California beavers leading the way in state environmental efforts

Our climate in crisis has inspired people to try new things to adapt to climate change, but some are finding solutions in old ways - and even older creatures. Joe Rosato Jr. shows us how a rodent is helping to show the way in California.
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  • @blerbtheblob
    @blerbtheblob Жыл бұрын

    I love Beavers

  • @MH-pz8wf
    @MH-pz8wf Жыл бұрын

    Beavers got their long overdue status as it should be! Go Beavers!

  • @michaelrmurphy2734
    @michaelrmurphy2734 Жыл бұрын

    Canada was built on beaver! Beaver pelts are why the explorers from France and England came to northern North America in the first place. The beaver is on the Canadian five cent coin. And there were big floods here last week. And a beaver was out on the main public road!

  • @kimmychristensen2747
    @kimmychristensen2747 Жыл бұрын

    Best DAM builders ever. SAVE the Beavers!!!!!!!

  • @josephmedina6403

    @josephmedina6403

    Ай бұрын

    They release the most destructive animals to nature! 🤨 dam up the rivers causing more floods .

  • @squirrelnibbler19
    @squirrelnibbler19 Жыл бұрын

    Napa…come for the wine, stay for the beavers!

  • @tys1646
    @tys1646 Жыл бұрын

    We need more beavers and goats thank you💋😘

  • @michaelrmurphy2734
    @michaelrmurphy27349 ай бұрын

    I like those ballcaps! Instead of the California bear, its the California BEAVER on those ballcaps.

  • @mikewhocheeseharry5292
    @mikewhocheeseharry5292 Жыл бұрын

    Nice beavers

  • @clockwork914
    @clockwork914 Жыл бұрын

    Rock On 🤘🏻 Beavers 🦫 ❕

  • @miahill6864
    @miahill6864 Жыл бұрын

    Now I will plan my trip to Napa,

  • @pcdude2394
    @pcdude2394 Жыл бұрын

    Leave It to Beaver

  • @BCSchmerker
    @BCSchmerker Жыл бұрын

    +NBCBayAreaNews *The public tolerance to beavers depends on context.* Out in the Deltas, beavers compromise the levees guarding the grain and legume fields, the fruit orchards, and new residences in sunken subdivisions.

  • @bengaltiger96
    @bengaltiger96 Жыл бұрын

    The greatest fucking civil engineers in the natural world.

  • @josephmedina6403

    @josephmedina6403

    Ай бұрын

    💀

  • @josephmedina6403

    @josephmedina6403

    Ай бұрын

    Those MF’s will alter an entire forest !

  • @eliseolopez2790
    @eliseolopez2790 Жыл бұрын

    This beaver has done more for California than it's governors

  • @Hbrown1770

    @Hbrown1770

    Жыл бұрын

    A beaver is not greedy or arrogant like our Governor !

  • @scottleggejr

    @scottleggejr

    7 ай бұрын

    Beavers are industrious...

  • @imathreat209
    @imathreat209 Жыл бұрын

    Leave it to beaver

  • @MrProy33
    @MrProy33 Жыл бұрын

    Are we still allowed to use the word "beaver" in Californa?

  • @JohnDoe-xm9ql
    @JohnDoe-xm9ql6 ай бұрын

    Love happy beavers... Mad beaver no bueno. 😂

  • @sfstucco
    @sfstucco Жыл бұрын

    Does anyone know if beavers build dams in Calif. waterways that anadromous fish historically migrate through? If so, can/do they jump the dams?

  • @rickfeng4466

    @rickfeng4466

    Жыл бұрын

    Yup. If anything, the beaver dams slow the overall flow speed of rivers and change the migrating route for fish from a non-stop marathon to a series of sprints(to jump over the low beaver dams) plus mostly slower-paced walkings.

  • @sfstucco

    @sfstucco

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@rickfeng4466 -- THANK YOU! I didn't think I'd hear from anyone (with knowledge on this). Big, big thank you for sharing your knowledge! When I think about beaver dams, I am remind of the shallow, sort of terraced "micro" dams (for lack of a better description) I've noticed in northeast Italy (Friuli-Venezia Giulia region) & in other central European countries (only via Google Street View & photos!). I know that beavers, until quite recently, were not present in Italy for 450 years. So it made me wonder if, in the beavers' absence, humans imitated beavers in dam-making to serve their own needs, but in a way that allowed movement of fish to/from the sea. I just haven't gotten around to looking up the story of those.

  • @wendyscott8425

    @wendyscott8425

    7 ай бұрын

    @@sfstucco It's amazing what beavers can do for every environment they inhabit. There are now bunches of KZread videos all about them from all over Europe and the US. Enjoy!

  • @scottleggejr

    @scottleggejr

    7 ай бұрын

    They don't know. That's why they issue 10j tags for "experimental species" in case they need culled. 😂 No one knows... These are experiments where they look back and ignore the bad, talk about the good and fuck the ecosystem based on politics rather than what's good for America.

  • @rlong6968
    @rlong6968Ай бұрын

    $285,000. A beaver what a deal!

