1 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 1: From Mediators World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is 2 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 1: Cal's weekend review, presented by Steel Steel products are available 3 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:15,160 Speaker 1: only at authorized dealers. For more, go to steel Dealers 4 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:22,439 Speaker 1: dot com. Now here's your host, Ryan cal Callahan. The 5 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:26,240 Speaker 1: University of Arkansas and a group of investors last week 6 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:31,200 Speaker 1: announced that the sale of sixty acres of highly disputed 7 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 1: public land is dead. For those of you that remember, 8 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 1: this chunk of ground has some very rare public waterfowl hunting, 9 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:47,680 Speaker 1: small game hunting, archery, muzzleloader and rifle white tail opportunity, 10 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 1: as well as hiking, biking, and bird watching. The University 11 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 1: of Arkansas was allowed to purchase federal land on the 12 00:00:55,200 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 1: basis of providing educational opportunities and a public access component 13 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 1: in perpetuity. The Pine Tree Station grew out of the 14 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 1: Division of Agriculture's purchase of some eleven thousand, eight hundred 15 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 1: acres from the U. S. Forest Service in nineteen sixty 16 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:17,080 Speaker 1: for five hundred and sixty thousand dollars. The deed specified that, 17 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 1: without a congressional waiver, the acreage was supposed to be 18 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:24,919 Speaker 1: returned to the Forest Service should it ever cease being 19 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:29,600 Speaker 1: used for public purposes. Again, the sale would only be 20 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:33,280 Speaker 1: possible by an Act of Congress, because you know, a 21 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:38,120 Speaker 1: private duck club doesn't meet the standard for public purposes. However, 22 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:42,400 Speaker 1: this somehow got lost in translation of time, and things 23 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 1: probably got confusing when a bunch of big money showed 24 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 1: up and wanted that spot for a duck club. To 25 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 1: the tune of seventeen point six million dollars plus a 26 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:55,680 Speaker 1: million dollar conservation endowment would have been a nice little 27 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 1: return on the original five sixty. I can see how 28 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 1: memories blur. But you know, if you're the seller, the 29 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 1: University of Arkansas, and you know that an Act of 30 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 1: Congress would have to take place in order to close 31 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:11,520 Speaker 1: the deal, you know that makes it really tough, so 32 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:15,640 Speaker 1: tough that you wouldn't think that entertaining offers and taking 33 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 1: earnest money and money for surveys and assessments and stuff 34 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:26,400 Speaker 1: would even take place, right right, Well, anyway, you raizor Backs, 35 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 1: I'm super proud of you, so many of you. You 36 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:34,639 Speaker 1: have a alums Hunters and Anglers wrote in that this 37 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 1: um let's call it a misunderstanding in regards to the 38 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:42,880 Speaker 1: purpose of the public land, is now dead. The Arkansas 39 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 1: Chapter of Back Country Hunters and Anglers deserves a huge 40 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:49,520 Speaker 1: shout out on this one. I spoke with board member 41 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 1: Jonathan Wilkins last night and he assured me that losing 42 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 1: Pine Tree to private property signs would have been a 43 00:02:56,360 --> 00:03:00,959 Speaker 1: terrible loss. Arkansas b h A is not on yet either. 44 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 1: They are working hard with Arkansas Game and Fish to 45 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:08,360 Speaker 1: make Pine Tree even better. Arkansas b h A chair 46 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 1: James Brandenberg says this, we have to work on the 47 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:15,519 Speaker 1: management of this property. Over the past couple of years, 48 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:19,280 Speaker 1: it's been neglected. Beaver dams have stopped up the flow 49 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 1: of water and killed some trees, roads have been washed out, 50 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:26,239 Speaker 1: Trash has accumulated as the ownership was in a kind 51 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:30,240 Speaker 1: of limbo. We're going to work with whomever manages the 52 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:33,240 Speaker 1: public access