If you think this rewilding project is worth supporting then be sure to check out www.mossy.earth/ to learn more and become a member. It is what makes all of this possible! - Cheers, Duarte

@verro9153

Жыл бұрын

I know removing invasives might be expensive, so why don't you introduce some native species in the ponds least affected?

@BBD1

Жыл бұрын

Are you guys thinking about opening this(and other areas) to the public after the project is done? With a wooden walkway or something like that to get more money/funds and awareness? I have walked in a few wooden walkways in Portugal and usually(at least the ones i know) they lack the concern about the proper preservation of the native animals/plants/land scapes Amo os vossos projectos, espero ver mais trabalhos, força!

@IberianCraftsman

Жыл бұрын

kill all the invasive species and introduce large amounts of native species so any young remaining of the invasives won't be able to compete, also you should introduce native European river crabs, and river nayades that filter the water, contact the local associations and get local species to introduce

@liontamer1212

Жыл бұрын

I know the people of Project Kamp would really appreciate your help

@Emptybasilisk

Жыл бұрын

Another great video, thanks! By the way have you heard of the Miyawaki forest? It seems to be a way to plant a forest way faster and more affectively than normal. Maybe you can give it a try?

Fisherman with wildlife management degree in progress and a LOT of field observation here! Definitely do a net and creel survey before breaking ground. And you may want to build extra barriers around already invaded waters in case there's an especially large rain event. Also watch out for seeps between lake that are very close together. Some burrowing mammals and turtles will connect very close waterways. You'd be amazed how many fish fry will squeeeze through a teeny trickle to colonize new areas. Here in the southeast USA I watched unwanted crappie make their way through 3 earth berms with absolutely no obvious way into the next pond. Largemouth seem to have the same abilities.

@MrAntice

Жыл бұрын

From a wildlife management perspective. How do one deal with invasives in a more permanent manner? Several lakes in my area have become "free fishing" lakes for some species just to try to keep the numbers of invasives down, and it seems to hardly make a difference at all when they rely on hobbyists like that.

@vasili1207

Жыл бұрын

@@MrAntice in a lake its easy drain the lake to a walkable level ... get a massive net and coral all the fish into a corner .... sort fish by species throw good fish back over the net... box up and move unwanted fish or leave them on the bank too die .... very simple .. but also depends on depth and size , your not doing the great lakes with this method but if you can get a net as wide and deep as the lake ..... its very easy

@innovativeatavist159

Жыл бұрын

@@MrAntice to be honest, the only actual permanent approach is to take as much breeding stock and individuals in general of what you want in the lake out and house them separately in huge tanks and/or stock ponds, drain the lake down to a level where you won't have runoff coming out of it, and then poison it. It's awful, but it's true. If you do this, try to snatch up any other critters like amphibians beforehand. Fishermen simply cannot put enough predation on an invasive to change much, and the seine technique never gets every individual, so they bounce back surprisingly quickly.

@nil981

Жыл бұрын

The best way to manage invasive species is to stop introducing them to places. A hard ban on the exotic animal trade and severe restrictions on the aquarium trade are needed.

@innovativeatavist159

Жыл бұрын

@@nil981 sure, but I was talking about containing already established populations as well as possible.

I like to see new projects, but I also love to see how the projects that are already being worked on develop. Keep up the good work!

@MossyEarth

Жыл бұрын

Its a hard balance to strike... We have more projects now than ability to make videos. Maybe we should use community posts to help communicate this more. - Cheers, Duarte

@AnotherDuck

Жыл бұрын

@@MossyEarth That's a good problem to have.

@jaywilliams6250

Жыл бұрын

@@MossyEarth sounds like your team could use some new members soon!

@victoryscreeech

Жыл бұрын

​@Jay Williams This honestly sounds like my dream job. God I love this channel.

@TheProteanGeek

9 ай бұрын

​@@MossyEarthI think that these videos definitely help get more people invested (myself included) and help inform as well. They are a great tool for the bigger picture. It would be good if some expansion of the video content capacity could be made but I understand that needs to be balanced as well as any cost approved.

