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Tree scientist chiming in: it is almost certainly climate-based. Foliar pests (like scale bugs) are usually what we call secondary disturbance agents. They take advantage of trees with weakened defenses; they don't cause the issues in the first place. The 2012-2017 drought was especially severe in Nevada (and one of many droughts over the last 20 years!), and I suspect you're seeing the lingering effects of this. Droughted trees can't produce enough defensive compounds that normally deter insects and pathogens, so they either die directly of the drought or from secondary agents, both of which you've seen here. You did a great job illustrating the gradient of grassland > parkland (scattered trees) > forest on your hike. Parkland, like where your property is located, is right on the margin of where the trees can exist, so they are the most vulnerable. It is perfectly natural for these margins to expand and contract over time, but the scale you've demonstrated here is certainly worrying. It does seem to be the result of large-scale climate patterns, and there's not a lot you can do about that...
Yup I remember the huge difference in the water level of lake tahoe which is half in nevada and half in california You could walk out way further than usual and beaches and rivers had a bunch of extra land
You are forgetting that forest fires also help to kill off such infestation. And when mankind changes the way nature works. Nature it self changes. What we will end up with is still being decided by nature..
Even in 1080p I couldn't see anything!! But I trust Cody!
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To be honest, I think this degree of artifacts and smudging wasn't caused solely by RU-vid. Maybe Cody's camera has too low bitrate or Cody transcoded the video?
I think its not youtube compression (i have seen many videos with higher bitrates), but its his camera or cody does not have much internet so he must compress it a lot before uploading
@ RU-vid reduced the bitrate because everyone is staying at home watching Netflix or RU-vid, thereby congesting the internet. If you have lots of edges - like pine needles - a low bitrate will give you severe artifacts.
Something about his tone in this video is kinda chilling. “This one’s not as bad as some of the others, but I think its only a matter of time before it is.” Ominous.
I’ve been watching an arborist here on RU-vid for years his channel is called Arborist Blair Glen he’s based out of California and he really knows his stuff and he cares greatly for trees. I don’t know how you could get ahold of him but he might be willing to give you his opinion.
i watch his channel too, very knowledgeable guy, quite a popular channel too, maybe collab on saving these trees :) arborist blair always has a solution
this is a distressing situation, hes had it pretty rough the last few months, moves to another state, gets his own land, and then finds out that the trees on his land are dying, probably doesnt stack up very well, i just hope he figures something out
@@chineseboxingstylekanye7147 The trees he planted are on the other ranch (I believe its his parents ranch). Chicken hole doesn't have trees planted by Cody so far.
That's sad. I have seen a lot of environment change during my time, and I'm not that old! The rate is quite fast. I was thinking, maybe you can introduce other types of trees to your land that could thrive in the new climate?
Obviously he could get new trees that could thrive in a warmer environment, but I can only imagine that being his very last resort. Trees not meant for that area could have adverse effects on the ecosystem. Granted, that being said, I can only assume Cody would do a ton of research and find just the right tree to plant there. Also, if he did plant more trees, it would take years for the ecosystem to adjust. Bugs and animals would see new plants that never existed to them. It’s crazy with everything going on today. I hope he figures out a solution that he can do.
I don´t think that can be done, Pine trees are one of the (if not the) sturdiest trees around, they can live in very harsh environments. If Pines and Junipers are dying, there is little you can do, as there are no trees that can easily survive in environments where these couldn´t.
Looks a lot like drought stress, probably as the climate warms there is less snow melt in spring to water the trees. You could maybe try mulching around the trees with compost or organic matter. This would retain the moisture and keep the grass at bay. Also as it breaks down it would feed the trees. Also swales on contour should work well as this would catch any run off and allow it to slowly soak into the ground instead of flowing down the valley.
Find some trees doing well at lower elevations. They may have a slight adaptation that makes them more tolerant to warmer areas. You could then germinate seeds from those trees and plant them out to build a stock of warmer climate tolerant trees.
Shortage of Ladybugs because of human activity (Insecticides/climate change) Buy a few mesh bags full of Ladybugs and release em in the area. They'll destroy massive amounts of Needle Scale.
