Bonanza Fish Habitat and Floodplain Restoration project update 2022

[@robbie5138]

I can't believe there are people who are against restoration projects, It makes no sense to me why we shouldn't get back to the balance of mother nature and man.

[@steveclarke1857]

One of the critical issues with restoration is in the gentrification that often accompanies it. Project areas requiring restoration are, often and unfortunately, also prone to depressed property prices and, as such, become one of the only places where people with low incomes can afford to live. Restoration projects then remove some of the depressing factors on property values, which then increases the value of the homes where people with lower income live. Even if they own their homes, the associated increase in potential property taxes can push the elderly and the poor into homelessness. The results it that, as waterway restoration professionals, we really must be aware of the social impacts of our interventions in the creeks and rivers that weave through our communities. Everyone is entitled, and should have the right, to enjoy the beauty of the natural world around them safely. The current status quo, however, creates creates a knock-on effect of gentrification that many are not aware of.

[@purhepechatumbi3915]

Corporations are for profit first 🤷‍♂️

[@onastick2411]

@@steveclarke1857 Didn't look like there were many houses around that river? Is there a huge housing estate just out of camera then? It doesn't seem likely that there are many poor people in the area, the place wasn't full of litter and junk, and there were no shopping trolleys in the river. Poor people have low IQs, they don't care about the natural world; beauty or nature, that's why their neighbourhoods are always filthy messes.

[@DWilliams-ce8nb]

There were beaver in the ponds on Yankee Fork in the late 1970's early 80's when I lived there. If you walked near one of their ponds, that beaver tail-slap would scare the hell out of you. Unbelievably loud and sudden. Sounded like shotgun blast. I never spotted one before they spotted me. LOL

[@Jonathanmarcambrose]

great video Jim!

[@sw8741]

Be sure and do another review in another 1 or 2 years.

[@rogerdudra178]

Greetings from the BIG SKY. Good work.

[@lightningdriver81]

If I had my life to live again, I would gladly work in this field.

[@steveclarke1857]

It's never too late. We need lots of volunteers and if you want to do this professionally, there's a lot of work to be done. You'll easily get a job with even a diploma in environmental management.

[@rahul78artcraft24]

Nice best work in the world

[@robinstevenson6690]

Keep on keeping on! It's inspiring to see that you're trying!

[@richardross7219]

Good video. I'd like to see how it looks this year. Good Luck, Rick

[@d.kyrstede3556]

You need to add beaver analogs, aspen, willow and other trees that beavers like to the project. That will attract beavers to the river.

[@lostriverfishecologyinc.6790]

Beavers are nearby and come with time and vegetation. See previous similar project after 6 years - kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2amn5WhpMmcnas

[@Briguy1027]

I wonder what it looks like now.

[@royireland1127]

Great project, just wish you had given a gps location for the project so that I could view it on a map.

[@lostriverfishecologyinc.6790]

The most recent Google photo is 2020, when it was dry. Here are the coordinates. 44.373082°, -114.725113°

[@royireland1127]

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[@beingsneaky]

awesome stuff

[@johnorenick9026]

Megatonnes of sediment builds up behind dams in few decades. Remove the dam and most of that will wash downstream, despite efforts to stabilize it with plants. It will smother spawning beds and do other damage, and while the river will-probably, eventually, mostly-clean itself, it only takes one year’s total failure to destroy a spawning run. Suggestion? Build one suction dredge that can be taken apart, transported by truck, and reassembled behind a dam scheduled for removal; we should be able to schedule dam removals so that one or two machines will do for all. Dredge most of the sediment out from behind the dam, and it will not be there to wash downstream. I don’t know where/how we dispose of all that, if it’s contaminated with agricultural and other chemicals-but then we don’t want to let that contaminate the downstream river bottom anyway. Where it is clean enough, it’s silt, very rich soil, and it could be sold to farmers or as a component of potting soil. There are no wastes, only un-utilized resources.

[@deanfirnatine7814]

What a odd coincidence, I saw Lost River and Bonanza and I assumed it was about the Lost River and small town of Bonanza in South Central Oregon.

[@lostriverfishecologyinc.6790]

The most recent Google photo is 2020, when it was dry. Here are the coordinates. 44.373082°, -114.725113°

[@bleo8371]

Nature always going right direction if we remove people all good :))

[@louiseeckert1574]

LouiseAustralia 😉

[@keyboardoracle1044]

Cool.

[@ericstevens8131]

Beavers?

[@lostriverfishecologyinc.6790]

Beavers are in the system and build dams on side channels in the area, but when they try to build dams in the main river, the dams always get blown out in the spring. We expect and hope beavers will move into our side channels as the vegetation becomes established to support them. Existing riparian vegetation is primarily alders, which the beavers don't seem to like. Now that the river can function naturally, instead of like a pipe, it is more likely that natural processes, such as beaver activity, will take place.

[@goodwaterhikes]

👍👍😊

[@hiradhannachringrai4563]

Go little rock star

[@LD__]

✅

[@martinsnow2913]

Save money and get the job done right......Release the Beavers!!

[@lostriverfishecologyinc.6790]

Interesting you should say that. Just this morning I uploaded a new video that gives an update on a project downstream from Bonanza. Beaver were present in both project areas before the projects, but could not modify the habitat because of the trapped, flume-like, single-thread channel. In the downstream project, beavers moved in and improved the side-channel habitat substantially. We expect that same beaver action in the Bonanza project, as the side channels evolve to perennially carry water. Release the river - then the beavers can do their job.

[@martinsnow2913]

Upon further consideration, I realized that area was beyond their skill set. Thanks for the update. Keep up the good work. Both you and the beavers! I will check out the new vid.

[@toolshed7652]

Beavers will do all this and more for free

[@lostriverfishecologyinc.6790]

Beavers are in the system and build dams on side channels in the area, but when they try to build dams in the main river, the dams always get blown out in the spring. We expect and hope beavers will move into our side channels as the vegetation becomes established to support them. Existing riparian vegetation is primarily alders, which the beavers don't seem to like. Now that the river can function naturally, instead of like a pipe, it is more likely that natural processes, such as beaver activity, will take place.

[@toolshed7652]

@Lost River Fish Ecology, INC. that's good to hear... once there is enough willow established, they should stick around. Im sure you've used dam analogs as well. Once the water table and the riparian habitat become stable, they should be able to help you reduce the gradient and start trapping some of that sediment and water on the land. Good luck and keep up the good work!

[@lag9765]

If Donald Trump were to be reelected into office, the first think he would do is sign and executive order and put a halt to all these restoration projects. His Idea of a great America is to drill baby drill... He is indeed a shallow man with a shallow mind... I thank you for all that you do... We the people deserve a healthy America.

[@pedrospeckoff3584]

Nice Job looks beautifull