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There are many layers of damage not mentioned here about the live bait industry and its effects on aquatic natural resources. Even if 100% of unused bait is disposed of by law, there will still be transmission of pathogens and many live fish will still escape and survive. The organisms trafficked by the bait industry alongside the fish themselves are just as problematic. You can already find reproducing populations of common baitfish in almost any waterbody in MN with a public access, including designated trout management lakes that explicitly outlaw use of live minnows. Even in the depth of the BWCA you can find Fathead minnows and rusty crawfish spawning at nearly every portage. You want change then make it illegal to use any live bait not sourced from the same watershed with strict monitoring and enforcement statewide. Economics will not settle on this model on its own it needs to be law. People have become accustomed to convenient live bait at the filling station but in reality it takes two people 30 minutes to seine a local creek with a $50 net and voila you get better bait without the negative effects. This would allow legacy users to still fish with live bait (with some added effort/cost) and allow for localized bait markets to exist. It will also shift true economic value onto habitats and baitfish populations that are chronically undervalued and underutilized statewide. Allowing the current system to persist and relying on end users to follow the rules will simply not produce any results.
I used to go out and scream and curse at woodpeckers, insulting them in my journeys through the woods until the woodpeckers had enough and attacked me, pecking at my head. I made peace with the woodpeckers by buying them brand new toasters.
Come on stop ur excuess...u guys knew but didnt do nothing till it was too late...they came from europe on those big ships n probably on fish too...now these fuckers r now in northern manitoba.
Beavers help recharge the water level in the ground by slowing water and letting it seep into the ground which helps everyone in so many ways we have hardly begun to understand.
Brook trout evolved with beaver. In north Ga. the best brook trout fishing I ever witnessed was in an area that had some rather large beaver swamps that were rather old.
Just started harvesting at home this spring. It's a great healthy hobby. To be honest I find it everywhere I find 5 or 6 trees per hour. I'd like to give it away but to who?
it's an opportunity for human engineers to CO EXIST with beavers and trout BOTH by figuring out ways for everybody to survive living on the same planet
Hawkers creek bobcaygeon Ontario canada needs help Perfect habitat too many beaver dams Apparently it held bookies back in the day Mnr needs to get in there or someone with capabilities to get them back stocked or found and helped back thru to a blockage at the mouth to surgeon lake so they don't burn up Son in law has been doing his due diligence and research
Is it because the area needs cleansing? Cattails I thought had phytoremediation, maybe if areas were lined with willow trees it would reduce the natural need for cattails?
Cool fish! I like to fish by the chaska area, and also savage area where companies park their barges - many flatties and channels and walleye! And if the bite gets tough I'll throw a worm and catch carp or drum, or get lucky and catch catfish/walleye with those. Really fun waterbody to fish
I have so many questions I want to ask this guy. I have a pet rock I found in a lake. It's covered in green algae, and I keep it in a dish of water on the windowsill above my kitchen sink. One time, I fed it a tiny crumb from an iron vitamin tablet, and the algae turned dark green. Another time, I gave it a crumb from a calcium pill, and the algae turned pale green and foamed up with bubbles. I want to know what is happening.
You're feeding it nutrients and it's up taking those and using them for their intended functions. In aquatic plants, which technically encompass this algae, iron and calcium are crucial nutrients, the calcium I believe is what helps build the frameworks and fuel physical growth, hence the lightening in color. It has excess growth and lacked nutrients to turn dark green like it did with the iron. Basically by altering nutrients you're altering the growth of it and it's condition. They make all in one aquarium fertilizers. You could try one of those that's light or empty of nitrogen as you don't want too much nitrogen or you'll get other algae and such growing in the dish. Keeping the nitrogen load low helps growth be slow but healthy and intentional. Basically what you seen as pale green was a nutrient deficient algae.
Also try looking up things like hair algaes and such and see if you can identify it. It's likely a hair algae based off what you described as far as I can tell. It's a different kind of algae from the diatoms discussed here. You should find LOADS of help on aquarium type pages/groups. There are various types of algae aquarists have done well to identify each kind and why it occurs in aquaria (generally an imbalance of some sort by our standards of water quality) and have identified which things to cut out to get rid of it, thereby providing you with the information to do the opposite of, to make your algae flourish. Sorry for the multiple comments, I had afterthoughts, and it's also good for the algorithm/engagement, especially for smaller channels.
@@izzycurer1260 good luck! Growing algae on purpose can be a tough task, hopefully it goes well for ya! Don't underestimate the amount of light it'll need to stay lush and green 😎
I think there needs to be larger emphasis put on the USFW trying to list these sturgeon on the endangered species list ! The population is increasing and fishing has been outstanding, and catch and release is a big part of it !!
@@wayne-oo I don’t think it’s US F&W, it’s the anti groups trying to petition them to put sturgeon on the ESL. But I understand what you’re saying. We need to make our voices heard that they don’t need anymore protections then they already have!
First of all, it's NOT a mushroom. It's fungus. And where do you get this "1 in 10,000" claim? I'm in southern NH and I can't take a walk in the woods without finding the stuff. As far as whether or not it harms the tree is not known at all. It's also not known how it gets in there because it affects the heartwood, then eventually bursts through the bark, and is NOT known to enter through a wound in the tree. It is NOT proven to fight cancer. Russians were NOT the first to be known to use it. In fact, Otzli the ice man was found to have some in his possession. "OOH! Check around the tree!"...if you knew what you were talking about, you would know it only grows on the north face of trees. It's also NOT on just birch, just predominately birch trees. Chaga also generally grows fairly close to the ground. It's not that common to find it out of reach. I've also popped this stuff with a pocket knife. It's not that difficult to get off. It also absolutely DOES grow back, and if you take it all, you will expose the heartwood of the tree and that's basically a death sentence for the tree. The chaga protects the opening it created. You also don't need to grind it into a powder. Join any local foraging group anywhere with people that actually know what they are talking about, and you will discover that almost everything this guy says is almost completely incorrect. PBS, folks. Public-funded nonsense. STOP SPREADING FALSE INFORMATION!
The fungus has been growing in the tree for 10 years or more. It's still there after you knock off the black mass. It may grow back in a few years. But the fungus infection is fatal to the tree whatever you do.
I have found it almost always grows back if you leave some. I saved a couple examples of this. I forage for myself and to suppliment my income and dabble in tinctures of chaga, reishi, artist conks and turkey tail. We also grow some we don't find in nature. Like lionsmane.
@@Derek_Garnham Yeah I've considered it , but not yet up to speed out culturing it. I've heard if you take live mycillium and place it in a slot cut in a live tree it will take. Honestly I can harvest all the chaga I want and not make a dent in the supply. I'm sure that will change but for now I'm chaga rich. The only stopping me right now is my truck doesn't start well in cold weather and it's in the shop. I usually get a years supply in a month or two this time of year. Usually 2-3 hundred pounds. I sell on ebay and to a few regulars.
Thanks for your reply - my guess would be drill healthy trees and plug with fresh chaga or insert slices of chaga into a sawn slot on the recipient tree. Not guaranteed, but worth a shot, though you must be in a good spot for chaga so why bother :)@@timothylongmore7325