As someone based in the USA, it's interesting to see some of the native species here that have been introduced to europe and are invasive. Here, we often speak about invasive plants and animals from asia & Europe.

@MossyEarth

Жыл бұрын

Everything is native somewhere :) Sometimes it really surprises me when a certain project area we have is dealing with an invasive we want to help in another place. - Cheers, Duarte

@eklectiktoni

Жыл бұрын

I was just about to make this same comment!

@MrNatureMan

6 ай бұрын

Idk what it is about Japan, but a lot of Japanese plants are really damaging here in Illinois

I discovered your channel this week, and have been binging all the videos so far. It's great to see all the impact your work is making. Greetings and love from India!

@MossyEarth

Жыл бұрын

Thank you my friend! Glad you enjoy our videos :) - Cheers, Duarte

@hunterhq295

Жыл бұрын

Rewilding gives hope for biodiversity and climate control

@grond21

Жыл бұрын

@abhi Do you also like water conservation? Because you are doing some really cool water conservation stuff in India.

@unrealnitro9332

Жыл бұрын

I did the same when I found it

@SinNeighbor

Жыл бұрын

Just found it yesterday myself & now fully binging the channel. So happy this work is happening, spreading & being shown ♥️♥️

This might be the best KZread channel I’ve ever seen!

@MossyEarth

Жыл бұрын

Thank you TS! - Cheers, Duarte

@robertstefangavril7935

Жыл бұрын

Indeed 🤩

@williamdehghanpoor8559

Жыл бұрын

That’s what I’m saying!

Yeeah, new video! Let's go 😊

@MossyEarth

Жыл бұрын

Ah cheers Patrik! 😁

Would it be possible to eradicate at least some of the invasives? And are you planning on it if so? Keep up the great work!

@MossyEarth

Жыл бұрын

There might be ways but it could be more expensive than it's worth. We are currently chatting with Rewilding Portugal about this and will certainly give you an update in a future video. - Cheers, Duarte

@jasonreed7522

Жыл бұрын

Everything is possible if you are willing to pay for it. Just for reference the NY DEC (New York State Department of Environmental Conservation) spends $400 million on its "environmental protection" budget line, and in 2019 gave out almost $1.2 million in grants across 16 different "rapid response and control" projects (eradication/control not information campaigns) with an average of 73,000 per project and a max of 100,000 per project. These numbers are mainly just to give a ballpark of how expensive it is to actively remove invasive species. Mossy Earth would need to do their own case specific analysis to know the real cost, and its entirely possible that they may have a better cost/benefit ratio on a different project making it a more worthwhile investment for them. Not to mention the time investment / opportunity costs involved. I suspect that the carp in the 1 pond/lake will atleast be a feasible project to eradicate.

@verro9153

Жыл бұрын

@@MossyEarth You could ask anglers to catch and kill invasive species. A lot of fishermen I know will often do this, either they will bring it back to eat or humanely put the fish down. It may not be effective, but it may give some native species enough breathing room to get a foothold in some of the lakes.

@KenS1267

8 ай бұрын

@@verro9153 It is generally ineffective to have sport fisherman try to control an invasive species much less eliminate them. Trying to keep the four species of Asian carp out of the Great Lakes involves not fishermen but a stretch of the connection between the Mississippi basin and the Great Lakes being lethally electrified.

Awesome to see the breakdown of what's living in the area. Great job, team!

@MossyEarth

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Talenin! - Cheers, Duarte

Hello! I am a biology student in America and I happen to really like aquatic bugs. you probably already know this but the Eurycercus Lamellatus is probably known as seed shrimp. The Acanthoscyclops americanus is called cyclops shrimp and I believe it is considered invasive in Europe.

Interesting to see the results, and important to have this evidence based foundation to our projects

@MossyEarth

Жыл бұрын

Exactly! A results based approach is key for success :) - Cheers, Duarte

becoming a member has been one of my favourite choises this year, super excited about all your projects! I wonder if you guys ever take on volunteers? This summer ill be spending 4 months on a through hike, but after that id love to do something meaningful with my life, and projects like these make me so excited!

I'm studying Geoecology right now and this was sooo interesting! This is exactly the kind of work i want to do in the future!

