1 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:06,880 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 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 1: only at authorized dealers. For more, go to Steel Dealers 4 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 1: dot com. Now here's your host, Ryan cal Callahan. 5 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 2: Residents living near Edward's Air Force Base in nineteen sixty 6 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:28,640 Speaker 2: two had the privilege of witnessing something no one had 7 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:32,040 Speaker 2: ever seen before nor will likely ever see again. A 8 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 2: black bear traveling at supersonic speeds and falling from the 9 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:38,239 Speaker 2: sky on a parachute. The Air Force was testing a 10 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:42,400 Speaker 2: jet ejection safety system invented by a fellow named Bob Stanley, 11 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 2: and this system has been credited with saving hundreds of lives. 12 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:48,879 Speaker 2: We've all seen videos of ejection seats in the movies, 13 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:51,600 Speaker 2: but it's easy to imagine how a system like this 14 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 2: could do more harm than good. That's why engineers from 15 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 2: the Air Force and Stanley Aviation had to test their 16 00:00:57,080 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 2: ejection seat system on live animals before sending it up 17 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:04,399 Speaker 2: with American pilots. I assume monkeys weren't large enough to 18 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:06,640 Speaker 2: mimic a human and dogs weren't able to get their 19 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:10,119 Speaker 2: paws around the yolk, so they chose bears. The bears 20 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:13,160 Speaker 2: were sedated before what probably seemed to them like being 21 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:16,759 Speaker 2: abducted by aliens. Stanley claims that no bears were seriously 22 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:20,360 Speaker 2: injured during these test flights, which strikes me as unlikely, 23 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:23,959 Speaker 2: and even if that were true, the bears were frequently 24 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:27,880 Speaker 2: euthanized as and killed after their flights so researchers could 25 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:31,320 Speaker 2: check them thoroughly for internal injuries. The bears that survived 26 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 2: are long gone, but one of the shop owners in 27 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:35,200 Speaker 2: the building it used to be the Stanley Factory is 28 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 2: still trying to give back. Stephanie Sheer owns a shop 29 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:40,960 Speaker 2: in what is now called the Stanley Marketplace, and she's 30 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 2: partnered with a bear conservation organization to raise money for 31 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 2: the endangered anti and spectacled bear. The species of bear 32 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:50,960 Speaker 2: lives in Peru, and then the Spectacled Bear Conservation Society 33 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 2: works to conserva its critical habitat. Sheer donates a percentage 34 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 2: of her revenue to the society and so far she's 35 00:01:57,160 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 2: raised enough money to buy about ten thousand acres of 36 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 2: life and in Peru. How's that for a bearable ending 37 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 2: to this segment. Probably not as grisly as you were expecting, 38 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:10,360 Speaker 2: And if you're a fan of ejection seats and movies. 39 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:13,320 Speaker 2: It's pretty wild that they could get this thing to 40 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 2: save a bear and not save a goose. Right, let 41 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 2: me know if you get that one. This week, we've 42 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 2: got crime legislation and so much more. But first I 43 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 2: want to tell you about my week in My week 44 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:35,919 Speaker 2: well started out by getting in deep with the crowd 45 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:38,440 Speaker 2: at the Western Hunt Expowl in Salt Lake City. Met 46 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:41,120 Speaker 2: a bunch of great folks from Mule Deer Foundation and 47 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 2: just a bunch of great folks in general. Wanted to 48 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:45,480 Speaker 2: say thank you all for coming over to the first 49 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:49,800 Speaker 2: Light FHF, Phelps, DSD booths and saying hi. I also 50 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 2: spent three hundred dollars on raffle tickets and came away 51 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:55,840 Speaker 2: with nothing, which is great because I never ever draw 52 00:02:55,960 --> 00:03:00,920 Speaker 2: anything hard to get. And by continuing my bad luck 53 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 2: in the raffle draws, you know, maybe my year. I 54 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:07,280 Speaker 2: don't know. I actually I have a pretty good feeling 55 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 2: that I will not draw anything, but it's that time 56 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:13,800 Speaker 2: of year. It's a tag draw system, and this is 57 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:16,840 Speaker 2: my third season of working with the folks at tags 58 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:21,519 Speaker 2: trying to increase my odds, not by having any shortcuts, 59 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:26,800 Speaker 2: but by having professionals help me get entered into a 60 