Reintroduction of Beavers in the San Pedro

Beaver were reintroduced in the San Pedro River in 1992.

[@franktalley]

At 75 it warms my heart to see this. I grew up on that river near Hereford, it has a special place in my heart.

[@scottfoster2487]

Beavers are key to fixing the drought in the west.

[@granitebid1]

Scott Foster Wow beaver are smart creatures. So glad to see people stop hunting them.

[@nealamesbury1480]

Not having unlimited new building might be an idea also !

[@billrobbins5874]

Surely hopeful! 🪵🦫🪵🦫🪵🦫

[@dorinemort6359]

Scott Foster, You are so correct, this amazing animal doesn't get the recognition it so deserves, it's the only mammal that can completely alter the landscape without destroying it, people can't or won't, there's no profit in a pristine wilderness, these animals would absolutely save the world from drought in if humans would wake the fuck up and allow them to just be beavers

[@maiamaunsell9527]

And in the north south and east.

[@culbinator]

Long live the San Pedro River and its mighty beavers! Thank you to the protectors of this sacred place and its sacred creatures.

[@rosikessel]

I’m a big fan of beavers. This was one of best videos because it wasn’t Disney-fied and had great photos of all kinds of animals including insects. Great Job!

[@carelgoodheir692]

The were hunted to extinction on the British Isles hundreds of years ago but have very recently been reintroduced into two places in Scotland and one in southwest England. I look forward to seeing what they can do for us here.

[@Scepticalasfuk]

Lots. They from Canada?

[@apveening]

@@Scepticalasfuk Probably from eastern Europe.

[@jari2018]

@@apveening Finland introdues american beavers into Finland instead of the scandian or european beaver -There will a conflict similar to grey american beaver and european beaver in UK -one gets extinct

[@sonyaparkin7841]

Awesome 💚

[@CODYJACKYOUNG]

Every animal that is extinct other than dinosaurs is literally human-caused. We are savages. I hope we are beginning to understand how bad we can be for the environment and change things before we lose all kinds of amazing creatures and habitats.

[@kevinhoffman8214]

everyone should watch a beaver for a day or longer , they are wonderful creatures

[@stevenwilson879]

Saw a few when living In WA. FASCINATING. Had to wonder about beaver vs boa in Florida. Interesting concept. If human keep trying to exterminate introduced species.......who knows?

[@snorfallupagus6014]

I'm a gynecologist and watch several beavers 4 days a week.

[@petersterling5334]

Beavers are Absolutely Critical to the Restoration of Natural Habitats especially in Very Dry Climates! Thanks for the Video

[@jeanpouyet2710]

Soil and water conservation cost free, what a wonderful solution to create life. Flood control and drought proofing, health and wealth creation, what a model for us. Thanks for the great service.

[@Dwightstjohn-fo8ki]

We have a "bachelor" beaver on Lake Windermere. His pelt would stretch and cover an Volkswagen. Back in the day, beaver were HUGE. Time to be huge again.

[@snorfallupagus6014]

Too huge, and you might fall in!

[@Nitka022]

such amazing creatures! so glad they are still here and NOW they can slowly reclaim their habitats...we humans did so much wrongs....but things are changing now...Thank you for this presentation! A pleasure to watch...

[@GottaWannaDance]

So happy Mr. Trump turned this all around. Bet no one knew he was an expert on beavers. He knew how to handle them, feed em and create just the right environment.

[@janetyurkin822]

@@GottaWannaDance What planet are you on? That maggot probably doesn’t even know what a beaver is. All he did for the environment was try to destroy it by opening our National parks to gas and oil drilling! You need to do some research you sure don’t know what you’re talking about.

[@michaeleverton4882]

What a story of how beautiful beavers improve their habit range; such special hard working animals! Amazing indeed!...★♥★...

[@kerrynphillips9153]

What an amazing program instigated by the DLM with incredible results!!!! Well done

[@emmahardesty4330]

Very glad to know that the reintroduction of beavers at San Pedro has been successful. So important to our fragile desert. Nice images too. I've learned only recently that healthy beaver populations are aiding crucial aspects that improve human and animal survival, everywhere, as the climate changes.

[@sonyaparkin7841]

Thank you for playing the natural calls and sounds - beautiful! 💚

[@MadMax-bq6pg]

Awesome snapshot of one my childhood favourites in an ecological context. I was unaware of their nocturnal habits (a bit like most of our Aussie mammals). Thank you

[@twohawks5843]

i live in Tucson outskirts,i have been making canals,in the washes arroyos, about 2,3feet deep 10 more or less feet long dirt an rocks that are dug out,are thrown at edges of shallow canals, when monsoons, come around water that runs threw them will stay in trench, from there i dig smaller trenches to trees, gardens,an reservoirs

[@PacoOtis]

Bravo! You are giving mother earth some hope! Thanks for sharing your work and we are quite proud of what you have done! Best of luck!