@MossyEarth

Жыл бұрын

Nice one! Good luck with your degree and future work :) - Cheers, Duarte

It is vids/projects like this that return some of my faith in humanity, that we are "More". The sentence speaks for itself. I humbly thank you for the work but more importantly the joy you find in that work. It's all about what motivates us. This, is GOOD. 🤗

Incredible timing with this video, as I literally just handed in my lab report for the eDNA analysis/Microsatellite analysis of a project for my Molecular Tools for Ecology and Evolution class! Thank you for the wonderful rundown and for getting into detail with this series regarding the quarry, another absolutely fascinating project that you're handling wonderfully! I would love to one day work with you and I just might try to contact you for an internship sometime soon haha. You are doing an amazing job!

@MossyEarth

Жыл бұрын

We are looking to create opportunities for students in the near future, maybe even this year. So keep an eye out! - Cheers, Duarte

@mariogarofano9926

Жыл бұрын

@@MossyEarth definitely will do so, since I might look for a second internship this coming universary year b4 I go into my master's. Much love, keep doing your wonderful work!

@MossyEarth

Жыл бұрын

Well we migtht above all be looking for master thesis type opportunities ;)

@franzroth2830

Жыл бұрын

fancy seeing you here mario ahahaha

@mariogarofano9926

Жыл бұрын

@@franzroth2830 FRANZ WTF??? Me??? It's literally my field, wtf are u doing here?? This is awesome hahaha

I liked the methodology explanation, the superstar frog meme, the species graphics used in the drone shots. Really great effort here! If you keep this up you'll be the most influential biology KZread channel in no-time!

I freaking love how much mossy earth contributes to nature and the voice overs

You were focussing on invasives a lot. What kind of native fishes did you find?

@MossyEarth

Жыл бұрын

None unfortunately, we might reintroduce them if it ever makes sense. However, an extermination of the invasives would be required which could be a big undertaking. - Cheers, Duarte

@timkbirchico8542

Жыл бұрын

@@MossyEarth you have to find a way to get rid of the invasive species, get local govt and communities involved up and downstream if possible. otherwise you may be creating an environment where these invasive species will thrive.

@timkbirchico8542

Жыл бұрын

@@MossyEarth Extermination of the Invasives sounds like a scifi film. x

@canistershotto3062

Жыл бұрын

I thought tench were native to all of Europe?

Super interesting video! Great setup for your future work

Ok, i gotta say you guys are the most underappreciatedchannels ive ever seen. You guys deserve a shout out.

Love seeing the updates on projects over time!

"Mystery Toad" would be a great superhero name

This is amazing, what a great job! I hope to be a member soon! Keep on going!🌲🌲

@MossyEarth

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Nicolas! We appreciate the support and the kinds words :) - Cheers, Duarte

The landscape is allways so beautifull and stuning

Gonna be an idiot and randomly point out I saw Opilliones on the list which is literally just the huntsman spider, the ones with really round bodies and really long, thin legs. If you dig through the list a bit more I'm sure you'll find more of these really inverts all over! The water striders you showed, common as they may be, are still very interesting too!

@julienhennequart33

Жыл бұрын

Opiliones are daddy long legs, not huntsman spiders. They are actually not spiders, but close relative of them.

Neat but i am curious wouldn't the carp spread during a storm/flood scenario? Are there any ideas how to combat them or is it "just" an attempt to stop them spreading further?

@MossyEarth

Жыл бұрын

Good question and good point about the storms. This is more of an attempt than a focus of the project. There are some ideas to eradicate them under debate and then reintroduce native fish but it might cost a lot more than it is worth. - cheers, Duarte

@2036scott

Жыл бұрын

@@MossyEarth couldn't you over fish them? Using wildlife and even invite local anglers to help out?

I love getting to learn about the steps taken in these projects. I hope it inspires more folks to work on habitat improvement!

I didn't know that type of stuff was accessible to the public, that's fucking awesome

@MossyEarth

Жыл бұрын

Its pretty cool eh :) It is like your ancestry dna stuff but for your local lake! - Cheers, Duarte

I always enjoy and learn from watching your great videos! Would love to franchise your efforts here in North America...