to make it the best it can be. 53 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 1: Senator Ron Caldwell, Republican out of Wind County, a critic 54 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 1: of the sale, said its end should have come sooner. Quote, 55 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 1: it's something that should have been done at least six 56 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 1: or eight months ago. If you would like to be 57 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 1: a part of working on behalf of public lands and 58 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 1: public access, check out back Country Hunters and Anglers dot org. 59 00:03:56,200 --> 00:04:00,520 Speaker 1: That's back Country Hunters and Anglers dot Org. I thought 60 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 1: we'd start off episode one seventeen with that public land win. 61 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 1: And thank you to the folks who reached out at 62 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 1: the very beginning of the pine tree situation by writing 63 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 1: in to a s k C. A L. That's asked 64 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:18,480 Speaker 1: Cal at the Meat Eater dot com. I truly do 65 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:20,040 Speaker 1: want to know what's going on in your neck of 66 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:22,520 Speaker 1: the woods. Please right in and let me know what's 67 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:25,120 Speaker 1: going on. And as per usual, you can always tell 68 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:29,840 Speaker 1: me what I'm messing up. This week, We've got ticks, wildlife, crime, 69 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:32,360 Speaker 1: and so much more. But first I'm gonna tell you 70 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:36,919 Speaker 1: about my week. And my week, if I'm being honest, 71 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:40,279 Speaker 1: is getting a bit pinched for time. Got a big 72 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:43,479 Speaker 1: trip to Alaska coming up. Time to do some serious 73 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:48,040 Speaker 1: harvesting at the Old Fish Shack, halibut, salmon, spot, prons, scallop, 74 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:51,760 Speaker 1: c cucumbers. I only hope I have the stamina to 75 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 1: hit the grocery store like I should. This weekend. I'm 76 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:58,320 Speaker 1: actually heading out to do some freshwater spear fishing, just 77 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:01,480 Speaker 1: to stay in shape. But as I've said before, in 78 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:06,159 Speaker 1: the world of walleye fishing, there just isn't anything quite 79 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:10,600 Speaker 1: as fun as diving and spearing one, especially this time 80 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:13,800 Speaker 1: of year, when the game tends to change to dragging 81 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:18,159 Speaker 1: crawler harnesses along the bottom on ultra slow drifts or 82 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:25,720 Speaker 1: god forbid, trolling. Deep reservoirs stay cold here in Montana, 83 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:29,239 Speaker 1: so it's five millimeter wetsuits and hopefully in nightly fish 84 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:32,120 Speaker 1: fry to keep our spirits up. I'll let you know 85 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:35,279 Speaker 1: how we do. In preparation. I'm grinding a bunch of 86 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 1: duck and goose hearts with a chunk of antelope and 87 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:41,839 Speaker 1: some pork fat. That's gonna be some powerful protein. Burgers 88 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:47,240 Speaker 1: moving on. Ticks have been making life very hard for 89 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:50,479 Speaker 1: New England moose over the past two decades. As winners 90 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:53,599 Speaker 1: have gotten shorter, more and more ticks can survive long 91 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 1: enough through the fall to find a host, and tick 92 00:05:56,600 --> 00:06:00,840 Speaker 1: infestation has now become a leading cause of moose mortality. 93 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:04,119 Speaker 1: A study published in the Canadian Journal of Zoology found 94 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:07,640 Speaker 1: that between two thousand fourteen and two thousand sixteen, seventy 95 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:10,960 Speaker 1: of moose calves in west central Maine and northern New 96 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:16,800 Speaker 1: Hampshire died of emaciation by a winter tick infestation. On average, 97 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:21,600 Speaker 1: each animal hosted forty seven thousand three hundred and seventy 98 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:26,719 Speaker 1: one ticks. I'm gonna say that again. Each animal hosted 99 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:31,400 Speaker 1: forty seven thousand, three hundred and seventy one ticks. Remember, 100 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:34,960 Speaker 1: a host is someone with a parasite on it. Forty 101 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:38,440 Speaker 1: seven thousand, three d seventy one of them. This study 102 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:42,080 Speaker 1: didn't say that seventy of the calves that died were 103 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:45,120 Speaker 1: killed by ticks. It said that seventy of all moose 104 