I don’t know what’s cooler, the fact that this is basically a floating island, or that all those boats can work together like that and actually push it around, or this wicked drone footage that literally makes it look like watching a bunch of ants struggle to move a big piece of food around
@@bruce.of.Britain Or you know they could have just distroyed it so they dont need to do it again but hey you fight for the environment. Think before you type .
It might seem normal to the locals. But shunting around floating islands is kinda bizarre! I guess you could think of it as an outboard powered island.
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@@The613MCNo. I think the OP meant exactly what he said - he is amazed that there's enough earth substructure that a tree can develop a root system sufficient to withstand high winds.
I had never heard of a floating bog, nor have I imagined the possibility of one blocking a bridge. Trees grow on it? Is it rigid, like could you walk on it, or build a small structure?
It's like a sponge. You can't build on it, but trees grow on it. I go to this spot every year for a bass tournament. The bog is always in a different place. It's called the landing resort, hayward wi. You can see the bog on your map program.
Bogs are a floating mass of roots and plants matted together. Over time decomposing plants make soil. So trees can grow and their roots add to the matted floating layer and keep it together. So if you built anything like humans normally live in, it would probably sink in. Trees get away with it because their roots weave into other roots and the load is very distributed, adding strength and not tearing apart the smaller roots.
you could build on it but you would have to adapt significantly to the conditions. I would use a wide base of pontoons & elevate to 10' or 15' to allow the bog underneath to receive sunlight.
That island has been doing that for years. They probably move it at least once a year. That bridge separates the two sides of the lake. That can be a pretty good place to catch walleye too.
I have to say this is really cool on a variety of levels -- first that the bog is there floating, sustaining an ecosystem to begin with; second that it meanders where it will depending on so many factors; third that the community pulls together to do this project and fourth that they were able to relocate the bog without disrupting the ecosystem that it contains. Oh - one more thing - they didn't need months of planning, engineering studies, impact analyses, etc. etc. etc; just a bunch of good ol' boys sayin "Get er done". It's just neat.
Islands and bogs only capsize when people with fully semiautomatic ghost guns, with 30 magazine clips, capable of firing 300 rounds per second, occupy the land mass.
I was up there 4-5 years ago when they moved the bog from in front of Sisko's. It took awhile but they got it out of there. There's nothing cooler then watching a bog move on it's own at a high rate of speed. I seen 2 of them at Sisko's. 1 was move fast enough to leave a wake.
Back in 1951, Dad's friend moved a floating bog using a 20hp Mercury. High water on Lake of the Woods dislodged it and caused the bog to float into a portage area , blocking the stream path. The bog was relocated about 2 miles away, into a secluded bay.
Donno where the subject bog was, the one I referred to probably cam,e from Burrow Bay, the one which I referred to is probably still in a bay on Hay Island, just south of the Turtle narrows, past the totem pole cabin and then on the left.@@Serqz
Our family went to the same resort on the Chippewa every year, after a big storm the boat landing was blocked by a floating bog, took half the day with only 5 small fishing boats to move it. You couldn’t stand on it as you would break through the roots.
I've seen floating bogs that were all grass in North Carolina. I was able to walk across the bigger ones, but trying to imagine one supporting trees is remarkable! More than that, how fascinating would it be to see one of these making it out to the ocean. That's a documentary I would watch.
I'm sure it's not true, but it looked like they were about to push it onto the waterfront with the little cabins. Then boats came to stop them by pushing the other way.
What an amazing feat, everyone knew just where they needed to be and to push how long before changing positions. It was as if I was watching a nautical ballet. Such team work. Thank you for sharing.
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It doesn't seem like they accomplished much though because they left it in the same area where it will eventually drift back to the bridge. I thought they would move it completely out of that area.
They could have done with more coordination. Half the time boats were pushing against each other rather than in concert and it could have been moved much faster and easier if they'd been distributed properly.
If there was a plan and organization it wasn't apparent. A voice over on the video would have been helpful. It was cool that they could move it though.
I have walked around on floating bog like that before. It feels really wierd underfoot. If you bounce up and down it makes waves like in water. Kind of creepy.
For those interested I got this off the Chippewa site: “Much of the land that was covered by the damming of the West Fork of the Chippewa River in 1923 was wetlands - peat bogs. Eventually enough gasses form to lift up an area of peat. Often these can still be hinged to the bottom so they are especially difficult to see.” Fun facts: The same peat (Moss) used to improve water retention in your potting soil and behind some of the worlds best whiskeys. Peat Moss is (basically) dead sphagnum Moss (for my orchid loving friends out there).
Peat and peat moss are two different things. Peat is just a compact chunk of dead vegetable matter. It could theoretically be made of any material. But it only exists in peat bogs because the conditions are such that nothing ever full decomposes. Peat moss is merely a plant that grows very effectively in peat bogs, a place that is generally pretty inhospitable to most plants.
It’s true, Peat moss (not an actual live moss btw, common misconception) is primarily composed of partially decomposed and compacted remains of sphagnum moss and other plant materials found in wetland environments (so yes, your spot on). However, sphagnum moss makes up a significant portion of peat bogs, often comprising around 90% or more of the peat. The exact percentage can vary depending on the specific bog location and its conditions (would love to find a study on this!). Based on my research, the “floating islands” in the Chippewa Flowage area, much like other peat bogs worldwide, are primarily composed of sphagnum moss.
From the title and the small image, i was completely unsure what to expect - now I know that there are moving floating islands - like the amish moving their barns, other folks moving their islands!