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Cody, not sure about Nevada, but in Texas we have dedicated county agents who work for the state Dept of Agriculture. If you have a similar thing in Nevada, they will probably provide the best advice on how to deal with the issue.
Unbelievable, the government has been advising farmers to continue practices that have driven them into bankruptcy and destroyed the environment, and you still think a government agent is trustworthy? wake the hell up.
@@idiocracy10 I dunno dude, sure the government can be awfully stupid at times but that doesn't mean every department and every aspect of the government is suddenly untrustworthy, and I'm sure Cody knows enough that if they give bad advice then he'll notice.
@@idiocracy10 Please provide reliable data to back your theory or an answer of your own on how to solve the issue you seem to know all the information about.
not really - as permafrost return CO2, which was trapped seberal hundreds years ago, while trees dying off return CO2 which was trapped in 100 years, it is still sad - only me being nervous about my master exam from ecology keeps sprouting these things
Please go discuss it with Nevada’s division of natural resources. Either they’re aware of the issue and can give you insight or they would be glad you brought it to their attention.
@@hyperpickle7906 did you not just watch the video that clearly shows the very real effects of climate change? I'd rather be a snowflake than a good for nothing slob that would rather just sit there while the world goes to shit around them.
The trees will survive in colder environments creating a new opportunity for different life in the environment that was once dominated by the Pine and Juniper trees. Life goes on.
Ty Vm yea, life goes on, but there is no reason to write it off that way. As you say, trees in colder climates will survive, though this is true, you must think if the problem continues to grow, if the climate continues getting warmer, eventually all colder climate trees will die. Not only that, but warm climate trees will too. They will end up growing in areas that are even too hot for them. Then maybe they start migrating north to the “colder” climates” until they die and the world is not much but desert. Granted that will (hooefully) take hundreds of thousands of years, and hopefully this problem is actually dealt with, but as of right now, we are literally seeing the potential results of climate change getting warmer. Additionally, if colder climate trees die, it will take hundreds of years for a substantial amount of warmer climate trees to even reach this area, assuming they even will. You heard Cody, he said there is a tree that is potentially over 200 years old. Dead. It took 200 years for that tree to grow. Any wild life, like the bees, will probably die before the new trees come in, then we have the issue where southern wildlife starts heading north too. Then we get invasive species that kill off more plant, animals, etc. and we have larger problems on our hands than just saying “eh, the trees die, new ones come in”. I don’t mean to scare anyone, this is just a hypothetical thought of what may happen. This would happen over hundreds of years, but eventually it could happen. Can it be stopped? Most likely. Will it be stopped? Hopefully. Is it a big problem? Yes.
@@nolansprojects2840 200 years is a blink of an eye. The climate has changed in the past as it will change in the future. We're pretty ingenuitive creatures, we'll figure it out.
I actively destroy trees to help bring down capitalism, comrade. American suburbs are the true enemy. Suburban capitalist rat pig dogs live like forest elves. Can't see the glorious sky for all the disgusting trees the man uses to oppress us. Capitalist pig dog trees oppress all of the smaller plants by hording all the sunlight for themselves and spreading their roots far and deep to monopolize the nutrients. They should be shot in the back of their tree heads for this crime.
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I've also heard that with warming temperatures, the bugs have longer to breed and feed. This is stressing the trees beyond what they've been historically used to.
This is why the south has so many bugs, extremely mild winters (usually 40*F on average through the coldest, occasionally dipping down to freezing) and very long summer temperatures let the insects thrive for a good 80% of the year. trees in the south get around this buy being able to produce pollen in extreme levels. the average pollen level in the spring time near my house in GA, is 8k. the average in my mothers area (Michigan) is 80. so the trees are able to pollinate and replenish very rapidly negating any infestation. except kudzu. that stuff seems to be killing our trees faster than they can repopulate, and it's invasive. the government brought it hear to help with erosion, ended up killing a lot of trees.
