

They're right to be proud of it! Amazing job

@TerreHauteRemoteGoat Жыл бұрын

I love success stories like this! Folks need to know what's possible!

@mauricebrown9094 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful, Inspire ring, Thank you for your keen stewardess around the area. You have all made a different to our world.

@stevesmith236 Жыл бұрын

In Australia we don't have beaver but to revive creeks we use bolders to slow the water down and create pools of water that soak in and revive to surrounding landscape. This will save the environment better than supposed green energy like solar panels.

@pjaro77 5 ай бұрын

Very beatiful contrast between dry chaparral biome and riparian zone. I appreciate the people will to make a world to be a better place and to restore damaged nature.

@challis5513 Жыл бұрын

What a fantastic job. That lady belongs to the land

@th484953 2 жыл бұрын

It is nice seeing positive stories that are at least tangentially related to climate change. I wish this video was bigger but I thank you for making it and thank the KZfaq algorithm for recommending it to me!

@bruns.like.spoons9251 2 жыл бұрын

Hear hear

@miketackabery7521 Жыл бұрын

I'm especially impressed that the ranchers haven't been negatively affected. That's the real thing here. That actual useful business can thrive along with everything else.

@carrieullrich5059 Жыл бұрын

Ranchers need the beaver dams to raise the water table in surrounding land. Ranches aren't the only useful thing either... Fish thrive in beaver ponds as well as hundreds of other species in the food chain. Removing the beavers ruined the area, and that was a decision by human hunters and ranchers. Restoring habitat for beavers improves the land around streams immensely.

@johnbarker419 8 ай бұрын

I've become more and more interested in these stream and wetlands restoration efforts, how they can be accomplished with incredibly low-tech and on an extremely small scale, and how they heal the whole environment around them.

@tannerbriggs9127 Жыл бұрын

"We've been doing it this way for generations" mentality is one that's hard to lose. Glad they chose to.

@CharlesDParker 2 жыл бұрын

This is fantastic. Thank you for sharing. I spent my formative years in Wyoming, where you can see this same damage from grazing everywhere you go. Little effort has be put forward to restore the streams and creeks from grazing damage. I could name several streams there that need some of this management.

@lindapolle1665 2 жыл бұрын

Teach them Permaculture.

@AJNpa80 2 жыл бұрын

Wish we could bring back the bison and the beaver in a big way across the west.

@Alexander-rq9he Жыл бұрын

Contact someone at your local BLM and initiate a project..meet with ranchers and show them this video..go for it!

@jadedseoul76 2 жыл бұрын

This is such an awesome story of rebirth! I applaud everyone's efforts over the years to bring this area back to vitality! NGL, i shed a few tears after watching this. Gives me hope for us humans to be able to work together for a common goal, regardless of differing backgrounds.

@IndridCool54 7 ай бұрын

Amazing! Kudos to the ranchers for following science. Really beautiful.

@juliekeeney1538 Жыл бұрын

Imagine this little animal basically doing all the work for us and restoring things that we have all but destroyed

@anditravels_ Жыл бұрын

This is so wonderful to witness. I wish they would do this where I live in Utah. There seems to be zero focus on rejuvenation of the land. Cows everywhere all the time is not land management.

@holliegould3463 2 жыл бұрын

when i see examples of the earth bouncing back in our absence, i think about how beautiful our world must have been before we became sick with greed. can you imagine if we all vanished for 30 years and came back? can you imagine how much the world would heal?

@somap8380 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks to all the tireless workers who work for the betterment of all. 🙏🏽🙏❤️

@MessyTimes 2 жыл бұрын

I was just out on Lake Mead last month and it is at the lowest point in decades. Nevada is crazy dry; so it is great to see incremental change like this.

@augere9620 2 жыл бұрын

California needs this type of management. We wouldn't have forest fires if they managed the WHOLE ecosystems. This work that was done at Dexie Creek is amazing! Can't wait to see what it will look like in 30 years.

@willmin439 2 жыл бұрын

Forest fires are actually natural and important.

