Beaver Dam Removal With ASSISTANCE From The Forest!

Поделиться
HTML-код
  • Опубликовано: 8 мар 2024
  • Beaver dam removal. For the 1st time I've found fish in the water. Also While I was away, near the car. I left camera near the dam. In this time fox just ran through the dam :) I wanted to delete this video, but decided to check :)
    Enjoy the video;)
    Thanks for those who is supporting my channel!
    If You would like to be part of my activity! I would be very grateful: www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted...
    Or became a PATREON here: patreon.com/MantasPetrosius
    Thank You very much!
    ************************************
    How I started my RUclips channel link: • Short story how I star...
    BEAVER LODGE VIDEO: • Expedition. Enormous ...
    HOW BEAVERS REBUILDING THE DAM: • 2 MASIVE BEAVERS REBUI...
    In case You would like to contact me: mantas.petrosius1@gmail.com
    If You have some questions ask me in comments section ;)
    My Instagram: kenislovas
    Thank You very much!

Комментарии • 96

  • @user-wf8yf3tj8g
    @user-wf8yf3tj8g 2 месяца назад +5

    If the beaver dam started to flood the “leave the damn alone” peoples yard of basements, they would be the first ones out there. Great vid as usual and be safe.

  • @robertjordan4691
    @robertjordan4691 2 месяца назад +4

    People who say leave the beaver dams and beavers alone never had them destroy parts of their property and never had to clean up the mess they made.

  • @lynnduncan6139
    @lynnduncan6139 2 месяца назад +17

    That's a gorgeous fox.❤
    Excellent damn removal, stay safe. And beavers can be beneficial to one area, and just destroy others.

  • @AnitaGren
    @AnitaGren 2 месяца назад +26

    Fox was an extra treat today, thanks..

    • @BlueDays_BlackKnights
      @BlueDays_BlackKnights 2 месяца назад

      I thought so too. There are trail cam videos that show how much wildlife travels past them in 24 hours. I find them interesting as well.

  • @richardphelan8414
    @richardphelan8414 2 месяца назад +15

    A healthy forest is good for our oxygen supply tree roots covered in water will die James is right they need to breathe ,breaking these dams is keeping the fields drained and the forest healthy, What Mantas is very important for the environment

  • @stanstenson8168
    @stanstenson8168 2 месяца назад +15

    The fox was very cool, thanks Mantas.

  • @ricardom2627
    @ricardom2627 2 месяца назад +2

    I watch a gentleman from Russia, he goes into the forest to remove dams, and they are huge. He explains that there are huge area of trees that are damaged because of the flooding, and they also push other animals out because their natural feeding areas are destroyed. He does not trap them, but he spend at times days removing a single huge dam.

  • @AwesomeKeris_Mom
    @AwesomeKeris_Mom 2 месяца назад +1

    Was unaware how destructive beavers are until started watching you. Maybe the detractors have not seen the damage to the farm crops and forests. Thank you for your excellent work.

  • @stevenhorne5089
    @stevenhorne5089 2 месяца назад +4

    The farmers that put in those canals aren't beaver farmers. They didn't build those canal's for them. Beavers belong in rivers and streams.

  • @rustyiron
    @rustyiron 2 месяца назад +32

    I responded to someone advocating that you should not be removing beaver dams. To put it bluntly they had been comparing apples to oranges. They did not understand that the ditches were part of a land drainage network, like the dykes and windmills in the Netherlands. Mantas, you have pointed out many times how the high water levels were flooding adjacent fields. I don't always approve of how you open the dams but admire your willingness to do so. A number of You Tubers remove beaver dams, most of them doing so prevent damage to infrastructure and flooding that destroys properties, agricultural land and kills forests. Did you set up a trail camera to catch the fox on video? Setting up a trail camera to monitor where a dam was opened will give a very good idea as to the number of beaver in the area. Appreciate seeing the drone shots really gives a great picture of the size of the area that was flooded. Wish I was young enough to visit you and help opening dams.