I studied Sustainable Ecosystems in college, here are my two cents: Similar interactions have been seen in wild coffee plants in Central America (climate change is moving quicker at the equator and the poles). Certain species would only grow in the lowlands, midlands, highlands. Now we can see highland coffee dying off while the midland coffee begins to grow on the hilltops, and the lowland coffee finds its way into the midlands as fungal infections kill off susceptible populations. It's super sad to see. The same can be seen with beetles and the Ponderosa Pines in my home state of Arizona. Another part of this equation is that trees help water get through the surface layers of dirt and percolate down into the aquifer. Without a bunch of trees aiding in this, your aquifer could also be affected as a result of what you're witnessing with these die-offs. Entire communities are going to be changing in the near future and I'm scared to see what that means for our planet's rich biodiversity.
Not an expert by any means, but changing ecosystems do not mean less rich ecosystems. Perhaps coffee dies off, but another species more adaptable to the changes becomes equally desirable. Current biome configuration is certainly going to change, but life has not survived for as long as it has without being remarkably diverse and highly adaptable. Things will be neither better nor worse, just different.
The planet will survive what we do to it with climate change. The big issue is, will we. We may do damage that lasts for thousands or millions of years but the earth will recover. Humans, on the other hand, may not.
@Uncle Eidolf Cause the right isn't guilty of censorship either... Wanting to ban violent video games, movies, cartoons and music... Claiming Dungeons and Dragons is a tool of the Devil and needs to be stopped.
Cody: the temperature, the reduced rainfall that the American West has been experiencing for some decades now, the scale bugs, and the non-native grasses, might all be better thought of as contributing stressors, rather than competing hypotheses. It is likely that anything you can do about any of them will help at least a little, at least on your trees - and less likely that measures (like fertilizer) that don't address those stressors will be any great help.
@@streamylc maybe if we understand that climate change is a genuinely huge issue, in terms of damage to ecosystems and biodiversity (species are going extinct more and more frequently every day and habitats are getting destroyed). Having some foresight instead of just uneducated opinion goes a long way, maybe think about the fact the droughts will ravage agricultural systems and acidifying oceans and warming oceans will mean direly less productive fisheries, or that billions of people live on coastlines and at or near sea level, you're not even prepared to think about the scale of an immigration crisis that is inevitably going to happen.
Jared Lapierre maybe when people understand climate change research is inherently biased (govt funding ceases if you disprove climate change, global cooling/warming, and isn’t even approved if your hypothesis doesn’t insinuate your bias) more realistic measures can be taken. It seems whenever a good alternative is suggested the climate nuts seem to deny its usefulness. I suggest hydrogen as a fuel for ICE cars, it’s explosion creates ozone and water. 2things we need. Climate change people tried to say that hydrogen isn’t explosive enough...
Progress won’t happen if there’s only one heavily structured path of progress that’s organised by the very people who stand to become rich from said progress, hydrogen fuels in ICE cars would remove all the climate change chips off the table and have a measurable effect within our lifetime, plus to justify producing it in such high amounts it can also be used in batteries for electric cars. Those same people who didn’t like hydrogen for an ice car, were still incredibly happy to produce it for batteries
If you’re in Oklahoma, OSU Extensions does soul testing, home gardening, etc. Maybe whatever school is or used to be Nevada A&M... OSU was Oklahoma A&M.
I mean, right now it could hurt if one of the scientists is an asymptomatic carrier of COVID-19. But in general you're right that reaching out is usually harmless and sometimes helpful.
@@diablominero You don't need to meet in person to ask if they have data on the subject. Email would more than suffice in this case and especially now.
This isn't just happening in Nevada. I've been through lots of areas throughout eastern Oregon and parts of Idaho where it is affecting much larger pine trees, on a huge scale.