[@roddizon2242]

Amazed by this creature.

[@jimmungai1938]

I was watching a TV show I think it was on the history channel a number of years ago and they said that the beaver is extremely important to keeping the ecosystem in good condition I don’t know exactly how to word it but anyways when the beavers were over trapped to the water table went down as I understand it those beaver dams naturally they hold water back in at walls it to soak into the ground feeding the water table this is Jim mungai From Kennerdell Pennsylvania

[@Marco-fn6kg]

we need more beavers !!! keep it up

[@ronward3949]

One beaver( Castor canadensis) is great, but it can take two to raise a family. Witnessing a bank lodge beaver in Yankton, SD. I personally gleaned year- long exposure to a family, who I witnessed feed, nurse, and on occasions witness the pair together as busy as a family can be. Feeding on Fremont cottonwoods while simultaneously nursing her kits sounding like babies naturally. I saw her come in nervously with limb, she seemed good with me, submerged, mysteriously entered lodge and heard the action. Not only did they always capture my attention, I learned to fish from nearby woody structure, Spring bringing them into spawn. All aspects of their lifestyles seemed keenly suited for this family life, where local shores, deciduous sprout shooting trees are aided in some forms of propagation by the beavers also. Wood ducks ( Aix sponsa ) had a local cavity nest in an accompanying cottonwood stand and another local resident. Finding cavities can be a test for this Native bird. Beavers in this area store woody forage materials under the ice for winter, they stimulate shoot formation, and all this woody debris is sustenance for the myriad of Mayflies hatching, cottonwood silk, and all those tangible memories. Point being, caves, alcoves, large stumps, can be used as strata for living arrangements of Beaver family including a beaver lodge or bank style which could be a cave, underlying roots of large trees, or other bank habitat that allows for escape cover, deeper water column for escape and survival purposes.

[@thehairywoodsman5644]

I love beaver !!!!!!!

[@Wwbyoung]

Great Video. Informative, and inspirational.

[@clivethedino7857]

Me and my brother love them

[@stolearovigor281]

We as Kings and queens decided that the Mother Nature should to fit in our Earth management. If a beaver build, we should to move the road even a home. Water is more precious. Good project, would like to know more and to take part maybe somehow.

[@justtinkering6054]

Most people couldn't care less about the environment returning to normal. If you want to get people to care, you have to sell them on how this will help them. You might want to tell people that the water table is raised after beavers fix the area. Raising the water table makes more water available for people to use.

[@torinbrown8196]

Mr. Foster, is there an update to this video? I showed this vid to my mom, she lives in Ash Canyon just up the road, and she showed it to my aunt. Apparently, my aunt has something to do with your/ that program but hadn't seen this video until ma showed her. I appreciate all you taped thank you for that.

[@carolinejayes157]

Awsome glad to see them back.

[@jrlagoni]

Here in Utah everyone is on a BLM hate kick. Very nice science education film and BLM project! I am a U of AZ grad so love seeing these desert rivers restored. Thank you for your fine work.

[@josemartinezgonzalez2450]

En Europa también sé están efectuando repoblaciones.

[@nattyw495]

Enjoyed video found it interesting and informative..🐩🐕🇨🇦🇺🇸💛

[@kirkkirkland7244]

I love beavers! God made a very special animal in them!!! They definitely can change a huge area in no time!!!

[@mysimplelife5915]

Smart beaver..

[@tonydryden5277]

I live in a place called Beaverton, and have seen the transformation of creek to pond, and some of the biggest tadpoles ever seen. It is quite remarkable how urban development and nature are interwoven here.

[@robertjones-vm7qu]

Wonderful project.

[@andrewmantle7627]

Thank you, thank you, thank you

[@manditoemya8478]

Beavers were everywhere in America and Canada now they are far and few between But Canada does have much more Beavers. It's a shame they were hunted so badly and they are fantastic for the ecosystem.

[@SWRural-fk2ub]

Really nice delivery Judy and no up-talking, like many young American women do now (and that is spreading to other countries, sadly, even some men). 😞

[@Peaceshiet812]

It’s really horrible to think of all these wonderful creatures being so ruthlessly slaughtered in past times😢

[@lancerudy9934]

Great video😊. Thanks

[@vincekemper7753]

That’s where many years ago beaver felt hats were a huge item

[@jamebrooke894]

We need our DNR here in Indiana to reintroduce beaver to the once great Kankakee wetlands.

[@SolaceEasy]

Such a well crafted presentation. Kudos to all involved.

[@user-dc1dr9kr8x]

Hell of a picture from 1825....

