This RARE BOG Was Almost Destroyed by a Gravel Mine - Ep. 057
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- Опубліковано 1 лис 2021
- As a student at Cornell, Summer Rayne remembered touring the rare bogs and fens of the region. Here she meets up with retired professor, Bob Beck, to go on a tour of the fens, bogs, and wetlands of the O.D. von Engeln Preserve at Malloryville, which is permanently protected by the Nature Conservancy. This bog and wetland area was threatened by an open gravel mine upstream, but local citizens came together to protect it, so this land is representative of what happens when people care and get together to do something about it.
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He is amazing 🥺 It has been so wonderful watching these interviews of people with such passion for nature and caring for our planet 🌏 ❤
So glad that you enjoy the wisdom keepers of the area.
What a great biology teacher! I really hope someone is following to carry on his and his wives passion and knowledge.
It’s a delight that he wants to protect and share! What a treasure he is.
As a Brit, I want to thank Bob Beck for his work and protection of such a large area of bog: all of us are enriched by environmental protection wherever it may be. All of us can learn from such projects. Long may people like him exist!
This was a fascinating video!
Moving to the Finger Lakes has certainly opened up a wealth of new subject matter that is thoroughly being enjoyed. Thanks.
You're most welcome.
Sometimes we see films or documentaries about exotic places never realizing that we too have exotic places in our own backyard. Thank you for always raising our awareness of what we have, how to value it and develop a desire to conserve it. ❤️
I guess we all have to learn to be tourists again :) But seriously, thank you for that wonderful missive. It teaches us that we need to wake up with new eyes and see how beautiful of a world we live in.
So wonderful! I need to find a community like that to move to.
I could listen to Bob talk all day! What an absolutely stunning and informative video!
Glad you thoroughly enjoyed!
this is so soothing to listen to while at work ^.^
the way i grew up next to "great esker park" and not once considered the name meaning anything, absolutely loving the info in this.
Glad it makes that connection for you!
He looks so happy talking about the Bog. It's so amazing and very heartwarming.
This is also why the use of peat in garden composts and soil mixes should be banned! Cause it's not really a renewable source and it emits lots of carbon. Interesting video as always! Love that you guys put explanations of certain words up on the screen and also show the flowers of plants you're talking about. Very educational :)
Thank goodness for Nature Conservancy. We live in a 2,000 acre wildlife sanctuary that was saved by the Conservancy.
What a legend. This guy is the best
These kind of videos help us so much to identify wild plants during our hikes.. 🥾 🌱.
Very glad that it does :) Thanks for watching.
What a magical place to walk, they are so, so lucky to live enveloped in it.
It is like a dark, deep and mossy wonderland.
What a sweetheart of an elderly man. I'm glad this land has good caretakers.
This place is MAGICAL and everything I need in my life. 😭💚💚💚 Just amazing! He is such a sweet and knowledgeable, passionate person. Thank you for sharing! You're lucky to know such a kind soul!
What a nice walk - I especially appreciate the inserted pictures of flowers that have finished blooming...oh the painted trillium and those 2 lady’s slippers!!! And as a bonus I now know the difference between a fen and a bog, very useful for the crossword puzzles I do! Thank you 💚🌿🌱🌻
Summer, when you post these videos of nature protected and appreciated, you inspire me in all parts of my life. Thank you for all you do.
That's a very lovely compliment. Glad that it has that effect on you.
I am so incredibly impressed by this preserve. I wonder how rare it is to come across such wonderful forests that aren't national parks. This is beautiful, but it's bittersweet that it takes so much work to upkeep and protect environments.
Wow…..61 years old and I’m back in college….❤️💫🍁💫❤️
Always Be Learning.
@@FlockFingerLakes “ Always Be Learning” great slogan for Flock !
I am always learning here. Thank you Summer for these walks and talks.
Wonderful walk
Anyone else getting Ghibli movie vibes from this forest? That green forest glow at 12:32 is so dreamy.
