If you put the new cuttings below you, where the water is going to flow, it takes them away so they won't be used again for building material. :) Small tip from Jack Handy.
One of the forest services in Canada found that putting a large PVC pipe into the breach after the water flows down to where you want it works wonders. Put a plug in the downstream side that you can screw in/out, and let the beavers include the pipe into the dam. When the water behind the dam gets to a level you deem to high open the plug and afterwards when the flow stops reinsert the plug. This allows for the beavers to exist in the pond, the water to accumulate, and allows for further remediations without destroying the dam or the rest of the environment. I’ve witnessed first hand the great work beavers can do in a barren area when they are reintroduced into an area. It’s a shame to see them driven out.
@@1BobsYourUncleand? This suggestion would let him do so without kicking out the beavers, and seems much easier on the farmer than removing the dams repeatedly
@@crowcalls Not necessarily. All it takes is one pompous governmental douche deciding that the area the beavers occupy is a "protected wetland", and the farmer gets bent over and reamed, denied the free use of their own property, but still forced to pay property taxes and also shoulder bills for things that the "wetland" is deemed to require, or face colossal fines. It happened in my family. A bunch of beavers dammed up a stream that crossed part of my cousin's property, creating a pond when the spring thaw came, and an EPA inspector declared it to be a "protected wetland" despite it not having existed literally the week before the inspection. My cousin tried to fight the declaration, but it was going to take weeks or months, during which he could not plant in that land. He was facing potential bankruptcy from being unable to use his land AND having to pay fines every time he tried to explore workarounds. Fortunately (ahem), during a heavy spring rain shower, the beaver dam collapsed, and their pond drained out. Once the water receded back to its previous levels, the area was inspected again (by a different inspector this time...) and the "wetland" designation was lifted. It was still a very tight year for my cousin and his family, but the lesson they learned was to keep an eye on their waterways for signs of beaver activity, and deal with the situation before it escalates again.
Back when I was a kid, one of my old bosses (he was a good man) told me that if you want to find the easiest way to do a job, ask the laziest guy on the job site, LOL, he was referring to me so here goes, attach a comealong or an electric winch (need small generator) to a tree and hook that to a heavy duty boat anchor, throw the anchor out into the pond and drag it through the dam. Just a thought!😊
@@ep2223I do think the act of tearing out the dam has got to be good exercise and might be pretty therapeutic. It might be fun to watch the immediate rush of water if the whole thing goes at once, but the feeling of accomplishment might be diminished if he takes the easy route.
Beavers are remarkable creatures.. There were fortunes made from their meat and pelts .. By the early 19th century they were depleted in all of Europe to make hats.Beaver hats were like owning a Rolex .
Jonathan that is the best video yet, what an explosion of water. You are lucky that the whole thing didn’t come down with you in it. Please be careful. 👍👍😊🙏
Thank you for reopening of the dam. Fantastic water flow, and drainage of the pond eventually. Enjoy your weekend and see you on the next, Jonathan! 🙂👍🇺🇸
Great to see 👀 👍 you again. I like your videos from the beginning, good to see more breaking up of dams. They are bigger and better. Good job and good luck with your channel.
Just curious here. it doesn't look like this pond is jeopardizing any needed farm land Etc. But I'm sure there is more to the situation. Still sad to see. Those ponds , when left alone, are great fishing.
In some jurisdictions if allowed to stand too long beavers ponds can become protected wetlands. Maybe I don't want a 10 acre pond where my kids'future homes will be built. In my local area beaver dams can change long established drainage patterns. That scenic pond may have been backing up water on a road or structure in the area. It also could have been flooding out valuable trees or crops out of view. You can be sure a farmer isn't going to be paying for a service they don't need.
You needed a backhoe to remove the entire dam Otherwise the beaver will rebuild it> It looked like you reopened a previous breach the refilledd. Did you eliminate the beavers for good
Have you ever tried some sort of grappling hook type tool that you could jam in there that would lock onto a huge clump and yank it out all at once, maybe with the help of a winch?
I've had an idea floating between my 2, remaining, brain cells: Get a 10 foot length of heavy rebar and another 2 foot length. On the short length, drill a hole about 8 inches from one end, large enough for a heavy bolt to pass through. sharpen both ends to a point. Now weld a ring of steel to both end of the 10 foot rebar and bolt the short rebar to one end of the long one. Pound that through the base of the beaver dam and take a 4000 lb cable winch (about $25 at Harbor Freight) and hook it to the base of a stout tree. Connect the cable to the rebar and start cranking.