  • @LovroRavbar
    @LovroRavbar6 ай бұрын

    Cool!❤

  • @rondean2733
    @rondean2733 Жыл бұрын

    It's always been about California Beavers

  • @wendyscott8425

    @wendyscott8425

    7 ай бұрын

    Always? I heard that when beavers first showed up here not too long ago, some people thought they weren't native to California. LOL As if they were native to every other state but ours! ::snicker::

  • @josephmedina6403
    @josephmedina6403Ай бұрын

    Ever seen a hairless beaver ? 🤣🦫

  • @thedownwardmachine
    @thedownwardmachine Жыл бұрын

    And here I thought the most important wild animal in California was the cougar

  • @jasonhanson6563

    @jasonhanson6563

    Жыл бұрын

    Cougars have beavers too!

  • @shoelessb4515
    @shoelessb4515 Жыл бұрын

    Beaver huggers ???? What next ?

  • @MooseBme
    @MooseBme Жыл бұрын

    "!BREAKING NEWS!" BEAVER; KNOW WHAT THE HELL THEY ARE DOING! Peiople? Mmmmnot so much! GO BEAVERS!

  • @wendyscott8425
    @wendyscott84257 ай бұрын

    I *love* hearing about beaver reintroduction in California! We could use some here in the Central Valley. Their ability to mitigate droughts and wildfires should make them a no-brainer! Wetlands don't burn. I hope they'll become more prevalent in the foothills, too. Not sure the mountains have the right conditions. But we have deserts in this state, and if they plant some willows and cottonwoods for them to eat, beavers could transform quite a bit of our deserts into wetlands and grasslands!

  • @df6580
    @df6580 Жыл бұрын

    They cut down all the trees around the creek. No trees left.

  • @wendyscott8425

    @wendyscott8425

    7 ай бұрын

    No. They stimulate the regrowth of the trees they cut down, which opens up the forest to sunlight so more varieties of plants can start to grow. The stumps of the trees they cut produce new shoots and eventually new trees. They're not stupid. Beavers plan ahead! 😁

  • @leedza

    @leedza

    6 ай бұрын

    Coppicing you mean..

  • @joesgotya9930

    @joesgotya9930

    Ай бұрын

    @@wendyscott8425 Lol Beavers chewed down my grandfathers 300 year old Oak tree and his 50 year old Mulberry tree… yeah, those Trees did not come back lol.. and beavers can actually be a living nightmare for farmland and agriculture.. They’re not this magical creature that’s going to save planet earth. Give me a break

  • @wendyscott8425

    @wendyscott8425

    Ай бұрын

    @@joesgotya9930 Well, I'm sorry your grandfather's two trees were cut down, but he could have saved them by putting a protective barrier around them once he noticed the damage. It would have taken the beavers a long time to take those down. Did no one notice what was going on before they were destroyed? The way we do agriculture these days is not good for the planet. Plowing, fertilizing, pesticides, etc. all hurt the soil and cause it to be swept away in heavy rains or blown away in droughts. Beavers save water, putting it into the aquifers we have been depleting. Agriculture can work around what beavers do. No solution is perfect, at least in human terms, but sometimes we have to weigh the benefits against the detriments.

  • @4NickAder
    @4NickAder2 ай бұрын

    great job Governor Newsom

  • @jaymzgaetz2006
    @jaymzgaetz2006Ай бұрын

    Beavers aren't enough to offset the negative effects of another destructive invasive species...the californian.

  • @noriovaldos2837
    @noriovaldos2837 Жыл бұрын

    Beaver bbq

  • @9davidlong
    @9davidlong Жыл бұрын

    Eventually the beavers will have to deal with homeless drug addicts.

  • @4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz
    @4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz Жыл бұрын

    Beavers are overrated

  • @wendyscott8425

    @wendyscott8425

    7 ай бұрын

    No, they're not. If anything, they're underrated.

  • @4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz

    @4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz

    7 ай бұрын

    @@wendyscott8425 Yes, they are

  • @wendyscott8425

    @wendyscott8425

    7 ай бұрын

    @@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz Have it your way. Obviously, facts aren't quite your forte. Enjoy!

  • @4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz

    @4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz

    7 ай бұрын

    @@wendyscott8425 Facts are my bag, baby, Beavers are overrated, and I will enjoy myself, thank you very much.

  • @wendyscott8425

    @wendyscott8425

    7 ай бұрын

    @@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz Like I said, have it your way. I'm thrilled to know beavers are coming back because they help with a whole lot of issues we have with our environment. I don't know where you get your facts, but I think perhaps you need to get another source for your information.

  • @jasonhanson6563
    @jasonhanson6563 Жыл бұрын

    I regularly hunt Beaver 🦫. I’m very passionate about Beaver. I love beaver.

  • @jlk630
    @jlk630 Жыл бұрын

    Beavers are the second most destructive animals on earth, only second to humans... this is idiotic.

  • @guylewis7418

    @guylewis7418

    10 ай бұрын

    Beavers improve the habitat.

  • @wendyscott8425

    @wendyscott8425

    7 ай бұрын

    Where did you go to school? I guess you missed the biology class, not to mention ecology, and critical thinking.

  • @jlk630

    @jlk630

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@wendyscott8425 A better school than you. I bet you think humans make the environment better. This is dumb propaganda from people who think making more reservoirs can help ignore climate change from human activities.