Chasing Rivers, Part 1: The Colorado | Nat Geo Live

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National Geographic Freshwater Hero Pete McBride paddled and hiked the length of the Colorado River Delta, photographing and filming an unprecedented conservation success-the mighty river's triumphant, albeit temporary, return to the sea.
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  • @hockeyislife1316
    @hockeyislife13167 жыл бұрын

    That was eye opening. Every time i watch the news you see thing about someones feelings getting hurt. Then you look at things like this and see what is really important to not just a few but many.

  • @lbft100

    @lbft100

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hockey is life Well said!

  • @samisntreal3278
    @samisntreal32786 жыл бұрын

    I really adore this guy and his advocacy for conservation.

  • @SG-ng5bw
    @SG-ng5bw8 ай бұрын

    Epitome of story telling and an expression “picture worth 1000 words”. Not only that, but with powerful message and authentic information. I am inspired in several aspects by watching this video. Glad I did.

  • @BEN10TO10
    @BEN10TO108 жыл бұрын

    Superb photography, riveting story well told.

  • @Anonymoose
    @Anonymoose9 жыл бұрын

    Incredibly powerful presentation! I very much look forward to Part 2.

  • @catherinefriederich
    @catherinefriederich8 жыл бұрын

    The rivers are our Earth Mother's blood stream. As they go, all life goes. It is our home and we are her care givers.

  • @blazeaglory

    @blazeaglory

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Catherine Friederich I agree. We need to take better care of this planet and work WITH mother nature instead of trying to control her.

  • @bushmandre

    @bushmandre

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Catherine Friederich You white people kill me with this enchanted talk. you all say anythignt o deny that their is a God. there is NO such thing as mother nature. it is time to accept that.

  • @ryand2879

    @ryand2879

    7 жыл бұрын

    but there is a thing called "Grammar" and "Spelling"....you should try that before you go on with a hate filled message

  • @janisadkins9788

    @janisadkins9788

    7 жыл бұрын

    Her comment is FAR from hate filled. Far from it !! its truth

  • @janisadkins9788

    @janisadkins9788

    7 жыл бұрын

    Sorry Ryan I thought your comment was to the original comment, do not see where I can delete

  • @markgsadventures3045
    @markgsadventures30459 жыл бұрын

    Excellent documentary!!! Its really crazy to think how one river can provide so much and have so many lives that are affected by it, human and non human

  • @trablunt6587
    @trablunt65873 жыл бұрын

    this content always hurts me.. every time i hear of a lost species or drastically changing land over short periods of time.. i almost cry, every time

  • @andycockrum1212
    @andycockrum12129 жыл бұрын

    cant wait for the other parts! incredible work!

  • @dhammikekw7981
    @dhammikekw79813 жыл бұрын

    I quite agree with you. River delta makes a wonderful wild life. Please bring back the more forest in river water catchment areas and either sade of river banks. Plant much as possible rock friendly trees and plants. Encourage farmers to grow crops that require less quantity of water. Please do a another video on this life line thank

  • @lasvegaskorean78
    @lasvegaskorean789 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, its amazing presentation.

  • @emelypasumbal9102
    @emelypasumbal91024 жыл бұрын

    How could you not love a story like this?

  • @QWERTY-tx4yb
    @QWERTY-tx4yb7 жыл бұрын

    THE AGRICULTURAL LOBBY MUST BE CRUSHED. In California, farms use 80% of Colorado River water, yet account for only 2% of the state's economic output, including the alfalfa & almonds they export to China. Yet they are so powerful that politicians constantly bend over for them. Every day they're asking for new dams & diversions to be built with taxpayer money. They were the only group exempt from drought cutbacks. They've illegally drawn so much groundwater that many sections of land have collapsed. This industry doesn't give a damn about the environment, just their own profits.

