The Strange Way they’re Saving Scottish Salmon

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[@LeaveCurious]

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[@MossyEarth]

Very excited to have you as a part of the team Rob!! - Cheers, Duarte

[@LeaveCurious]

As am I my man!! 😄

[@PaulCoxC]

Welcome to Mossy Earth Rob! Great having you onboard

[@LeaveCurious]

Hey Paul! Thanks man :)

[@user-vh6gs7kn8o]

The natural Scottish river you showed was gorgeous, its going to be lovely to eventually see rivers all over Scotland looking like that - for people and animals

[@LeaveCurious]

Love the positivity 🙂

[@nathalie9905]

Awesome that you're joining Mossy Earth!

[@LeaveCurious]

Yeah its pretty exciting, cheers :)

[@tomasaurusstack6200]

I'm always so excited to see when you upload cause these videos are genuinely so informative and entertaining, they've also helped inspire me to start rewilding the two acre field at the back of my house so thank you rob

[@LeaveCurious]

Ah that’s really cool. Let me know how it goes on your plot! Thank you!! 😊

[@tomasaurusstack6200]

Well just got the pond finished, I've a lot of notes taken and I think when the next planting season starts I'll be able to get a proper wild flower meadow, I'm also planning on getting some pigs so I'll see how that goes

[@Oli_Thompson]

So damn excited that you've joined the Mossy Earth team! 🙏

[@AussieAquatic]

Awesome news Rob!!!......I love what you are doing and I'm thrilled you now have the chance to be doing what you love Full Time :)

[@LeaveCurious]

Thank you yes it’s a great opportunity! 😃

[@philiptaylor7902]

Great to see you working with Mossy Earth, Rob. Look forward to more videos.

[@LeaveCurious]

Me too Philip, cheers

[@simonbarrow479]

Great to see you join the Mossy Earth team. You will be a great asset for them. This video highlights just what Scotland needs - trees!

[@LeaveCurious]

Thank you Simon! An yep, they need a few more… 🌳

[@31Blaize]

And lynx to keep deer numbers down (although that's just my wishful thinking at present!)

[@louislamonte334]

Thrilled to see this!! You are such a great inspiration to me, Mate! I'm a bagpiper and I love Scotland, Ireland and England! The more these places are re-wilded the better!!

[@LeaveCurious]

Ah appreciate that! Cheers!!

[@krose6451]

Yay! So happy for you! I look forward to seeing your worrk here and on Mossy Earth

[@LeaveCurious]

Yeah it’s going to be a good year for rewilding!!

[@LeaveCurious]

Thank you :)

[@miloferris8716]

I hope more rivers in the uk and ireland will look like this , you guys and your work are absolutely incredible and very inspiring. I hope i can do stuff similar to this in the future!! Greetings from ireland ❤🌿🌳

[@LeaveCurious]

Awesome Milo :) thank you

[@deepbluetree]

Love your videos and all your work! Great to see you on the Mossy earth team!

[@LeaveCurious]

Thank you very much!

[@StefanBienkowski]

Great video! Scotland has so much potential for re-wilding, but I fear politics will be the biggest barrier. I'm not sure it's possible to cut down on sheep grazing and wild deer numbers without re-introducing natural predators or convincing the land owners - mostly old estates, farmers or crofters - that the environment needs less livestock and more trees. Even the introduction of beavers near the village I now live was resisted by hundreds of farmers from around the country. The other big issue is that timber is a huge industry in Scotland and seems to be (rather unethically) intertwined with the government agencies that are in charge of our countryside. It's impossible to go for a walk in any of Scotland's forests without coming across an entire field or valley that has recently been felled. It's such a shame that most people that grow in Scotland (myself included) think the highlands look as they do because it's natural and not because humans have been deforesting it for centuries to make money from timber and livestock.

[@wafarerinjapan]

Congrats on the Mossy Earth partnership! . . . Also - wessex working horses - Just something thought you might be interested in. (a man, his horse and his dog work with wildlife to help protect it!)

[@LeaveCurious]

thank you, ill check it out :)

[@christinecollins6389]

Brilliant video Let’s hope we can learn from past mistakes and improve these areas with rewilding

[@SamDCote]

Congrats on the new position, Rob!!