I live in a similar climate zone as you, with similar tree species, and have been combating pine needle scale for awhile. Mulching around the trees will help retain soil moisture without having to add new water, lowering stress on the tree (leave 2" gap around trunk, mulch out completely under canopy). Fertilizer will also help reduce stress on the tree, strengthening it so that it can better combat mild pine scale infestations on its own. More extreme non-chemical methods involve putting up summer shade structures that reduce the amount of sun on the tree during the hottest part of the day, thus reducing the amount of moisture the tree loses. Aggressive pruning and burning of trimmings to prevent the spreading infestation can be effective if an infestation is caught early enough, but it might be too late for this step to be effective considering the infestation seems to be spread over a wide area. If you can find trees that aren't heavily infected yet, consider aggressive trimmings on infected nearby trees and continued monitoring of the healthy tree to do any required mild pruning. Pine scale insects spread more rapidly on the same tree as new generations are born, so if you can catch an infestation of a tree early enough, you can save the tree by pruning the infected branch. Additionally, mild infestations can be removed by rubbing the armored scale with your fingers to break through the armor, then dabbing the area of the needle under the armor with an alcohol-soaked cotton swab to kill the insect.
Should be monetized. We need to be able to talk about death in a meaningful way. What trees are you going to replace these with? What trees do well in a hotter climate?
John Peric he is right to propose the introduction of a hardier tree to augment the canopy. Imagine which would be more difficult: revitalizing a desert, or almost a desert? Trees also maintain moisture levels in climates, you could see how the junipers were dying afterwards. Although the introduction of a weed to an ecosystem will have serious repercussions, it might help the other trees to have a fighting chance.
@@johnperic6860 All plants, and indeed all life, is invasive to some degree. There was a time when there was no grass at all, now it is one of the most prominent species on Earth. Additionally, proposing change to suit our own human needs and desires is not necessarily wrong either. We have been doing it since the dawn of man, it's pretty much the definition of agriculture. In my opinion, uselessly trying to avoid change to the point of destruction of your desired environment is just as irresponsible. Either way, life will do what it always does: adapt or die
I live in colorado and I've noticed this happen to various species throughout the state. I've seen mixed forest with all of the douglas firs dying. I've seen it with pinyons. I've seen it with ponderosa too.
The way cody hypothesizes to this degree which most people wouldn't, I think further validates him as a respectable man of science. I'm just always impressed by the little things about the guy. And another point. He really could just give in and let things go bad. But he won't. He's cody. Absolute legend.
It's usually saturated soils that have the worst pest issues with untimely additions of nitrogen, especially with oomycetes. I agree that it is impractical to use amendments in this situation though.
What about bees? And termites, without them we’d be up to our necks in dead tree carcasses? And butterfly’s just to inspire kids face paint, and college age girls bad decisions.
@@richardharding7767 That's a sacrifice I'm willing to make. Besides, worms, fungi, and bacteria, can take care of dead foliage. And there's no end to inspiration for bad decisions, trust me.
The USDA Forest Service recommends that you spray them off with a strong jet of water, rake up everything around it and remove what you raked from the area. Try that to see if you can salvage any of the trees!
id recommend digging a well anyways. having a steady supply of water out there would be a good idea and depending on how well the well does it could replicate water recovery on mars.
the temperature increase also greatly increases the amount, activity and size of insects. right here we are getting more and more musqitos every year, and they are around all year now
Same thing happening in central/east Europe. We are having droughts and it is predicted that up to 75% of trees won't survive new climate. We need to switch to different species that can live in new condition.
I read recently that here in Germany the introduced (so long long ago most people think they are native) trees are not doing well and planting the actual native beech and another species that I cannot recall was being advocated.
Yes, last year almost all spruce trees here died because of a bug. We have a lot of mixed forrest here in the area (central/west Germany) and a lot of it died last year. The last two Winter were a total joke. They were way too mild. Last year there was only one day of snow here and the year before that it was also only a few days. Two years ago I had to mow the lawn still in November because of all the rain that shouldve been snow and last Summer it was so hot that I didn't have to mow it at all because it just burnt and died for a few months. It's shit and it never was like this here in the past.
@@jk743 Over here in northern Switzerland we have a similar situation. I wouldn't complain about any rain at all, though. It used to rain and snow a lot a few years back. Now we're lucky to see snow at all (same as you) and during the summer, we have so little rain that the past two years, you weren't even allowed to make a fire in your garden because it was so dry. Needless to say, this climate is not very good for the local plants.
