It's crazy to think the protesters that sit in the roads to stop big oil have probably never really done a thing to help the environment. Ranchers and farmers are doing more for our environment then anyone and they're trying to get rid of them.
I was just thinking of this. All the city people who have no real connection to nature acting like they know everything about global warming and saving the planet.
I do not know if you know about the bison herd on Marine Corps base Camp Pendleton California. When I was a young Marine stationed there in the late 80's and early 90's there was at least 100 bison that grazed all over the base. It was not uncommon for them to just stand on the road and block traffic, that became a legit excuse for being delayed.
As my British relatives have always said after visit in Montana, Wyoming over the years - There is no place like the Great American West. They just adored it.
I wonder how different the Southwestern United States would be if the beavers hadn’t been eradicated in the days of the mountain men. It seems to me that multiple beaver dams along each stream bed in our mountains would give the water more time to percolate into the soil, enabling greater recharge of the ground water, as well as providing more habitat for wildlife.
In the great lakes area it was the French trappers and traders who wiped out the beaver as the pelts were valuable in Europe. They traded alcohol and trinkets with the Native Americans for the beaver pelts. The fur companies made so much money during the 1700's their ancestors are wealthy to this day. Beaver pelts eventually became less valuable. Now the value is in a bounty to help stop flooding of land. It's the demand by people to want huge amounts of food available at a reasonable cost that necessitates the reason for fertilizers, herbicides and other chemicals. Today we produce 2x to 3x more food per acre than in the 1950's. This increase is due to weed control , seed genetics and fertilizer. Without today's yields food would be more than twice the cost. I'm not defending chemicals and fertilizers ... just saying.
@@doughaven-rf8idthere is a surplus of the main crops planted. Corn and Soybeans. Those are in such a surplus it is crazy how they keep it from spoiling.
Watching this video and seeing the horseback rider carrying the American flag, my heart breaks as I see what’s happening around our nation on university campuses. The American flag is being burned IN America. People are chanting “Death to America”, IN America. God help our nation. Please bring peoples’ hearts back to you and heal us from the inside out.
You guys are real heroes keeping that herd managed on that land. It’s kept it pristine and healthy. Large herds of grazing bison are what made the land so fertile before we slaughtered them all. When they graze, poop and move on the soil is renewed and just gets better over time. But now the farmers have tilled the soil allowing it to blow and wash away. There isn’t any more life in the soil and they have to add fertilizer, herbicides, pesticides, fungicides and amendments to the soil to be able to grow now. The top soil was almost 20 feet deep. Now it’s only a couple inches. If we don’t put grazing bison or cattle back on that land it will be lost.
Some areas are suitable for farming. Some are not. The problem arises when we try to till certain kinds of soil, for instance, what is known as "ranch country" in Nebraska. It's fine for grazing, but totally unsuited for growing crops. It should never be tilled. Yet I am old enough to have seen this land taken out of farming and returned to well-balanced grazing land, all with a big smile from federal and state "agriculture" authorities. Then, a decade or so later, they reverse course and offer you a lot of help if you go back to farming it. It's nuts.
My wife and I rode my Harley to Sturgis but then rode to Custer State Park. Beautiful park and scenery. We both remember the wild donkeys/burros that would stand or cross the road in front of us. Exquisite place to explore and visit.
Didn’t get to go for t the Bison Roundup and branding in 1990 but some of did (I was in school getting my GED) but some did they said it was the experience of a life time for them! So awesome! My Grandpa ran #4 farms in S Dakota during the dust bowl to help people that had to leave Z& to feed communities! They were absolutely amazing farmers & miss them so much they would be crying with happiness that y’all R doing these things! Keep up the Great Work! Never give up! 🥸✌️🙏❤️😎🐾🦍🍀😀
I've been to South Dakota and Custer State Park twice in my life. It is a place everyone should see at least once. I am hoping for one more time before God calls me home.
Praying you maintain the beaver population. They HAVE destroyed many private FARM lands due to overpopulation, over building dams on streams/creeks CAUSING LOW LAND FLOODING!!.