    • @stevenpoff6273
      @stevenpoff6273 2 месяца назад +11

      Ya allot of people start running their mouths while their brain is on standby 😂😂😂😂

    • @rufusmedrano2962
      @rufusmedrano2962 2 месяца назад +7

      I guess ignorance is bliss. A lot of people don’t know the facts of life

    • @raymondheckard234
      @raymondheckard234 2 месяца назад

      The ditches man have made was to drain marshlands and swamps the beavers inhabited before man altered the ecology of the area.
      As for beavers harming forest, they play a vital role in the health of the forest, by thinking out trees,m creating meadows, and water retention during dry periods. Also beavers also create natural firebreaks in the forest with their pond and marshes they create.
      During the last big Yellowstone fire that burnt vast tracks of trees, the beaver ponds and the meadows they they created protected pockets of old growth trees.
      If you study the history of the last pagans in Europe, which was the Baltic states, in the writings he talks about the vast swamps and marshlands the Estonians, Latvia, and Lithuanian tribes lived in, it was the Soviets who drained these wetlands migratory water foul depended on, to convert the area to agriculture, in a large scale.
      At one time the European beaver was almost hunted to extinction because of the fashion trade of the beaver felt hats.
      In many parts of the world in the Americas and Europe wetland restoration is being carried out to undo the damage of man did in draining swamps and wetlands that are essential for charging the aquifers.
      Beavers play the role God gave them in the environment.

  • @rogerdudra178
    @rogerdudra178 2 месяца назад +10

    What you do in Lithuania is quite welcome by the others living there. I salute your efforts.

  • @allegg8804
    @allegg8804 2 месяца назад +1

    only read helpful to you comments. You are doing a great job. with out you the fields are flooded, farmers can"t grow food, No food -- no toast tomorrow. or no corn then no gas for your car. Thank you.

  • @jamestboehm6450
    @jamestboehm6450 2 месяца назад +35

    Beaver are good in some areas, a big problem in others. When they start flooding and killing off forests they are a problem. By Mantas taking out a dam or two he's helping the tree roots to breath like they were designed to do. Keep up the good work Mantas.

    • @raymondheckard234
      @raymondheckard234 2 месяца назад +2

      The trees beavers kill allow forest meadows to be created and provide habitat for other animals, also in the areas of Yellowstone national park in the USA, during the last forest fire, the areas where the beavers had ponds and had killed off the trees, was a natural fire break that protected pockets of very old growth forest. Without the Beavers in those areas, the old growth forest would have been lost.
      Beavers existed long before man in the environment, and beavers are a key component of a health forest ecology.

  • @raybame5816
    @raybame5816 2 месяца назад +4

    Aerial videos are very good as they give us viewers an overall sense of the landscape you're trying drain. Thanks for your work and editing.

  • @rogerdudra178
    @rogerdudra178 2 месяца назад +2

    Never think that you can outsmart a beaver. Our beavers are relentless in maintaining their spots.

  • @OnlyFriendsAreAliens
    @OnlyFriendsAreAliens 2 месяца назад +1

    Extra treat today was the fish you caught and released, and the fox. You're gonna have a good year, sir!

  • @RumMonkeyable
    @RumMonkeyable 2 месяца назад +1

    Great job, Ken! 🥰👍👏❤ Puikus darbas, Ken! 🥰👍👏❤

  • @Della-ih5hj
    @Della-ih5hj 2 месяца назад +1

    That had a lot of sticks packed in this one,..love the drone pictures,..

  • @kathymurphy7026
    @kathymurphy7026 2 месяца назад +1

    Please ignore the ignorant. You do a wonderful, needed job

  • @rogerdudra178
    @rogerdudra178 2 месяца назад +1

    Greetings from the BIG SKY.

