Beaver Dam Removal Spring 2023!!
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- čas přidán 22. 04. 2023
- The time has finally come. It's been a truly long winter for me. It's still pretty cold here and the ground is still partially frozen. The clay was difficult to get though on this one. It went well all things considered and I couldn't be happier to get back out there.
- Zábava
Hi am Mark from Liverpool England 🇬🇧 its great to see you back at what you've so good ar till the next
Hi Mark, 👋
Thanks, I am so happy to be back out there. Ontario, Canada.
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WOW! 😮 Those beavers 🦫 did the hell of job built their big dam! That's a lot of work! 😅
Hi Christine, 👋
They sure did. This was a rather large one. Those 🦫 's are hard workers.
Thanks for watching.
@@geneplumley4136 I bet the 🦫🦫🦫 are laughing cuz they are giving you hard time to remove their BIG DAM! LOL! 😂😂 Just kidding with you.
Great video to start the season off
Hi Linda, 👋
It felt really good to get back out there.
Winter is far too long here. 😆.
Thanks.
The audio on this is just so relaxing, great video!
Thanks, DodgeWatt, 👍
Nice work
Thank you, Sandra!
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Good job 👍🏻 bro 💪🏻
Thanks, Sammy.
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Been a while. Missed ya👍🤗
Hi Judy. 👋 Thanks.
It has been a while. 🥶. Winter is so long here.
I am so happy to be back at it.
Nice to see again thanks!!
Thanks, onmyway.
It was a long winter, 🥶
Amazing job!!!:😊
Thanks Melissa!
It was a good day.
That was tough packed mud!
Hi Mark.
It sure was! A lot of the ground is still frozen here. The clay is really solid, even with the running water.
Thanks for watching 👍
お久しぶりです、オンタリオは春といってもまだまだ寒そうですネ、東京は桜の季節も終わり昼間は20℃くらいの気温です。
大きなビーバーダムですので腰を痛めないようにご注意ください From Japan
Hello again.
It has been a long time
Yes, there is still snow on the ground here. It is almost gone, though. 👍. I will be too hot very soon, 🥵. I enjoy the cooler weather.
It was a big beaver dam, 💪. I will be careful, thank you.
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Good to see you back on the job. I’m lookin forward to the future posts.
Hi there Fred, 🖐.
Thanks, it's good to be back. It's been a long winter. 🦫 💪
@@geneplumley4136 gonna have to get yourself in shape
@Fred Russell hahaha, I know right. I had to sit down for a minute. The first couple of dams are always rough. I call it getting my "bush legs" back. 💪 😆
Hi Gene,
This was so enjoyable I just watched it again 🦘❤️❤️❤️
Thanks! 🦫 💪 🇨🇦
I should be pulling dams soon. It has been a really busy spring for beavers. They seem to be everywhere around here this year.
Great video.
Thanks, Glenn.
Much appreciated.
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Grettings from Indonesia ❤️🌹🌷
Hi Toni, 👋
From Canada. 🇨🇦
That was a major undertaking wow awesome job 😊
Thanks, Faye!
We just got our first real snowfall today. It's hard to believe that it's this time of year already. Seems like yesterday it was spring!!
Hi Gene, from New Brunswick Canada. Man you destroyed that thing. Love your videos. Stay well. Looking forward to more.
Hi Ken.
I am in Northern Ontario. 🦫 🇨🇦
Thanks, I will find more soon.
Northern Ontario here too
@@amandaderasp1981 HI Amanda, 👋
👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼 hi to u also, me and my 5 year old love watching these videos together ❤❤
@Amanda Derasp Well, thanks for watching you two! It is a lot of fun doing this. More videos will be coming soon.
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Welcome Back ! Great job
Thanks, Lisa!
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Great job ! 👍
Thanks, Doctor Sunggles!
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Liked and subscribed from Australia ❤
Hi Brumby, 👋
Much appreciated from here in Canada.
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Thanks for watching.
You are a Champion!
Thanks, j cc d!