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:48,640 Speaker 1: calves died that way. And let's do the math. If 105 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:52,640 Speaker 1: an engorged winter tick ways I don't know. Let's say 106 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:56,160 Speaker 1: a quarter of a gram forty seven thousand of them 107 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:59,720 Speaker 1: weighs over twenty six pounds. That's like having a two 108 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:02,599 Speaker 1: year old kid riding around you. Only this two year 109 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 1: old is sucking your blood, which I don't know. Maybe 110 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:08,680 Speaker 1: that's a normal feeling as a parent. Feel free to 111 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:12,679 Speaker 1: write in let me know, rush little that, don't say 112 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:19,600 Speaker 1: a word, Papa's gonna bite the head of anyway. When 113 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:22,760 Speaker 1: people try to determine where ticks are coming from, they'll 114 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:26,560 Speaker 1: often look at what are known as vector animals, smaller 115 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:29,200 Speaker 1: and more mobile hosts that bring ticks into a new 116 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:33,040 Speaker 1: area to infest the native wildlife there. People who get 117 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 1: very worried about ticks and lyme disease get very worried 118 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:40,440 Speaker 1: about vector animals. As reported in New York magazine, The 119 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:45,400 Speaker 1: Hedge Fund, Titan and cancer researcher David Shaw considered building 120 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:49,240 Speaker 1: an enormous dry moat lined with sheer glass around his 121 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 1: estate and upstate New York so that mice, squirrels, deer, 122 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 1: and other tick carrying vector critters couldn't climb up the 123 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 1: glass to reach him and his family. With that much more, 124 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:02,840 Speaker 1: maybe you could just put it into lime disease research 125 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 1: or a glass line mode. Either way, I'm I'm sure 126 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:10,200 Speaker 1: it would be very beneficial to you know, now that 127 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:13,280 Speaker 1: I'm thinking about it, maybe just stick with the tick research. 128 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 1: I'm starting to lean that way. This guy is so 129 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:19,480 Speaker 1: rich he has a swimming pool in a swimming pool 130 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:25,120 Speaker 1: shoes anyway. Turkey numbers have been way up in northern 131 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 1: New England over the past several years, and ecologists have 132 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:32,480 Speaker 1: hypothesized that maybe turkeys act as a vector for hosting 133 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:35,760 Speaker 1: and spreading ticks. A study in the Journal of Vector 134 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:41,319 Speaker 1: Ecology set out to test this hypothesis. Researchers placed hundreds 135 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:45,480 Speaker 1: of ticks in different developmental stages directly on five captive 136 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:48,840 Speaker 1: wild turkeys to determine whether they would latch on and 137 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:52,080 Speaker 1: in gorge. They found that the ticks weren't able to 138 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:57,120 Speaker 1: get a foothold the turkeys, eight almost of them. The 139 00:08:57,200 --> 00:09:00,840 Speaker 1: researchers also tested whether turkeys were eating enough ticks to 140 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:05,079 Speaker 1: reduce their numbers on the landscape. Unfortunately, tick numbers stayed 141 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:08,720 Speaker 1: about the same even with turkey predation, so we now 142 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:11,599 Speaker 1: know that turkeys are essentially a non factor in the 143 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:17,000 Speaker 1: whole tick equation. My fellow turkey hunters can breathe easy. Interestingly, 144 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:19,800 Speaker 1: one of the proposed solutions for the tick on moose 145 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:23,600 Speaker 1: problem is an additional controlled moose hunt that's more moose 146 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:27,960 Speaker 1: hunting opportunity. Although ticks have been killing moose and reducing 147 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:31,600 Speaker 1: moose fertility, one reason for the spread is a dense, 148 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:37,920 Speaker 1: thriving moose population ever since Lee Canter Moose biologists with 149 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:41,520 Speaker 1: the main Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife explains quote, 150 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:44,880 Speaker 1: lower moose numbers could be beneficial because if you have 151 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:47,920 Speaker 1: you were moose wandering around, then the winter tick isn't 152 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:51,319 Speaker 1: just getting on a million moose and proliferating every year. 153 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:55,040 Speaker 1: We can't count on early false snow storms to kill 154 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:58,079 Speaker 1: all of these winter ticks, So if we can thin 155 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:01,000 Speaker 1: out the moose, there's hope that we break the cycle. 