  • @dbugs58
    @dbugs58 2 месяца назад +2

    Do you ever think that a beaver sees all those sticks piled up on the side and thinks oh look IKEA sent us a damn all we gotta do is put it together

  • @acdallas6356
    @acdallas6356 2 месяца назад +2

    Glad you saw the fox and not an alligator!

  • @user-rb9vs3ve1t
    @user-rb9vs3ve1t 2 месяца назад +7

    Looks like spring has finally shown itself.

  • @merlijnwiersma7801
    @merlijnwiersma7801 2 месяца назад +5

    Well that fox definitely didn't agree with you removing the dam. On his return trip he either had to swim or make a huge detour!😂

  • @charlespeyersen1955
    @charlespeyersen1955 2 месяца назад +1

    Good job! I admire your work to try and save the forest's from being drowned out by too much water caused because of the beaver dams. I actually saw a RUclips short video of a woman who had a PET beaver IN HER HOUSE with wood floors and chairs. I laughed at this!

  • @jeffreyshier9021
    @jeffreyshier9021 2 месяца назад +1

    The fishing is good in this channel. I’ve always wondered if you ever saw fish.😂😂😂

  • @chas1355
    @chas1355 2 месяца назад +3

    That was a very beautiful fox.

  • @francesmcmichael5480
    @francesmcmichael5480 2 месяца назад +1

    What a beautiful fox!

  • @davidbingham7404
    @davidbingham7404 2 месяца назад +1

    Mantas, great video. Really enjoy the video, the red tail fox was a plus. I could not believe what the beavers had done in a few days after you had destroyed the dam. Great work, it may take a few more times before the beavers move on??. Thanks for sharing. David B.,Utah, USA. ❤❤❤.

  • @oldmanuserphan
    @oldmanuserphan 2 месяца назад +2

    I like to tell people the dam is like a fingernail. Cut it back and, with the beaver's help, it usually grows back so it can be cut again. The beavers live for dam building so it could argued that you are contributing to their happiness in the long run.

  • @mandyrobinson8353
    @mandyrobinson8353 2 месяца назад +6

    Wow a fox, afternoon Mantas

  • @judithfairchild8620
    @judithfairchild8620 2 месяца назад +1

    That was interesting to see. While you were clearing the right side I think I saw some fish swimming down stream. I like you having the camera focused on the inside lof the dam. It is a nice change of view.

  • @susanbradshaw8369
    @susanbradshaw8369 2 месяца назад +1

    Soo many sticks for the size of the dam!

  • @christopherort2889
    @christopherort2889 2 месяца назад +1

    Cool video as always. Stay safe out there.

  • @user-eg1su6ze8u
    @user-eg1su6ze8u 2 месяца назад +1

    Another awesome removal 🙌 ❤

  • @chriswilgus4752
    @chriswilgus4752 2 месяца назад +7

    You remind me of the boy in the cartoon "foghorn leghorn". Very funny cartoon in my day. He was a genius,lol.

    • @apeflawless
      @apeflawless 2 месяца назад

      Foghorn had Barnyard Dawg & Henery the Chicken Hawk to play with

  • @neilclarkson6060
    @neilclarkson6060 2 месяца назад +3

    You do good work. I enjoy your postings. There is needs for continuous flow of waterways. Obviously, otherwise you would be stopped by authorities. ❤

  • @jencampbell8789
    @jencampbell8789 2 месяца назад +1

    Love watching all your hard work. Your videos are very enjoyable. Didn't really like the camera angle today....loved the fox!

  • @williamspillman8720
    @williamspillman8720 2 месяца назад +2

    Finally a fish❣️😊

  • @tomswindler64
    @tomswindler64 2 месяца назад +4

    Great video as always,you do come across some interesting dams,just continue doing what your doing.your doing a great service to the are by eliminating the dams.continue on with your quest.be safe 😎😎😎👍👍👍

  • @caroldesjean3485
    @caroldesjean3485 2 месяца назад +1

    Youdo very nice work you’re very thorough great job I’m sure you’re tired after that job

  • @mfrodyma1480
    @mfrodyma1480 2 месяца назад +2

    Looking at the 75K mark!!!!

