Let it Burn or Cut it Down

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@DesertDog8989 22 күн бұрын

"Fires add nutrients into the soil and allows for a renewal." Well said.

@dereckcensner4647 22 күн бұрын

Certain types need the fire to open their pine cones to reseed

@mikemcphaden80 22 күн бұрын

Too many so called nature lovers haven't got a clue of how things actually work. It's all about the 5 second clip and jump on the band wagon. Get out of your box and experience the real world before you start dictating how things should be. Thanks Sean for taking us there and the first hand knowledge.

@user-vx5rw1gs1r 19 күн бұрын

Well Shawn, we now know how those fires affect a lot of us in the U.S. We are experiencing a lovely light show over the past few days, but the intense smoke over MN. And Iowa is hard on the lungs and our eyes.

@marymcmanus 22 күн бұрын

You are so right on point. I am living in a forest that has been neglected. As a result, the State has decided our forest is dead because it hasn’t been maintained . Years ago it was recommended that we take down some of the older trees to allow new growth. It was voted down. We are now dealing with old trees falling on our camps. Thanks for your very important info. ❤

@Esoj. 22 күн бұрын

Unfortunately when people hear of logging they automatically think of irresponsible logging and not managed logging. For the longest time I thought that cutting down a tree was bad in almost all scenarios. Your videos and others have taught me that there can be a benefit to it when done responsibly. Thank you for being patient and explaining things without blowing up like many would’ve done in your position. All of the repeated comments hating on the fact that you are cutting down some trees in your property must get old pretty fast, so I really appreciate your patience and willingness to explain your actions it definitely does not go unnoticed. It really does make a difference and helps educate others who would’ve otherwise never bothered to hear you out if you had reacted anger. Fighting the good fight 👍🏻 thank you!

@bunny_smith 20 күн бұрын

Extolling the virtues of managed logging does not negate the fact that clear cutting takes place. A lot. Do you have any idea how much of the totality of logging is clear cut vs managed?

@Esoj. 20 күн бұрын

@@bunny_smith I understand that and I agree with you that unfortunately there is still a lot of clear cutting being done. But I think people should try to keep an open mind and not always jump to conclusions. Like I mentioned in my comment I used to automatically think that people were hurting the environment if I saw anyone cutting down a tree, but have since learned that there is a benefit to it if done responsibly. We don’t always have to be on the defensive, we should try to understand first and judge/comment after.

@aliceschmid9697 22 күн бұрын

I was just looking at what my youtube is suggesting i watch this Saturday morning. And ALL of it, --- people suffering from rare diseases, amazon screwing people over, politcs ---- were making me anxious. Coud just feel myself getting stressed. And then I saw you Shawn, and breathed a sigh of relief. THANK YOU!

@swisschalet1658 22 күн бұрын

Whenever you get "recommendations" like that, click the 3 dots to the right of the video and click "do not recommend channel".

@coryallison8087 22 күн бұрын

I used to cringe and complain when I saw cut blocks then I went for a walk through one two years after it was logged. I was as amazed at how much new plant life there was and how diverse it was.

@leekent3325 22 күн бұрын

Our forest burnt down over a 100 years ago. Completely grown back but has been logged twice and slash left everywhere! We clean it as much as we can but will never have it done in my lifetime! We bought the property 7 years ago and once we do clean an area that the loggers left behind 100’s of new trees come up! 🌲

@letun100 22 күн бұрын

it is dream

@ArchersGearheadGarage 22 күн бұрын

You do a great job explaining the natural process and the actual benefits fire brings. Wish schools would teach kids this instead of the BS they teach em now....

@zekemedia1310 22 күн бұрын

Spot on

@justthink5854 22 күн бұрын

@@zekemedia1310 the man is evil Bambi and Smokey the Bear propaganda has left unhealthy forests in the US and Canada.

@jet4415 22 күн бұрын

I am a teacher and live in a super Red southern state. The state’s Dept of Education has step by step requirements of what we teach in the classroom. This state is run by Republicans not left wingers so make sure you’re pointing your blaming index finger in the right direction.

@dustinsmith4068 22 күн бұрын

@@jet4415You made up a partisan scenario in your own head Ms. Teacher. No one said anything about left or right wing. You made his point perfectly.

