Creating Miracles in the Desert: Restoring Dixie Creek 

The beaver is a saviour in times of drought and times of flood, amazing creatures that need more recognition from the general public for doing infinitely more good than bad.

This is miraculous. Don’t think that this is a story about only a mile or two of stream. Carol has done this with hundreds of miles of stream in Nevada!

It’s amazing how everything is dried up for miles expect the immediate basin around the creek reminds me of the same effect the Nile river does In the Sahara

Congratulations to the farmers, land managers and hunters for recreating and preserving that ecosystem. Keep up the great success! Greetings from Germany

Things like this is why I want to take over my dads ranch, so I can focus on putting in beaver dam analogs and pushing wholistic management further than my dad did when he got the ball rolling

The permaculture ethos for watershed management is "slow it, soak it, spread it" and maximize each drop's participation in life-rich interactions between the point where it first enters your land and the point where it finally leaves your land.

This is fabulous! I grew up during a time in the Great Basin where most of the drainages looked like the 1989 video and photos of Dixie Creek. I’m so happy to hear and watch this multi-interest group come together to restore something so precious in this dry country. Bless you all!

G'day I'm in Australia and we have been dong a similar thing here with great results.Looks good keep up the good work and well done.

Carol you deserve a medal. Not only for identifying what was causing the problem but then presenting your findings and getting the buy in from the people who, maybe inadvertently, contributed to the problem. Jon, you and you fellow ranchers are certainly a great bunch of people. Having the foresight to understand what Carol had identified and then picking it up and running with it. All in all a damn fine bunch of people making the land a much better and more sustainable. I hope lots of people use this as tale of how successful the outcome can be if people work together on a project. it may have taken a long time but I'm sure everyone felt the benefits from quite early on. Well done everyone involved, oh and a big shout out to Mr Beaver and his family for contributing also.👍

I ran inmate fire crew for utah state 97 and 98. We fenced off alot of riparian zones for BMP to achieve these same results

Beavers are second only to man in modifying their environment to suit their needs. They really are incredible creatures who get little recognition.

My dad grew up on a ranch exactly in this area. He would have loved to see this.

We need a lot more of this. Great to see. Nature just needs a little support, then it makes a huge difference. Beavers are awesome, and they are just one of thousands or millions of creatures that exist to maintain a diverse and healthy ecosystem.

Fantastic. I'm an Aussie who has lived in arid areas and seen the effects of over grazing and poor land management. The simple strategy of slowing down the water flow (I wish we had beavers) and reducing the time stock feeds on the vegetation is so conducive to the health of our waterways and native ecosystems. Smaller paddocks and faster rotation of stock so that they don't over eat/stress the areas has shown to be both better for the land and better for profits. No matter how much we all wish we could make everything a National Park or protected land, the reality is most of it will be owned and operated as a business. Farmers and graziers have to make money to look after their families and survive just like the rest of us. Initiatives like this, tick all the boxes. Just because our forefathers did things in a certain way, it doesn't disrespect them to learn and adopt better methods when it ultimately benefits everyone. People, animals. plants and the water table. Again fantastic. It makes me feel good to see people making a real difference and caring for the land. Cheers from Australia.

49 year old Englishman here and just wanted to say. Amazing Lady, Amazing story and everyone who listened to her and helped with this Amazing transformation, your all Amazing people. So nice to see life being made. I could have watched this for hours.

A watershed manager once told me his job was capturing and safely releasing water. Dixie Creek is an excellent example.

Beavers in the desert.... Unbelieveable.

Carol out here literally changing the world what a trooper

This is Incredible. Every single American should watch this and every single American should do their part to restore the country's natural beauty

Up north here in Canada we have some pretty flat areas where beaver will flood huge areas, including homes, but in a valley, or rivers like that, they usually just make ponds like you have there, and then the water flows out of it. They don’t stop the river like people think, unless there’s no more input. People always used to break down the dams thinking they stop the water flow.p, but that’s impossible. If the flow stops, it’s because there is no water coming in, and consider yourself lucky the beaver made a reservoir

Love to see ranchers, locals, BLM, and others working TOGETHER. Way to go! Everybody benefits!

Beaver has been extinct in the UK since the mid-1500's. They've been reintroduced in several places since 2009. They're thriving. Everybody keep up the good work.

I used to fish for trout in Buffalo Spring I think, near Orovada, NV. You could step across it in most places but it had plenty of trout. Good to see people looking out for these places.

Greetings from the Netherlands. Phenomenal. Thank goodness there are folks like yourselves that care about environmental health.

When there is water and rolling foothills like that it also brings back and hold populations of Sage grouse, Hungarian and Chukar partridge, not mention larger mammals.