156 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:05,079 Speaker 1: The first of these expanded moose hunting opportunities in Maine 157 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:09,199 Speaker 1: will be in effect this season. All of humane moose applicants, 158 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:13,520 Speaker 1: I'm sure have your itchy trigger fingers crossed that it works. 159 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:20,800 Speaker 1: Moving on, The Minnesota Deer Hunters Association has called for 160 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:24,079 Speaker 1: the end of the captive deer industry in that state 161 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:28,040 Speaker 1: a full stop, in order to try to slow the 162 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:32,960 Speaker 1: spread of chronic wasting disease. According to the Duluth News Tribune, 163 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:36,200 Speaker 1: the move was prompted by a series of incidents over 164 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:40,560 Speaker 1: the past year. In the fall of w D positive 165 00:10:40,559 --> 00:10:43,920 Speaker 1: deer were destroyed at a farm in Beltramy County, and 166 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:47,520 Speaker 1: a quarantine went into effect at nine other farms in 167 00:10:47,559 --> 00:10:51,920 Speaker 1: the state who had dealt with that operation. This Beltramy 168 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:55,400 Speaker 1: farm had also shipped dear to facilities and at least 169 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:59,160 Speaker 1: four other states, and had illegally dumped deer from there 170 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:03,079 Speaker 1: infected her onto public land in the area. A quick 171 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:06,640 Speaker 1: refresher on why this last issue of dumping deer is 172 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:10,840 Speaker 1: so dangerous The pathogen that causes c w D isn't 173 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 1: a bacteria or a virus, both of which die quickly 174 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:17,640 Speaker 1: when not in a living host. Rather, it's a prion, 175 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:21,720 Speaker 1: which is a non living, deformed version of a normal 176 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 1: protein molecule that deforms the other proteins around it. Destroying 177 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:31,599 Speaker 1: prions is really difficult. If you incinerate a c w 178 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:34,839 Speaker 1: D infected animal, you have to hold the tissue at 179 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:44,160 Speaker 1: nine hundred degrees fahrenheit for four hours. Those dumped farm 180 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:47,320 Speaker 1: deer out in the wild deer habitat are a pile 181 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:51,360 Speaker 1: of dangerous prions that effectively never go away, which is 182 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 1: why you see all of those ads and signs pointing 183 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:58,600 Speaker 1: hunters to dear carcass dumpsters. Just talk to my buddy, 184 00:11:58,679 --> 00:12:02,880 Speaker 1: Doug Durham. This Belchrimy case is just the latest in 185 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:06,840 Speaker 1: a string of incidents at similar farms. Another operation in 186 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:10,000 Speaker 1: Winona County had to destroy all of its deer because 187 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:13,280 Speaker 1: every single one had c w D, but not before 188 00:12:13,480 --> 00:12:16,680 Speaker 1: several animals escaped through a hole in the fence that 189 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:20,200 Speaker 1: should be plural by the way, should be fences, but 190 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:23,800 Speaker 1: many farms chose not to go through the additional expense 191 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:27,280 Speaker 1: to adhere to the rules of having a captive servit 192 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:32,000 Speaker 1: facility up to code. That's two fences, not one. With 193 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:35,280 Speaker 1: its call to end the captive servit industry, the Minnesota 194 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:38,600 Speaker 1: Deer Hunters Association isn't saying the farms should be put 195 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:41,640 Speaker 1: out of business at a total loss. They're asking the 196 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:46,160 Speaker 1: state to conduct a buyout of existing farms. This model 197 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:49,560 Speaker 1: of paying commercial operators to phase out practices that hurt 198 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:52,679 Speaker 1: hunting and fishing has an interesting precedent in the state. 