  • @CrazyGato2000

    @CrazyGato2000

    7 жыл бұрын

    QWERTY12345 get rid of all the people in metropolitan Los Angeles who waste and steal water from the rest of the state before you cut off the farmers

  • @turgeo2004

    @turgeo2004

    6 жыл бұрын

    Question is how do we find an appropriate balance to avoid starving to death? We need crops and farms need water. Until a new method or source of water is discovered, they will have to use ground water and rivers to irrigate.

  • @ItsFazsha

    @ItsFazsha

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yes, the 80% of water is used by farmers is a meaningless fact. Farms use water more than accountants. Duh!

  • @R1FamilyR1

    @R1FamilyR1

    6 жыл бұрын

    Not your everyday farmers people. He's talking about 1 family, 1 business, who has cunningly via loophole and poor judgment by others, cornered the water market. Blame city folk or small time family farmers for the shortage all you want but the water is being stolen and used to profit millions... I'm sorry, billions of dollars all the while regular families and whole towns literally live without being able to flush their toilets. Time you learn something before running your mouth

  • @evecole1824

    @evecole1824

    6 жыл бұрын

    Randell Schimdt CALI? Where are you from? I tell you..... Not born here as I was. If you think that we get most of the water from that river, think again. The farmers get most of the water from the Sacramento, Feather, American, and the Russian. Corrupt water officials and Mollholand, in a dry area of my state, decided that we did not need to eat, but we did need to drink and water every thing in site, not thinking about it being able to sustain the growing need for food and the rest of the state. Then San Francisco did the same to the Hetch hechie Valley and its screwed up. I tell everyone that you can not take mass away from any thing and think you can replace it. Then are first "Wannabe" gov. Brown. Started stealing from the northern rivers and now the power we make goes to San Francisco, and we have less water. Now the "fucktard of a Wannabe gov. Of the first gov. Says before I leave office with A shitload more of the peoples money, I am making them pay more taxes that will not be used for the project, but go into the general fund, and make sure they pay for new pipes to carry more water south even though a roof to stop evaporation is best. No breakage due to earthquakes since it was built. But YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID., " SO READ THE" HISTORY OF THEFTS AND LIES CALLED THE CALIFORNIA WATER DEPARTMENT" OR YOU ARE JUST AS IGNORANT AS..... WELL YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID!!!!.

  • @stevel7192
    @stevel71928 жыл бұрын

    wow! Thank you so much!! Rivers mean life. Amazing video!!

  • @Kyle-vb3fz
    @Kyle-vb3fz5 жыл бұрын

    You images of our beloved West are truly beautiful. I’m from the east coast, about ten minutes from the beach, and I have never been to the Grand Canyon or anywhere out there. I’m planning a trip now though after this documentary.

  • @jarhead6153
    @jarhead61537 жыл бұрын

    Great story...thank you.

  • @operationhotshotinc.6887
    @operationhotshotinc.68875 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing this .

  • @EltonHurtis
    @EltonHurtis8 жыл бұрын

    Fabulous, great job...

  • @CHIschoolofecon
    @CHIschoolofecon7 жыл бұрын

    The original theme song for this videos was the best!

  • @-thelifeoffallenleaf3954
    @-thelifeoffallenleaf39548 жыл бұрын

    heart touching!!!!

  • @abbyhongmu6600
    @abbyhongmu66008 жыл бұрын

    Great Information, thank you!

  • @PIAMUSA
    @PIAMUSA6 жыл бұрын

    Amazing video. Luv it. New to this channel. Also watched Nat’l Geog on TV for years. Tfs

  • @lyndonrobertshaw2983
    @lyndonrobertshaw29835 жыл бұрын

    such a shame hope you get together and show the powers that be this amazing view from this wonderfull journey youve made,it was explained so well and I really hope you get the river to be heaving with water again,for all those that need it to flow and give everybody a chance to enjoy such a magnificent display of nature at its finest!! lyndon Leicester england

  • @silverfox47
    @silverfox479 жыл бұрын

    powerful but the story is not over yet. thank you for this great effort.