Ive wonder if people who take beverdams apart by hand could use post hole digger an use it to dig out the DAM wall would that Help an maybe less work to get the DAM WALL down faster ? I'm talking about gas operator digger not hand one
No because if the federal government sees water standing they want to declare it wet land and then no body can touch their property or the wet land and then you might have to buy flood insurance for your home if you close to the beavers
good stuff ,that is a BIG pond with lots of water that should make for a great down stream flood footage if you captured it,would be nice if you could widen your break about 6 feet more of the damn
Wouldn't actually destroying the dam instead of just opening a small spot be more affective? Opening a small space means the Beaver only needs to repair that small space. Get rid of the Beavers then destroy the dam.
You'll need to unplug blokes waterpipe they amount of debri you put down it. Put pipe into middle of creek and leave beavers alone. They're creating massive water source for you
If the government likes spending taxpayer money, they should pay for actual research that could be used by people near places infested with beavers such that they can be informed as to measures that could be taken to minimize problems created by beavers. This research could include instructions on how to create drainage such that cannot be affected by beavers, but can keep the water at levels as to not cause damage to roadways, crops, land, etc.. Just a thought.
HEY FOLKS AND WELCOME OR WELCOME BACK 👋🏻
If you put the new cuttings below you, where the water is going to flow, it takes them away so they won't be used again for building material. :)
Small tip from Jack Handy.
One of the forest services in Canada found that putting a large PVC pipe into the breach after the water flows down to where you want it works wonders. Put a plug in the downstream side that you can screw in/out, and let the beavers include the pipe into the dam. When the water behind the dam gets to a level you deem to high open the plug and afterwards when the flow stops reinsert the plug. This allows for the beavers to exist in the pond, the water to accumulate, and allows for further remediations without destroying the dam or the rest of the environment. I’ve witnessed first hand the great work beavers can do in a barren area when they are reintroduced into an area. It’s a shame to see them driven out.
It’s a farmers land, he needs to make a living as well…
@@1BobsYourUncleand? This suggestion would let him do so without kicking out the beavers, and seems much easier on the farmer than removing the dams repeatedly
seems like a win/win situation. beavers gotta live; they've created the landscapes we take for granted over thousands of years.
@@allanlester3561 Yea, beavers made the Grand Canyon, Lake Michigan and the entire west coast…
@@crowcalls Not necessarily. All it takes is one pompous governmental douche deciding that the area the beavers occupy is a "protected wetland", and the farmer gets bent over and reamed, denied the free use of their own property, but still forced to pay property taxes and also shoulder bills for things that the "wetland" is deemed to require, or face colossal fines.
It happened in my family. A bunch of beavers dammed up a stream that crossed part of my cousin's property, creating a pond when the spring thaw came, and an EPA inspector declared it to be a "protected wetland" despite it not having existed literally the week before the inspection. My cousin tried to fight the declaration, but it was going to take weeks or months, during which he could not plant in that land. He was facing potential bankruptcy from being unable to use his land AND having to pay fines every time he tried to explore workarounds. Fortunately (ahem), during a heavy spring rain shower, the beaver dam collapsed, and their pond drained out. Once the water receded back to its previous levels, the area was inspected again (by a different inspector this time...) and the "wetland" designation was lifted. It was still a very tight year for my cousin and his family, but the lesson they learned was to keep an eye on their waterways for signs of beaver activity, and deal with the situation before it escalates again.
What does it need to go?
Looks it created sone wonderful habitat
Back when I was a kid, one of my old bosses (he was a good man) told me that if you want to find the easiest way to do a job, ask the laziest guy on the job site, LOL, he was referring to me so here goes, attach a comealong or an electric winch (need small generator) to a tree and hook that to a heavy duty boat anchor, throw the anchor out into the pond and drag it through the dam. Just a thought!😊
Like the thought! Work smart, not hard!!!! Brilliant!!!!!!!
15 lbs of Tannerite waaaaay quicker
50lbs. Will make it go quickerer @@jase1911
@@jase1911more fun as well
@@ep2223I do think the act of tearing out the dam has got to be good exercise and might be pretty therapeutic. It might be fun to watch the immediate rush of water if the whole thing goes at once, but the feeling of accomplishment might be diminished if he takes the easy route.
That construction was amazing! It was like having an inside view
Wow look at the flowing so fast after taking the sticks . Beavers are so amazing .