199 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:55,920 Speaker 1: In the nineteen eighties, commercial fishermen on the Lake of 200 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:58,560 Speaker 1: the Woods and Rainy Lake were compensated by the State 201 00:12:58,559 --> 00:13:02,319 Speaker 1: of Minnesota to cease operations over time. After being on 202 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:05,920 Speaker 1: the brink of extirpation, fish in the lakes rebounded quickly, 203 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:09,400 Speaker 1: and now the area is a huge draw for anglers 204 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:12,840 Speaker 1: who bring money to local businesses. Now, I'm sure if 205 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:15,720 Speaker 1: you are in the captive servit industry, this buyout sounds 206 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:19,000 Speaker 1: like crap. I'm sure you are one of the good ones, 207 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:21,839 Speaker 1: which is why you need to regulate other farmers who 208 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 1: are not adhering to the extremely high standards they need to. 209 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:29,920 Speaker 1: But you are all in the agriculture business and disease 210 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:34,040 Speaker 1: is a huge thing, especially one that can spread into 211 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:38,480 Speaker 1: by comparison unregulated herds of wild deer, elk, and moose. 212 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:42,120 Speaker 1: For instance, on July six, the cow on the Hawaiian 213 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:46,600 Speaker 1: island of Molokai tested positive for bovine TB, despite the 214 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:50,800 Speaker 1: other individuals within the thirty cow herd testing negative. Those 215 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:56,040 Speaker 1: individuals have also been destroyed. In the last time bovine 216 00:13:56,040 --> 00:14:00,280 Speaker 1: tv was found on Molokai, that entire herd was destroy royd. 217 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:04,560 Speaker 1: In addition, all cattle shipments have been and will be 218 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:09,320 Speaker 1: suspended until Molokai cattle can test TB free and the 219 00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:13,559 Speaker 1: U s d A reinstates the island status as bovine 220 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:17,560 Speaker 1: TB free. Cattle herds on Molokai have been tested since 221 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:20,920 Speaker 1: the nineteen forties, and hunters on Molokai turn in wild 222 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:24,360 Speaker 1: game for testing as well, although not in apples to 223 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:28,240 Speaker 1: apples comparison. The point I'm trying to make is disease 224 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:31,600 Speaker 1: transmission is a big deal. It has not taken lightly 225 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 1: in other areas of the agricultural space. The cattle industry 226 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:39,240 Speaker 1: is an enormous business, and I don't believe cattle ranchers 227 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:42,360 Speaker 1: as a group would lose any sleep over isolating an 228 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:45,640 Speaker 1: island of cattle off from everyone else if it were 229 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:48,880 Speaker 1: a threat to the industry as a whole. No, I 230 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:52,680 Speaker 1: am not trying to draw any historical references to Molokai's 231 00:14:52,800 --> 00:15:00,360 Speaker 1: human disease history. Moving on to the animal cry desk, 232 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:05,240 Speaker 1: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Conservation officers responded to a 233 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:08,760 Speaker 1: very unique case of an armed black bear last week. 234 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:12,600 Speaker 1: You heard that right, a black bear in possession of 235 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:15,680 Speaker 1: a firearm. The call came in from the Boundary Waters 236 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:18,480 Speaker 1: canoe area, where a backpack full of snacks and a 237 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:22,080 Speaker 1: pistol was stolen by the opportunistic bruin while the camper 238 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:27,040 Speaker 1: canoe er was mid portage. Portage or portage as we 239 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:29,840 Speaker 1: call it here in Montana, is a fancy French word 240 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:33,480 Speaker 1: that means walk and drag your stuff from navigable water 241 00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:36,840 Speaker 1: to navigable water. Had it just been a day pack 242 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:39,880 Speaker 1: with some fishing gear, we just would have taken a report. 243 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:43,400 Speaker 1: But this was a special occurrence, said Minnesota Department of 244 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:48,320 Speaker 1: Natural Resources Conservation officers. After a paddle and a portage, 245 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:51,600 Speaker 1: the CEOs tracked and recovered what was left to the pack. 246 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 1: The pistol was in good shape, the snacks not so much. 247 00:15:57,680 --> 00:16:01,160 Speaker 1: Police in India were tipped off a stash of illegal 248 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:05,000 Speaker 1: moonshine liquor by a group of tipsy water buffalo. Three 249 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:08,320 Speaker 1: farmers in the dry state of Gujarat were making moonshine 250 00:16:08,520 --> 00:16:12,080 Speaker 1: and stashing the bottles in a water trough. Apparently, some 251 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:14,800 Speaker 1: of the bottles in the trough had ruptured, which made 252 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:20,200 Speaker 1: the thirsty buffalo quote jump around willy nilly. A veterinarian 253 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:23,160 Speaker 1: was