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 2: lot more draws. It's a good system over there. Folks 61 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 2: are super knowledgeable, super easy to work with, and I'm 62 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 2: kind of a pain in the butt. So if you 63 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:39,200 Speaker 2: want to try to, you know, get more pro worldwide 64 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 2: trophy adventures tags is who's doing my system. It's going 65 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:46,280 Speaker 2: to pay off here, it will one of these days. 66 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:50,240 Speaker 2: I got the faith. And speaking of big game draws 67 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 2: and the season ahead of us, we will be getting 68 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 2: out and filming another season of cal in the Field 69 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 2: this year. So please right in and let me know 70 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:00,880 Speaker 2: what you want to see, what type of concert topics 71 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 2: you want to get deeper into and explore, and we'll 72 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:07,400 Speaker 2: get in there and ask the right questions and make 73 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 2: a film about it. No topics too big or too small. 74 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 2: We'd love to hear them right into askcl at the 75 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 2: meaeater dot com and let me know what's going on. 76 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:18,800 Speaker 2: And lastly, before we get to the show, on the 77 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:20,920 Speaker 2: housekeeping side of things, I just want to remind and 78 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 2: encourage all of you to participate in our political system. 79 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 2: Jordan Sillers and I will continually be updating all of 80 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:31,559 Speaker 2: you on what is happening in the wildlife, access, hunting, 81 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 2: and fishing regulation world. But it's up to you to 82 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:38,720 Speaker 2: write in, call, even show up and testify on behalf 83 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:41,599 Speaker 2: of what we love to do. This is part of 84 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:46,520 Speaker 2: that whole hunting is conservation thing. Every single week and 85 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:49,839 Speaker 2: multiple times a day. At the Western Hunt Expo, I 86 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 2: had a bunch of folks who listened to this podcast 87 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:54,920 Speaker 2: come up and say, Hey, I just want to thank you. 88 00:04:55,320 --> 00:05:00,920 Speaker 2: I wrote in to my congressman or elected officials, senators, 89 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:04,640 Speaker 2: or went to a fishing Game Commission meeting. And it's 90 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:09,040 Speaker 2: not that hard. I feel better doing it, and occasionally 91 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:11,800 Speaker 2: we see some wins that come out of that participation. 92 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:15,840 Speaker 2: And if you don't participate, you cannot bitch about it. 93 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:19,479 Speaker 2: Got it cool, all right? So we're gonna be easy 94 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:23,800 Speaker 2: in this week with the crime desk. Is there a 95 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:28,159 Speaker 2: serial duck dumper wreaking havoc on America's waterfowl? Probably not, 96 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:31,040 Speaker 2: But as bird hunting seasons wrap up around the country, 97 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 2: there's bound to be a few bad actors giving all 98 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:37,040 Speaker 2: other hunters a bad name. In Kansas, for example, game 99 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 2: wardens are looking for a group of poachers who were 100 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:42,760 Speaker 2: seen illegally dumping more than thirty duck carcasses near the 101 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:45,560 Speaker 2: Interstate in Franklin County. Some of the ducks were still 102 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 2: fully intact, meaning they had not been processed at all, 103 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 2: and were left to waste, literally on the side of 104 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 2: the road. Wardens were tipped off to the crime by 105 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:55,839 Speaker 2: a witness who says they've noticed an early two thousands 106 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:59,239 Speaker 2: brown full sized Chevy pickup with an extended cab parked 107 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:02,360 Speaker 2: along the roadside. A rounded metal carrier was attached to 108 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:05,040 Speaker 2: the rear bumper. Several white males in their mid twenties 109 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:07,479 Speaker 2: wearing camouflage were seen getting out of the truck and 110 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:10,720 Speaker 2: leaving the ducks in the ditch. The witness also mentioned 111 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:14,279 Speaker 2: several of the suspects were sporting mullet haircuts. Depending on 112 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:16,080 Speaker 2: what part of the country you're in, that tip may 113 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 2: be more hurtful than helpful. After all, it is hockey season. 