Controlling over population is a huge part of wildlife management not just the reentry of pre occupation species. I guess that's what you call it.. anyway I think we need to reset the balance primarily on the upper spring and River areas.. but not let it affect our farmlands.. And yes we have many small farms up in these higher elevation drain fields.. so we can't let it impact the small farms either.. I guess we call it WIP work in progress!! :)
@@highcountrystories yes, in tge state where I live, dept of wildlife management does NOT maintain thr population. The beavers damn culverts, have to date cause lowland flooding, turning OVER 100 YEARS OF farmland into WETLANDS. The ban land owners to remove debris to allow water to flow.
I’m a Mississippi boy who traps beaver every day too help control the over population and damage beaver’s cause to farmers and forest ! I hope South Dakota likes having the new Snake dens and Giardia problems that are coming with the beaver and forest destruction!😂
I saw a pair of wild beavers at Sylvan Lake 50 years ago. Custer State Park had the largest free roaming population of bison then, too. Interesting that there's no mention of brucellosis in elk which are known to graze near domestic herds of cattle and horses, but bison typically do not. Elk hunts are such a big secondary business for ranchers they are often given a pass. I appreciate any efforts to keep healthy populations of our wild resources.
The American West is an amazing place….I’ve spent a lot of time in that area over the years….I used to camp out there often. I am so glad they are keeping the place wild.
Great. Just weird to vaccinate bison to me though. Like they didn't survive all these years without magic bullet injections. I wonder if they consider environmental factors for disease?
They worry about brucellosis, which can be transmitted from domestic cattle to bison and vice-versa, if they interact. Vaccination will keep nearby cattle ranchers from being overly concerned about that.
There is another way to control the populations of the Bison and the Elk, and that is to reintroduce at least one breeding pair of wolves. They will do a great job of controlling the populations and having a long term posotive affect on the enviroment over all.
I can never get enough of watching the bison. Thank you for all that you have done and still do to preserve these beautiful animals. Here in Colorado we have several parks with the bison and also ranches as well. Now if we can control the stupid people who insist on harassing them!!
And South Dakota has an awesome governor in Kristie Noem. She’s all about land, conservation, ranchers, and farmers. I think she would make an awesome vice president.
Yeah, I think we need MANY MORE awesome governors like Kristie.....our governors (& state legislators) just need to make more/better use of the power that they have to support and serve the people. The ones in DC don't even remember how anymore......they've forgotten why they are there.
@@sallycarpenter674 Hell she's cheated on her husband for years with Corey Lewandowski and now doing commercials for a Texas dentist (grifter) because apparently South Dakota doesn't have qualified dentists really this is the best South Dakota can do pathetic
Thank you for this information. The comeback with Bison touches my heart. A true American symbol. I follow some bison ranchers on YT. So awesome to see good people undo what bad people did.❤
I was afraid it was going to be about the GMO mosquito they let loose in Florida and Texas. Sad red state too!!! They will hitch a ride in cars and trucks be everywhere. Sad no red or blue team on our side anymore. This is great news tho!!!
@@acevers we both jumped to the conclusion that they released something bad before watching the video. He does report bad stuff at times on his channel
The mosquitoes they released are gmo and now we have insane parasitic diseases from San flies popping up all over. Mesmeniatis actually which I think I was already infected w when lockdowns first happened. Open deep wounds on your legs. Around the same time suddenly tape worms from fleas suddenly made an appearance which create the same wounds but only knee down which I have. All of this with the GMO mosquitos which we noticed down south LONG before it was announced. I'm talking teeny tiny mini mosquitoes to ones with a fckn hypodermic needle proboscis...the size of a mosquito hawk and WE RAN FROM THEM TO KEEO THEM OUT OF THE HOUSE THEY LASTED ONE SUMMER AND FALL that's it. Then I got sick and my liver started failing literally within a week. Coincided w everyone getting the jab. Saw many specialists being in the liver hospital for a month....no answers
So funny the one went straight for the log lol beautiful animals. They just dont understand their destructive natural instances. Humans dont like. Thank you for relocating them. ❤❤❤❤❤
Used to trail ride in Custer state park as a teenager and was even chased by a buffalo on horseback. Caught many trout in French Creek. I remember one summer near blue Bell Lodge walking to the swimming hole on French Creek and almost being stampeded by a herd of buffalo during the round up time. I never knew I could run that fast. I love the Black Hills
I am confused, I believe in science, please explain more on how they eliminated Brucilossis from the herd. I was of the understanding that once in a herd it never goes away. Some animals will always be a carrier, seen in blood tests.
