Harvesting Birch Bark - start to finish

Isaac Murdoch shows how to harvest a piece of birch from start to finish "always do a headcount before and after you get back"

[@jlyndre218]

Thank u for sharing this teaching. Miigwech!

[@betula-pendula]

How do you prevent the tree from getting ill by fungus? Bark is the shield to be protected from the fungi.

[@alaskacane]

Great for a survival shelter roof

[@trudyrpw6854]

Chi Meegwetch ♡

[@bruceandzoanneanderson7876]

I'm sorry to see you take the bark from completely around the entire tree. That kills it.

[@Beethovenvirus]

afaik if you can remove only the bark and leave cambium alone, birch tree will survive. Easiest time to do this is during late spring when nights are still chilly but its pretty warm during the day and sap starts to move in the tree.

[@alsinbad3772]

@@Beethovenvirus No even if you leave the cambium alone, he girdled out all of phloems. The tree will die, just a matter of when

[@regnbuetorsk]

Start to finish. Start is a 2:00

[@plucas1]

Not really. Beforehand he's talking about assessing the tree first to see if it's a good one to harvest, which is part of the process.

[@emila732]

how you took off so big part :/ I try today and it wan't get so easily :(

[@kantana57]

+Emila Well just try! When I built mine it was a a lot of just hiking trying to find the perfect tree!

[@timothylongmore7325]

If you peel in june it comes off easy. It's really hard any other time of year.

[@katherinnecool7588]

Dude it u do it carefully it will grow back in 7-8 years and if it dies there is a cancer medicine in it so it could help people who need help who have cancer

[@marcusfunk2618]

Not trying to sound racist but I trust his instruction because he's aboriginal. If this was a white dude(like myself!) I'd probably keep looking for another one. Lol

[@karenkiefer2411]

OMG !!! Don’t you know or even care about the damage your doing to this tree? I had to stop watching your video immediately it has no value what so ever. Be responsible and ethical. I’m not even going to tell you what that thing your calling a growth really is people like you take what you want selfishly without ensuring the health of these amazing living trees that give us life.

[@boduke2522]

wa wa wa go stop the logging, like first nations do in bc we stopped so much logging if we wernt here i know they would of took it all we are really trying to do good to be stewards of the land dont worry like he said it will survive and there are trillions left.

[@rodblomley8517]

Easy to stop work when you dont have to worry where your next meal is coming from, loggers harvest but are under strict rules on how the forest is left and leave it clean and ready for replanting , they work to keep everyone else going ,they love the forest as much as anyone!!!!

[@pizzagroom6221]

@@rodblomley8517 Lol I think the point is that logging kills more tress than removing bark from 1/5 of one tree

[@rodblomley8517]

@@pizzagroom6221 the point I was making was more to the protester/caretaker of the earth, was instead of making a canoe for whatever reason ,it is easy to stand in the way of the loggers and shut them down when it is THEIR money from logging thatpays the way , regardless of the trees they cut down,which will be replanted and the forest is kept in good shape, protesters contribute nothing!!!

[@rodblomley8517]

I thought you would think that, my point is even tho logging does take a block of wood, they do replant and take care of the woods yet supply work and income for a lot of people, more so than any protester, and I considered your point, I chose to rant instead