ive got a decent size creek in my back yard and its dry most of the year but its a raging river when it rains. mostly storm run off. id love to be able to improve it in some way.
I have a ravine in my yard that’s been cut down by erosion over decades. It’s around 10-6’ wide and 5-6’ deep. Every time it pours there’s runoff from a bridal path - which is now also eroding deeper - through our clay soil. I’ve been here 20 years. I started by putting our used Christmas trees in at one point. Then logs from tree work in my yard. This has worked well to encourage deposition after a series of dams I’ve made with rocks from the land (and some leftover concrete landscaping blocks). Now there are small pools after each little dam & deposition. I keep adding limbs and branches. It’s working.
@@geologyography I know but if reintroduced further inland at a few points of each river it would be dramatically reduced as well as rich forest and other habitats at other parts a combination of wetland, forest and wavy direction reduces it far more than the straightening and ditching
Seriously, blaming the beavers for degradation of riparian habitat diminishes credibility of the presentation. Any North Ametican naturalist or historian is well aware the blame lies with misuse of the environment beginning with white European settlement.(12:0612:08)
@AK Rossman I believe you misunderstood what he said my friend. He said the trapping and culling of beavers has contributed to degradation of streams. Less beaver engineers = less benefits to the riverine systems.
This is the best video i have seen on this subject. As a homeowner with many acres of streams and ponds on their property, this is a huge help
Structures like these have been used since the late 1960’s.
It’s great to see them being implemented!!
Thx
ive got a decent size creek in my back yard and its dry most of the year but its a raging river when it rains. mostly storm run off. id love to be able to improve it in some way.
Where are you located?
Build a pond. Build a check dam.
I have a ravine in my yard that’s been cut down by erosion over decades. It’s around 10-6’ wide and 5-6’ deep. Every time it pours there’s runoff from a bridal path - which is now also eroding deeper - through our clay soil. I’ve been here 20 years. I started by putting our used Christmas trees in at one point. Then logs from tree work in my yard. This has worked well to encourage deposition after a series of dams I’ve made with rocks from the land (and some leftover concrete landscaping blocks). Now there are small pools after each little dam & deposition. I keep adding limbs and branches. It’s working.
@@andrewlawrence9340 thats awesome. my creek has about 50 old trees knocked over laying on top of it.
Eh why not reintroduce beavers nature does things like this for us beavers would be a much better alternative way of restoring lost wetlands
Can't have beaver everywhere because the habitat isn't there in many areas to sustain a population.
@@geologyography I know but if reintroduced further inland at a few points of each river it would be dramatically reduced as well as rich forest and other habitats at other parts a combination of wetland, forest and wavy direction reduces it far more than the straightening and ditching
Seriously, blaming the beavers for degradation of riparian habitat diminishes credibility of the presentation.
Any North Ametican naturalist or historian is well aware the blame lies with misuse of the environment beginning with white European settlement.(12:06 12:08)
@AK Rossman I believe you misunderstood what he said my friend. He said the trapping and culling of beavers has contributed to degradation of streams. Less beaver engineers = less benefits to the riverine systems.