I'm a forestry graduate, however I'm from the east so take it with a grain of salt. Scales are hard to fix. You have to hit them when the females are flying and not covered. As soon as they land they will reproduce, start to feed, and form their "shell". BUT: But its really odd that a scales would get this bad on their own. The fact thay things are dying so fast makes me think the real issue might be in the roots! And those stress chemicals are attracting the scales. I cant give specifics but look into things like annosus root rot or similar issies. annosus is a western connifer root disease. I like your grass hypothesis too, its a well known fact that grass around trees is a detriment to them for the reasons you stated. Forest lawn interface trees somtimes have issues like this. All of these very much could still be influenced by cliamte change! Climate change causes stress, stress causes all sorts of issues in trees!
I've been reading quite a bit recently on the habits of some plants to release competitive and sometimes outright herbicidal chemicals from their roots, and it seems like a problem that's vastly overlooked just for the lack of directed study on it. Cody's problem is probably a combination of the grasses stealing nutrients and releasing competitive chemicals, and the advancing treeline. Being a primary windbreak in a dry climate with nothing adding humidity to the air ahead it has to be a major stressor.
A few questions need answering: How is the area’s aquifers doing? What is the status of the mycelia? Mycorrhizae? Earth pH? Moisture? Competition of other nearby plants? As of now I’d recommend finding a way to increase the amount of mycorrhizal symbiosis present in the area. It not only increases water retention but also increases organic matter accumulation, increases diversity and productivity.
SecretLars I think that he mentioned that the pH was basically neutral in his previous video. He stated that the rock is mostly quartz on his property.
Everybody is always so quick to jump on "climate change" but willing to overlook other man made problems. Reminds me of the great lakes recently were running low and everybody said "climate change" but now they are higher than ever. It just shows how little we actually know
In today's episode of "Treeskeeper: Arbored Grudges" we join Forensic Arboriculturist Cody Reeder as he investigates a brutal string of mass Arborcide.
i would love to see you go through the testing, i can imagine a test with planting new trees as well. maybe 2 with fertilizer, 2 thats getting water, 2 untouched etc. and have the trees in relatively equal spots. i would try to contact neighboring land owners and heck maybe even the closest farms and house owners nearby. tho it seems to not be many too close.
I hope your keeping well cody, sorry to see your local trees are dying. Perhaps you can clone some of the survivors who might have some more resistance to the bugs?
Digging a well seems like a good idea. There are several good RU-vid videos on doing it yourself, and it would make for great content. Considering you have as much snow as we saw, and in April no less, I would expect the water to pool, or at least run off somewhere. It may not be on your property though. :(. And finding that water can be difficult (use the trees to help!)
We need to get this video to more people. Side note cody I love your videos and your intentions keep it up! You also look great with the haircut keep doing what you’re doing. I hope your efforts aren’t in vein!!
Ten years ago, or so, I was living in an area that had a lot of Radiata pines planted as wind breaks. They started dying off and the die off seemed to be progessing from dry to wetter areas. Many locals jumped on the old chestnut of climate change and left it at that. Fortunately some more enlightend people looked into it further and it was established that a disease was killing them. The dying trees were taken down and burnt and some healthy trees around the area were also destroyed to create a buffer and thankfully the die off was stopped and Radiata pines happily grow in that area again. I don't know if it's possibly the same issue in your area but it's definitely worth asking the question of some one who'll think beyond just saying "climate change".
@@ujustinree2987 well he did move to this wasteland to build his mars base; to look at it from a glass is half full perspective his simulation just got a little more realistic...
Hey Cody, greetings from Germany! I´ve been following your channel for quite some years now. It´s really great to see how you use your modern knowledge to explain the basic mechanisms of chemistry and the environment! In southern Germany we have a very similar problem with all the trees dying! There is a bug that kills off every single spruce tree in the forests. The bug can reproduce much more rapidly due to the warmer weather the last years and infest the stressed trees. It is a vicious circle: The wind breaks some trees and the sun can dry the surface which damages the trees (flat roots). After this the bug has no trouble to infest the tree, killing it by eating the cambium. After the infested trees have been cut down to prevent the bug spreading, the wind can again break trees which are not covered by their surrounding... In the last year my family lost about 1/3 of the trees on our farm! I do not expect spruce trees to survive the next 10-20 years in this area in general. It is really sad that this seems to be a global phenomenon.