summoned. The inspection of the water source resulted in 254 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:28,760 Speaker 1: over one bottles of moonshine being confiscated. A group of 255 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:32,320 Speaker 1: Montauk fishermen were fishing off of Block Island, Long Island, 256 00:16:32,520 --> 00:16:35,400 Speaker 1: when a whale quote punched a hole in their boat 257 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:38,640 Speaker 1: and send several anglers into the water. One of the 258 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:42,080 Speaker 1: anglers reportedly landed right on top of the whale. All 259 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:45,440 Speaker 1: anglers were fine, or will be once the boat gets 260 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:50,280 Speaker 1: back fixed and they get back to fishing. Jet skiers, 261 00:16:50,840 --> 00:16:54,320 Speaker 1: you know the folks that are out constantly spinning in circles, 262 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 1: jumping boat wakes, and in general just ruining people's good 263 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:01,480 Speaker 1: days of fishing. Well, those folks repeatedly had to run 264 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:05,320 Speaker 1: in with a mute swan, which is an exotic species 265 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:07,680 Speaker 1: and the name of a swan, not a swan that 266 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:12,320 Speaker 1: can't talk. This happened near Seawood Harbor, New Jersey. The 267 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:18,159 Speaker 1: mute swan, again a vocal animal, apparently acted aggressive towards 268 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:21,760 Speaker 1: the jet skiers on multiple occasions, which from my time 269 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:24,800 Speaker 1: in Raritan Bay, you would think jet skiers would be 270 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:28,560 Speaker 1: very used to, you know, aggression towards them, like from 271 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:32,679 Speaker 1: every boat fishing on the water. But apparently the swan 272 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:37,280 Speaker 1: pushed it too far. Again, being an exotic species and 273 00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:40,399 Speaker 1: an aggressive animal, the state and FEDS agreed that all 274 00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:43,920 Speaker 1: they could do was trap and euthanize the bird. Animal 275 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:47,080 Speaker 1: rescue operations also declined to take the bird, as they 276 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:51,280 Speaker 1: could not navigate the red tape of rescuing a healthy bird. 277 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:55,760 Speaker 1: The mute swans days were numbered until it wrapped itself 278 00:17:55,880 --> 00:17:59,600 Speaker 1: in fishing line, which then made it a rescuable bird. 279 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:04,159 Speaker 1: Take that red tape. I am honestly only including this 280 00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:06,879 Speaker 1: story because it sounds to me like this Jersey bird 281 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:11,080 Speaker 1: had been watching old prison movies through somebody's window days 282 00:18:11,119 --> 00:18:13,840 Speaker 1: before the long walk to the hangman's rope. The bird 283 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:16,400 Speaker 1: comes down with the need to head to the hospital, 284 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:20,879 Speaker 1: then flies the coupe. Come on, we've seen this story before. 285 00:18:21,560 --> 00:18:26,280 Speaker 1: The mute swan landed in Popcorn Park, which sounds very 286 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:30,200 Speaker 1: fictional but is very real and is very much likely 287 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:33,880 Speaker 1: a place a bird goes to die of congestive heart failure, 288 00:18:34,320 --> 00:18:37,000 Speaker 1: but it won't have to live around jet skis for 289 00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:39,960 Speaker 1: the rest of its days. As for the jet skiers, 290 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:42,480 Speaker 1: they now have the rest of the summer free of 291 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:47,120 Speaker 1: angry birds, with only angry anglers to deal with as 292 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:53,760 Speaker 1: it should be. Moving on to the National Park's desk. 293 00:18:55,680 --> 00:18:59,480 Speaker 1: If you're in Hawaii, visit Pooh Ho noa Oh Ho 294 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:03,679 Speaker 1: now now National Historic Park and get a free goat. 295 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:08,600 Speaker 1: You have no doubt heard about part promotions of free 296 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:13,080 Speaker 1: access weekends or free admission for senior citizens. Well, this 297 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:15,720 Speaker 1: is the first time visitors will be eligible to win 298 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:18,920 Speaker 1: a wild goat. Twenty to fifty goats will be given 299 00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:21,479 Speaker 1: away through a lottery. Any member of the public can 300 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:24,639 Speaker 1: apply for the random lottery through the Kemuela Division of 301 00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:28,119 Speaker 1: Forestry and Wildlife. The park has been overrun by at 302 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:32,159 Speaker 1: least seven hundred goats, which is a bad situation for 303 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:35,480 Speaker 1: the cultural sites which goats can destroy by climbing on 304 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:42,040 