If you see a beaver walking by in a trench coat he's doing reconnaissance 😂
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Beavers are remarkable creatures.. There were fortunes made from their meat and pelts .. By the early 19th century they were depleted in all of Europe to make hats.Beaver hats were like owning a Rolex .
Humans eh can't leave any living thing alone.
Great video and great editing. Kenislovas would be proud.
..and post10
Jonathan that is the best video yet, what an explosion of water. You are lucky that the whole thing didn’t come down with you in it. Please be careful. 👍👍😊🙏
This was an amazing video the amount of water crashing down the waterfall was insane 😮great work looking forward to whats up creek 👍
I love all the beaver experts who don’t understand beavers destroy all your trees over time!
Awesome job. Thank you!
I thought this was going to have something to do with a salt water ingress or something reading "oceans" twice.
Thank you for reopening of the dam. Fantastic water flow, and drainage of the pond eventually. Enjoy your weekend and see you on the next, Jonathan! 🙂👍🇺🇸
Do you go back to the 'blown' dams and set traps to prevent the beavers from rebuilding the dams?
It always amazes me at some of the sizes of the logs they use and how they are capable of moveing some of them massive logs almost trees
And right around 7:00 he pulls out the Official Autographed Post 10 Rake of Power. Game over for the beavers.
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Did you see that big turtle cartwheel through @7:40? LOL
You're a hero for pointing that out. I had not noticed that.
Did not see your comment, but the turtle had me laughing.
turtle doing a back flip?
Not at first .
OMG thank you for that
C'est incroyable ce que construisent ces animaux pour survivre. La nature est incroyable.
That was a cool one to watch,..lot of power behind it,..I enjoyed it,..
Another job well done Keep up the good work God bless and stay safe
Great to see 👀 👍 you again. I like your videos from the beginning, good to see more breaking up of dams. They are bigger and better. Good job and good luck with your channel.
Just curious here. it doesn't look like this pond is jeopardizing any needed farm land Etc. But I'm sure there is more to the situation. Still sad to see. Those ponds , when left alone, are great fishing.
In some jurisdictions if allowed to stand too long beavers ponds can become protected wetlands. Maybe I don't want a 10 acre pond where my kids'future homes will be built.
In my local area beaver dams can change long established drainage patterns. That scenic pond may have been backing up water on a road or structure in the area. It also could have been flooding out valuable trees or crops out of view. You can be sure a farmer isn't going to be paying for a service they don't need.
@@JoeBLOWFHB That is the part where the statement.....More to the situation, becomes so important. No need to use the whole blackboard.
You needed a backhoe to remove the entire dam Otherwise the beaver will rebuild it> It looked like you reopened a previous breach the refilledd. Did you eliminate the beavers for good
TURTLE ALERT @ 7:40!!!!!! LOLOL Looks like a Red Eared slider!?
I don't know about the color of its ears, but it was definitely sliding.
@@bellowphone LOL Blessings!!!
Are you at the Fox River in Illinois? I live near it in the northern part of Illinois.
I liked the different camera angles and in-progress shots.
Nice! I would have kayaked that, you made a cool drop for a bit there.
I bet the beavers are laughing at you thinking it takes you longer to remove it than it takes them to build it.
Are you on the Fox that runs in southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois? Or a different Fox river?
Have you ever tried some sort of grappling hook type tool that you could jam in there that would lock onto a huge clump and yank it out all at once, maybe with the help of a winch?
Nice job. Chris from England
I've had an idea floating between my 2, remaining, brain cells:
Get a 10 foot length of heavy rebar and another 2 foot length. On the short length, drill a hole about 8 inches from one end, large enough for a heavy bolt to pass through. sharpen both ends to a point. Now weld a ring of steel to both end of the 10 foot rebar and bolt the short rebar to one end of the long one. Pound that through the base of the beaver dam and take a 4000 lb cable winch (about $25 at Harbor Freight) and hook it to the base of a stout tree. Connect the cable to the rebar and start cranking.
As much as I like to root for the Beavers, I agree with you that they made a mistake this time. 🌊🌊🌊🌊
You know that is a lot of work, and the Beavers will plug it up in two days. You need to use a backhoe or excavator ..
Ive wonder if people who take beverdams apart by hand could use post hole digger an use it to dig out the DAM wall would that
Help an maybe less work to get the DAM WALL down faster ?
I'm talking about gas operator digger not hand one
Dude that was a job for tannerite with that perfect spot down low at base of dam !
