How Beavers Are Saving Las Vegas from Droughts | Full Documentary

Despite attracting more than 40 million visitors a year, the city of Las Vegas in Nevada is in desperate danger of collapsing. Not for a want of money, but due to dwindling water resources.
This documentary charts the efforts of a small team of eco-engineers who are trying to harness and adapt the methods of beavers to solve the problem of water shortages in North America's western states.
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[@shannonalaminski2619]

Humans destroyed the beavers. Then humans complained about water shortages. Humans aren't very smart.

[@tsmspace]

humans are wiley. Humans destroyed the beavers because beavers made it easy for people to live out off the grid. They didn't want hermit populations to become "indigenous" and killing off the beavers made it easier to keep people from doing so.

[@tombarr949]

Humans are building another environmental disaster with the push to EVs. Mining disasters and battery disposal disasters.

[@dylanbillion917]

I agree

[@Flyingdutchy33]

Humans built a city in the desert to house the workers to build a dam in the desert to supply another city humans built in the desert. But then the workers stayed and now you have 2 cities in the desert. Then humans complained about water shortages. Humans are indeed not very smart.

[@Flyingdutchy33]

Humans built a city in the desert to build a dam in the desert to support another city in the desert. Humans aren't very smart.

[@Frenchylikeshikes]

A gigantic fountain in the middle of the desert and dozens and dozens of pools, and we wonder why there is no water?

[@kenxiong6830]

Greed is the reason for all these issues

[@PaulSmithm]

Why do the animated beavers look like they have been enjoying ALL that Las Vegas has to offer?

[@ForeverTheWar]

Why did you interview the trapper? He has ZERO education about ecology, everything he says is pure anecdotal fallacy. It would have been better to get a ecologist who might disagree with introducing beavers. If you can not find one maybe that is a sign there is no point in including the oppositions opinions in the decision of introducing beavers. Usually things tend to get worse before they get better, the ranchers might have to suffer for a few years. Obviously the state or Clark county provides assistance during this time to the farmers or ranchers who can not operate. Helping Nevada to stop being the driest state and recharging the ground water would be beneficial to farmers/ranchers as well.

[@louisegogel7973]

I bet that rancher has gotten some ear chewing since this video.

[@g.eeducation251]

6:06 is over, there is no water shortage in May 2024

[@superjeffstanton]

Skip forward to @24:00 for the video😂

[@hankstiffler]

Explain where the water goes. Nevada gets the least amount and is far and away the most efficient. Talk to California about water use.

[@daciefusjones8128]

there is an unbelievable amount of misinformation about Las Vegas and our water situation. it's also unbelievable how seemingly intelligent people believe that misinformation.

[@stevesmith-sb2df]

I wish conservatives had their own separate planet. Maybe they can follow Elon to Mars.

[@ridingvenus]

Yea that’s a great title…drought in a desert??…right in that instance IF actually fact….its a hundred or thousand of an inch rainfall?? As for beavers I think they are referring to female humans because um the beaver animals don’t typically inhabit such high temperature low humidity environment “naturally”. Maybe they are trucking in trees for the beaver animals because um again this is referring to a desert. Brilliant?? Duhh maybe brilliant if rainfall increases in the 500+ mile vacancy and the trees become “natural” and temps drop and humidity rise….in a few hundred years.

[@ridingvenus]

I can’t watch this bunch of 🐂

[@sirenwerks]

Two comments… To the guy who mentioned BOR and ACE putting all of our eggs in one basket, have you considered what a reliance on beavers, and then an outbreak of a disease that threatens beavers might look like? To the comment about deploying beaver en masse right away, where are those beaver going to come from?

[@tss9886]

Beavers also stop forest fires! Wetlands stop the fires and protect the land beyond them.

[@Flyingdutchy33]

Beavers also deforest. I think thats what you mean. Why is it ok if a beaver does it, but not ok if I do it?

[@HisameArtwork]

@@Flyingdutchy33 because you cut too much. duh.

[@Flyingdutchy33]

@@HisameArtwork How do you know who cuts more? By what measure do you decide how much each species gets to cut per specimen?