I have a large amount of juniper on the acres that I live. I've managed them for several years now. The grass does indeed kill the trees off if it gets too tall, especially the small trees. It must be removed from under and around them. It takes all the water from the roots and sunlight from the saplings. Juniper respond very well to heavy pruning, as this allows them to consolidate their water usage and immune system. I start with lower branches ( for fire safety ), but if the tree is thinning I will aggressively prune more. Even the smaller trees and saplings can be pruned. The ones that are under heavy stress can be saved in some cases by giving them water after the pruning until you see the ends of the branches turn a light green in a few weeks and the water can be discontinued. The next year they will start to fill out green. Good luck. Edit: I don't know how this would work for the pines, but I imagine it might help them too. Even if the climate is changing good management can save these trees.
Cody, Rode has a mic for your phone with a windcap. just plug in en fairly cheap. Will help with the wind noise, but also with the reverb of the tanks. Thanks for your video, again good to see you.
Hey Cody, over here in Aus we are getting smashed by pests at the moment, after the drought and fires in struggling to control fruit fly, aphids, mealy bugs, ants, mosquitos and more, it might be more than just a local thing
"Many of these trees were my friends. Creatures I had known from nut and acorn." I feel you, man. Coming from desert country where every tree we have is a rare treasure, to see them dying so is distressing to me as well to say the least.
For scale bugs make an oil preparation that suffocates them by mixing four tablespoons of dishwashing liquid into one cup of vegetable oil. Mix one part of that mixture to about twenty parts of water, put it in your sprayer and spray the affected trees
not having the trademark thumbs up at the end really got me for some reason. :( i'm sorry for everything you've been going through and admire how much you care when so many don't.
Hey Cody, finally watching you after all these years I can provide some intel on this topic. Scale bugs come in various different forms. They steal nutrients from the host and the only way to properly stop this is with an oil spray. I see you’re using a pesticide spray which uses chemicals. This is un natural and not needed in your case. Use an oil base spray, many of them are made organic, im not to sure which ones they have in America but they seep under the protective layer killing the scale along with providing a protective layer. This is an oil layer which helps prevent an further damage from scale as they can no longer grip to the pine. Happy to answer any questions :)
Since insects are cold blooded, when the temperature goes up - so does their metabolic and reproductive rates. So there may be more scale bugs (because they're reproducing faster in the warmer temperatures) and they're overwhelming the trees. But it's likely a combination of factors... the die off and retreat of the trees due to increasing temperature, leaving fewer at lower elevations to host the insect load (which has increased due to temperature).
Not trying to argue with your professional experience, but I'm curious, how does that not also stop the tree from breathing? Or does it just last long enough to kill the bugs but not the plant?
DFPercush horticultural oils contain complex mixture of petroleum hydrocarbons you can also do soy/plant based for a more natural application the way the oil interacts with plants is different that interactions with bugs. so long story short it kills bugs and let’s the plants breathe
Cody try using wood chips or stones for mulch, they are great for retaining moisture and releasing natrual nutrients for your trees and plants. Talk to local tree surgeons for wood chipings (they are usually looking to get rid of them), also make sure the wood chips are green.
@@amberafonso2903 all good, the soil quality will greatly increase just by keeping it moist. I suspect it has to do with increased bacterial action in moist soil. Compost would help heaps. Compost and then a layer of mulch on-top would be even better. The best would be swales around the trees with compost + mulch. Main goal with dry environments is to reduce evaporation.
@@johnperic6860 Ahem, trees also do the same job by dropping thier leaves off, also we are not familiar with a world covered in wildlife, we need to observe plants and trees in thier natrual habitat to learn what is best for them, essentially copying nature...
This the most depressing stuff I’m glad you made this video. I always cared about trees but I’ve never been this genuinely sad at seeing them like this :/
The tenderness with which Cody cares for the trees is so inspiring. Like when I get a plant that dies im all like: 'How SElfIsH of it. I was enjoying that' But Cody actually loves the trees for what they are. :D
That's plain old desertification - Trees need a functioning Eco system (Birds eating bugs, mammals taking care of birds, mushrooms, worms circle of life you know...) Problem number one is soil erosion, healty soil and something grows even if there is to much heat and to less water.