@dustinsmith4068 22 күн бұрын

@@jet4415And the department of education should be abolished. Good day.

@andyfunke9484 22 күн бұрын

Every mushroom picker knows that after a fire these become the best places to go harvesting. Wild blueberries flourish in logging cuts. Natives use to set the forest and grasslands on fire because of the benefits.

@travispluid3603 22 күн бұрын

I grew up as the son of a log truck driver here in Montana, and I've seen more and more the consequences of a heavy logging slowdown- every year the fires burn again and again through hundreds or thousands of acres. The wildlife are also getting pushed out of the dense forest, where deadfall and undergrowth have completely blocked certain sections of the woods. Those would normally have been cleared by fires burning through, but they haven't. And now, they're tinderboxes just waiting to catch a massive wildfire, while all the wildlife are pushed out of the over-dense forests that we've made by a lack of logging, and by preventing forest fires.

@JeffWinter1 22 күн бұрын

Don't object to responsible logging in parks but object when the funds aren't used for the park and the onus for park funding is put back on the patrons.

@sandithompson5265 22 күн бұрын

Some people just don’t understand the concept of being responsible for taking care of the earth 🌍 and keeping everything healthy and productive just keep on keeping on ❤😊

@shirleyannconfer9651 22 күн бұрын

I don’t remember where I read it, but some pine trees require fire temperatures for their seeds to disperse.

@ShawnJames1 22 күн бұрын

Jack pines in particular need heat to melt open their seed cones.

@kevinvaters2526 22 күн бұрын

The lodgepole pine here in BC also require fire to open their cones. Scientists refer to those cones as being semi serotinous.

@renevandenborre3629 22 күн бұрын

So do sugar pines in the siera nevada

@dereckcensner4647 22 күн бұрын

Yep

@prehman2899 17 күн бұрын

Ponderous as well

@CliffordJessup 22 күн бұрын

As a child growing up in Iroquois Falls Northern Ontario I thought Algonquin Park was just a rock pile covered in White Pine stumps. my grand parents stories of the White Pine cutting and rafting down the Ottawa were what I grew up on . Many of the old families in Iroquois Falls moved North to work in the bush for Abitibi Paper Company after the Pine ran out in the Ottawa valley. it's interesting that an industry that predates not just Algonquin Park but the Dominion of Canada is active in the area. The big challenge for the Park is that of the huge mass of humanity just south in the GTA and being loved to death by campers.

@dereckcensner4647 22 күн бұрын

Agreed on the pressure on Algonquin from the gta. BTW, my aunt was from Iroquois Falls

@DavidJones-ly9bh 22 күн бұрын

The canoe ..point of view ..is a wonderful perspective...and thanks so much for sharing that wisdom.

@timkeagy4094 22 күн бұрын

Every year here in California, we have wildfires. It takes a few years after a fire comes through for the forest and the brush to come back heartier and more lush than it was before. Back in 2018, we had two major fires rip through my area. We were completely surrounded by fire. Now in 2024, the burn area is lush, and the tree’s that did burn and survived, are more heartier. And for the areas where the fires burned tree’s completely to the ground, the saplings and seeds, are growing to beautiful trees. So, where the fire is destructive and the smoke thick, the overall ending is it truly helped the forests and brush.

@letun100 22 күн бұрын

fire helped and threw hundred and hundred thousends pounds CO2 into the environment

@timkeagy4094 22 күн бұрын

As it has for thousands and thousands of years.

@letun100 22 күн бұрын

@@timkeagy4094 it was for thousands and thousands of years When the climate was stable-nowdays fire is very very dandreous phenomenon and forest can die completely

@bobbie_art 22 күн бұрын

Thousands and thousands years ago homo erectus or maybe other homo species invented making fire. This was a game changer for the climat.

@dereckcensner4647 22 күн бұрын

@bobmeegdes5578 I can only assume you're being sarcastic.

@betty27246 22 күн бұрын

Nice educational video. Just think young people are growing up and they dont know what a forrest is..nor do they understand how nature works...thats why your videos are so great.

@vee_emm_jay_ess 22 күн бұрын

The title of this video reminds me of what John the Baptist said, "The axe is already at the root of the tree, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire".

@Firetiger93 22 күн бұрын

In what context was it said?