  • @jennifermorris6585
    @jennifermorris6585 2 месяца назад +1

    The beavers usually think the dams failed cuz they didn't build it strong enough, thats why they don't reuse old sticks, they think something was wrong with the sticks

  • @victorjohnson2093
    @victorjohnson2093 2 месяца назад +1

    Great Job 👏 😊

  • @eddykirksey8836
    @eddykirksey8836 2 месяца назад +2

    Nice job!

  • @kevinvaughn3715
    @kevinvaughn3715 2 месяца назад +4

    SWEET! Wildlife.

  • @vickmedford2341
    @vickmedford2341 2 месяца назад +1

    Good job

  • @ThomasWLalor
    @ThomasWLalor 2 месяца назад +1

    Beavers are useful -- pelts make good hats and coats !! (lol) And you personally do not injure any of those critters and you do perform a useful task.

  • @Navydave3246
    @Navydave3246 2 месяца назад +2

    We would call that fish a Minnow due to its size.

  • @andreakopnick6525
    @andreakopnick6525 2 месяца назад +2

    Liebe Grüße aus Deutschland und danke für deine Bemühungen

  • @user-ux6vq9eq4u
    @user-ux6vq9eq4u 2 месяца назад +3

    You know the beavers will build another one. Everyone has a job to do . Lol . Keeps the world moving. 😊

  • @LJB103
    @LJB103 2 месяца назад +2

    There are times when beaver dams are good: running water keeps going; water sitting behind a beaver dam sinks into and replenishes the aquifers. There are places in the USA where artificial beaver dams are being built to renew aquifers and green the land. When they are destroying farms and forests, they are not good.

  • @KzS_Guenther_Luetjens
    @KzS_Guenther_Luetjens 13 дней назад +1

    Looks like you have found a crucian carp. Just my first guess. But Rutilus? Oh, in germany the Rotauge would be the same or nearest comparison. Good bait fish!

  • @jenniferjohnson7955
    @jenniferjohnson7955 2 месяца назад +3

    First to watch and enjoyed every minute. Thank you

  • @juncusbufonius
    @juncusbufonius 2 месяца назад

    I work in conservation in the UK and here we are re-introducing European Beavers. It's true that they can cause problems like you have with the water table being made higher than farmers would like. In such a modified man-made environment they do have to be controlled. Where they can be left they do good things. People have to manage water-side trees to stop falling trees from causing the collapse of river banks. Beavers do that for us. They also contain flood waters better that man-made solutions to man-made problems. They slow the water down and can prevent your house from flooding or reduce the effect. I live at the edge of a wide valley which was created by Beavers when they lived here in the past. People have had to put in retention ponds and other mechanisms because the Beavers are no longer there. There will come a time were we have to carefully cull Beavers where our and their interest diverge. However they are not North American Beavers. Even there in Yellow Stone park they had to reintroduce them along with the wolves. The grazing animals were taking over. After the re-introductions the grazing populations went down, trees returned and the Beavers restored tree and wetland management that would not be plausible for people to do. People in towns and cities are far removed from the balance that is struck in the countryside and though the balance has far too long been in favour of Man that trend has started to be reversed. Nothing like the slow death of pollution and climate change to alter the focus from the mortgage and pay. We all win. Happy environment - happy people.

  • @tammysmith7345
    @tammysmith7345 2 месяца назад +1

    1. I really liked when you moved the camera behind you, I could actually see more
    2. If you remove All of the dams aren't the beavers just going to bring down to many trees? Just asking
    3. Couldn't you make something with a handle that has a flat square heavy bottom to help you take away all the mud?

  • @martinmarsola6477
    @martinmarsola6477 2 месяца назад +1

    Thank you for the fantastic clearing this day, Mantas. Excellent water flow! 🇱🇹👍🙂🇺🇸

  • @barbaraburch5751
    @barbaraburch5751 2 месяца назад +1

    Nice job.