This is certainly a new one on me. Great idea of the folks involved. Fill up with fuel and push an island (Bog that is) with your neighbors, what better way to spend the day. Good job on the video. God Bless. NW ga.
Great example of teamwork ? I guess if you mean there are two teams & one team is trying to prevent the other from pushing it to the opposing side..... otherwise they are a striking resemblance to the MN Vikings. 😂
i live a heavily wooded area with lots of lakes northern area, i’m impressed i never thought those could move we use to swim out to those when i was a kid
About 4 strategically placed piling might stop it, but that would take 2 yrs of environmental studies, 3 yrs to appropriate state/federal funds, 5 law firms to draw up contracts. ...or just call a few buddies and get the job done.
Thats the only reason most government entities exist , for the burearocracy itself ,, gotta have dozens of people shuffle paperwork around for weeks ,months , have paid experts,, engineers,, lawyers,, etc,, 10% actually goes to the project , the other 70% goes to the government payroll ,, and the rest gets skimmed off by local officials ,, thats how goverment rolls.
Thank you Fox for posting this. And the sounds are terrific. Very relaxing to an old man here in NH. I love to see everyone come together like this. We do live in a wonderful nation with wonderful people. I just wish someone would do as well as putting us together as some have done splitting us apart.
@@randallsmerna384that’s exactly the king of ding dong divisive comment that keeps us divided and thinking it’s meaningless red herrings that are this nation’s problems when all it is is a way to distract us from the real battle, INCOME INEQUALITY and a 1% who has you fooled into believing it’s Hunter Biden or his fathers easily confirmed through voting records CONSERVATIVE track record. You have fallen for the distraction friend, the problems in this country aren’t RED and BLUE. It’s The Money that has outweighed yours, mine and @bocabec6744 common sense governance for politicians who start their way too long careers “serving the public” with average bank accounts that somehow miraculously multiply exponentially while “serving” and you probably want to complain about “wokeness” too. It no wonder why we can’t get anything accomplished with so many easily distracted voters wanting to isolate BIDEN when they completely ignore a President who with overwhelming evidence and his own words encouraged a insurrection and conspired to usurp the voting will of the people not only in Georgia but all over the nation. Wake up “isolate the Biden bog” guy. Absolutely pathetic!
Haha, imagine that you can change geography with a small outboard boat. We have those in Finland too, yesterday one landed at a public swimming spot and was removed with excavator
That's impressive. In Northern Minnesota I recall as a kid being in the boat with my dad and several other boats moving one of these islands back into the shallow bay it came out of. Probably only about a third of the size of this one.
They broke thru a floating bog with a dozer while building a snowmobile trail over by Detroit lakes MN over 40 years ago. They dug it out about 3 years ago now to get it restored.
@@johnhenderson2548 my grandpa used to tell me about a lake I fish quite often. “There’s a d7 cat down there at about 32 feet deep.” Makes the crappies taste a little different, at least in my mind.. stay safe out there.
Mr. Scott I need full power! I'm given'r all she's got, cap'n! If we keep this up she'l overload the energizer and the warp core! Bring in the boats Mr. Scott, it's our only hope.
That looked like a U.S. Army Corp of Engineers 5 year plan and study. The shear math and the crunching of numbers to coordinate a plan like that could fill volumes.🤣
Can't believe more people don't notice they didn't do anything. They didn't move it more the 100yrds an at the end the boats had just started pushing against each other.
I've seen some pretty good ones coming down the Cape Fear, but never anything as massive as that. Like everyone else has said, that's some beautiful teamwork!
Pretty cool. I've never seen a floating bog, much less one that looks like an island full of plant life. I don't understand where they were trying to push it. It seems like a birds-eye-view and better coordination could have made more progress in the latter half.
Interesting they didn't try to move it into wider water? I've probably been there but it's not familiar off the top of my head. But from the video. It seemed if they could push it further up the channel they could maybe snag in one of the bays.
Could be, or they could be trying to turn it into a giant bass-o-matic. Another thought is that they were just out doing donuts and making the trees dizzy, or playing a prank on the mailman. Maybe you can spin an island fast enough to start up like a motor and then just fly to where you want to park it. In any case, this is the slow motion version of how I killed my mom's salad spinner. @@bruce.of.Britain
Crazy question but why does the bog float? Is there a massive air pocket trapped underneath it? Soil must be present, otherwise no trees, bushes & grass and soil is heavier than water, so why is it floating? And if a massive trapped air pocket is why it floats, why not move it to a suitable location and puncture the air pocket to sink it?
They have tried to anchor it in the past it just keep breaking free. Not sure about the air pocket it I remember correctly I think I heard it about 20ft thick.
It grew out as a swampy area near land. It's primarily comprised of floating plant material and peat that's densely intertwined into giant floating mat. Due to flooding or other disturbance, it broke free from land into open water. These are thick vegetative mats that are capable of supporting weight as you see the trees growing on it. It could even have logs within it that help it float. They're geographically prone to northern flowages where dense mossy, peat like material thrives.
@@thnksno Interesting, thank you for the reply. I did not know bogs could potentially float. I've done some reading on it and a bogs potential buoyancy appears to be determined by how and where the bog formed.
@@jennyj9791 These are found in other areas, even deep in the woods. It's more dramatic and rare to see them in open water. They will grow over water that collects in low areas. They can be hazardous if the water below is deep enough or the soil is liquefied. Like quicksand.
During a week long fishing trip at White Face reservoir in Minnesota, we came upon a number of bogs that were anchored by numerous heavy steel cables that dipped below the water line. I didn't even know floating bogs were a thing, but the ones I saw were definitely tethered in place.