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Great job ! That beaver is gonna be pissed
Thanks, Kayanne.
Beaver 🦫 😠 😡 😤 🌊 🌊
Wow. Amazing job on that. That is one massive beaver dam.
Thanks!
It was a good one to start with for the year. 🦫 💪
Great job. That was one big beaver dam.
Thanks, Rustie.
Hopefully I find some more like that this year.
Now that's a big ass beaver dam for sure took alot work
Hi Noah, 👋
It sure was.
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Wow! That was a really deep one, great work!
Hi Dee, 👋
Thanks, it was a good way to start the season.
Just found your site - now this is beaver dam busting!!!!!
Hi Allan, 👋.
Thanks. I hope the beavers keep me busy this year. 🦫
Wow, just wow!!!!!!
Thanks, Judy. 👍
That was more water than I was expecting on this one.
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I TOTALLY ENJOYED WATCHING THE VIDEO GENE 😊
Thanks, Randy!
Much appreciated 🙏
I missed you!
Hi Becky, 👋
Winter was looooong!
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This must be monster beavers to build this dam!! Thanks for your work!!
They have been there for years. I visit here twice a year just to make sure the roads are OK. Keep those 🦫 out of trouble.
Determined to the end! New subscriber. Thanks for filming
@Suze Glesky HI Suze, 👋 Thanks, I try, lol.
Nice work Gene thats how you drain a bever pond
Thanks, Dane.
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👏👏👏👏👏👏👏maravilloso y difícil trabajo ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you, Anita 🙏
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Wow! Amazing job, how many calories did you burn lol? That is some workout, hopefully a steak dinner followed
Hi David 👋 Thanks.
It's funny you mention that. I usually start getting ready for this a month or 2 in advance. Eleptical & free weights, 💪. I used to wear a fit bit, but they don't last long for some reason, lol.
Welcome back, love your videos. I look forward to them. Tennessee 🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸
Thanks, Ruth. I appreciate that. I hope the beavers keep me busy this year, 💪 🇨🇦 🦫 🌊 🎥
That huge log towards the end was amazing
Hi Robin, 👋
I was surprised, lol. I thought it was going to get my leg on the way by.
Thanks for watching 👍
Bet em critters mad at you 😂😂😂Good job 🤣🤣
Thanks, Daniel. 🙏
Oh yea. They don't like me at all.
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Great job... just be careful
Thank you, Kimberly,
I will. 👍
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some major league logs in there. Amazing how those little buggers can manoeuvre them into position. Well done. Hope you didn't hurt your back!
Hey, Dale.
It is amazing how they do that. Some of this stuff weighs more than them. Back is all good 💪.
Thanks!
new subscriber from Indonesia, and wow you did amazing job there 👏🏻
Hi Mama, 👋
Welcome, and thank you!
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Great to see you back at it Gene. That puppy looked hard packed as hell! Nice work! 👍
It's great to be back. 😁 🦫 🌊
Yes, I didn't remove as much as I usually do. A lot of the ground is still frozen here.
Thanks!
Thank you for draining out all that water, but you left a great starting place for beavers yo start rebuilding. A few logs across opening add some grass and mud and it will be clogged again. You need to open more. Make a 2 or 3 part video yo showcase what you did. Keep at it and you will have a great following.
Hi, Brenda 👋. Thanks!
This was during the spring here. I could only open the thawed part that the water was running through. The rest was frozen. I will go back and see this place before winter. Maybe I can remove the whole thing this time, 💪.
I am not sure the material, dirt or clay this dam was made from but just watching how hard it was to pull individual fork full's from this dam would have been the best candidate ever to use an excavator on. Maybe the most compact and difficult to tear out ever. Mr beaver was very tenacious in zee building. Without a potato rake this dam would have been virtually impervious to your attempt. Good work my friend for good work. I could see from the snow line in the background it was down 3ft when halfway done.
Hey Paul 👋.
You're right. This was a difficult one. The reason it was so strong is that it was still frozen. 🥶. That's why I only opened up a small channel. It was thawed due to the water flowing through it already. Beyond that, it's like concrete toward the sides.