[@340wbymag]

I have been advocating the use of beavers to create wetlands for a long time now. This is really exciting to me!

[@KatherineUribe-1]

The best part: beavers work for free to maintain the dams.👍🏼😎

[@eljanrimsa5843]

That's the problem. Nobody is making money from them. They don't have lobbyists.

[@songofseikilos8659]

don't let Barry b. Benson know about this.🦫🤝🐝

[@greenguy4413]

beavers are like: wait we can build dams in peace? for free??

[@tss9886]

Actually, beavers have millions of years of engineering experience.

[@felipericketts]

Let the beavers help us as they help themselves. It's a no-brainer!

[@Flyingdutchy33]

Is it? They also deforest. And they have as much forest as they have water out there in the desert.

[@JeraldBaliteTV]

Thank you for fighting for the beavers

[@Forseti2]

That cowboy explaining traps is funny and very limited in his thinking. (similarly to other farmers he is talking about)

[@louisegogel7973]

Yes, He could use a good bit of eduction on the ways people work WITH the beaver and farmers to avoid conflict and create a land that is refilling its aquifer.

[@scottfoster2487]

Ranchers need to work with the beaver because the Beaver creates lots more grass and trees to cool the land.

[@ConstantChaos1]

They also help to prevent catastrophic flooding down stream.

[@vincentnocie5882]

As someone who lives in Vegas we’re actually amazing at water conservation. Our population grew from 400,000 to 2 million and our water usage has only gone up by 28 percent all of our. fountains use grey water. We recycle every drop that goes through a drain. The issue is California Utah and Arizona and the Colorado compact that decided how much water rights people have. When they made the compact they overestimated the amount of water that was in the river causing those above named states to take more than the filling river that feeds lake mead.

[@mikeycbaby]

That’s fabulous for Las Vegas however, the video is showing how the beavers can actually save lake mead from going dry which will save Las Vegas in the long run.

[@mathiasfriman8927]

This comment (and those from the oblivious people in the film) just shows how the message of this documentary needs to be spread far and wide.

[@Redbeardian]

Lake Mead would fill back up pretty quick if the government turned of the tap, or at least cut back, to the almond and alfalfa farms that suck up almost 80% of the water that leaves Lake Mead. Las Vegas takes a miniscule percentage of the water in comparison.

[@johnearling]

This point is really important. Holding the individual responsible to not wash a car or flush a toilet does little if industry and agriculture continue using wasting vast amounts of water

[@j.j.123]

government corruption

[@rob.maramé]

Why do Californians need so many almonds

[@guameldestruir6239]

i think the statistic is that 95% of the water that Vegas uses, is returned to the river after treatment, the 5% loss is purely from golf courses, lawns, and fountain evaporation. Vegas is one of the most water efficient cities which is extremely impressive considering they weren't forced to be.

[@duanenavarre7234]

I wouldn't mind the alfalfa farms if it was for local use, but over 20,000 tons of it is shipped to asia and the middle east.

[@darrellborder8555]

Who knew? Nature does it better than man.

[@Chris-ut6eq]

Let's interview and get advice from the man who makes a living from killing beaver? If beaver can save water runoff, let's find a way to use them to help cattle ranchers and farmers with water storage.

[@AndrewZockoll]

I really like the video. I feel like it a little misleading pinning Las Vegas as the problem. Las Vegas is barely using the Lake Mead and the Colorado River water. They only have roughly 2% of the total allotment of water between all the states. We really need AZ and CA to step up their conservation efforts. The video is right though. Las Vegas has the most to lose as Lake Mead is its only water supply.

[@zarroth]

history shows over and over again that desert metropolises ALWAYS collapse. It's inevitable. People in those areas are going to have to learn, like their ancestors have repeatedly, that the desert can only support so much population, and not a single person more. I don't think they're at that cap yet, but it's clearly approaching rapidly.