  • @84CJ7
    @84CJ72 жыл бұрын

    This Is a great job Thanks for making the film.

  • @manurai2974
    @manurai29747 жыл бұрын

    coool!!! keep up the good work , man

  • @dimidomo7946
    @dimidomo79468 жыл бұрын

    Well done ~ bravo and bring us an encore. So this is what my contributions and donations to NG help produce. I am impressed with both NG and the presenter; although I do like a few heads of lettuce during the winter months.

  • @jkchandravanshi
    @jkchandravanshi3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Pete!!..

  • @dlovesimlouisburg7550
    @dlovesimlouisburg75509 жыл бұрын

    This is so touching! Pete should win the highest award whatever that it! Those who say climate change is not true should educate themselves! With all years hard work, I salute you!

  • @meadydoheny
    @meadydoheny3 жыл бұрын

    Just a few years ago, I explored the Rocky Mountain range and all the natural hot springs along various rivers- including Radium hot springs just outside Kremmlimg (and Hot Sulphur is along the Colorado River in a marshy area. The Rockies and the Continental Divide...which i explored all down through Wyoming...are beautiful

  • @lbamm
    @lbamm8 жыл бұрын

    THANK YOU! Your mission is/was/is awesome! To quote a person below---I alternate between anger and despair at our willingness to let oil at the table with farmers bargaining for oil---the winner will always be oil! --at our failure to act on climate change when we can see the snowpack at 1/10th and melt early-----at our failed vision of a desert oasis-----at our disregard for other species-----at our continued disregard and failure to listen to those who truly own this country, the Native Americans. This should be required watching at every school.

  • @commingstyle
    @commingstyle6 жыл бұрын

    powerful.... he is truly trying to make a change...

  • @MysteryBooms
    @MysteryBooms3 ай бұрын

    Such a fan of this project.

  • @edcastillo532
    @edcastillo5326 жыл бұрын

    Thank you,awesome,!,,,

  • @omtownstuidios
    @omtownstuidios7 жыл бұрын

    Really good! Thank you

  • @salvadordiavila5645
    @salvadordiavila56457 жыл бұрын

    beautiful video

  • @maryknst251
    @maryknst2516 жыл бұрын

    amazing

  • @frickpoo6644
    @frickpoo66449 жыл бұрын

    awesome.

  • @barbaradavis1279
    @barbaradavis12799 жыл бұрын

    I have run several California rivers with other “River Rat” friends and used to organize these outings. Thanks for this fantastic video; I never made it to the Colorado.

  • @oversteer46
    @oversteer464 жыл бұрын

    Awesome.

  • @goodblackdogs
    @goodblackdogs9 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful and educational. Thank you! I will be rafting the full length of the Grand Canyon this summer and feel fortunate for the experience.

  • @Terzy
    @Terzy9 жыл бұрын

    Great video!

  • @maddisonsullivan5806
    @maddisonsullivan58063 жыл бұрын

    Hey lol I’ve lived in the Roaring Fork valley! I went to a bit of high school & a bit of college there!! Nice place. God Bless Colorado, & God Bless America 🙏🏼🇺🇸

  • @zenmark1
    @zenmark17 жыл бұрын

    Awesome

  • @kailrucker754
    @kailrucker7546 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Al Miller for the vid, das great. IECO 2018

  • @AAK1954
    @AAK1954 Жыл бұрын

    June 2023: I´m watching this video as far as Buenos Aires, Argentina. It´s not just very informative, but very touching as well. We had several years with serious drought that caused a billonaire loss for the country. The day the people will go for persons like McBride, instead of Trump or Putin, the world will improve... I hope by then it's not too late...

  • @4XPEDITION
    @4XPEDITION6 жыл бұрын

    Love.

  • @CreaturecraftWaterwog
    @CreaturecraftWaterwog7 жыл бұрын

    Very cool.