@leevalley6851 22 күн бұрын

@@Firetiger93 context...Matthew 3:7-12 (KJV) 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: 9 And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. 10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: 1

@Firetiger93 22 күн бұрын

@@leevalley6851 Nifty. Thanks

@rogjackson 21 күн бұрын

And the productive/utilitarian use of the timber (as opposed to being burned) seems like something worth valuing. Also avoids (at least initially) the hydrocarbon release from burning due to wildfire.

@watermanone7567 3 күн бұрын

I grew up with about 200 chickens in northern New England and the chicken house had wooden floors and breathed thru the eves. Sawdust and shavings were used on the floor and they all room to roost. Never tried to raise them on cement floor. Good luck with that.

@metricdeep8856 16 күн бұрын

A true Canadian camping experience....wet and overcast. Somehow...the best memories.

@timklassen421 22 күн бұрын

God blessed Shawn James with a sound mind and common sense kind of rare now a days

@yvobalcer 22 күн бұрын

Last year, the fires of Canada actually came down to my home in New Jersey. It was awful so, I agree, logging should happen.

@texmex2321 22 күн бұрын

Could not agree more with your thought process. Nature has been doing things long before we arrived on the scene. Maybe we should follow her lead as you have adopted so well. Thanks for posting your thoughts.

@lindapetersen1800 19 күн бұрын

SHAWN & OUR CALI !!! Oh I hear you !!! I just came from Northern Wisconsin it was hazy with smoke as you drove along the way !!! Some points it was hard to see just a mile or 2 ahead of driving !!! But I know it is for the good of the land !!!

@MynewTennesseeHome 22 күн бұрын

It's a lot easier to manage logging than a wildfire. Here on the mountain bedrock is near the surface and as a result when the trees mature they too tall for the soil to support them and they fall, so rather than lose the trees we log.

@rokennedy11 11 күн бұрын

Here in BC, 1st. Nations used to burn areas selectively for hundreds of years. A very early form of habitat management

@jackkeeble9272 22 күн бұрын

Thanks for the video man 👍

@samridhkharbat 22 күн бұрын

so excited for the new things that are planned for the cabin. Always fun watching your videos with family.

@hemanthharrilall6469 22 күн бұрын

Well said. Thanks for the video as always

@sergec.2014 22 күн бұрын

Thank you Shawn.

@juliekeys1880 21 күн бұрын

Thanks for the update 👍🇬🇧

@marjanjanzen4605 22 күн бұрын

So appreciate you. .........

@ronaldlarue1107 10 сағат бұрын

The fuel that fuels fires is on the ground not in the trees very good info can be learned from prescribed burning small parcels

@dircegouvea451 22 күн бұрын

Lindo Shawn James, tenha um ótimo e abençoado final de semana.🙏😘🤗🙋l

@JDK45ACP 22 күн бұрын

Thanks for the episode. :)

@dancarrol4558 22 күн бұрын

I learned something. Thanks Shawn!

@letun100 22 күн бұрын

what have you khown?

@sagecoach 22 күн бұрын

Even owning a small part of a forest on a lake, I see the value of the beaver taking down some trees and me cutting down individual trees as they become too large. Keeping most of the forest floor natural. Preserving natural areas by lakes and rivers within developed spaces serves all life. And keeps us alive.

@letun100 22 күн бұрын

Canada's environment is deteriorating every day - the number of roads, businesses, plastic, and garbage is growing more and more

@valerieday1608 22 күн бұрын

I love your videos, imparting information. This one is v.good and interesting. Should ne more people like you in the world

@joydebra1954 22 күн бұрын

A good example of regeneration by fire was back in the 1980's (don't remember the exact year), Yellowstone National Park caught fire by a lightning strike in the spring. Millions of $$$ were spent daily fighting the fires to no avail. One quarter inch of snowfall in September extinguished it. Started naturally. Extinguished naturally. The park came back beautifully with new growth. Hundreds of thousands of humans thought the park didn't survive. They were wrong.

@canada5691 18 күн бұрын

I agree totally with the necessity of forest fires, and timber harvest for regeneration. I don't like the monoculture replanting I would like to see replanting with some sort of biodiversity in mind. I have flown of large tracts of logged areas in the Algoma region with all the same trees, all the same size. Not so good for wildlife in general. Great Videos Shawn. Always interesting.