[@vincentnocie5882]

I commented LITERALLY the exact same thing I can tell ur a local too cause we do so much to conserve then cali Utah and Arizona just keep going up in water cunsumtion

[@jameschristophercirujano6650]

Wasn't lake mead filled last year though?

[@Edl702]

@@zarroth By your logic nobody should inhabit the entire southwestern US as the whole region depends on Lake Mead

[@markmurray5332]

Nice to see people stepping up for the mistakes of our past generations. Life is a circle keep doing your best for them😊

[@anthonymartinez4307]

These people just proved how Las Vegas has been lying about water management. The idiots are contaminating the ground with mines for lithium ( the problem with mining is that they use up all the ground water but worse they contaminate the ground) making it deadly for the environment and future water deposits. These people thought they could drink lithium or casino money. The drought isn’t the problem it’s the over use to continue building and wasting water. Why would they have golf courses?

[@everyonejoyouslucky]

Maybe we should learn from nature.... 🤔 seem like we are learning caring and loving from dogs and cats, and now beavers might be able to help us coping with droughts...

[@DeathsGarden-oz9gg]

That's not in vegas that's around the multiple towns/ cities the circle Las Vegas. Also mybe adding native trees and not pine or palm or other tropical trees.

[@gman7329]

I can & have put my hand in traps with teeth since I was a kid as a party trick, but I would NEVER do it with just one finger. Maybe old mate should do it & see how he fairs 🤣

[@Zan.Evan.Dawson1243]

OMFG!!! Does a beaver know what a trap is? Are you kidding me!!! YES the beaver knows what a trap is!!! It's called LAS VEGAS.

[@erikm8372]

I’m trying to decipher that loaded comment… multiple topics there…

[@inotcare]

hahah this dude... really triggers me

[@johnanderson4203]

That was awesome

[@Carol9929]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@garytnew7504]

Yeah typical something that can really help the land and maintain water ways people are out to exterminate them Beavers should be a protected species

[@JR-lo2ei]

I've learned to "love my beaver.™"

[@markissboi3583]

Meanwhile farmers pulling beavers dams out .

[@michaelsallee7534]

The hard part is most agriculture cannot see the paradigm. Beavers and fencing out riparian areas will increase yields. I am a rancher ... I am a grass producer. Cattle are just my harvest machines. Many want more and more acres ... with reduced yields avg of 20% utilization (mine depending on the year 85 - 92%)

[@mikeycbaby]

There are videos out there showing ranchers working in concert with beavers, and the beavers are recharging the water table which in turn provides more water for the grass and livestock combined. It’s a win-win.

[@michaelsallee7534]

yes, there are; the numbers include me ... alas far too many cannot see that allowing a few acres lost to beavers will actually gain them more grazing

[@andrewuknown494]

The background music is very annoying

[@pbear6251]

I liked it

[@bvbxiong5791]

i'm sorry you grew up without a father in the projects. i'm rooting for you.

[@ThePetPsychicTV]

Wait... does beaver mean the same thing in the UK as it does in America? ;)

[@jeromedado7416]

Humans must do apologize for what they did to them in the past

[@YourCapyFrenBigly_3DPipes1999]

I can understand that older gentleman feeling like the ranchers need the beavers gone although I'd be willing to bet that they're operating off of outdated information, and that if they just left the beavers alone they would find that their ranches were unaffected if not benefited from the beavers; but I see absolutely no reason that the local council in the town would want them dead, clearly they were causing no harm. What is it about these adorable creatures that those ignorant authorities found so problematic?? Oh I forgot- domestic politicians, the most evil subhuman race of things to ever crawl upon this planet. Now I understand.

[@user-if4df7lk1z]

Las Vegas does not have a population of 2 million!!! 600,000 yes, but not two million.

[@williamchamberlain2263]

Vegas metropolitan area is well over 2 million. The city limits are arbitrary nonsense, but the reality is 2.8 million people tapping that reservoir and groundwater

[@Froby2378]

Do you live here? There’s easily 2 million people in this valley

[@rademfam6856]

I am all in for beaver 😊

[@theodoreolson8529]

If you see a sign in the shop window advertising Beaver in Las Vegas....they ain't talking about water conservation.