Wish there were more things like this on youtube win win instead of argue argue

I grew up in Ely around Cave lake Cummings lake illipah lake in the Ruby marshes. So much outdoor fun I never even realized I was in a desert, this is a good story !

It is a very impressive sight to see the rejuvenation of the creek. It is also a very well-made video. Good luck with enlarging the project. By the way, beavers are just coming back into the UK in a few places. You can check out the progress of "re-wilding" in the UK - and how the reintroduction of beavers is helping the process - at various places on RU-vid.

It’s a great positive story, a theme I love. There are Dixie creeks all over the world right now that need help

that is what i learned from a old couple that were /lived to be in their early 100s, if you have beavers on your land you will always have water even in drought times,, so i took their advice and never trapped more then 2 beaver out of a colony unless they were causing damage to roads or field crops ,i was a damage control trapper at one time when i was younger and healthy,, so yup beaver are oth good and bad,, in this case they are really really good

With the waters rising all countries that have desserts or suffer heavy draughts need to adopt this idea. Well done Nevada! ❤

This story makes my heart sing! Thank you, Carol, and all the other unsung heroes who dedicate their lives to returning our land to the way Nature intended it to be. THANK YOU!! ❤❤❤

It is nice seeing positive stories that are at least tangentially related to climate change. I wish this video was bigger but I thank you for making it and thank the RU-vid algorithm for recommending it to me!

I have land 20 minutes from Dixie Creek great to see how good it looks.

All of us Canadians appreciate all the good work our national spirit animal does around the world.

This needs to happen around the world! Kudos to all who helped make this happen.

When we work together, great things happen. Awesome!!

Beautiful work.. our public lands are such a special thing ❤️

Intermountain West Joint Venture 🌱 thank you for sharing this story of land rehabilitation! Beavers build healthy habitats 💕 wonderful scientists

Carol, you're a rock star! What a great career you had at BLM.

What a great example of conservation work.well done people, from NZ 🇳🇿

One smart woman and many brilliant beavers.

What a fantastic story and such a remarkable lady!

This is being done in many parts of the world. So exciting and encouraging 😁

hey youtube can you recommend way more vids like this i really really love seeing nature heal herself 🥰

amazing stuff. We have sort of the same problem in Scotland with too much grazing by an inflated deer population. Unfortunately the natural predators have been extinct for many hundreds of years

Wow ! Imagine if we had more state employees like this in general. Across the nation

I watch the daily news and my heart despairs, seeing so little light shed on what truly threatens our future… the decimation of the miraculous balance of Nature. I find this video and my heart rejoices. Like Dixie Creek, it has been replenished and renewed. Just knowing there are others out there who understand and care, who are planting seeds of wisdom and compassion, replenishes my resolve and renews my strength to never give up. Thank you so very much!!!

So Great to see what Miracles can happen when People understand that Beavers are So Critical to our Healthy Streams and Creeks especially in Desert type landscapes! Thanks for the Video!

Waw ! You guys are showing a way of life i never knew existed. These actions are not being shown on tv or they might show one project. Lately i realize there's so many groups spread all over the world, often connected thru the internet... I want to be a part of that. I live in Belgium, we don't have these dry places but i sure like to join in the nearest dry region which is Spain. Than you for being an inspiration ❤

Man, the effect that one small change can make. Inspiring.

when i see examples of the earth bouncing back in our absence, i think about how beautiful our world must have been before we became sick with greed. can you imagine if we all vanished for 30 years and came back? can you imagine how much the world would heal?

The feel better video of the day. Congrats from France.

"Welcome to our drought," as she wades knee-deep. Rockin'

It’s so nice to see the hard work and perseverance of people trying to improve the world bear fruit. Well done! This is beautiful!

Properly timed grazing and working with natural systems is the most productive way to retain water, improve nature, and raise meat animals simultaneously. Bravo.

This is an amazing and inspiring story! I'm sure it will serve as an example of how multiple use management, when done correctly, can benefit all parties. Thank you, Carol, for having the foresight to document conditions 32 years ago and sticking with the goal! Do you remember your week at the Tozitna River fish camp with my crew and me ;)

Beautiful! Not too far from us. I’d love to see more streams restored in the arid west. I drive semi in the region for a living, and pass so many former stream beds that look like Dixie at the start of this restoration project…barren, dry, ghosts of themselves. Would absolutely love if every canyon and valley looked like Dixie does today! Great work everybody!

They're right to be proud of it! Amazing job

This is so wonderful! We heard about this recently and was so happy to come across this video. What an amazing story of how things can recover with the right knowledge to manage land correctly. Thank you so much for all that you've done to make this happen! Bravo!

I'm especially impressed that the ranchers haven't been negatively affected. That's the real thing here. That actual useful business can thrive along with everything else.