  • @earthcaring
    @earthcaring9 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for all the efforts. Great story. It's sooo sad and painful to see the 6 million years old Colorado river to become hurt like this in just one hundred years. There are many reasons behind and these are some that I can think of: growing population, livestock raising (think about this: 1 pound of beef needs about 20 pounds of grains), oasis dream city Las Vegas (suck too much energy and resources) and over planting. The reasons behind are desires and greed. Human takes everything from the earth as granted and when we are destroying the river, the environment, the earth, we are on the brink of death too. Without the river, how would people live?

  • @brianlunavaldez1868
    @brianlunavaldez18689 жыл бұрын

    I came here for a field trip to see this it was awesome ✋✋😱😱😊😊

  • @kevinkiesel4937
    @kevinkiesel49378 жыл бұрын

    Great video, this is a true inspiration to me. A young entrepreneur that wants to learn how business hurts our environment. I will take this information with me for the rest of my life. Thanks for this video, I hope to see more like this, maybe about the oceans?

  • @blazeaglory

    @blazeaglory

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Kevin Kiesel Look into the islands of plastic trash in our oceans and how we can keep the plastic from entering our oceans. It causes much damage. The coastal cities in southern CA are sooo dirty!! You should see Venice Beach! people just throw plastic crap everywhere they can, even if a trash can is 10 feet away, they are too lazy to put it in there...Go here as a start to check a cities plastic waste... facebook.com/Keep-Westminster-Clean-198018423877640/

  • @zamoratk774
    @zamoratk7748 жыл бұрын

    YES!!! Well done. The Colorado river is still endangered due to our own carelessness, but well done. Well done.

  • @dmannevada5981

    @dmannevada5981

    2 жыл бұрын

    What's endangered about it?

  • @dave9106
    @dave91063 жыл бұрын

    Great video How did you get the river back 😳 Or did I miss that part

  • @hikingwithmarty
    @hikingwithmarty3 жыл бұрын

    came here expecting to see a great documentary, but this lecture is even better then I could wish for, what a detailed information, great photography and good informative story. More people should see this and also part II and realize how sacred our rivers / waterways are globally.

  • @samisntreal3278
    @samisntreal32786 жыл бұрын

    As a coloradan and nature enthusiast ive always wanting see the extracting of Colorado River water to wayne.

  • @dj33036
    @dj33036 Жыл бұрын

    The Grand Canyon does not begin just south of Glen Canyon Dam, it begins at the confluence of the Little Colorado River which is almost 100 miles to the South

  • @marianfrances4959
    @marianfrances49594 жыл бұрын

    How fantastic and tragic.

  • @BriansMac
    @BriansMac9 жыл бұрын

    WOW.. Awesome mother nature at her very finest! :o

  • @deionle9355
    @deionle93552 жыл бұрын

    great

  • @worldview730
    @worldview7302 жыл бұрын

    Deep as the Ganga! 🙏

  • @rezlivley
    @rezlivley2 жыл бұрын

    I cat believe that 156 people did a thumbs down on this beautiful, moving production. I live in Colorado and I learned so much from this. Thanks.

  • @ziraprod6090

    @ziraprod6090

    2 жыл бұрын

    A lot of what he says is BS.

  • @TheMissesofV
    @TheMissesofV7 жыл бұрын

    This is heart breaking! Why is there no chance in behavior????!!!!

  • @BlGGESTBROTHER

    @BlGGESTBROTHER

    3 жыл бұрын

    Two words: Over Population

  • @basxm
    @basxm Жыл бұрын

    . I think we should have a Snow Drive...like a toy drive. All neighbouring states with exess snow....including Alaska and Canada if they want and start trucking in snow and dumping it into to the head waters of the Colorado river in the rockies. Snow was already going to be dumped there anyways naturally as snow is freash water. Or organize a collection of snow for redistribution that falls in the roockies and push/move/truck towards the Colorado river head waters. Theres nothing more to do as nature takes over with melt and flow