[@brucefranklin1317]

We can learn much from the beaver. Family oriented no nonsense entity. Hard workin rodents.

[@bearcubdaycare]

Monogamous and mate for life. A Canadian program to breed them (in what's now William Switzer provincial park near Hinton Alberta) discovered this the hard way.

[@GRIZZ357]

Awesome

[@Maybe1Someday]

Great video, I wonder if Beavers could be released into old Florida drainage canals

[@jimlycett4480]

I don't think they would survive the pythons.

[@olduncow4273]

Super documentary bro

[@tofan2622]

Sustainable harvesting of beaver by trapping prevent a lot of "nuisance damage" that people love to claim they do. Beavers are critical for our environment, people need to stop building new buildings everywhere and look at older infrastructure.

[@MrGigi-dz9cv]

Here, beavers got extinct. But, during Covid lockdown, i had the chance to see chewed trees, and manny wild animals getting close to the villages.

[@duotronic6451]

Good explanation of positive beaver behavior.

[@KatherineUribe-1]

Yea beavers!💕👍🏻😊

[@watershedguardians2353]

Excellent project! No BDA s needed!

[@sisterlockmo]

I need an update on these 🦫

[@ericswain4177]

It becomes a natural self-sustaining ecosystem.

[@beerbread]

People are, by and large, clueless destroyers.

[@jimpikoulis6726]

Reintroduction of Justin Beavers in the San Pedro

[@LittleRadicalThinker]

Where ponds exist, beavers can make homes.

[@marypatten9655]

yes. about time we let wild live live as God had planned.

[@paulblack8887]

It's remarkable how much dredging these little rodents can do with those busy little paws. Great video, very interesting to see their impact on regions unfamiliar to me. Arizona beavers 🦫 ♥

[@ChristopherLecky]

The question isn't if rewilding is possible, the question isn't if there is a benefit for doing so? The question is at what stage of their population expansion will the beaver be in conflict with modern civilisation again? We opted for dominance which means we have spent this long NOT learning how to coexist.......

[@geoffreylee5199]

The short dams will get taller over time.

[@rebelgale1045]

But, but the beavers were there at least 20 years ago. I saw them there around Saint David.

[@4ndy0z]

Hi, I’m not too familiar with American wildlife. What are the pair of cat like / mustelid like critters by the waters edge in the last minute of the video? :))

[@sebastienmonette6659]

If I'm not mistaken, these animals are called Coatimundis, here a wikipedia article if you want to learn about them : en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coati

[@april5666]

I was wondering what those animals were too. Thank you.

[@4ndy0z]

@@sebastienmonette6659 thank you for this info :))

[@sebastienmonette6659]

@@4ndy0z glad to help out 😊👍

[@robertmclean9737]

Mink!!

[@chrisstaylor8377]

Great work bring nature back

[@Nuggettfaz]

Awesome story. Australian likes.

[@TheWizardGamez]

farmers should throw beaver onto their land, so that they have water for more time in the year

[@armandovanhaaren9823]

They do

[@uctynguzb]

Yay! A capybara mention!

[@chrisstaylor8377]

The early settlers were ignorant of how to look after the land

[@E.J813]

🇹🇷can you put subtitles please

[@antr7493]

💯🤟❤❤

[@hdkepon]

Yay beavers !

[@psor9983]

I thought she was gonna say, "Hi, I'm Sally Field".

[@Chris.Davies]

100 is a good start. The USA only needs 149,999,900 more!

[@tolitsdterrible4785]

Another beaver named Justine was sent to Canada.

[@HmongGuitarPlayer]

How a animal can gain weight by eating tree barks are beyond me.

[@glenncordova4027]

They eat the cambium which is the inner layer which is succulent and nutritious. It's beaver salad. Beavers also eat cattails and nutsedges which have a lot of starch and protein.

[@vincekemper7753]

Beavers were introduced in Brazil in the 40’s. They’re overrunning native animals

[@tjwash5118]

You do not want to run low on beavers.

[@MaramaoMaramao]

Go beavs!

[@Brian_yeah_that_brian_Strang]

I don’t think keystone species means what you think it means

[@LilMOMMAson]

Years ago, I accidentally hit and killed a beaver with my vehicle. I often think ab that night, and still feel horrible ab it. I don’t know why that night has stayed with me this long.

[@jaymzgaetz2006]

Funny that restoration and sustainability is achieved by undoing what man has done. The only foreseeable flaw in this plan would be hiring man to do it.

[@redsash_tv1221]

Beavers are called North American Beaver because it lives all over North America...not just America.

[@glenncordova4027]

Canada is America The United States is America Mexico is America Brazil is America, just not North America

[@glenncordova4027]

They said the beaver lives from the Arctic to the Tropic of Cancer. Beavers also live in Europe and Asia.