No because if the federal government sees water standing they want to declare it wet land and then no body can touch their property or the wet land and then you might have to buy flood insurance for your home if you close to the beavers
Where do you get these paranoid delusions. Sounds more like sour grapes after you bought some property without properly researching your water rights.
There's a part of me that can't help thinking the next drought is justified for those removing these dams.
Ive sugested befor about doing a part 2 and maybe going back and takeing more of the dam out so its not so easy for them to plug it back up so quickly
It's funny how much he had to pull away to get it to colapse. Humans would never build in that many failsafes 😂
Somebody needs to combine Beaver Dam removal with Gold Mining!
Not the beaver I was hoping for, but it's nice to see how you opened her up.
Wow 😯 this was great 👍 the land owner must appreciate all you hard work Jonathan 👋🏻😊
Maybe land owner liked water frontage, then some animal hater destroyed the free dam. Hope you checked with environment agency before releasing water?
Habitat destruction seems to gain some popularity on UA-cam
And reclamation. With downstream levels lowered by a dam, the fish and aquatic life are often impacted.
Was that a warranty job this time ?
good stuff ,that is a BIG pond with lots of water that should make for a great down stream flood footage if you captured it,would be nice if you could widen your break about 6 feet more of the damn
Anybody else see the turtle get washed thru at the 7:40 mark?
Niiiice.
imagine the mist and steam of that water on a hot summer day
Long time no see, great video and good work.
Great job❤
Anybody else be like, “grab this stick, grab that one” and when he finally does, you’re like “yeah, that’s the ticket “.
Great video fella 👍 I wonder if those Beavers put out a contract on you 🐻
Very Good Video! can you pls u updated us with this big Pond
so where is the "ocean" part of the video? I dont see a ocean anywhere.
Wouldn't actually destroying the dam instead of just opening a small spot be more affective?
Opening a small space means the Beaver only needs to repair that small space.
Get rid of the Beavers then destroy the dam.
My methods have been proven to work - I make the beavers relocate them selves lol I’m the master of annoyance 😂
Comes back tomorrow; confronted by a deputation of angry beavers.
Anyone else see the turtle at the 7:40 mark I did.
Great Footage 😊
That was kinda cool and all, but I think a well placed paint can of tannerite would have been much more epic!
@7:40 the turtle, omg.
Great job!
You'll need to unplug blokes waterpipe they amount of debri you put down it. Put pipe into middle of creek and leave beavers alone. They're creating massive water source for you
Tannerite removes these dams pretty good.
That was fun. Thanks!
Impressive, now imagine digging it out with an excavater bucket....!
Anyone else see the turtle @7:40?
so soothing to watch!
I don't see the problem free fish pond
I'm sorry but that 'pond' is not an Ocean.
How about opening the colvert
It would drain faster if you opened it up some more. Just saying.
The other beaver dam breakers clear the sides and the water pressure knocks down the middle
I watch you on a large television and I can't deal with the low resolution
Just like playing Ker-plunk
Easier to take it apart from the pond side with a 4 prong rake if it not to deep.
Some ocean! Some FURY! Gotta watch them asalt water beavers👙👙.
Beavers
Was that a turtle?
WOW, it's too dangerous to remove all the wood and soggy logs and twigs from the beaver dam!
7:40 poor turtle lmao
Little tannite open it right up.
Beavers gotta PHD in engineering
Awesome!!
Outstanding
Awesomeness x2.
Use a potato rake. Clears faster on something that small.
Sooo cool . Why do my comments keep getting deleted
Maybe UA-cam
That's a crazy amount of water.
Good thing you let the beavers stay in the area, unless they build these you wouldn’t have videos for us to watch
kenislovas has same process
of clearing beaver dam
you needed to open the drain wider
If the government likes spending taxpayer money, they should pay for actual research that could be used by people near places infested with beavers such that they can be informed as to measures that could be taken to minimize problems created by beavers. This research could include instructions on how to create drainage such that cannot be affected by beavers, but can keep the water at levels as to not cause damage to roadways, crops, land, etc.. Just a thought.
God bless beavers...
What school did the beavers attend to get their engineering skills?
Seabees!
No, Oregon State. Home of Benny, the Beaver.
The acclaimed University of Hands On Learning
Isn't dynamite faster? I mean it worked in cartoons. LOL
Lol 😂
@@foxriverbushcraft2345 I came here to suggest Tannerite
My guess??? About 1/4 of dynamite should do it.
Feels like jenga
It's beaver dam Jenga