do look at this recent video. Our agriculture has always worked away from wetlands generally because we did not have a usable technology that could do much.
Now we can change that. Leveling and rolling down wetlands allow for growing cattails for fodder from the btropics through to the arctic circle. productivity exceeds that of corn. so agricultural exploitation is feasible with mode4rn machinary.
all we need is to work with the beavers to expand and operate those wetlands.
now we understand that the beaver has no problem working all through deserts and dry lands and their wertlands both expand hugely and allow vegetation to move uphill.
We have only to learn to work with them as this power plant shows us. so vwe move roads and trails and yes our fences. We do that anyway to support our cattle and supporting beaver is an exceloent choice when the wetland can also become productive with the right gear.
long term, we need a full global implimentation of beaver husbandry and this certainly includes australia and the entire middle east in particular. all potential wetlands need to be stocked.
Beavers in the Desert!
In the deserts of north America something incredible is happening, these arid lands are turning into lush green wetlands and its all because of a very secretive creature who only comes out at night and the results are surprising everyone! Determined, relentless and even stubborn are words commonly used to describe one natures hardest workers, they work tirelessly through the night, night after night, while most people are asleep... I'm talking about beavers of course :) and despite their controversial and complex relationship with man in the past, there are a growing number in the science world who are coming to the realization that beavers could actually be a friend and not foe, who can help us win the fight to save the environment. In this video we will show you how beavers have saved desert rivers over the course of 12 years, and the landscapes beavers create that can help to fight wildfires, reduce drought and reverse declining fish numbers we are going to look at two case studies of beavers effects on rivers in two completely different desert regions of north America, one in a northern cold and dry desert zone in Oregon and the other in the hotter and even drier southern desert in Nevada.
Beaver reintroduction to some rivers in Devon in the southwest of England now seems to be going OK. They aren't doing too much damage, so farmers are no longer objecting. And they've built enough ponds for retention of water upstream to become evident.
I watched three beaver dams being built on Butte-Silver Bow Creek in Butte, Montana. This was a reclaimed creek from polluted mine run off to a clear, clean water way. The surrounding land looked like high desert scrub land. Two years after the beaver dams appeared the greenery started to find its way up the hills from the stream due to the increasing size of the new wetlands. It was wonderful to watch.
I'm from Yuma, AZ. Over the last couple hundred years many invasive species of plants were introduced to the area. Beautiful, but native food was lost for the local animals & they disappeared, including beavers. About 20 years ago two beautiful wetland parks were created on the Colorado River at Yuma. Invasive species of plants were eliminated & animals returned. The wetlands are enormous & beavers, bobcats, & many other animals are now common. The wetlands are important for millions of migrating insects & birds. There are great hiking trails & national awards were received by the city.
As a land owner who has had beavers on my porperty for 20 years I can agree that they improve the wetland habitat greatly. The diversity of wildlife has exploded since the beavers damned up one of my creeks. They only made a bout a 5 acre pond, but it's had a huge impact! One part about your video that you may have got wrong or not followd through to the end purpose. The part about them digging ditches to spread the water around from the main damn. As one who has watched them, those ditches yes spread water but, their main use was/is to move trees. Little beavers can't drag trees through the forest but, they can pull them if they are floating. The ditches expand their tree harvesting range by allowing them to float/drag trees back to their damn.
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