Speaker 1: pooa refers to a safe place lawbreakers, refugees, beaten warriors 305 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:45,360 Speaker 1: were allowed refuge in these areas so long as they 306 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:49,720 Speaker 1: made it to them. This particular poo Honua is located 307 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:52,520 Speaker 1: on the Big Island of Hawaii, adjacent to the spot 308 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 1: where Captain Cook was killed while flexing a bit too 309 00:19:55,880 --> 00:19:58,639 Speaker 1: much muscle. I wonder if the captain would have been 310 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:00,960 Speaker 1: safe had he run for it and made it into 311 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:04,479 Speaker 1: the walls of the poohh ho noa. I mean, we 312 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:08,359 Speaker 1: know the asylum rules don't extend to goats. If you 313 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:11,399 Speaker 1: have ever owned goats, you know that they're pretty cute 314 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:14,960 Speaker 1: to have around and can have some benefits right up 315 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:17,800 Speaker 1: until the point at which they aren't fun to have around, 316 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:21,960 Speaker 1: which is kind of the case of Captain Cook. Fun 317 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:25,320 Speaker 1: side fact, quite a few sources point to Captain Cook's 318 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:30,160 Speaker 1: expedition to the quote Sandwich Islands in sight as the 319 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:34,639 Speaker 1: origin point for the now booming population of goats, which, 320 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:38,800 Speaker 1: by the way, is an excellent example of a vector 321 00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:42,400 Speaker 1: heck of a gift. I will admit if you can 322 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:45,280 Speaker 1: ignore the fact that goats are incredibly hard on native 323 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:48,240 Speaker 1: plant communities, and they are as likely to be found 324 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:50,520 Speaker 1: standing in the roof of your vehicle, as they are 325 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:53,600 Speaker 1: the enclosure you tried to put them in. They are 326 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:58,159 Speaker 1: quite tasty and pretty darned entertaining. Moving on to the 327 00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:02,960 Speaker 1: legislation desk, We're gonna start with New zealand then bring 328 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:06,600 Speaker 1: it back home kind of if you're not aware, many 329 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:09,720 Speaker 1: folks like to make a blanket statement of hunting is conservation. 330 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:12,639 Speaker 1: Hunting is a tool that we used to manage wildlife 331 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:16,560 Speaker 1: populations in order to mitigate conflict. I agree with this 332 00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:18,960 Speaker 1: in a broad sense, but a lot of times when 333 00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:22,399 Speaker 1: we drilled down, we run into the occasional situation of 334 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 1: what's good in theory doesn't always work on the ground. 335 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:30,040 Speaker 1: For instance, here in Montana, a new highly criticized wolf 336 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:34,119 Speaker 1: management plan is open for public comment. As in Idaho, 337 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:37,640 Speaker 1: this management plan is being forced through by state lawmakers. 338 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,800 Speaker 1: Changes would liberalize means of take by including the use 339 00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:43,440 Speaker 1: of night vision, snares, and bait. We would also get 340 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:47,000 Speaker 1: an increase in tags per hunter, which opponents argue is 341 00:21:47,040 --> 00:21:51,760 Speaker 1: an obvious war on wolves. Trappers, as I've mentioned many times, 342 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:54,800 Speaker 1: are the best means of reducing wolf numbers, but no 343 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:58,239 Speaker 1: matter how long a season is, most trappers only are 344 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:01,280 Speaker 1: interested in trapping in the cold months when hides are 345 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:05,040 Speaker 1: good hunters, even those with a lot more tools at 346 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:08,399 Speaker 1: their disposal like bait piles and night vision, will still 347 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:12,240 Speaker 1: need to make the time, debate and outfit themselves with scopes, 348 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:14,560 Speaker 1: which some will do but not all. And then on 349 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:17,560 Speaker 1: top of that they need to be successful in harvesting wolves. 350 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:21,040 Speaker 1: So is this a war on wolves? Personally? You know, 351 00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:23,879 Speaker 1: I don't think so. Is this a way to appease 352 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:27,560 Speaker 1: loud voices, some of whom also complain about the failure 353 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:33,199 Speaker 1: of Montana fishing game to effectively reduce elk numbers? Well, anyway, 354 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:36,040 Speaker 1: that's just an example of a wildlife management decision that 355 00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:39,720 Speaker 1: from one angle seems like a fix to a perceived problem, 356 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:42,520 Speaker 1: but ultimately it is up to the boots on the ground. 