A powerful restoration. Hope this spreads to the other basins. So beautiful. Congratulations Carol Evans!

nature, animal and man can interact in ways that are productive, successful and healthy

Oh my God so beautiful thank for teaching us to restore the land ♥️😘💯💋❤️♥️😘💯💋❤️♥️😘💯💋❤️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

This is so wonderful to witness. I wish they would do this where I live in Utah. There seems to be zero focus on rejuvenation of the land. Cows everywhere all the time is not land management.

This is such an awesome story. So inspiring that it isn’t too late for us to change the world. Thank you for sharing.

Recharging the water table is a huge benefit. The ranchers probably appreciate that.

I love stories like this. We can do so much better.

Education and hard work. Makes miracle.

So, aside from the land managers and the cooperative people in the area the second heroes in these story are The Beavers 😁

Imagine this little animal basically doing all the work for us and restoring things that we have all but destroyed

it is nice to know there are ranchers out there that are genuinely interested in working with nature and not being so hyper focused on just cattle and that water in the desert is a good thing. I am southwestern New Mexico and this is definitely not the case.

This is such an awesome story of rebirth! I applaud everyone's efforts over the years to bring this area back to vitality! NGL, i shed a few tears after watching this. Gives me hope for us humans to be able to work together for a common goal, regardless of differing backgrounds.

Wonderful, Inspire ring, Thank you for your keen stewardess around the area. You have all made a different to our world.

Beavers really will travel anywhere!

It's good to see some people repairing the land instead of damaging.

This is fantastic. Thank you for sharing. I spent my formative years in Wyoming, where you can see this same damage from grazing everywhere you go. Little effort has be put forward to restore the streams and creeks from grazing damage. I could name several streams there that need some of this management.

Very beatiful contrast between dry chaparral biome and riparian zone. I appreciate the people will to make a world to be a better place and to restore damaged nature.

See this and "Weep". Tears of hope and joy.

I'm so glad stories like this exist. If this done in Nevada, then it must be possible to see the whole southwest United states with restored rivers and streams. Driving around in Nevada, Arizona, and southern California when I lived there was always so bleak and depressing with all the dried up river beds and gullies. I think we can do better. Wouldn't it be wonderful to end the mega drought like this.

This is amazing, you guys are doing extremely important work there. This reminds me kind of of Allan Savory's method of holistic planned grazing. I think it's really food for thought that the massive floodplains, that Luke Barrett mentions at 2:30, were able to exist while millions of bison roamed the land, or maybe even BECAUSE the occasional grazing of the gigantic nomadic herds of bison passing through was doing an important ecological service to maintain the grasslands, according to Allan Savory. I truly believe that adapting our grazing methods, especially in areas vulnerable to desertification, could be the key to saving the planet, because that has the potential to turn our animal herds from a burden on the landscape to a huge benefit for the environment.

Amazing! Kudos to the ranchers for following science. Really beautiful.

I love success stories like this! Folks need to know what's possible!

In Australia we don't have beaver but to revive creeks we use bolders to slow the water down and create pools of water that soak in and revive to surrounding landscape. This will save the environment better than supposed green energy like solar panels.

Despite what the news will tell you… Conservationists and conservatives working together, make a power couple. Epic things that benefit everyone come from cooperation like this. Great work

I still see people complain about returning beavers to the land. These people need to watch stories like this.

great story ,i really appreciated the end of the video statement as nevada gets drier dixie creek gets wetter..same story in yellowstone...amazing how nature works...

I was just out on Lake Mead last month and it is at the lowest point in decades. Nevada is crazy dry; so it is great to see incremental change like this.

Thank you!!! Fantastic job. Almost like the restoration that happened here in Arizona with the headwaters of the Verde river after the cows were removed...

I've become more and more interested in these stream and wetlands restoration efforts, how they can be accomplished with incredibly low-tech and on an extremely small scale, and how they heal the whole environment around them.

This woman's beaver singlehandedly saved Nevada.

Keep up the good work, it's so nice to hear some positive news even if it is from the other side of the world. Need more people like ya, leave the world a better place, peace from Australia

Wonderful work, great video, thanks for showing us an example!

Thanks to all the tireless workers who work for the betterment of all. 🙏🏽🙏❤️

We need to bring the beavers back everywhere if possible.

California needs this type of management. We wouldn't have forest fires if they managed the WHOLE ecosystems. This work that was done at Dexie Creek is amazing! Can't wait to see what it will look like in 30 years.

when every living cell holds an ocean within water wants to flow slow

Beaver. Man's best friend.

Yay Beavers!!! This animal might just save the world

Imagine all the rich stories from many generations of the native American people who once to lived there.