Birds don't eat scale. There are really no native predators for scale. Ladybugs will eat scale, but it's difficult to convince them to stay in one place. One time I bought 1,000 lady bugs and carefully distributed them on my four pinon trees. In about a week I couldn't find a ladybug, but the scale was still there.
@@buckhorncortez My aunt had a windowsill at her house that would get infested with lady bugs annually. They obviously seek certain things, like a moth light or roach dark. They nest like bees or termites and could be farmed/kept...
I'm so sorry for all of this. I have always dreamed of owning land and helping the local area and having a symbiotic relationship with it, I can only imagine how heart breaking it is to see your wildlife die. I wish I knew how to help but I am only a teenager and don't know any fancy science stuff.
I'm in the midst of a climatology class, and there's mention of pollen records. Wet lakebeds have preserved pollen for long periods of time, and grass pollen is more prevalent than tree pollen during times of warmth. It's not enough for me to feel like an expert on, but it does fit with your idea of warming climate killing the trees.
@discorperted That doesn't mean that the drastic increase in temperature over the last hundred years, which is increasing at rates far higher than in recorded history, isn't caused by us.
@Nobody Knows The climate is all messed up everywhere. Abnormally warm one moment then cold the next. and this because there is more energy in the atmosphere, because it is on average warmer, which causes more drastic air flow. Saying "there can't be global warming because it's cold here" just makes you look dense. It's global after all, not local. Also, I seem to recall hotter and dryer than normal weather in California leading to massive fires recently. Or perhaps they should have been raking more?
Are there trees in lower altitudes that you can plant as a succession species? Are there native annuals and perennial herbs and sedges you can plant as bee fodder?
I agree. Trying to fight this with chemicals is useless. A fight you can´t win. Better find something else that will grow in those (new) conditions. If I remember correctly you already have a good method to plant.
Totally agree! Petunias, moss rose and sunflowers are all native to South america and flower annually with very little water and can do well in drought conditions. A couple native to Mexico are cosmos and zinnias. Even better, Salvia can handle extreme hot and cold and I've seen them flower biannually in South Australia.
I have a tree in a pot in my yard , that thing is immortal , i have no idea what it is some kind of evergreen fern i think.( would be cool to find out) . I am in the UK but if there is a way to send cody some cuttings i would as i think it can do well. If it can live in a pot that never gets water and be fine i think it may be ok for cody too.
We had a lecture once from a crop scientist who showed us species distribution maps of the UK for now and 10 years time. The entire landscape of my homeland is going to completely change by the time I finish education. Many of the wild flowers, all of the willow trees, most of the butterflies, even the yew trees that have stood for a thousand years, some literally since Jesus was alive, all gone.
They're just mimicking the mars landscape! Jokes aside, I love listening to you think out loud and figure things out. I hope you find out what's going on and reach a solution.
This reminds me of a school project I’m in where we help fix heavily droughted areas on Honolulu, we use drones to identify sick trees ect. We mainly try to fix the water tables and get the ground vegetation back to keep the ground from eroding away
This happened in Australia already in the great snowy mountains where a type of eucalyptus that covered a large area just began to die. It’s strange to drive though and see forests of nothing but dead trees and very sad. Best theories on what happened there are increasing drought, higher summer temperatures, reduced rainfall, soil compaction from all the non native cattle and sheep introduced and the loss of mycorrhizal fungi and other native species vital to the regions ecology. Love this channel so much Cody is the biggest legend
Cody, you should try and install swales and berms across the property to stop, spread and sink water flow aka hydrate the land. These are earthworks, for regenerative intentions, that capture water and help it seep into the ground. This will hydrate the soil at the root zone. Cheers.
If digging into the ground isn't an option, especially around the existing trees, you could rearrange the rocks/pebbles/boulders into rows on contour with the land. This will also help to slow down water flow during rain and melting snow events.