You did an awesome job taking down that dam!
Thanks, Southern Biscuits! It was a good time. Rain and all!
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I don't know what's more interesting. Watching beavers build dams, or watching you tear them apart. Poor beavers. I hope the beavers were able to find a new home. Yeah, development. You won't stop it and neither will beavers. Take care of yourself. Don't hurt yourself. Regards from Southern Maryland.
Hi Mary. 👋
Thank you! I will do my best.
Take care,
Ontario, 🇨🇦 🦫 🦫 🦫
Wow that damn was massive! Great to see you back Gene! Be safe out there darlin!
Hi Cheryl 👋
It was a pretty big one. It's great to be back out there.
Thanks, will do!
@@geneplumley4136 looking forward to your next one and to a new season!
@Cheryl Gauthier Thanks, Cheryl. 😁
Hello Gene
So happy to see you , love your work and videos, eager to watch them all
I see you got caught in the rain but that didn’t stop you😅
Greetings from Melbourne Australia 🦘❤️❤️❤️
Hi Mariagdaws, 👋
I kind of like playing in the rain. 😉 💧
It makes you appreciate the nicer days anyway. 🦫 🇨🇦 🍁 🌞
I love when you show angry beavers 😁 Heather in UK
Hi Heather!
I will try to 🎥 more this year, 👍
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Thanks for watching.
Agréable à regarder, beau travail 👍
Thank you, Pasc-chris Nous.
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You did an amazing job
Thanks, Christopher!
It was fun, rain and all.
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That was a well packed arrangement. Nice job busting it loose.
Thanks!
That was a big one. 🦫 🌊 🌊 🌊
Very smart to remove as many sticks as possible by hand. Great use of the potato rake. I see those sticks and think; firewood!
Thanks, Kay!
I always start that way. Once the water starts flowing, it's hard to get those sticks out of there. The potato rake is definitely the way to go. This dam could likely heat someone's house for a year! So much 🔥 wood!
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Tough going with that frozen dam! Glad to see you back but it doesn't seen very warm yet where you are at.
Hi Connie, Thanks!
It is getting warmer by the day! Northern Ontario. Winter is hold on this year....
That was so deep, I feared you might go sailing downstream! Lol…Any guesses how soon the beavers will build it back up again? 😅
Hi Lina, 👋
A wrong step or 2, I might have, haha.
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If they rebuild this one...it won't take long. I will go check it out in a few weeks.
That was one back breaking project you had going on there. Good job
Thanks, Soultouched.
It was fun.
@@geneplumley4136 I can imagine. 😁
@@moms79 I am on my way to go do another one now, 🦫 💪 🇨🇦
The 🦟 's are terrible, lol.
@@geneplumley4136 Ohh.. Have some fun for me too 🤣
У ЭТОГО ЧЕЛОВЕКА СИЛ НЕ ХВАТАЕТ ОТБРОСИТЬ ПАЛКИ ПОДАЛЬШЕ.
😂.
I guess you will have to show me how it's done. 💪
If 🦫 beavers could talk. They'd probably say. Hey the homewreckers back.
Hi Todd, 👋.
They might even have a few other things to call me, too. haha.
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It's a dam not their lodge!
That thing wasn’t just 8’ tall, it was 8’ thick! New subscriber here. Looking forward to your videos.
Hi Diane, 👋
Yes, I was pretty happy to see this one when I got there, 😁.
Thanks, there will be more to come soon.
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Parabéns pelo seu trabalho lindo!
Deus abençoe!
Hi Christina, 👋
Thank you, 🙏
awesome job!!!!
Hi Shesablue, 👋
Thank you! It's hard to believe that it was spring there, and summer is coming to an end already. 🌞 ❄️
I admire you at 78 I couldn’t do it anymore
Thanks, Ralph.
It's a lot of fun. Best job I ever had.