[@Dwightstjohn-fo8ki]

The "American" beaver: me, looking at my Canadian nickel...............

[@glenncordova4027]

Canada is part of America.

[@paulacornelison243]

Where is the San Pedro River?

[@marschlosser4540]

the San Pedro runs from Mexico north to Sierra Vista, AZ, and into San Pedro Canyon where it runs north-northwest. It hits Mammoth, AZ and cuts north again. Living water is common only as Aravaipa Creek runs into it. With the planting of more trees, everyone hopes that changes.

[@paulacornelison243]

@@marschlosser4540 Thank you!

[@geoffreylee5199]

Castors canadiennesis, or Canadian beaver …

[@TaurusDragon]

Indian man say leave the beaver alone 😅yall didn't get the message 🤨now 120 years later 😒 this!

[@linzierogers5024]

Live with nature and reap the benefits. Try to control it and live with the deficit.

[@davidcupples7622]

Gee, Beave...

[@jamescole3152]

I just want to watch the beavers. Too much other stuff on the video.

[@TheOrignalKillezz]

This is a BLM I can get behind.

[@tboniusmaximus3047]

Why though, everytime animals are introduced by the gov. It backfires, like the wolves in michigan, rattlesnakes in tennesee, let them come back on their own, we have armadillos in nc now and they werent introduced.

[@KB4QAA]

No evidence of "backfires". No rattlesnakes have been reintroduced to TN.

[@glenncordova4027]

Wolves weren't reintroduced to Michigan. Wisconsin and Michigan are about the only places in the contiguous United States where wolves weren't exterminated. Wolves have been reintroduced to Wyoming and have spread from there all the way to Washington, Oregon and Colorado. The Mexican subspecies of wolf has been reintroduced to Arizona, New Mexico and Chihuahua. The Mexican Wolf had been hunted down to only 6 animals and survived only through breeding in zoos and reintroduction. Red wolves were almost made extinct. The last few were captured, bread in zoos and released into the wild. If not reintroduced they would be extinct. The last plains bison in the United States and the last wood bison in Canada were down to one herd each. If not for human intervention to protect and reintroduce them, we probably wouldn't have them now. The last 27 California condors we're captured, bread in zoos and reintroduced to the wild. We broke the system so it is up to us to fix it.

[@sonyequator6852]

God better creator than all smart man could did. To restore water system in nature. Human always made more harm to nature rather than animals...

[@Scepticalasfuk]

Beavers are not nocturnal, they are crepuscular.

[@glenncordova4027]

In many areas they are nocturnal in order to avoid people.

[@josephnovoa8574]

I love a good beaver!!69ehhh.

[@snorfallupagus6014]

Save a tree. Eat a beaver.

[@scottminter4735]

Farmers are a plaque on this land. Modern farming practices are soo destructive.

[@Hooverdarnit]

Did you eat today? If you did, thank a farmer.

[@tofan2622]

@@Hooverdarnit Thats not always true, a farmer doesnt' always have something to do with people eating don't be ignorant.

[@Hooverdarnit]

@@tofan2622 Yes but only farmers FARM food.

[@KB4QAA]

SM: Actually, modern farming is vastly more conservative of nature than at any time in the past. (from a farm in Ks). Try reading up on why moldboard plows are no longer used, about terracing, about no-till planting, about soil testing and fertilizer management, about modern herbicides that are less toxic than the previous. You are ignorant of agriculture.

[@QuadMochaMatti]

Corporate "factory" farming practices would seem to be those that are truly the most destructive. I believe I would have far more confidence in the true *family farmers* of today who are have far more of a connection to the land that they benefit from and would tend to be better stewards of it, than a bunch of greedy shareholders and board members expecting big fat dividends above all else.

[@robertmclean9737]

The BLM & Wy Game & Fish tried to plant them on Muddy Creek a Small Stream on the edge of the Red Desert. I felt sorry for them didn't have Enough Brush and trees to support them, they made their Dams out of Sage Brush, some had Tires in their Construction. It failed Miserabley always thought it was Cruel to Plant them there. ☮️ PEACE

[@glenncordova4027]

Beavers often create their own habitat. If they build their dams with sagebrush, this will impound water. This water will support willows, cottonwoods, aspen and cattails. These plants colonize quickly and are favored food for beavers. What you see as cruel, the beavers see as opportunity.

[@robertmclean9737]

@@glenncordova4027 No Shit!

[@watershedguardians2353]

Can you please provide details on this? I heard about it but never saw the details.

[@robertmclean9737]

@@watershedguardians2353 What do you want to know?

[@jayjae21jj]

So fucking sad

[@twohawks5843]

one more thing,no more Tre crack track,trek,what ever housing,cheap over priced chicken coops,what part of there's no water, don't you greedy developers an realtors don't you understand