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It's hard for people to understand the complications of "public lands". I live in garfield county, Utah. If you add up BLM, forest service, state, county, school, .. only 3% is "private". Everyone wants to come and see the parks, but you also want gas and service for your car, food to eat, motel, restrooms... it really puts a squeeze on average people. Try and make a living!!! Try and buy a home or make a living in Jackson Hole! The local joke is the billionairs are driving the millionairs from Jackson Hole into Teton Valley. And the millionairs and billionairs still want "commoners" to do stuff for them. People want to "SAVE" or protect land... but the "balance" has side effects...

I have four mature Joshua Trees on my land. They didn’t flower this year. As a matter of fact, hardly any of them flowered in my town. I believe they need to be placed on the endangered species list ASAP. Oh and the “renewables” this guy is talking about…the Western Joshua Tree protection act MAKES CONCESSIONS for removal of these plants so they can install these STUPID SOLAR FARMS all over the place. I guess money still talks for the boomer commies. Oh and before you lecture us on climate change, someone needs to get China and India in line. They’re the biggest polluters in the world.

How does the government break anything? Just let them get involved and it will break guaranteed smh

I was able to measure and certify the national champion yellow poplar in Virginia for an internship. Super cool that Congaree has so many champions

The lake I live near is most likely also the result of a large eruption of the nearby mount konocti

That was an absurdly informative video. I instantly recognized that the brochures at National parks were special I just didn't know why. I have been collecting them and actually started thinking about a way to display them. Since there is always two sides of information I was thinking about putting them in between two sheets of plexiglass. But the varied sizes was going to be a problem particularly in the cost department so I shelved that idea. Now that I know there is a standardization I might be able to buy the plexiglass in bulk and cut it to the different sizes more efficiently and not waste material. If I do, I'm sending you a bill because its your fault you re-ignited the idea!

Mineralization. The end.

Is no one gonna talk about the radiation there

humans suck. esp humans who hunt for fun or to protect 'live stock' .... those humans are uber ew

Another very informative video. Maybe you should approach the CBS Morning show about a spot to inform their audience of the great National Park system we have. They have a guy that explains the true meaning of words, and his children help,and I love every one of them. I think people would appreciate knowing the informative information in your talks and would tune in for more. ❤❤❤

Awesome video! Love the analogies, its hard to explain geology for people that know nothing about it, but you nailed it!

The gready people in those towns

Is the devils tower a petrified tree

Never heard of it, cool! Maybe I'll remember to check it out if I ever go to SC

Never heard of it, cool! Maybe I'll remember to check it out if I ever go to SC

Beautiful 😻

I am from South Carolina but there is a lot of information about the state that I did not learn about until I moved to the Pacific Northwest. I did read about Congaree NP went there on a trip back to SC. It is a magnificent place I’ll get back to next time I’m in the state.

It seems like a canoe might be the best way to visit the park, at least during flood season. Is that feasible? And are there alligators? I don’t share the water with alligators. 😊

Oh wow, thank you for bringing this to my attention! What an amazing place. It’s worrisome that it’s health is entirely dependent on what is happening upstream though. SC is not known for being proactive on environmental matters and it seems like a lot of people moving there.

Greetings from Australia. When the land burns here, its takes no more than 3-6 months for it to start showing signs of life again. Its surprisingly fast. Just wondering how long it takes these forests to recover?

At least we're getting better...oh wait.

What i wanna know is how many more layers we can't see, and how far down they are. Miles?

WAIT? SO HOW BIG WAS THIS RIVER? THERE ARE MILLIONS OF THESE TREES THAT ARE PETRIFIED.... OR WAS IT A FLOOD THAT BURIED THESE TREES....

5:40 is the Wasatch Mountains near Salt Lake haha

The Everglades Restoration Project is the largest restoration project in history. ua-cam.com/video/uTmkohs2PvI/v-deo.html

Flowing salt pushed up solid rock? That doesn’t make sense. What caused it to flow in the first place? And why would make salt overcome the rock?