[@mrjonesyyy]

We don't want beaver and don't care if we run out of water... the trends and clear observations scream otherwise. The ignorance is wild.

[@standingbear998]

using more water than there is is not a drought.

[@daciefusjones8128]

there has been a drought for the last 40 years. that is a fact.

[@crayonburry]

The rainfall records show this as a drought. But also that the government assumed the regular rate of precipitation during an abnormally wet period.

[@alainaaugust1932]

This United Kingdom video purports to describe America. Dated April, 2024, it claims America IS suffering the worst drought ever. Surely you meant our far west, though you did not say that. The interview of the Nevada lady mid video must be from before the winter of ‘23-24. For more importantly, you totally missed the fact that record breaking snows last winter melted to rivers of water that filled western reservoirs higher than in past years when, yes, there was drought. As there often is in deserts and semi-arid geographical terrain. And we’ve been re-beavering the country for a couple decades now, slow at first, really picking up momentum now.

[@anthonymartinez4307]

But the water evaporates? Lol the reason why water is wasted in Vegas, big casino air conditioning mines and golf courses.

[@jaytuberr]

the opposition knows very little about the mechanics of a beaver dam, they increase the amount of water in rivers by storing some in the soil and with enough beavers in enough tributaries it can restore entire regions of wetlands and riparian forests

[@Cobbmtngirl]

“Dang near killed me getting that many beavers” 13:14. But you DID KILL them! 🤬💔

[@louisegogel7973]

This man could use a lot of eye opening!!! There are devices that keep storm drain free and water levels where humans can deal with them too.

[@MyUtubeScott]

So what you telling us had city planner stopped giving out housing permits 20 years ago there would not be any water shortage? So now you suggest beavers should fix this problem that humans created. I first visited Vegas in 1980 when city was designed for adults. Can anybody explain to me why Vegas needed to be turned in to Disney? Does anyone know about all the water in mid west around great lakes. As humans we are funny, we build homes above wells, ( aka basements) and then try to keep water out, we built city's in a desert and then bitch about lack water, we built city's below ocean level and the bitch that they get folded because pumps didn't work properly.

[@briangardner7050]

Beavers are awsome; but lets be clear about who uses the water from the colorado river. Nevada uses 4% of the water from the river and recycles all water used inside. Arizona is around 22%. California uses the bulk of the water for agriculture. One water district in the imperial valley uses 11% of the water, almost 3x what Nevada takes. so the next time you want a a vegan meal in Feb, you are part of the issue.

[@MurrayDecker]

And . . . we could return Vegas to the dry dust bowl it was 75 years ago-no more fountains, golf courses and green lawns. I'm sure that the gamblers that spend all day and night in the caves/casinos wouldn't notice the difference. The concern is demand much more than it is supply.

[@RedneckBaller]

The usa was almost 95% wetlands/ marsh land before we started trapping them

[@matthewchase2512]

The beaver are not working for corporate, but they may work for small industries and farm families!

[@tarnishedknight730]

I have to wonder; if humans had not hunted beavers to near extinction and the beaver population was still strong, would the drought be less severe or would we be facing a drought at all?

[@VERITASPUREBLOOD]

I love beaver♥️

[@ursulasmith6402]

Politicians , stand back. Leave it to Beaver!

[@rob.maramé]

Unbelievable that people are permitted to waste water on washing cars or watering grass when water is so restricted in supply. Las Vegas needs to turn off some of it’s lights at night

[@scottjohnson6173]

So as I see it, the rancher doesn’t want water. The beavers will create water, but the rain just don’t want that, so no water they’re gonna just have to tough it out but I want to Beaver, sorry no water. unless they want to shell out and dig wells to get water the wall you don’t get nothing sorry is it gonna be the Beaver or nothing.

[@JasonSmith-ej2fg]

I say let them get rid of the beaver, then when their water thirty crops have depleted the water table and everything dies and they go bankrupt then maybe.