Beautiful forest, glad to hear it’s not going to be destroy, so generous of them to donate that land, thanks Summer for sharing!!!
Love the natures and the people who love natures. Thanks for the video, Summer. Love it!
You're absolutely welcome.
It’s so much fun walking with you in the forest 🌳 or learning from everyone you visit with& my grandsons find the visits interesting plus your teaching them so much. Thank you 🙏 all
You're most welcome.
absolutely breathtaking. The area is totally glowing, positively 😍
I'm so grateful for people that had the foresight to fight to preserve these special areas. Great and really interesting talk. Thanks for sharing.
What an illuminating visit - I learned a lot. We have a good bog or 2 here in Oneonta - have taken kids on a field trip with Andy Mason of the Audubon Society here years ago. Pretty wonderful - we get to be grateful for the work others have done to protect and understand.
Truly.
In deed he is a real treasure. I thank Heaven for the immense richness he is sharing with all of us.
So much knowledge!!! Thank you 🙏
And how wonderful Summer and Saunder have recorded this for everyone to enjoy now and especially in the future...I love these interviews with these special folks along with the habitat! 🌿🌱
What a hero.
Really enjoyed this, reminds of the bogs and wetlands where I grew up in NW Washington state.
Beautiful, I can feel the environment!
That was amazing. I am so grateful for this land that was saved.
Heart warming episode 💗
Biologist in forest you will see the spark and youth in the eyes. Reminded me of my Ecology teacher from College..
These videos are just packed with information ❤
Thanks for taking the time to watch and learn.
Excellent video with a lot of helpful information. One of your best videos of a wonderful success story of saving a niche in the environment. It is wonderful to have such people who care about our earth. I must say, I also loved your outfit, you looked like a real naturalist. NYS has some of the best conservation programs. When I came South to Virginia, I was disappointed to see what happens to people's lands.
Agree!! I also live in Virginia and see how little the residents appreciate our wetlands. Perhaps it is so because we are such a melting pot of individuals from all over due to being home to the largest naval base in our nation.
By the oppertunity I enjoy the video and I love❤️
Always educational...learn so much on this channel. What a lovely gentleman, clearly passionate about the wetlands and forests. Beautiful...thank you!
fascinating. Great interview and tour. mahalo nui.
Just wonderful.
Bergen Swamp in Western NY, outside the town of Bergen, is a 2,000 acre swamp and nature preserve that was formed over 10,000 years ago, at the end of the ice age. . This preserve has a number of flowering plants that can not be found in any other area of the state. Late Spring and early Summer are the best times to see flowers. A great place to visit.
Beautiful area! So interesting!
Love it!
Love this
Amazing ☺️
Fascinating Stuff! It's always uplifting to see these stories of dedicated people like Prof Bob Beck ~ they truly are pockets of 'forces for good' scattered around the world, taking care of their 'patch' protecting vulnerable ecosystems from casual destruction.
Truly there are. And they don't wear red capes. They are in plain clothes, walking the same streets as we are.
@@FlockFingerLakes Surrounded by beneficent Clark Kents toiling away ~ love the idea! :)
...and Clarissa Kents too!
I learned a lot from this video! Thanks!
And thank you for watching and learning with us!
"Earth carers"
were planning our vacations for next year now so thanks for this great idea
You're most welcome.
Very educational.
Glad you learned something whilst watching!
Nice video
Might it be an old Indiginous hunting trail? We have the Kettle Moraine area to enjoy in Wisconsin. Geology classes visit it a lot. Listen to the song 'Kettle Moraine' by the 'Piper Road Spring Band.' 😊 Cool! Orchids too! 🤗 Wow! You are so lucky to have such a great guest star today! ✨✨✨
Another wonderful video, so educational and interesting! Thanks 🍃🐢🍄🦋🐌🐿🐸🌳🐝🐞☘🌿
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for 'taking the walk' with us.