Great video. I grew up about 90 minutes away, in NC, though just off Highway 601. Congaree is my 'home park'. Me and my dad are going this weekend to do some tree hunting. He hasn't seen the champion Loblolly, so I'm looking forward to taking him there. You dropped this at the perfect time! Thanks for the great pieces you make. Your passion shines through, for sure.

Doug fir , cedar and hemlock grow to 120 to 150

ive been watchin ur vids for awhile u make the best vids bro i feel like im learnin these parks with u i didnt even know this park but now i gotta go

A fascinating place... would love to see it myself one day

Can you......try cooling it with......the "video essay voice"...? It starts to sound....incredibly....disingenuous after....awhile. But I like your content.

This place looks straight out of the Cretaceous! Giant conifers like cypress and loblolly alongside massive temperate/subtropical hardwoods, and a biodiverse floodplain. I could mistake this place for Hell Creek! I definitely have to try to go someday. Thank you for this incredible view into this national park.

Thank you for sharing this place

It also used to be the home of the Congaree Indigenous nation before the European colonizers. But by the late 1600s, there were only 270 tribes people remaining. One of them. Jane Gibson the Elder (there is a webpage about her and her progeny, some of whom were illegally enslaved. (They are some of my ancestors.) An unprecedented law suit was filed for their release and change of status, as Jane was employed on a local plantation, and was born a free indigenous woman. Unenslavement was granted by the courts.

Excellent science based video. For your info, one minor but likely error-- a tree over 100 feet tall would likely have a DIAMETER of 15 feet, not circumference.

I've aided in botanical surveys in multiple bottomland remnants here in eastern Arkansas. Incredibly beautiful places to be in and study. There are some seriously massive trees in these remnants, too. You can tell when you've entered an area that hasn't been logged. There is a price to pay when you enter these places, however, and that's a blood toll to the very healthy mosquito populations within them. lol But, I suppose that can be a blessing because most potential tourists/visitors will find these places scary or miserable or both. So they end up being spared from overtourism.

It really is an amazing place. I was really privileged as a kid to do some field trips through the park with Rudy Mancke, the late SCETV NatureScene host. And yeah, a canoe trip through the park at flood stage is an incredible way to see it.

You should have lead with what state this was in Sir. Love the channel.

I, too, end on a whisper 😅

You're like my favorite professor. Your lectures are always interesting and I learn so much.

Perfect timing! As a fellow SC native, I am ashamed to say I've been to many national parks out west but never to Congaree. If all goes as planned, we'll be there for a half day visit in early June. I am excited about it. I love the Francis Biedler forest and have walked the boardwalk there several times, even at night. The nightwalk there is an amazing experience, I highly recommend.

Your title is misleading. It should be, "Monumentalism."

The complaint about nothing to do can be valid. A park is not simply a preserve. We have those too. A park implies recreation, even if it's just hiking.

Thank you for posting : )

poor presentation

UA-cam tends to automatically remove comments with external links, but if you search "Congaree National Park iNaturalist" you can bring up an inventory of observed species in the park FYI. You can also narrow down to (say) just bird sightings, or just flora, if you have a specific interest.

Why does those trees look like crean cut 😮

How in the middle of all this so called “Restoration” Miami Dade County allowed a Danish company to locate a Huge 100 million salmon farm right on the edge of the Everglades west of Homestead is mind boggling. Atlantic Safire is owned by a huge, publicly traded company which surely helps. It has a deep injection well that soaks untold thousands of gallons of fresh water from the aquifer daily. And while this may not directly impact water flow in the Everglades due to the depth of the wells, Florida has water issues. Also has waste water wells. It’s going on phase two. It’s a 24/7 operation. Look it up on google earth. Nothing west of this but everglades. They really could care less about the Everglades. It’s all for show if you ask me. I was born here over 60 years ago. I know all the sad stories

Hello from South Carolina!

Thanks for shining light on this beautiful park!