  • @rhettriley5094
    @rhettriley50944 жыл бұрын

    So you left out the part about LA and Phoenix; kind of crucial... Just lettuce in January nice

  • @Chrismzeller
    @Chrismzeller8 жыл бұрын

    Great video but as a backcountry skier in Colorado there is no surprise that there would be 3" of snow on Pyramid on Christmas and 9' in June. This is our typical snowpack accumulation pattern. This is why backcountry skiing happens in the spring and it is depressing to see the resorts rush to manufacture white ribbons of death to be open by Christmas. Not a climate change denier, global warming is real, but this flawed example doesn't help.

  • @MichaelKerlee
    @MichaelKerlee3 жыл бұрын

    i just spent 3 days on a rafting trip and seen the river level drop at least 10-12 feet at night time.

  • @kbarrett63
    @kbarrett633 жыл бұрын

    @11:07 "Ohhhh, FFffuuuuuc....." .........sound drop outs...LOL

  • @brokendownoldman9547
    @brokendownoldman9547 Жыл бұрын

    Maybe diverting water from the Missouri River at Kansas City, Kansas before it reach's the Mississippi River?

  • @eskinderyeshewalul7148
    @eskinderyeshewalul71489 жыл бұрын

    Gorgeous Colorado, I want More strories about.....!!

  • @thundercloudentertainment900
    @thundercloudentertainment9008 жыл бұрын

    GAHHHHH No more lettuce and spinach in December and January for this girl!

  • @TheSupercat91
    @TheSupercat919 жыл бұрын

    They was very little discussion on how we can save the Colorado river maybe we need to start using better alternatives to hydro power so we dont have to use so much water to generate power.

  • @WhiteWolfos

    @WhiteWolfos

    9 жыл бұрын

    TheSupercat91/Justop2013 Don't eat alot of meat if at all. 1pound of red meat wastes over 20,000lbs of water not to mention over 11 pounds of plants, and fuel and also emits huge warm trapping gases etc. Eat your plants on season and dont buy too many chips and sodas as that uses up a considerable amount of water. 80% of water goes to farmers and less than 20% to cities. You could bathe every day filling up a 50gal tub for a month and its not nearly enough to match up what 1 pound of red meat wastes.

  • @TheSupercat91

    @TheSupercat91

    9 жыл бұрын

    WhiteWolfos All of that is not a problem here in Indiana we have to much rain.

  • @margreetanceaux3906
    @margreetanceaux3906 Жыл бұрын

    That was 2014. We certainly are not a ‘learning’ species - we invoke our own demise.

  • @weareone2012
    @weareone20126 жыл бұрын

    That place looks like an ancient mining operation

  • @rikkikirchner5492
    @rikkikirchner54922 жыл бұрын

    I wanted to see all of the dams. We Ended at the Hoover Dam and skipped to the end of the line. What about the Davis Dam, Parker and???

  • @SarfrazRazaOfficial
    @SarfrazRazaOfficial2 жыл бұрын

    can anyone help the documentary made by him regarding River Aral and Colorado disasters... i just watched it yesterday some parts of it... Please help???

  • @josuenunez3004
    @josuenunez30044 жыл бұрын

    Why is Las Vegas so concerned about water with Lake Powell and Hoover Dam so near?

  • @seanconnery1277
    @seanconnery12772 жыл бұрын

    3.12.2021.Not bad.

  • @ebenwaterman5858
    @ebenwaterman58585 жыл бұрын

    First few minutes it's all about I and Me. Where's the River?

  • @707Chiva
    @707Chiva3 жыл бұрын

    I heard there is problems again between the USA and Mexico for water. Also, wasn't the filling of the river temporary and it's been dried again?

  • @handymanhensley6517
    @handymanhensley6517 Жыл бұрын

    I live in the cochella valley I have property in salton sea I l know everyday if something don't change we are all in for a bad situation hope it can change one day soon

  • @PAPOOSELAKESURFER
    @PAPOOSELAKESURFER6 жыл бұрын

    Just below where the delta ends is the birthing zone for California Grey Whales, much dirtier and polluted than when a natural river fed the head of the Gulf of California.