Quite saddening to see such a graveyard of biomass. But I love the way you investigated the issue, almost like an episode of X-Files with the FBI Agents putting all the evidence together. What's important though, is that you are making a change. You might not be able to rescue all the trees on your property or in the area but your project really does impact the way we - your viewers - think about the future. Your ideas have sparked many thoughts and I think the CHB series is one of the few on youtube that still get me really excited, because you see something totally new every time. Keep your chin up and keep doing what you're doing Cody!
regarding the grass hypothesis, a solution can be cutting the grass around the trees and use it as mulch around the trees this will prevent new grass from growing will keep moisture for longer and prevent soil erosion, like in a forest where the ground is covered by leaves
Hey Cody! Here in argentina we have them too... The organic way y found to treat this issue was to make a solution of white soap, or neutral soap, i don't know the name in english, i'm sorry. And spray the trees every day for a month... Its a lot of work, but it do the job. I also tried emulsified oil and it works too. I don't know if it is doable in such a large scale. I've never seen an infestation so large... It makes me really sad. I hope the best for you and the trees in your area. Lots of love ♥
@@dominichines9996 I found that a 1:1:1 mix of water, dish soap and denatured alcohol destroys a ton of stuff. However in this case on such dry land the alcohol probably is not a great idea for the fire hazard and even if that's no issue it'll evaporate so quickly it'll hardly do anything. So dish soap alone should be enough.
Wow, the video compression did NOT enjoy having all of those needles and tufts of grass moving around in frame. Interesting video, thank you Cody! Hope your pines do better.
hey Cody I think your right in thinking its rising temperatures. I live in the midcoast area in Maine. over the last decade i have noticed a tree die off here . it started with the spruce trees along the coast, and now i'm noticing that a large number of our maple trees are dying. I heat my home with wood during the winter , and in the past 5 or 6 years i have been doing so with just the maples that have died over the previous year. the average temperature has definitely gone up here in maine over the years , because it possible to grow things now that couldn't survive this far north.
I'm sure NASA has visual data going back at least a few decades of the area.. not sure exactly how to find it but that might give you an initial visual representation of how the tree line has (or hasn't) changed over time
Oh and i just remembered you had a wildfire not long ago. Maybe it has something to do with that. Ashes tend to make the soil more basic while rotting needles decrease the pH. Maybe a nice project: Take samples, check pH, adjust pH. A lot of bugs are just waiting for plants to live in problematic soil to attack. Solubility of certain nutrients/Minerals is highly dependent on pH. Cheers, a former hobby gardener :D
That wildfire was at his parents ranch, at least the wildfire footage I remember. This is somewhere else, he bought the plot of land after that fire stuff I'm not mistaken. That said given how dry this area is fires happening every now and then wouldn't surprise me at all.
you have a couple of things happening at the same time, the one that sticks out is the relative speed of a lot of changes. fires? were always there and will always be there. humans controlling the fire? bad, since they forcefully "stop fires" the biomass accumulates (since there are less "controlling" cycles of wild fires) and then it gets to a point where neither nature nor mankind can control the fire. climate / droughts are the same. we are changing the water structure ("removing it" and thus changing the ground water level) as well as changing the rain periods and amounts. since mankind started to industrialize rain has changed to more extreme occasions (instead of more "middle rains at middle times" we get either nothing or too much, either none for month or month of rain.. ), same goes for soil erosion and desertification. next to impact due to climate changes there are structural changes. forests being removed, fields being constructed, mountains being removed, cities being constructed etc. the list goes on. :) as you said, pH is changed a lot. you have more acidic rain / air (with the exception of vulcanic periods). but at the same time you introduce more and more basic / alkaline produces into the eco system (concrete, fertilizer, plant soil for a lot of crops), removal of specific "ground" materials (stones, sands, dirts) to be used in urban expansion leaving a wake of unfertile soil behind.
I've been living in western Japan for almost 30 years now and have watched the pine trees turn yellow, then brown, then needless, then fall/ be removed until now there are only the occasional small tree in a very well kept (and obviously expensive) garden. All the forest pines are gone and when I first came there were dense groves of them. This I've seen from just north of Tokyo all the way to northern Kyushu. Cypress and cedar trees seem to be ok, but both can grow in semi-tropical areas.