[@LeaveCurious]

Hey Sam! Appreciate it man, hope you’re well 😊

[@joaoalmeidawild]

It’s nice to see you back doing videos for this channel Rob! I been really enjoying see your working with and mossy earth too 🙌🏽 cheers !

[@LeaveCurious]

It is good to be back uploading, thank you João! :)

[@mamamoo3974]

It’s so exciting to see these wonderful habitats recreated

[@RussTillling]

Another great video from Rob & glad you've joined ME.

[@GreenLight11111]

thank goodness. im scottish and cant bare going to the highlands because its so sterile of trees. Basic nature requirement and none.........i wish it all the best for the future....and to watch progress hopefully via these kind of videos.

[@LeaveCurious]

I agree with you!!

[@doubledee8677]

Oh hey, been wondering where you've been over the last few days so this is good timing. Good to see you've become a part of Mossy Earth.

[@LeaveCurious]

Perfect timing, although I would of like an uploaded or 4 over a month ago! Cheers :)

[@WildlifeWithCookie]

the boy doing bits! congrats man

[@LeaveCurious]

cheers mate!! hope you're well!

[@robertclarke7848]

I'm delighted for you. Love your videos and Mossy Earth. So cool to see two of my favourite rewilding channels teaming up

[@LeaveCurious]

Thanks mate, appreciate that!!

[@enternalinferno]

Excited about this community!

[@LeaveCurious]

Me too :)

[@LeaveCurious]

Me too! :)

[@MarijnvdSterre]

This is fantastic, one thing I wonder about though. As you quickly mentioned it is important to have big logs in the water. If the aim is to wait till trees are grown and die, wouldn't that take "to long" before they will be there? I know other projects are/have actively put (old) trees into the water to help the proces. Will something like that be a part of it?

[@LeaveCurious]

Yep you’re right it would take a while. Especially when there’s no trees there! This is likely something Mossy will be doing and I’ll cover it all in an update next time :)

[@MarijnvdSterre]

@@LeaveCurious Cool! looking forward to it. Good to see you join Mossy Earth! May it be a positieve development :D Have a great day.

[@dianewallace6064]

Just found you. Thanks for your videos. Already was subscribed to Mossy Earth.

[@LeaveCurious]

Hey Diane! Sorry I'm only just getting to you comment. Its my pleasure making these videos and I very much appreciate your support.

[@dianewallace6064]

@@LeaveCurious My pleasure. Keep up the great work!

[@Gamer-Rex]

So good to see you finally upload, if I didn’t watch your channel I wouldn’t be as close to nature as I am now

[@LeaveCurious]

Ahhh nice, I’ll be more consistent for sure!

[@LeaveCurious]

Cheers!!

[@jasonjay6130]

So happy for you joining Mossy Earth.

[@LeaveCurious]

Me too Jason, got some videos coming on both :)

[@monsterkajiu1912]

When the world needed him the most, he returned, but seriously welcome back and you should check out the people that are running American Prairie or Pleistocene park if they'll let you in?

[@LeaveCurious]

Haha it’s good to be back. That’s a couple people now suggesting this project, I’ll look into it!

[@monsterkajiu1912]

@@LeaveCurious Where I'm from (The united states) is far behind Europe's and Australia's rewilding projects unfortunately.

[@jackschannel1610]

Love how much your channel has grown, for rewilding projects knepp estate and wild Ken hill are good ones to go to (even if you have been before)

[@spenserhow6275]

Hi everyone! I’d like to say that I am truly passionate about rewilding/conservation and have the utmost respect for the work that you do! I was curious (no pun intended) if you would consider doing a video on the Canadian wilderness as, despite the appearance portrayed by our government and our tourism commission, old-growth forest is essentially non-existent in eastern Canada such as places like Quebec. Also in western Canada, notably Vancouver Island in British Columbia (which is one of the most commonly shown locations along with Alberta when showing the Canadian wilderness) is slowly being degraded by the logging industry. One must simply look at Vancouver Island's before and after maps of old growth to realize the problem. I know that we are truly lucky for what we have here compared to the old world, but I do fear that truly unique and irreplaceable ecosystems will soon be extinct. P.S. For those out there reading this who agree, please like so this message can get across. Thank you!