"It's a challenge because it typically doesn't work." Can there be a more positive outlook than this dude's?
My Hero ❤️
A goal to visit
Do hope you get the chance to. There's actually quite a bit of interesting bogs and fens opened to the public here.
Who would go to a nature preserve and throw trash in it ? 🌺💚🙃
I'm hoping it was by accident. That being said, it was the only piece that we saw the whole hike.
I wonder if eventuall that boardwalk will breakdown and if there are microplastics in it? What a fantastic place though, great to see the pitchers in their natural habitat. I grow some hybrids here in Scotland.
yeah someone else asked about that. I'm not too sure. Something to look into. We are looking into home renovation and deck boards and found one made of rice hulls and now curious how that holds up to water/wetness.
Magical (o;
I really want to visit! What time of year would be the best viewing?
It's a place for all seasons-even in winter. But springtime may be the best to see some of the early blooming plants like Trillium.
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I bet there’s some interesting fungi growing there.
I wonder if the Trax composite boards release microplastics into the environment? Is anyone aware of any studies on this?
I'm not aware of any studies, but haven't delved into. However, in our research of home renovation, we did find a rice hull composite deck, and wondering how that would perform in wet conditions such as this and if it could be an alternative to plastic composites.
@@FlockFingerLakes Interesting, thank you!
❤️❤️ but I can not understand 100% this lunguag
I wish this wasnt on the other continemt. 😔
You may need to seek out some weirdly wonderful places where you are!
What was he going to say after the first words about poison summac, he said, 'don't touch it... the juice..?
Basically when you bruise a part of the plant, you can get urushiol on your hands, which is what causes the itch..Same as poison ivy.
@@FlockFingerLakes I used to walk around in the woods trying to photograph baby deer. Whew! Nothing happened but maybe the plant has a harmless look-alike. Poison Ivy is awful. I got it by petting our dog after he ran through it. Thanks for the info.
FYI reconstituting plastic is extremely toxic as a process
It probably was man made, those trees haven't always been there, even the natives kept the trees from over growing. New growth is way more beneficial than oils growth
Get him a tissue to blow his nose. 🙏
Slot guessing and assumption on this man's part.
You know I will never engage with anyone in this town on the capacity your intending so I have no idea why your even bothering.
All the more reason to feature a full-fledged experience that anyone can enjoy-even if they never do get a chance to visit. You know, many folks love nature shows, for example, of far off places of birds and beasts and bugs that they may never get a chance to engage with or see, but that doesn't stop one from watching those shows. And at the very least, it's wonderful knowing that there are humans that really care about the earth they stand on and will go out of their way for 11 years (if not more) to preserve a little piece of it. So much to learn-if we allow ourselves an open heart and mind.
If you live on this planet, conservation and this kind of research will have an effect on your life, like it or not !
I’m personally so very glad everyone in this video care and are “ bothering”. Sometimes we get so stultified with urban and even suburban areas that we forget how precious these types of areas are, and how crucial it is that they are protected, and shared. 🌿🌱
I am pretty sure that the intention is good with these preservations. But are we really sure this is the right way of preserving nature? By excluding people from nature? People are the evil? He sure is enjoying leaving in the middle of it surrounded by 300 something acres of nature, but others can’t? Instead of cutting people and businesses out of nature we need to educate them on how to be custodians of land. How to work wisely and with less negative effect. People are no pests, they want to do their best but they need to be taught how.
I think what's lovely about this preserve-(and the whole reason as to why we were walking there)-is that they DID open this space up for the public to enjoy and learn about, and was a large part of the conversation that Bob instigated in this film. They just made sure there were places designated for folks to walk and respect the ecosystem around them. I personally think without that directive, humans could have more (maybe unintentional) damage to the environment in question.
@@FlockFingerLakes yes I heard that by the end of the video. Good for them! Thanks for all you do!