[@enriquejavier8056]

ITS NOT GLOBAL WARMING! YOU LITERALLY EXPLAINED IT IN THE SENTENCE BEFORE YOU SAID "THIS GLOBAL WARMING DISASTER", "the population of Los Vegas has quadrupled in the past 2 decades.

[@threeriversforge1997]

Ah, but that's not alarmist enough! Can't be going around putting the blame on people when that'll get folks thinking about the problems of allowing people into an area. It's even worse when that area is dependent upon tons of people coming in to spend money! Still, talking about conservation and restoring habitat way up in the hills where it'll do a lot of good... that's a good thing. We need people building rainfall catchments everywhere, like Brad Lancaster has shown, so I won't complain about the chicken little schtick too much.

[@ramcharger9146]

Funny enough the reservoir is at full capacity right now

[@omeganickum]

I've been saying and telling people that beavers are the best ecological Engineers the world over and if you want to stop forest fires and droughts leave the Beavers alone. but I just got a laughed at. I still see countless videos of stupid people ripping out beaver dams and trapping and killing them thinking that they're doing some type of good...

[@Shiningami_Jem]

Humans will destroy earth and its race. But nature won't let it happen. Go go go beavers! Strive and reproduce! Thank you for saving this damn world ❤

[@stephenolson532]

Vegas is well known for its beaver 🤔

[@wandacircus1667]

amazing and this in the marthafockin usa congrats

[@jakebrakebill]

Primus has been singing about them for years.

[@wingitwildlife]

Beavers forever. More Beavers.

[@threeriversforge1997]

The chicken little alarmism aside, I've been talking about building Beaver Dam Analogs for ages, and often use Hoover Dam as an example of why BDA's are the more sensible option. Trying to dam one big river to create one big reservoir is a herculean task that takes a decade to complete. In that same time, though, you can build tens of thousands of little dams for next to nothing, and actually do better for the environment over a larger stretch of land. If you think of the river channel as a gutter like is on your house, it's funneling the rainwater down and out of the landscape, straight to the ocean. This is what all rivers do, and is perfectly natural. However, we have forgotten that the mightiest rivers are the end result of a thousand streams, which are the result of a million creeks. As you move uphill from Hoover Dam, you can see trillions of small folds in the land that are... tributaries to the larger rivers. It might take time, but every little crease in the ground is a gutter that focuses the rainwater and helps it get downhill where it'll eventually meet up with the rainfall from other folds and creases. You can wait and try to dam up the water after all those tiny tributaries have bound together into larger rivers, but by then you've just made a whole lot of work for yourself. The better option is for average everyday folks to look around at their own yards and their own parks. Hunt for those tiny creases in the ground that you know rainfall will be focused into. Then you put a little blockade across that little fold in the land and wait to see how the rain is captured. It's not about creating huge ponds, but minuscule puddles. It's not about storing the water for a whole year, but rather for simply slowing it down a little bit so some of it can soak into the ground right where it sits. The beavers don't build on the scale of Hoover Dam, yet we can see just how much they accomplish all the same. They focus their efforts high up in the elevation where the flows are more manageable. They understand that water flows downhill, and what they do up on the heights will have a ripple effect downstream. And we can see that this works because all we have to do is look at what Brad Lancaster has accomplished in Phoenix, AZ. Despite living in the middle of an urban heat sink, Brad has been able to redesign things so that rainfall and runoff from the pavement is captured and sunk into the ground. His work has been so impactful that the State has recognized it and ordered all new State projects are to follow his designs. One guy, learning from the beavers, was able to transform an entire neighborhood in the city, in the desert! kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2SThaWvicZ4bZo That shows us what is possible if people will just learn and then act. Small steps, sure, but that's how beavers get things done on a huge scale. No one beaver accomplishes much, but when you have a thousand of them in just one valley, gazillions of gallons of water are stored. You can be one of the millions of people who make a difference. All you have to do it put a tiny blockage across a tiny crease in the ground. Nothing major. No huge effort on your part. No great expense to your wallet. Just some sticks and leaves you kick into a fold in the ground as you're walking the trails in the park. Just one shallow cut in the ground to focus the rainwater like Brad Lancaster has done. You can be part of the solution.