@eroorefulufoo6625 21 күн бұрын

everybody get your rakes out! wow i'm just so impressed by the level of maintenance that goes into back country raking

@rebeccamercer4160 22 күн бұрын

Appreciate you Shawn! Learn so so much from you! God bless you and your family! Keep close to Our heavenly Father!! He is Our Best Friend!!!!🧚🏼‍♂️🧚🏼‍♂️🧚🏼‍♂️❤️

@janethartwig774 22 күн бұрын

Very informative post.

@thejackhomestead8638 22 күн бұрын

You are totally correct. Plus is also lower fire load where it can be burned with kind of control.

@peperetuque7744 22 күн бұрын

thank you for sharing love nature we have a camp in N. B and love to go there when i can love tranquility GOD BLESS YOU AND FAMILY 👍👍👍

@remystraub6990 21 күн бұрын

merci JAMES

@CanadianPrepper 16 күн бұрын

Only problem with logging is removal of biomass which has a slow but compounding drought inducing effect. Prescribed burns are probably more rejuvenating but houses need to be built! We already have fires that dont go out in winter in the drought stricken west. Ontarios overdue for a big one

@tegannottelling 20 күн бұрын

There is definitely forests you don’t want to log, old growth rainforests like the Amazon comes to mind but for forests like these, you really need to log. Not clear fell, necessarily ( leave some good standing ones that have hollows maybe)? But yes forest management has logging in it definitely, especially conifer forests

@kevinvaters2526 22 күн бұрын

I’ve worked and played in the forests of BC for 35 years. I really enjoyed video. Cheers!

@user-vx5rw1gs1r 21 күн бұрын

Makes perfect sense.

@swisschalet1658 22 күн бұрын

I live east of the Mississippi, where there are a ton of trees everywhere, plenty of water, and nature actually takes over very quickly if you are not actively managing the land. If we ignored our small lot of land, which is surrounded by over 300 acres of woods, our house would be covered by vines, weeds, and eventually trees within a short amount of time.

@joanntucker2742 22 күн бұрын

Very educational,👍

@jamesellsworth9673 22 күн бұрын

Good forestry education video.

@soelialves2823 22 күн бұрын

Bom dia ótimo final de semana pra vc que lugar lindo. Parabéns

@dereckcensner4647 22 күн бұрын

Good video Sean, hopefully ot opens a few eyes.

@susanerinfret2605 22 күн бұрын

I envy you to be in that so beautifull nature earing the bord without the noises of cars and so many others ! I mis that so much 😢 Take care and catch a nice fish for me please 😊 Québec city Canada 😘

@BrLambert 22 күн бұрын

This channel is always educational

@cbass2755 22 күн бұрын

Awful….forests need to be swept to keep it healthy and as disease free as possible. I remember conversations about that, and how some friends teased me (mocked) me I was nuts….nuts to say Sweeping…..everything alive needs care, everything. As a child, my family camped in Algonquin many years and we’d see Rangers and fired fighters cleaning up the forests. They would hold Fireside Chats and teach us all how to respect and care for our forests. So important…..

@dereckcensner4647 22 күн бұрын

The forests don't need to be "swept" . The fires, diseases, severe weather etc is all part of nature. It's only a problem for people who want to live in or near the forest.

@alexanderfahr2658 22 күн бұрын

Fire breaks are an important part of forest and environmental management.

@michaeldixon908 22 күн бұрын

Great informational video. I actually came for the comments and, they didn’t disappoint. The boreal forest is certainly a fire driven ecosystem that depends on periodic fires to renew. I wouldn’t really consider Algonquin as boreal but your explanation regarding fire following the conifer is spot on. Good setting to explain your point of view and well explained

@NereideBibo-jj4hm 22 күн бұрын

Boa noite aqui do Brasil 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

@briankeithfisher7305 21 күн бұрын

Amen!

@Smalfry47 22 күн бұрын

I used to love to canoe with my bestie……. We found wild grapes and processed them. One of my best memories!

@mkllove 22 күн бұрын

Agreed Shawn, But further, the leave it alone crowd would have everyone leave 1000 mile buffer zones.... they'll never be pleased.