  • @larryharris1085
    @larryharris1085 2 месяца назад +1

    Yes beavers are good for the eco system. They are also very destructive to farmlands. We need more hunters and trappers to help keep the populations in check so they aren't as destructive

  • @LynnGorman
    @LynnGorman 2 месяца назад +1

    Love watching these. May I ask if you have to get permission from the owner of that property before you remove the dams?

  • @jennifermorris6585
    @jennifermorris6585 2 месяца назад +2

    Removing the dams only hurts the beavers ego lol they don't actually get hurt if you remove thier dam

  • @patspc6688
    @patspc6688 2 месяца назад +4

    I take it you have no bears or wolves to predate the beavers ? Which I suppose why you have so many ! As you say it's the people in the cities, who say wouldn't it be nice to have beavers, as they have here in the UK ! So we have them now, and in a few years we will have the flooded fields and denuded woods, and a lot of beavers !! I think they have also released boars, which will enjoy digging the farmers fields for them ! Chaos ! I have a fox who visits my back garden every now and then, along with munjac deer and badgers, good to see. 😁🇬🇧🇬🇧

  • @johneasley8691
    @johneasley8691 2 месяца назад +1

    Sometimes beavers are useful but most of the time they create problems and are destructive

  • @YvonneBVidal
    @YvonneBVidal 2 месяца назад +1

    Sir do your part you know better they probably not even near close to this environment and have no idea how bad this is also soon will come raining season and will be worse so do you some comments are worth as good advice some are just nonsense keep doing the good job even the Government has contacted you for help so there you go thats the answer to that kind of viewers.

  • @spinalobifida
    @spinalobifida 2 месяца назад +1

    Where was the assistant of the woods? When it got flooded?

  • @timjozwiak2293
    @timjozwiak2293 2 месяца назад +1

    Do you ever see the beavers!

  • @terryhatcher9644
    @terryhatcher9644 2 месяца назад +1

    Those people don't realize that the Soviet creation of the drainage canals to reclaim land in swampy areas of coastal Lithuania has provided increased arable farmland, making the country more agriculturely self sufficient. The fields next to the canals also would not exist or be as farmable without the underlying drainage system and canals. The beavers were reintroduced into Lithuania and the other Baltic States in the 1960s. They had been extinct in these areas. The beaver populations are now above levels considered desirable and are reaching overpopulation numbers. They dam rivers, canals, and streams migrating fish such as salmon use to breed. They cause harm to forests, farms, housing, roads, and other infrastructure through flooding. Since natural predators for the beavers have been reduced or eliminated, their population will continue to expand unless controlled hunting is utilized.
    Good video but it looked like the tractor got the best part first.

  • @cathystewart3916
    @cathystewart3916 2 месяца назад +1

    Some people will never understand how beavers can be destructive to farm lands with the flooding their dams cause. Growing food to feed a population is hard enough for the farmers. You do a great service and help keep forests and farmland from being destroyed by too much water!

  • @robertslugg8361
    @robertslugg8361 2 месяца назад +1

    Will Fox be dining on Beaver tonight?

  • @MichaelHolloway
    @MichaelHolloway Месяц назад +1

    'saving the forest' is another urban myth (like the animals) - trees grow like weeds (fast). Perhaps let the beavers mine the forests, and then once the forest is gone - they'll move on to the next one (or experience a societal collapse which depopulates) - I expect it balances out in the end (so only remove dams that are flooding farm fields). I assume we have no idea of the level of complexity we are living in. What's your take on those ideas?

  • @petersp63
    @petersp63 2 месяца назад +3

    Beavers are very good at storing Water! if there was to be a draught a few reservoirs of water very useful! but too many obviously can cause problems for farmers and erosion of some road ways! I personally have no problems with Dams being removed! I don't agree with them being killed! and certainly don't want to see that! we've only had Beavers re introduced in the UK over the last few years and so far they're only doing Good stuff!