[@davidbryden7904]

Beaver was fairly common throughout the southwest 100 years ago.

[@cesarcua5823]

Now they learned that beaver are ecosystem hero😊

[@christinehuff5009]

We should look towards the UK and see the way they came up with the solution that keeps the beavers AND the farmers/ranchers happy.

[@patrickwentz8413]

Ah, yes, water fights in the west. Some things never change. Now, they are dragging beavers into it.

[@Andre-ft6wx]

North America was dandelion free until the arrival of the mayflower. Nothing to do with beavers. Unless of course they hate dandelions as much as I do then yes it’s relevant. Thanks.

[@cme98]

Makes sense. Beavers have always been a main attraction along the strip not only saving Vegas but Beavers have helped Vegas grow wealthy. However, using the other rodent variety has its issues. Can they eat palm trees instead of pine? And survive 117° days repetitively?

[@peterjachmann2953]

yep to many people

[@JohnShields-xx1yk]

Beavers are amazing engineers and they're great at maintaining their dams, one little trickle and their on it, unfortunately we decimated the beavers here in America, idk their population today but I hope they'll rebound

[@YourCapyFrenBigly_3DPipes1999]

Yep they're in the same situation as phoenix. There's another source of water that could work but it would take a lot of investment, desalination plants and water pipelines. I don't see any other way.

[@kristinebailey6554]

Such ignorance in the comments. I stayed in Vegas for 5 days, no desire to return. That city does not belong in the middle of a dessert. And you can see by the comments, people foolish enough to live there, value gambling casinos, more than food grown with water. You can live without gambling and be all the better for it. But you cannot and will not live without food and water.

[@denniscrane9753]

Las Vegas will be gone in 20 years! Henny penny much? 😂

[@clauswichmann1490]

Even though I lived in the States for 4 years, 30 years ago. I still really can not belive how ill educated and unaware of your soroundings, you are. You really need to work on your education system. Your programe here is great, thank you. But the info you want to relay, is really old news. as I was tought this in our school 50 years ago. come on US get into realety and wake up. you are decades behind by now :)

[@elwhapposanchez7926]

Vegas betting on the beaver would have been a better title.

[@robwyyi]

How do you save water that’s not there anymore. Pointless content.

[@thesecretthirdthing]

Las vegas has some important and valuable wetlands as well. It would be sad to see them go.

[@paulsmith1411]

We know how fix Water problems ,but greed and development make this worse

[@beegonee]

Beaver doesnt drink all the water like drunker..😊

[@JessiFayS]

14:00 I haven't watched the end yet, but the idiot is on there talking how hard he works to KILL beavers?

[@TFoley-mm9ff]

Las Vegas is not powered by Hoover dam please check your facts

[@chuckburr517]

The only way to save Vegas is when the people leave.

[@OmarGrajeola-ve4de]

How donations castor state Chihuahua Mexico contate phone Thanks better rivers zone lakes

[@songofseikilos8659]

I really appreciate beavers.

[@franks4973]

Omg so bad and childish. Should come with an age rating. 4 and under.

[@patrickcox61]

Beaver is why most people are going to Vegas.

[@dylanbillion917]

Definitely an eco system necessity

[@J76582]

Rats don't know what a trap is, right.

[@daciefusjones8128]

I will be reporting this video and all of the misinformation that it contains to the Nevada resorts association. their lawyers can look at it and take the appropriate action.

[@hasselnttper3730]

Your doctor just called, said your IQ test came back negative.

[@g.eeducation251]

California is not in a joke at all. It's May 2024.

[@allanparker20]

This was my idea. Dont firget it.

[@SauronGamesMx]

1:10 Black people and immigrants

[@bud5447]

Kill the music

[@8Jory]

Why is the music louder than the voiceover?

[@mathiasfriman8927]

"Beavers are clogging up our irrigation ditches". What this documentary is trying to teach you is that with enough beavers, you won't _need_ irrigation!