Stop with the clickbait titles and state what it is... This BS practice by youtubers is getting to be a real turn off and I'm done having my time wasted on this deliberate deception for views... I encourage all viewers to do the same until they stop pulling this crap... 💥
They will eventually regret releasing beaver where they no longer exist. Beaver will over populate and start destroying their environment. People never seem to learn from the mistakes of the past.
This is only temporary. Nature, left to work, doesn't do that sort of thing. Once a balance is found it stays. The beaver were not destroying the environment before they were wiped out. Predation and carry capacity always work together to keep a population of wildlife in balance. Beaver are actually good for the environments they live in.
Fossil records in southern desert/dust states show a forested ecosystem with ponds and lushness. What you are not told about in US history, is the new gov that came in, put out bounties to kill all the bison to starve out indians. Then all the trapping of beavers Destroyed that ecosystem. Just because a few people got flooded by beaver pond lead to the tale that they are bad.
If they had left the beaver alone out west the Colorado River would probably still dump into the ocean. These little fellas are more important than everybody gave them credit for.
They made a hero of Custer and other destroyers of the Native American way of life. These people were persecuted for wanting to protect their land and families
Beaver can be a nuisance. Their dams have caused water to back up on our property. Ruined a bunch of our garden and flooded hayfield. Haven't been able to take hay from that area for at least four years.
@@minnesconsinprepping7856 “Feeling “ don’t count . The question is how are beavers going to help? My thought is , first they will eat the brush along the creek . A few beavers are ok. Like cats to many is not good .
We must remember the beavers were here first as all the animals in the wild have also been. Sadly for them man as taken away their natural home too much and as a result they have no where to go. They do have a right to live there life as beavers do. We need to be understanding of the wildlife.
The polyculture grasslands enabled their own fertility by fostering bacteria and mycelium in a soil biome to free and bring the available nutrients to them. The herds helped some.
That is wonderful, cowboys and nature. Your kids will love you for the diversity and management of wildlife. Meat market to people that gain 10lbs on one bite of beef, it could be an alternative meat source to athletes and obesity.
Same crap as wolves dont need them or grizzlies government out of control our grandaddy and dads got rid of all that crap but now we get to live with what libtards don't have to tolerate
Good video overall. I do find it very annoying and difficult to focus on what people are saying when there's so much music and as loud as the person speaking.
Yrs ago when I was in the army reserves we spent weeks building roads and culverts for the Mn DNR into roadless areas. In one week the beavers destroyed it all. Millions of dollars worth of heavy equipment beat by a few beavers
@@arthurbrumagem3844Yes, I have read that in Canada, the beaver are a constant threat to railroads. Also, recently read a book about David Thompson, Canada's famous explorer, he describes beaver ponds a mile long with a hundred lodges.
Nice to see these guys being put back out there. For some reason in my area of Texas we use to never see river otter or beaver, they were unheard of but now they are seen pretty often. I am 56 and never seen or heard of one being seen, but now they are seen pretty often. No one is sure of were they came from but there back.
First time viewer here. Your video has gorgeous scenery and quantity video! I offer done constructive criticism for your benefit and hope its received friendly. Your edits from peaceful nature to music on the road unsettles most viewers as it's too abrupt. The other issue is sounds from other devices can be distracting to viewers, especially when you're having a conversation or filming these gorgeous views and land. You live in some very pretty country and I wish you the best sir! God bless!
They're like oh my God why in the hell did you put it in this little stream!! Hahaha Good job you guys I think one of my favorite part was seeing all the cowboy hats!! To me it's kind of a heritage country thing!! Job well done!!
I was thinking the same thing. They seem confused like fish out of water. They should have been released in a pond like setting. Why didn't we see a follow up on how these creatures faired in their new home. Part 2 is definitely missing big time. So much time was put in them that we hope they survived this drop off.