  • @johnlaforte700
    @johnlaforte700 2 месяца назад +1

    Everything has a purpose, even Beavers. But when they interfere with man’s financial and home security it’s time to remove them. Relocation or permanent removal.

  • @jeffreyshier9021
    @jeffreyshier9021 2 месяца назад +1

    Hopefully the beavers will rebuild, if not your content will be lacking.😢

  • @charnydegger3267
    @charnydegger3267 2 месяца назад +1

    Those who speak against dam removal do not know the situations like you do.

  • @user-uu2pe1bb6l
    @user-uu2pe1bb6l 2 месяца назад +1

    Beavers are good. If you cook them right.

  • @enoynaert
    @enoynaert 2 месяца назад +1

    The areas you work in have few natural predators for beavers. The beavers can grow in numbers beyond what they would have done in a natural environment. The beavers have a bad impact on farming and small wooded areas.
    If you were in the vast forests of Canada or the US, then I would say to leave the beavers alone. They are part of the natural balance. Their dams and artificial lakes introduce an important dynamic into the ecosystem. There are wolves and other predators that keep their populations balanced with the environment.
    The area you are in is different than the massive forests of the US. The beaver populations and the damage the dams cause must be controlled.

  • @raymondheckard234
    @raymondheckard234 2 месяца назад +1

    According to ecologist beavers are good for the environment, because the create wet lands, and their ponds create meadows in for the forest when the beavers abandon the area after their primary food source is gone, and the dams deteriorate.
    Beavers also help with water retention during the dry periods, providing fish habitat, water source for wildlife, and the create marsh lands for migrating waterfowl, also beavers help to prevent erosion and flash floods during heavy rain.
    The environmentalist will tell you Beavers are essential for the health of a forest, and the waterways, that they are a key part of the environment.
    In some areas it is a crime to harass beavers , and to remove their dams requires a permit.

    • @dubioushumor9243
      @dubioushumor9243 2 месяца назад +2

      Ask Argentina how having beavers is working out for them.

    • @deanparsons2594
      @deanparsons2594 2 месяца назад +1

      @@dubioushumor9243 People playing God…NEVER works out …..if God wanted beavers in Argentina he would have put them there originally….my 4 cents (inflation 😉)!

    • @user-wf8yf3tj8g
      @user-wf8yf3tj8g 2 месяца назад +2

      Environmentalists have lost all credibility

    • @raymondheckard234
      @raymondheckard234 2 месяца назад

      @@user-wf8yf3tj8g it is like all professions there are good and bad. I am 60 years old and I learned about beavers and there benefits to the environment back in the late 1970’s.
      Man has altered the balance of the ecology of the forest by eliminating predators and have driven many species to extinction .
      Every species has it niche in the environment of the forest.
      There is a tree tree relied on a certain bird to crack the shell on its fruit, to release its seed so it could sprout, and when Man eliminated the Dodo bird, the Macadamia tree no longer can grow in the wild with out man’s intervention, to crack the shell, the dodo bird cracked the shell so it could sprout. Man killed off the dodo bird, and almost killed off the Macadamia tree.

    • @raymondheckard234
      @raymondheckard234 2 месяца назад

      @@user-wf8yf3tj8g I learned of the benefits of the beavers in the 1970 when I was in high school , they play a vital role in the health of the forest.

  • @franksabatine9075
    @franksabatine9075 2 месяца назад +1

    Hello mantas , keep doing what you are doing , it seems that the beavers 🦫 are over populated in your country and doing way more damage than good so keep up this important work . Kool fox in this video 👍 enjoy the rest of your weekend and catch you with your next video .❤

  • @davidbingham7404
    @davidbingham7404 2 месяца назад +1

    Mantas, great video. Really enjoy the video, the red tail fox was a plus. I could not believe what the beavers had done in a few days after you had destroyed the dam. Great work, it may take a few more times before the beavers move on??. Thanks for sharing. David B.,Utah, USA. ❤❤❤.