@augere9620 2 жыл бұрын

@@willmin439 yes the are very important, but that doesn't mean you don't manage fires to control the burning. Look at Florida there are fires every summer, but you don't see whole towns being burned down.

@Nitka022 Жыл бұрын

Wow and wow! How amazing was that?? Mars and bountiful, rich Earth....so well done by all the people involved...You give Mother Nature a helping hand, leave her be, and she is so so generous in return...But the true heroes here are the beavers...those cute, hard working engineers of the rivers and the land...they create pure magic...:-))))

@carolevans1829 Жыл бұрын

You nailed it Thanks!!

@Leningrad_Underground 2 жыл бұрын

See this and "Weep". Tears of hope and joy.

@quercus4730 2 жыл бұрын

Education and hard work. Makes miracle.

@palhod 2 жыл бұрын

Or maybe just stop to eat cows and drink milk so grazing won’t be a problem for these lands.

@lindapolle1665 2 жыл бұрын

@@palhod Un managed grazing is the problem. Permaculture teaches balance. Grazing is part of nutrient recycling. Think systems.

@ebbeb9827 2 жыл бұрын

amazing stuff. We have sort of the same problem in Scotland with too much grazing by an inflated deer population. Unfortunately the natural predators have been extinct for many hundreds of years

@alexriddles492 2 жыл бұрын

In the U S we have an author and restorative farmer by the name of Joel Salatin. He has a saying about such things. "If you don't have pigs, you'll have to do the pigs job." Maybe that applies to wolves also.

@jimmiller5600 2 жыл бұрын

In Michigan we have 245,432 deer-vehicle crashes with about 10 fatalities. Too bad the wolves are gone.

@Drskopf 2 жыл бұрын

Are the authorities over there looking for a solution? Or they are still trying figure what to do with the excessive amount of deers?

@jimmiller5600 2 жыл бұрын

@@Drskopf Not very much. Decades ago the deer herd was much smaller due to over-hunting and reduced habitat. Changes in the economy, land management and a new generation of citizens with a reduced interest in hunting has driven the increase of the herd.

@pvtimberfaller 2 жыл бұрын

Funny, we have wolves here in Oregon and no deer.

@user-jd9kg3pd9z 7 ай бұрын

Great video! Fantastic team work. Beautiful results. Thanks for all your work, every one of you. Sincerely, Pete

@DLKUNATHIII 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful work, great video, thanks for showing us an example!

@tedc.4956 2 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful video! Gives me hope to see folks with different interests all working together and making something wonderful happen.

@glennfabian 8 ай бұрын

We need to bring the beavers back everywhere if possible.

@Mr38thstreet Жыл бұрын

Great visuals with the before and after photos. Very important educational tool to show what is possible.

@cliffcampbell8827 2 жыл бұрын

I would love to see this happen all across Nevada (I live in the Reno area) because this state needs the water. It would be great to see some more green than just along the Truckee River. New swimming holes, new fishing spots...I'm all for that, just so long as our native animal species don't lose their habitats (i.e. Leopard lizard, Zebra tail lizard - our indigenous reptiles...and insects and mammals and our avians too, of course, but I have a real big soft spot for our resident reptile inhabitants).

@waynetyson3822 2 жыл бұрын

Stop landscaping, for one thing. It's a matter of whether we insist upon continuing to change the world to suit our demands instead of fulfilling the needs (sans demands) of all, that we can save our children. I'll be leaving soon, and so will everybody in good time . . .

@johnganshow5536 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!! Fantastic job. Almost like the restoration that happened here in Arizona with the headwaters of the Verde river after the cows were removed...

@lindapolle1665 2 жыл бұрын

Cows can help. Check out Permaculture.

@waynetyson3822 2 жыл бұрын

They still graze livestock, they just do it rotationally. And "sustainably."

@The_Mess85 11 ай бұрын

On google maps you can see the stark contrast between the restored streams and the ones that haven't been restored. The difference is amazing, and kind of depressing too, given how little has been restored.