  • @apostolossas4397

    @apostolossas4397

    4 жыл бұрын

    @ROBERT ANDERSON as if the leftists cause all of this, lol

  • @vberbano
    @vberbano Жыл бұрын

    Mark Wahlberg speaking on the Colorado River.

  • @user-dg3pp4kb3g
    @user-dg3pp4kb3g2 жыл бұрын

    15:02

  • @PawelzLublina
    @PawelzLublina4 жыл бұрын

    2019 - how is Colorado river today ?

  • @oscarweeks-browning686

    @oscarweeks-browning686

    4 жыл бұрын

    search it up

  • @chayanikamedhi4184
    @chayanikamedhi41842 жыл бұрын

    What is the name of this horse's foot like lake?

  • @harryblowfish3268
    @harryblowfish32689 жыл бұрын

    The ads show up great. The video doesn't show at all. So much for iPhone 6.

  • @kevinkiesel4937

    @kevinkiesel4937

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Harry Blowfish It might be time to get a computer?

  • @garfeybuffknuckles1915

    @garfeybuffknuckles1915

    8 жыл бұрын

    Kevin Kiesel Yeh, I think you'll probly need one... this video is crap.

  • @magnetisemplayz3839
    @magnetisemplayz38395 жыл бұрын

    9:07 anyone saw the house with lights on the right

  • @abelflores5976

    @abelflores5976

    3 жыл бұрын

    I wondered why he didn’t point that out.

  • @BlGGESTBROTHER

    @BlGGESTBROTHER

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@abelflores5976 He did at 9:28. He refers to it as "the grainery" because it contained tools used by the natives to grind grain into flour. He also said that he used spotlights to light the windows and give the effect that it was being lit from the inside.

  • @abelflores5976

    @abelflores5976

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@BlGGESTBROTHER nice! I completely missed that so thank you.

  • @uber301
    @uber3019 жыл бұрын

    Wow I'm actually not blocked!

  • @mohammadhassanpournader1731
    @mohammadhassanpournader17318 жыл бұрын

    hi I am glad

  • @farqadmazhar1210

    @farqadmazhar1210

    6 жыл бұрын

    Mohammadhassan Pournader hi glad, im farqad.

  • @Vegatable
    @Vegatable5 жыл бұрын

    Yo I’m from the roaring fork valley

  • @kbarrett63
    @kbarrett633 жыл бұрын

    $120MM?? that sounds low to me? Corruption !!

  • @lautakwa2360
    @lautakwa23605 жыл бұрын

    Leung tsz cheung love sakshi

  • @MG-bl5qo
    @MG-bl5qo6 жыл бұрын

    Matt damon 🤔🤭

  • @1966bluemax

    @1966bluemax

    4 жыл бұрын

    M G more like Lex Luger

  • @ice_bead
    @ice_bead4 жыл бұрын

    11:07 the boat is named Black Mesa. Okay, who's the Half-Life nerd?

  • @IETCHX69
    @IETCHX696 жыл бұрын

    We can't win . The earth needs to shake us off , like a flea bitten dog . YOU GO GIRL !!! Shake away !

  • @Arthur-Silva
    @Arthur-Silva8 жыл бұрын

    and it's all approved by Rupert Murdock!

  • @johancarlberg1530
    @johancarlberg15303 жыл бұрын

    Heyyy

  • @pheelickscanari904
    @pheelickscanari9043 жыл бұрын

    Wish I could be a scientist

  • @paulskillman7595
    @paulskillman75954 жыл бұрын

    The whole planet Earth should be designated as scared because we have not found another planet like Earth.

  • @lzhhng
    @lzhhng9 жыл бұрын

    Ryan Partlow he didn't even specify it happened in one year.

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