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Hi Gene,
So I drank half a bottle of Baileys while watching this. It's a hard life watching clearing these dams, but we do our best.😜
If you keep this work rate up, one of us is going to turn into an alcoholic.
Great job.
I was watching the water level going down on the tree behind but I didn't expect it to end up so far out of the water.
And then there was that big tree in the middle going downstream!!
Quick question, is the water so high because of the "spring melt" Post 10 is always going on about? I saw the little piles of snow around.
Hi Excession!
Maybe I will make a funny video one day. Call it drinking with beavers! Set up a campfire and bring some chairs, lol. Sit right on the dam!!
Thanks. The water was deeper than I realized. I set up a camera on the top side of the dam, but it died before I was finished. I might do a follow-up video for it anyway. I thought that log was going to hit my leg and tear my weighters. It was hard to tell how big it was until it started to go.
Yes, we definitely have a spring melt. We go from 6+ feet of snow to nothing in a month. If it rains during this time, bad stuff happens. This particular place is like this year round, though. There is a spring somewhere feeding it. Rivers here rise by several feet every spring. It can be quite dangerous.
🍻 Cheers.
I was also watching the level on the tree it amazes me how fast the level goes down but I guess with water flowing out so fast not surprising.
@scottmcmeeko9651 It dropped pretty quickly! There was another dam just upstream.
I'm new to your channel and I like what I see ,those beavers packed that one really tight ,that dam is holding a Lot of water judging from the height of it .Keep up the good work, That was some telephone pole size log you got out of there
Hi Richard, 👋
That was a huge log! I thought it was going to rip my waiters...
Thanks!
I give this video a 10 out of ten rakes. Beavers are amazing.
@Reviloj Thanks for the rakes! 🦫's are the best! 👍
A creek in the forest is a creek in the forest and not a swap for Beavers!!
They sure make it their own space! 🦫💪 I would hate to be without them. They make some really nice landscapes out there. They just need to stay out there, lol. Not in our drainage systems, 😆.
This was bigger than it looked at first looks like he's getting tired. That is a lot of work done great. Beavers can be good for the environment and at the same time bad also. Is this the only time this has been dismantled?
Hi Marilyn, 👋
Thank you.
I don't think this one has been opened yet. Maybe by someone else at some point?? I am not sure.
They are very beneficial for sure. Just in the right places....😬😆.
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Gene, what state do you work in?
I think Gene is from Ontario, Canada. I might be wrong.
I am actually up in Canada. Northern Ontario.
What about you?
@@geneplumley4136 I'm down south, in NW Oklahoma 🤣. Altho, I've lived all over the USA, this is where I've landed for my "golden" years.
@@JudyMenzel7 Then it must be nice there. 👍.
@@geneplumley4136 I did spend 3 weeks in Northern Ontario back in the mid 90s on a fishing trip on Lake Ontario. It was crazy beautiful. I lived in Northern Wisconsin for 9 yrs, and it's very similar, yet not as wild. I loved it.
good effort. can reduce the problem of stagnant water overflow that causes flooding in the surrounding area. please help me thank you.
Hi Mat, 👋
Thanks, you're right.
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Thanks, Mary.
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Those beavers are gonna be pissed...
Hi Ponkkaa, 👋
This will keep them busy anyway 💪 🦫
Dynamite would have been easier :) how long till the beavers filled the gap and got the water back level back up?
Hi D Sabre, 👋
You're right! 💥 🌊 I am not sure. There was nothing there the next day anyway.
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this looks like it's out in the middle of no where. What was the purpose of removing the dam?
Hi Carol, 👋
I live in 🇨🇦....it is in the middle of nowhere! Lol. I live in a small town, so it pretty much looks like this all over.
This is someone's private property. They are developing it and selling parcels of land. My purpose here is to keep the population of beavers low but not gone. Once the water gets high enough here, it threatens the road going in. Also they want to protect their 🌳's.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Like Arnold, they’ll be back.
Hi Geoffrey, 👋
I hope so, 😎
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As big as that is, I think I’d go for some well placed tannerite charges and a few rifle shots.