@44Bdogg 22 күн бұрын

I’m liking ur videos I wish I could do something like this with my channel but I have a full time job

@donnawoodall721 22 күн бұрын

In the Colorado rockies, when the trees get old they become weak and tend to die from disease or pests.

@111doomer 22 күн бұрын

Human beings have a tendency to view nature, or bucolic surroundings, particularly plants and trees as static and unchanging, whereas the reality is that there is a continual tension between various forces regarding what is essentially survival. The forest fires create regeneration for the areas burnt but because we as humans view this as unappealing and hurting the plants we don't want it. Neither do we accept management, because again a clearcut area is essentially devastation viewed on a superficial level. The reality is that the new open areas create a chance for new species to colonise. Life will, er, find a way.

@jenjudson7180 22 күн бұрын

my brother has spent decades dealing with fire mitigation around his home in they Wyoming mountains...you have to attend to your forests

@dfuss2756 22 күн бұрын

Good information. Cali is one wet sleepy pup!

@paulmeyer1628 22 күн бұрын

I really understand and support your lifestyle approach, management and responsible utilization of your natural resources Shawn. My concern/question is, how vulnerable are you and your infrastructure in case of a forest fire and can you at least escape, with Calli, safely? Kind regards.

@brett76544 22 күн бұрын

I can remember a fire going through our property back in the early 80's, but when digging there are traces of a few more since 1940 and more before that. Why about the time the steam engines stopped running on the tracks below. Now for the age of the trees, this property has been logged the same way since the 1920's over 3 owners. Once every 8-10 years with a certain size at chest level. All that gets burned is the underbrush. Then salt springs state park has areas that have never been logged by Europeans.

@oscarmunozvenezuela 22 күн бұрын

Saludos apreciado amigo Shawn. Estos vídeos no los veo por no haber traducción en español. Mil disculpas

@LiveAlohaOhana 22 күн бұрын

To me it really makes sense why you are managing the forest around your cabin by taking out deadwood and clearing underbrush for a added security to fires ! Great subject Shawn Have a great weekend and Calli too ! 🐕 🌲 🌳 🍁

@lory2622 22 күн бұрын

I am hoping the citizens of my province begin to understand this. British Columbia has not figured out a lot of this.

@Afraithe 22 күн бұрын

Where I have my cabin, was once the largest single deforestation area in Europe (cut at the same time), about 150km (almost 100 miles) long and about 20km (12 miles) wide. This was done in the 60-70' or there about, now the forest is starting to be viable for cutting again. I am not against deforestation, and we aren't doing it that big any more, more small areas with years in between, much better. And since its production forest, its not really very high quality in terms of bio diversity. My issue is that they haven't taken care of it since last cut, like its overgrown, and now with the climate change, I can see foresee a huge fire devastating the area within years.

@andrewkelso3532 21 күн бұрын

People don't understand that you need a balance in mother nature

@TheMaares50 22 күн бұрын

I live in Sweden now but 1975 !! I was lucky to have 5 weeks vacation in Canada and we spend some nights in Alqonkin park...It is huge...great wildlife...wolves howling during the night...it was scary

@letun100 22 күн бұрын

canada is rubbish,poisoned lands and show.that's all...

@asbjorgvanderveer5050 22 күн бұрын

Having grown up around forest, I always wondered about the question you pose Shawn. Apparently, there has been much research of forests in various parts of the world that now has accepted that fires follow logging, due to a lack of understory development, and far less diversity of species when forests are managed by humans, leading to drier conditions on the forest floor. That's not to say lightning strikes, and careless human activity can't result in either type of forest fire, but it makes sense that moisture in the ground and the transpiration of a more diverse range- both in age and species of plants in a natural stand of trees, shrubs and ground covers is far more abundant than in reforested areas, thereby reducing the chance of fire. It is also accepted that biodiversity of all species is higher in untouched forests.

@Vilnoori 22 күн бұрын

I think a lack of biodiversity is due to overcrowding in replanting efforts in past years, and monoculturing favoured trees rather than just letting the naturally dispersed seeds sprout as they may. A combination of fighting needless fires and poor replanting has resulted in vast expanses of beetle-killed dead forest and resulted in much vaster megafires which now fuel the global alarmists.