[@Shaden0040]

In NW America the salmon and trees have a unique coexistence with bears and wolves which being the fishsnutrients deep into theforests, fertilizing the,. Bring back SScittish qild bwEA nd qolves And your pine and oak forests will return if you plant the seedlings. Protect them from neing eaten.

[@LeaveCurious]

Salmon really are a forest species!!

[@projectwild25]

I do have a question though, how come the island of trees are planted so close together? Does it help with growing?

[@LeaveCurious]

Pretty sure the primary reason is to ensure that the central trees make it if they are nibbled by deer.

[@projectwild25]

@@LeaveCurious ohhh, I see! Thank you!

[@deinsilverdrac8695]

Remember There's no deer overpopulation, There's overgrazing, Not the same 1 millions deers is a normal population, but they don't move, they only graze over and over. Hunters even make enclosure wich accentue the issue. And hunter don't help with that, they don't want to or will help with nature. They keep the high deer population as game stock to kill. But will kill any raptors, beavers or boar they can find. You need to fence huge area to let the forest grow back with no deer or sheep to graze the shrubs and saplings. You need large predator wich not only regulate but modify the grazing behaviour of tge preys. Making them move, eat less and be more nervous, avoid some dangerous area. Wich mean the forest can regrow. And it's the best option since you don't need to pay to maintain the fence and the solution spread itself for free with natural reproduction of the predators. Predators that have this impact on hundreds of km square.

[@Ryzkx]

Hi mate, I'm a national trust ranger based on Exmoor. We like to think of ourselves as quite an ambitious ranger team pushing hard to make exciting changes happen for nature and people. We're always keen to share our work with others as we need as much support as we can get! I'd be really happy to discuss this more in detail with you if you want to get in touch! Cheers!

[@RussTillling]

I would say that the fence seems too close to the trees though. Surely deer can still get to the trees?

[@dougieranger]

Thank you for this. It’s, with regret, time to get rid of the sheep and cull the deer.

[@sonyaparkin7841]

Love this! Would listen to it multiple times except that I find the background music super tiring (having to try and tune it out - for my brain that’s very hard work 😅), I know people have different preferences and would be great to just have voice when you’re talking!! 😁 👍 thank you for your work for nature!!! 💚💚💚🌳🙏

[@LeaveCurious]

No i definitely enjoy editing with the music, but I know it’s not to everyone’s tastes! I’ll try some edits soon without, giving me new ideas for the sound scape, thank you!

[@SkyHawk2137]

I thought you looked, and sounded, familiar when one of your videos came up in my recommendations. So hello from someone who has seen your activities on Mossy Earth, and now excuse me as I start working through some of your own videos...

[@501meganinja]

Best of luck! Mossy Earth are fantastic!

[@LeaveCurious]

Yeah they’re great! Cheers :)

[@aye3678]

Good to have you back :)

[@LeaveCurious]

Great to be back!

[@liamdrinkswater5334]

If you want to visit some rewilding project, I’d love if you go to Saudi Arabia and visit the Al Baydha project near Mecca.

[@davidbryan6484]

Great video! For those who want more information on the link between salmon and forests the Documentary 'Riverwoods' by Scotland: Big Picture is really fascinating :)

[@M_O.O_N]

Been a minute bro... Good to see a video from you🙂🤝

[@LeaveCurious]

Yeah had a fair bit going on, good to be back 😊

[@Natasha___.]

This brings a wee tear to my eye, to see the way these rivers should look. It's gorgeous, rich, colourful and full of life. Not the usual dreich, grey and gloomy atmosphere 😂 These people at mossy earth are amazing, I want to thank them from the bottom of my heart for doing this for my country. I'll most definitely be checking them out.

[@LeaveCurious]

We’re so often unaware of how landscapes could look or how they did look. Accepting things as they are isn’t good enough and Mossy Earth do something about it! Cheers!

[@yogtheterrible]

ngl, i thought Leave Curious and Mossy Earth were the same group of people lol

[@LeaveCurious]

Haha yeah it’s probably going to feel even more like that now!

[@skysthelimitvideos]

You should visit the American Prairie Reserve in the US. Largest rewilding project in North America maybe the English speaking world in general

[@LeaveCurious]

This has been on my radar for a while. The expansiveness of US projects is amazing!