357 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:46,399 Speaker 1: Comment period on the wolf regulations here in Montana is 358 00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:50,160 Speaker 1: open until five pm July. You can get your two 359 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:54,760 Speaker 1: cents in at mt dot FWP dot org. Now over 360 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:58,160 Speaker 1: to New Zealand has promised seven hundred thousand dollars that's 361 00:22:58,359 --> 00:23:02,159 Speaker 1: m z d or Kiwi bucks has been allocated to 362 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:05,239 Speaker 1: train new and existing hunters to be more effective at 363 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:08,879 Speaker 1: killing deer. The new Zealand Department of Conservation is working 364 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:12,360 Speaker 1: with the New Zealand Deer Stokers Association to provide funding 365 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:17,719 Speaker 1: for outreach education and practical skills training. Why the increasing 366 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:22,000 Speaker 1: deer population is harming New Zealand for us. The hopes 367 00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:26,159 Speaker 1: behind this program is that recreational hunters, if given the chance, 368 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:29,719 Speaker 1: will thin the herds, so the Department of Natural Resources 369 00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:33,679 Speaker 1: won't have to imagine that that's so crazy. It just 370 00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:40,119 Speaker 1: may work. Moving on, the map Land Act has passed 371 00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:43,520 Speaker 1: the House Committee on Natural Resources. What the heck is 372 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:47,199 Speaker 1: the map Land Act, you're asking, Well, it is this 373 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:50,760 Speaker 1: mapping and digitizing and public lands and public land information 374 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:53,359 Speaker 1: in order to give the public an easier way of 375 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:58,160 Speaker 1: understanding the public ground landscape. Imagine having a digital resource 376 00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:01,280 Speaker 1: that you could use to find out up important information 377 00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:05,119 Speaker 1: like legal easements and rights of way across private land. 378 00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:08,719 Speaker 1: Think of how checkerboarded the West is year round, our 379 00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:13,199 Speaker 1: seasonal closures of roads and trails, restrictions vehicle types. We 380 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:18,200 Speaker 1: could eliminate the guessing boundaries of areas, special rules prohibitions, 381 00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:23,200 Speaker 1: horsepower restrictions, et cetera. According to the Teddy Roosevelt Conservation 382 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:27,639 Speaker 1: Partnership of the thirty seven thousand existing easements held by 383 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:31,200 Speaker 1: the U. S. Forest Service. The agency estimated in two 384 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:35,960 Speaker 1: thousand twenty only five thousand had been converted into digital files. 385 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:39,120 Speaker 1: To get an idea of what the digital version would 386 00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:42,280 Speaker 1: look like, take a minute and download the BLM Montana 387 00:24:42,359 --> 00:24:46,600 Speaker 1: Dakota's Public Land Access web app if you digitally scout 388 00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:49,760 Speaker 1: in order to save some fuel and increase your odds. 389 00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:52,280 Speaker 1: If you are dying to know if you can drive 390 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:55,760 Speaker 1: across a corner of private property on the unnamed dusty 391 00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:59,399 Speaker 1: two track BLM Road with no signage, that's you know, 392 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:03,280 Speaker 1: next the piece of public land. Call your duly elected 393 00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:06,840 Speaker 1: senators today and tell them to pass the Modernizing Access 394 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:10,240 Speaker 1: to Our Public Lands Act. That's S nine oh four. 395 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:13,920 Speaker 1: That's your call to action, easiest and quick as way 396 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:17,040 Speaker 1: called two zero two to four three one two one. 397 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:19,720 Speaker 1: Tell him where you live, give me your zip code 398 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:21,639 Speaker 1: and they'll patch you in with who you need to 399 00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:25,399 Speaker 1: talk to. If you need more on the map Land Act, 400 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:28,080 Speaker 1: please head to the meat Eater dot com and check 401 00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:32,359 Speaker 1: out Katie Hill's latest article. That's all I've got for 402 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:35,760 Speaker 1: you this week. 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