@asbjorgvanderveer5050 21 күн бұрын

Indeed.@@Vilnoori

@davidhuth5659 22 күн бұрын

Does anyone know the old age of boreal tree species? I wonder if we are missing out on that aspect of a boreal forest ecosystem when we clear cut the area regularly. We lost the ivory-billed woodpecker because we did not allow some old trees to live out their life in a natural way. Fires would occasionally spare the largest of trees and they might live on to contribute to the ecosystem. How much they contribute is what I'm curious about. Maybe there are responsible logging operations that save a few old trees if it's necessary to do so. I don't know.

@blissbliss3531 22 күн бұрын

How's my favorite guy doing, hey Cali? Miss ya Cali...you too Shawn, lol lol, been watching both channels since day #1....just not commenting as the old days...always thumbs up...some reason YT added numbers to the end of my name bliss bliss.....WEIRD

@bonnieingraham6147 22 күн бұрын

Thanks for the perspective on forest management. Makes sense. I have one question. At the end of the video you said that Canada was doing a pretty good job of it. Here in the US, a good part of our summer air was impacted by Canada fires, at least here on the east coast. Is that good management?

@ShawnJames1 22 күн бұрын

That’s perfectly normal. Imagine if there wasn’t fire suppression, the fires would be much bigger. Look at an ecozone map of the north - the boreal forest, which is a fire driven ecosystem, is massive.

@bonnieingraham6147 22 күн бұрын

@@ShawnJames1 Thanks Shawn. Just thinking that the management isn’t “pretty good”. In my almost 70 years, I can’t remember such smoked filled skies. Maybe more cutting/logging needs to occur to minimize the size of fires. Fire is good for sure, but the impact of gigantic, uncontrolled fires seems like a negative.

@keldsports8337 22 күн бұрын

I will say officials do a very poor job in the west. I lived in BC for 20 years before moving back to Manitoba a few years ago. BC, especially the northern parts, have little to no controlled burns or management. You can see the dried brush and dead trees as you drive the highway, which is fodder for the massive forest fires. Here in Manitoba, the controlled burns from my youth no longer happen. Every section had park rangers but they were eliminated years ago and no forest or land management is evident in the rural section of Manitoba where I live.

@eliinthewolverinestate6729 22 күн бұрын

A tree museum does no one any good. I would say let loggers cut fire breaks. It allows diversity. With less forest fires, it means bigger fires when they do happen. My property was logged 100 years ago. The wetlands still have old growth. The DNR here do controlled burns. And is great blueberry habitat after.

@delmanicke9228 22 күн бұрын

I live in MW Montana in the Glacier Park area. Logging is good if it manages to keep people happy. The industry likes to take the most productive way, which is ugly, This is kind of the broad picture from many years ago. Now, 60 years later, the fire danger is terrible, and they close the woods to people, which is frustrating and hard on business. The logging industry and mill head is cut nothing. On goes the saga and fighting. No matter what you do today, someone is mad. Good business practices would go a long way.

@monkeyfist.348 22 күн бұрын

Borealization occurs as a result of clearcutting. We need relanting efforts to favour hardwood and other deciduous trees

@ShawnJames1 22 күн бұрын

Hardwoods don’t grow in the north and/or in boggy, dry, shallow or acidic soils

@monkeyfist.348 22 күн бұрын

@ShawnJames1 not even maple? That is too bad. Having a dark canopy of conifers retains more heat. I am on Cape Breton Island, and hundreds of years for cutting has totally changed the forest cover to conifers. There are a few areas that display the original forest that was mixed deciduous. Having mostly Balsam Fir and Spruce, the forest is at risk from Spruce Bud worm. We are going into a high cycle that will kill off many trees. I am looking to remove and use many of them and replace them with various hard woods. It is too bad you don't have that option. Perhaps there are other options for you there. Willows can be quite useful for crafty people. Larch does well in high water conditions, sheds needles in winter(reducing the heat factor for the winter), and it is good building wood for where wet conditions are expected. I imagine you have a plan for the forest there that fits. We will both be old/er men looking at our mindful hard work. Nice seeing you out on the water in Algonquin. Some of my most favourite memories are spending the early morning in a canoe, fishing on a misty lake, with the calls of red winged blackbirds and loons. Enjoy the little things!