[@WmJared]

Damn, I wish there were a couple thousand hectares to throw some bears, wolves, trees and such along the river to really help re-establish the salmon into the woods nutrient line that helps the soil thrive even more. I'm excited to see you across both channels, too!

[@LeaveCurious]

Perhaps one day we’ll see those relationships. Cheers 😊

[@TacticalCaveman997]

Fantastic!

[@bakk98]

Man I love this awesome work

[@LeaveCurious]

Me tooo!! There’ll be many more projects to come!

[@benmaclellan6100]

You deserve way more views

[@LeaveCurious]

Thanks mate, we're getting there!

[@markg3025]

Robb great to see you joining another exceptional team. The whole ecosystem is there for a reason. Just let me know we can send you some predictors Pumas?

[@LeaveCurious]

Thank you Mark!

[@jammiedodger7040]

Britain’s predicted to become subarctic anyway so will not need to worry about the heat for much longer.

[@LeaveCurious]

I’m not sure the salmon have that much time!

[@David-xd3hw]

Red deer will step over a fence that height! Would keep out a well fed sheep.

[@topp0009]

Y they so close together?

[@LeaveCurious]

Ah I see this is already common question. I believe the primary reason to be so that if deer do get to them, they only get the ones on the outside. Plus deer will not jump into a crowded area!

[@QPRTokyo]

I have watched both of you.

[@LeaveCurious]

awesome!!

[@hunterhq295]

Can this apply with other salmon species like in japan or america?

[@LeaveCurious]

I assume so yes!

[@hunterhq295]

@@LeaveCurious Maybe can try this in the future

[@hunterhq295]

Same for other fish that migrate from sea to freshwater like sawfish in Australia.

[@billsmith5109]

Planting trees is a common activity in Cascadia for salmon restoration. More important is leaving existing riparian vegetation. In Oregon and Washington it’s required by law to leave a buffer along salmon bearing streams, and even small streams that feed into them. I’ll give a location you can copy and look up in Googleearth to view example. This is not pristine protected land in a national park. It’s industrial forest land, owned by large timber companies. As you can see much has recently been logged. I’d estimate first logged in the between the First and Second Wars, logged in the 60’s-70’s, and now being cut a third time. Logged area will mostly be hand-planted with Douglas fir, although Western Hemlock and Western Red Cedar do well there also. They just aren’t as commercially valuable, and hemlock is more prone to wind damage. What you can see though is the riparian areas are being left uncut along a not special Left Fork Raimie Creek. More deciduous, canopy probably includes Red Alder, maybe a few Big Leaf Maple. Logged previous cycle, these are volunteer trees. Scattered Western Red Cedar is probably growing, slowly, under the canopy. Idea is that eventually conifers will again dominate, and become natural sources of large woody debris. Not in our lifetimes. 46°49'49"N 123°26'07"W

[@projectwild25]

First! Love your videos. They are very educational, thank you

[@LeaveCurious]

Wheyyy nice one! Appreciate it Kerry 🙂

[@projectwild25]

@@LeaveCurious I would love to come out and help you guys in Scotland!

[@dangarlakha6259]

Nice video friends

[@LeaveCurious]

Thank you sir!

[@lucy7b]

❤❤❤

[@ankitaaarya]

why didnt you uploaded for so long?

[@LeaveCurious]

Life I'm afraid, but thinking things through.

[@carolinejayes157]

Yes agree with you all there ,the country side looks blank ,trees will benefit the fish with ,insect life also the birds ,provide oxygen,reinforce the banks besides looking good ,!The water quality needs attention ,also reduce fishing.

[@LeaveCurious]

You got it! Trees are the basis of these ecosystems

[@dorianmus6771]

Wow I'm early, the 3rd view

[@LeaveCurious]

Awesome 🥉

[@jammiedodger7040]

They need to cult all non-native deer’s and introduce predators it’s actually pretty simple problem to fix .

[@LeaveCurious]

Simple in concept, hard to execute!

[@jammiedodger7040]

@@LeaveCurious But it is like Rewilding in general is easy in concept but is actually really hard but rewilding will succeed in the long run as long as they stay away from the climate change nonsense.