@MossyEarth

Жыл бұрын

We are looking to start some US based projects soon. Currently looking for leads in Colorado where I have some friends. - Cheers, Duarte

Today's video was completely for Biologist, love you guys ❤❤❤

Thanks so much for making these videos. They are such high quality and I love that you are really making a difference. You've inspired me to reach out to my local conservation authority to try and get some projects started here. Keep up the great work!

Well done on this edit Tom Hikin 💪. Very cool visualisations :)

An interesting assortment of species! Picking up on the other invasive fish shows how worthwhile these tests are.

Set up a few perches 5+ meters off the surface to film kingfishers, bamboo works well to hang out from the bank a bit for little cost

@MossyEarth

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip Dan! I need more of these as I am an absolute newbie of a wildlife photographer. - Cheers, Duarte

I look forward to seeing all the wonderful project updates and Beginnings. Incredible source of “Hope-amine” and an amazing example of smart project planning and execution. Thank You Mossy Earth!!

It's like a live-action Terra Nil! Keep up the good work, folks.

I would love to see a video on how to deal with invasive species as a whole & also which techniques that you will use to remove these species form this habitat. Great work as always, look forward to the next video.

I love y’all’s videos!! I wanna work on projects like these one day so it’s always a nice boost of inspiration when I watch. Greetings from Texas!

Can't wait for the next update!

I live in an area with a multitude of natural springs in the Piedmont area of the Blue Ridge mountains of Virginia, USA. We are extremely fortunate in that our area is relatively ecodiverse, and even our neighbors who are farms generally try to work with the land, not force the land. I know that even the tiny streams near me have several species of fish, invertebrates, avians, reptiles, etc. It would be really cool to get EDNA evaluation on the local inhabitants and find out what else is living nearby!

very interesting! It's so cool to know how many different kinds of animals are living there that I would have never thought of!

So cool!! Thanks for all your hard work!

Fascinating as well as encouraging.

I love finding a pair of Parus major. Always satisfying.

Amazing work as always, plus the extremely transparent and easily understandable documentation, which i respect massively as well

I discovered your channel this week, This is some wonderful research that is well documented and presented. Thank you.

@MossyEarth

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it charles! - Cheers, Duarte

Great stuff Thank you for the fascinating insight of the sort of research undertaken on the project!

thanks for another great vid! I was wondering if you had any advice for helping nature out in backgardens beyond the usual stuff (I'm already doing the native wildflowers, leaving wild areas, a pond and a bug hotel thing, but you guys are the experts and I was wondering if there's any tricks I'm missing)

@MossyEarth

Жыл бұрын

We are launching a course that will touch on a variety of ways to rewild your local area. Should be out in a month or two :) - Cheers, Duarte

Thank you so much for the in depth updates on this project!

Thanks for the update.

I thoroughly enjoyed this video. It took me back to my zoology class. You guys are doing good work.

The Crane Fly is also known as a Mosquito Catcher. They're the same insect. Mosquito Catchers are hilariously clumsy in flight and movement, always seemingly drunk beyond repair haha

2:55 omg i love these graphs/infographics, its so beautiful and simple wow, haha A chart after my heart 💚

I just love how your projects are helping wildlife mossy earth will truly be the ones to save the world

Great video! It is fascinating to see all the different species (native and non-native) that have found their way into this unique landscape

Love ur transparency and work

as an american, it’s very often i hear about invasives from europe and asia. it was a weird feeling to hear our native species are invasives over there too! especially with the largemouth bass. i’m really not surprised crayfish are bad though! some real buggers

Consider doing some of this high throughput ITS sequencing to catalog the growth in biodiversity of the fungi in the water and soil as this ecosystem develops.

Amazing work as usual love seeing the evolution of this place :DDD

I love this information it is real progress to manage our lands more appropriately

Awesome video! Very informative and educational 👏🏻 Thanks as always for your great work!

I really like your mothodology, caution and explanations. You really are a great team, doing a grea job

Man I discovered this channel today and I really glad tht I found this channel. I really love the works ur team does to improve the quality of the land and to improve the ecosystem.. Really an inspiring work and video..❤️ Love ur works and willkeep on supporting your team!!!❤️👍

Excellent update!