@rollotomassi7437 22 күн бұрын

This is a question that is not easily answered…. However, the ash that remains from a burn forest is an excellent source of nutrients for future growth.

@straubdavid9 22 күн бұрын

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@rickabreu246 14 күн бұрын

Shawn, I would really appreciate it if you would put the subtitles in Portuguese. Greetings from Amazon Brazil 🇧🇷

@Wildauntytulip 22 күн бұрын

In my land they stopped letting the Wiradjuri do their burn off's and now this land is in a real mess, and out of balance. 😢

@melonyrichards937 22 күн бұрын

I have a question totally unrelated? Where did you get that shirt? That is perfect for canoeing ?

@deerslayer9point 22 күн бұрын

Fire is best

@istvanbally2817 22 күн бұрын

Wanting to protect nature is good. Trying to protect it without understanding how it actually works is not good.

@foskco87 22 күн бұрын

I get what Shawn is saying but it's not quite that simple. Logging an area doesnt mean it's not going to catch on fire. They clear cut and leave behind waste which then sits out in this barren dry wasteland and becomes like tinder and if anything is more likely to catch on fire and will still spread. Atleast when its an actual forest that burns there's significant nutrients than enrich the soil for future growth. Logging just strips the majority of the good off of the land but can still result in fires. Not to mention the roads they cut into the logging slashes gives access to humans to start those fires. I live on Vancouver Island where we probably log more than anywhere in the country and trust me, a LOT of the fires started by humans originate in logging slashes. I am not against logging (responsibly anyway), but this perception that it's somehow actually good for forests is not true. Controlled burning and forest management is a different story, but the current way we practice logging is very detrimental to our forests, and that's not even considering things like soil erosion and complete lack of bio-diversity in new-growth tree farms.

@shinigamiauthor 22 күн бұрын

when i clicked on the video, based on the titled, i thought this was going to be a life lesson about somethings and even some people in your life you need to let go, and sometimes its going to be real painful and you just have to do it. i guess, if you have an active and intelligent mind, it still is a video about that.

@wayneneedle1149 22 күн бұрын

If they replant like they major do then logging is good. 👍👍

@lizmoen1924 21 күн бұрын

Is your paddle curved or is it just the camera lens?

@ChrisBallard687 22 күн бұрын

Most rich people stay rich by spending like the poor and investing without stopping then most poor people stay poor by spending like the rich yet not investing like the rich but impressing them

@AlexanderHernandezhj 22 күн бұрын

Exactly! My grandparents were so frugal but they had a TON of money on both sides. I remember my grandfather telling me "you want to make money while you sleep." And I guess that attitude passed down to my dad (RIP), because I remember going to his house one day and I had bought something I really liked, so I wanted to show it to him. So I said "Look at this! Isn't it cute? It was on sale...I saved 50%!" My dad replied "Well, if you're spending, you're not saving." Obviously I had no retort, and that has always stuck with me.

@PaulaAdrian721 22 күн бұрын

Saving and investing wisely while prioritizing necessities and a few small luxuries in relation to one's total assets is a great approach. It helps ensure financial stability and I my for the enjoyment of life's little pleasures without compromising long-term financial goals. It's all about finding a balance that works for you!

@BillySampson681 22 күн бұрын

very true, a huge part of my portfolio growth has come during this bear market. I've been able to scale from $180K to $572K in a short period of time.

@CarlosGarcia56590 22 күн бұрын

How do you do that? I'm interested

@BillySampson681 22 күн бұрын

Thanks to my co-worker (Alex) who suggested Ms Brenda Leigh Van.

@GFox... 21 күн бұрын

Don't look now but northern B.C. is on fire again, according to Dutchsinse you tube channel.

@Snowdog070 22 күн бұрын

Other natural cycles involve the warming and cooling of the earth through orbital, rotational and solar cycles. We've been coming out of the "Little Ice Age" for the past 300 years which was a cooling trend within a larger warming trend coinciding with the retreat of the glaciers in the northern hemisphere starting about 20,000 years ago. The additional warmth causes the release of CO2 from the oceans which in turn causes enhanced plant growth and the shrinking of deserts which we see today. In 2030 the sun is expected to transition to another "Grand Solar Minimum" as it did during the last "Little Ice Age" where less energy will be transferred to the earth and things will likely cool as a result.