Maybe one day.....
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Wow all that and you wrestled an alligator 😂
Hi Meredith, 👋
That log was definitely alligator like, lol 🐊 🪵 I was waiting for a piece of it to get my leg and tear my chest waiters.
Thanks for watching 👀 👍
Darling this is kat down in Birmingham Alabama. You need to get you a potato rake and a shovel if you gotta do Beaverdam removal. Will continue to watch you because you’re a new station and I haven’t seen you yet I am a new subscriber and as long as you keep the continent come in I’ll watch you dismantle beaver dams. Good luck and thanks for doing what you do.
Hi Kat, 👋
I use a potato rake. I just start by removing as many sticks as possible first by hand. Then, I use the rake for mud and weeds. Thanks for subscribing, and there will be more videos coming for sure. We're just about thawed out up here.
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Ich wünsche dir nenn Spaten,weil du fleißig und sauber Arbeitest
Thank you.
I could not remove more of the dam because it was still frozen. It was early spring here at this time.
Won’t they just come back and fix the leak in the near future?
Hopefully, lol. 🦫 💪
Normally, the beavers are trapped before the dam is removed. On this particular job. Only a couple were removed in an effort to control the damage they cause while still having them around. I will go see in the fall. Their house was upstream above a dam I did not pull. So I am sure they will be back.
Wonder how long it took the beavers to build it back.
Hi Denis 👋.
We shall see in the fall. They might just maintain the dam upstream. We'll find out soon.
We do the opposite in UK to reduce flooding
Hi Owen. You must live or work downstream of a beaver dam. I am out here helping the people who live upstream of the beaver dams. Where the new dams are causing flooding.
Has anyone thought of using dynamite? It would also scare the beavers away.
Yes, that would be fun. I don't think I can just go buy that here, 🇨🇦.... I have never really tried, though.
Back when I was young, farmers were able to get explosives to remove tree stumps and boulders.
@@nickreyes4570 I have heard lots of people around here talk about that as well. The good old days.....I will ask around, but I bet I will need a license now.
Is it true beavers will not use the same stuff they used on the first one they built
I have seen them use the same sticks. But generally, they go get new sticks every time. 🦫 🌳
You forgot to pull the one strap on your left shoulder
Hey Toni, 👋
I didn't forget. It is actually a tip I learned from a viewer. If you put one strap across your chest and leave the other one off. The waders stay on instead of falling off my shoulders all the time.
Hey buddy, your tool should really have a different color, so that it can be seen between countless branches.
That is a really good idea, Julia. 🙏 Thanks!
I have left one behind before, and I definitely wasted time looking for it, haha.
@@geneplumley4136 i discovered such channels only a few days ago. It's more fun than ASMR. I subscribed to them right away, at least 3 of them.
Thanks for the quick reply, I would not have expected. 😀
@@juliab.8200 of course, 👍
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I think I would just put a stick of dynamite in it to get it started. Donna Michigan
I will do that one day, lol. 💥 🌊
How long would this take to build? Why is it so open.
@janinebell763 Hi Janine, 👋 They could build this fairly quickly. A few weeks. There were a bunch of beaver dams on this waterway.
Good ,nice work gene ,take care ,ipray for you god bless❤❤
Thank you, Avelina.
You did this dam last year or the year before
Hi Peter, 👋
I have never pulled a dam here before. I frequent this property every spring and fall but never removed a dam. The landowner usually uses equipment.
Partner you do a jam up job on the dam removal, you might want to watch ms TECH 86, and remove all your sticks and then take you dam apart from the top down, keep up the good work, enjoy watching you, Be Aware and Be Smart God Bless
msTECH gets paid for all his removals
@@markleonard-pe3os
Spot on 😀
Hey James.
I watch TECH 86 as well. He does a good job. Thanks, I will give it a go. 💪 🦫 🇨🇦 🌊
now thats aflow
Thanks, Lt.guppypatrol.
That's was a good one. 🌊 🌊 🌊
Where are you located? US?