This is a wonderful job you're doing! I'm so glad I came across your channel!😊

Absolutely wonderful ❤️

Great to see how you are planning to use all the data you collected! Seeing the first time the budget I was worried that you overspend on these tests.

@MossyEarth

Жыл бұрын

The budget will include also the second set of tests later so I think it is worth the money. - Cheers, Duarte

Yes! Another quarry video- I can’t wait!

Fantastic work!

That was so interesting. What a fantastic way of researching this area

Really love the video's! Can't wait to see more!

@MossyEarth

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! - Cheers, Duarte

I love these updates

Beautiful work

Thanks for the video!

Duarte, Yet another great vid! Really liked the biology lesson, and all your editing of the Birds from their area. Great Job as usual! Keep Up the great work!

Been watching/loving your videos. Keep it up! :-)

Commenting for the algorithm! Love all your work!

Great work !

Awesome guys.

Great work guys, im looking forward to future updates from the project. Hopefully we're able to do something about the invasive species.

super cool video as always! You guys are doing a very important and interesting work, you should be proud of yourselves. Cheers!

@MossyEarth

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Pablo! - Cheers, Duarte

@maxschon7709

Жыл бұрын

If the carps and crayfish getting too many you should make some fishing out for a week and sell them to local restaurant which will improve the relations to people around the project. People tent to treasue nature more if they see a direct benefit.

Parabéns pelo trabalho!

Couldn't stop laughing that Kohlmeise (German) in English is called THE GREAT TIT lmfao

@MossyEarth

Жыл бұрын

😂

Awesome Video!!!!

amazing work!

Amazing!

Great job so far!

@MossyEarth

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Rubin! - Cheers, Duarte

Awesome video!

Keep up the good work everyone 💪

To cover the bigger sandy aeras lupines and peas could work - of course native species to use. More nitrogen in the ground means other plants like trees grow faster which mean more carbondioxide with be caught.

For those wondering, the carp was introduced in north america intentionally, at least in the us, as a means of controlling algal blooms around industry. They escaped and are now everywhere. I'd imagine the same is true for the other locations too.

@leoe.5046

11 ай бұрын

yeah, you find carp everywhere across germany. Weirdly enough we still have lakes used solely for carp breeding - for example our village's fishermen's club mostly cultivates carp even though it's not popular to eat

If you can find some local fly fishers, you can probably get some help identifying helpful aquatic insects & maybe some help removing some of the invasive fish.

Playing Terra Nil in real life ! I love it.

We have holidays coming up! Can you tell us what the situation is about visiting the quarry please? Of course it would be just amazing to see it in real life but I am pretty sure that there will be necessary restrictions in place. but any information you have about visiting this or other sites would be really useful - Maybe talking about this would make a nice video??? Thanks again for all your great work iain

@MossyEarth

Жыл бұрын

Hi Iain, we've been thinking about how this could be done 🤔. We need to find a solution for all our projects. For many of them you can simply visit using the GPS we provide. This one is in private property managed by Rewilding Portugal and I'm not sure what the plan is atm. We will try to come up with a solution that fits our projects in general and present it to you in the coming months. - Cheers, Duarte

@iainmackenzieUK

Жыл бұрын

@@MossyEarth Super! Thanks a lot Duarte!

One suggestion for the microscopic species: You can reach out to a channel like Journey Into The Microcosmos or the greater amateur microscopy community to help identify microorganisms, which may be able to tell you something about water quality, fish diet, any noxious algae or protists you may have drifting around in there, etc. This can be important, as some species can be toxic and/or out-compete those that are a healthier part of the food web.

Great video I love your work. I wish one day I can work with you in this type of awesome projects. Congratulations for the fantastic work from Spain!

@MossyEarth

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Romero! - Cheers, Duarte

Amazing

your channel has inspired me so much, I’d hope to do work likes yours some day!! ( or even work with you guys plz!)

Such incredible work that you are doing!! It really makes me excited as someone who is striving to become a biologist in the future, I hope that I too will be able to do work like this one day!

music to my ears

@MossyEarth

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! - Cheers, Duarte