Hi Kay, 👋
I am in Northern Ontario, 🇨🇦
What about you?
@@geneplumley4136 north Georgia mtns
@kayjohnston202 Nice looking area Kay. 👌
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👋 🌞 🇨🇦 🦫 💪 🌊 🌊
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Great work! 😇
Thank you, 🙏.
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Beaver is pretty good eating, just saying
I know, lol 👍
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2 words M-80
Hi Kandy, 👋
It's not the worst idea....lol 💥
There are no good tools?
Hi, 👋
Yes, there are good, maybe even better tools for this job. I prefer this method. Most places I go to are difficult to access. For this reason, I only bring what's necessary.
Hallo einen Meter Breite geschaft, der Biber macht das in drei Stunden wieder zu
Yes, they will. I removed a couple 🦫 , but they will re build it.
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Why on earth someone would remove a beaver dam is mind boggling--especially in a Riparian forest. I don't know why google suggests these videos to me these landowners don't know anything about their property. Cut it down and build a McMansion.
It's hard to know where to start with this one, lol.
I am not really sure where else you would find a beaver dam for starters.
They live in the water..... 🦫 🌊 🤔
Anyway. I remove beaver dams because that is part of my living. I get commissioned by our government to do this. I also offer services to private landowners as well, but I mainly work for our township.
Now let's try to un boggle your mind a bit. The places you see me working are part of an engineered drainage system. The water levels in these waterways must be kept low or else things flood. Mainly roads, culverts, bridges, farm fields, homes, etc. Each of my videos are of the result of a flood complaint from one of the above-mentioned problems. I hope to get a drone eventually to better show this. We have an enormous protected beaver population here. I have a license and special permission to do this.
Do you have any actual questions instead of ignorant statements? I choose the word "ignorant" carefully. I am not sure why you think my community doesn't know anything about our properties, but I assure you. You're wrong.
I don't speak for everyone doing this, but these are reasons why I remove beaver dams.
@@geneplumley4136 "I remove beaver dams because that is part of my living. I get commissioned by our government to do this."
Yes, that's what the guys working for Hitler said as well--just doing my job.
I've seen municipalities all across the country fill wetlands and I've seen endless karens in urban dead zones complaining about nature encroaching on their manicured lawn. I understand what you do better than you do.
Engineered drainage system is a government whitewash of an eradicated wetland. There is nothing more inconvenient to a developer than a wetland and ultimately you work for the developers, not the city, in eradicating these wetlands.
I would ask what considerations are taken before obliterating riparian forests and wetlands but I already know the answer: how much money the landowner has or how connected the developer is.
You're trying to compare what I am doing to what Hiltler did??? Dude, that's terrible. You should be ashamed of yourself. That's shows such a terrible lack of respect for the holocaust.
These are not wetlands nor subdivisions. I assure you, there are very few manicured lawns around here, 😆. Although, I have gone to sites where beavers were swimming across people's front lawns. Those beaver had to go. The places I am at are established and beavers have moved in and are causing property damage in one way or the other. You're trying to make it sound like I am killing the beavers so construction can begin. It's very manipulative and incorrect.
How can you say that you know more about what I do, when don't really know what I do. It's so ignorant. You're unreal.
To answer you actual question. "What considerations were taken?....."
The landowner or whoever reports the problem, contacts the town. The drainage supervisor goes out to determine what the issue is and if it is or is not part of the drain system. If it is not considered part of the drain system then it is left alone. The landowner has to deal with it on their own. If it is part of the system then I get the call to go in. The only reason I get the job is because the existing water levels cannot rise in the area without causing existing property damage.
So again, ignorant. I guess you didn't know the answer after all right. 😬.
I am curious. What part of the world are you from? I am in Northern Ontario, Canada. 🇨🇦.
If not your property how do you get off trespassing on it??
That's a bit of a strange question, lol. I am not trespassing if I am paid to be there?? This is my job.
Why not just set the thing on fire
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The 🦫 's wouldn't know what to do, lol.
Plus, it's pretty wet there.