114 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 2: Anyone who knows anything about these ya who's is encouraged 115 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 2: to call Franklin County game boarden Ryan Twelman at seven 116 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:30,280 Speaker 2: eight five two two one two six ninety four. A 117 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:32,840 Speaker 2: similar story is playing out in Idaho, where game wardens 118 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:35,400 Speaker 2: are looking for the people who dumped dozens of dead 119 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:38,480 Speaker 2: ducks in Canyon County, forty nine mallards were left to 120 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 2: waste roughly four miles south of Lake Lowell. Based on 121 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:44,920 Speaker 2: their initial investigations, officers believe the ducks were left there 122 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:48,520 Speaker 2: sometime between January twenty seven and January thirty one. They 123 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:51,159 Speaker 2: say it's obvious that whoever shot these birds made no 124 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:53,560 Speaker 2: effort to harvest the edible portion of the meat, which 125 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:57,000 Speaker 2: is required by Idaho law and federal law. They call 126 00:06:57,040 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 2: the incident a travesty and point out that it amounts 127 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:02,240 Speaker 2: to several legal limits of ducks that could have been 128 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:06,800 Speaker 2: harvested and enjoyed by upstanding waterfowl hunters. Anyone with information 129 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 2: is encouraged to contact the NAMPA Regional office at two 130 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:13,520 Speaker 2: zero eight four sixty five eight four sixty five. If 131 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 2: you're wondering how this kind of behavior reflects on hunters, 132 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:19,640 Speaker 2: just scroll through some of the comments underneath these stories. 133 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 2: It is not pretty. I know it's a chor to 134 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:25,840 Speaker 2: process birds after a successful day out on the water, 135 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:28,960 Speaker 2: but it's your responsibility. If you don't plan to at 136 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 2: least give the meat away to someone who will enjoy it, 137 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:35,640 Speaker 2: just stay home. And what I have often said is 138 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:39,400 Speaker 2: still true. You do not have to shoot a limit 139 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 2: of birds. You don't. You can go out there do 140 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 2: the whole thing and say, I want mallards with their 141 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:49,520 Speaker 2: feet down, crossing left to right at ten yards, and 142 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:51,680 Speaker 2: that's all I'm going to shoot today, and you will 143 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 2: have a fantastic day of waterfowl hunting, enjoying all the 144 00:07:56,440 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 2: goodness of waterfowl hunting and being picky. Right, it's just 145 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 2: brutal to see. The other thing is too, man. If 146 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:07,080 Speaker 2: you're hunting with those folks who the first thing they're 147 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:10,800 Speaker 2: trying to do is giveaway ducks, you better take the 148 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:14,520 Speaker 2: time to educate them on the repercussions of doing illegal 149 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:18,360 Speaker 2: stuff here. So this type of wanton waste is really 150 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:21,680 Speaker 2: prolific in any situation where you can go get a 151 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 2: lot of something. You go out and get fifty snow geese, 152 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:30,760 Speaker 2: or even communally clean a few limits of ducks. That cleaning, packaging, 153 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 2: making everything like look pro and pretty can take longer 154 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 2: than the hunt itself, and people need to be prepared 155 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 2: for that. You can go out and have all the 156 00:08:38,920 --> 00:08:42,040 Speaker 2: fun and just shoot less if you're not willing to 157 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:44,280 Speaker 2: get that pluck and thumb down there on the skin 158 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:46,000 Speaker 2: and make everything look pretty. I mean, it's a reb 159 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:50,440 Speaker 2: buy of the sky kids. Come on, it's great. An 160 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:53,200 Speaker 2: employee of the City of Victoria and British Columbia has 161 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:56,199 Speaker 2: been fired after they decapitated a mountain lion that had 162 00:08:56,240 --> 00:08:58,920 Speaker 2: been killed by game wardens. The cat had been prowling 163 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 2: Victoria's inner city the waterfront, and officials deemed it to 164 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:04,880 Speaker 2: be a threat to pedestrians and cyclists. It was shot 165 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:07,400 Speaker 2: and killed, but apparently someone with the city thought they 166 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:10,160 Speaker 2: could get away with a trophy. City officials have not 167 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:12,920 Speaker 2: named the person. They have declined to say which department 168 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:15,360 Speaker 2: they worked for. They have chosen not to press charges. 169 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:18,080 Speaker 2: They did warn the suspect under the BC Wildlife Act 170 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:20,640 Speaker 2: and say that this person surrendered the head and expressed 171 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:23,640 Speaker 2: remorse for their actions. I guarantee it didn't matter to 172 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:28,040 Speaker 2: the cat. The US Fish and Wildlife Service is offering 173 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:30,720 Speaker 2: a fifty thousand dollars reward for information that will help 174 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:34,040 Speaker 2: convict whoever shot and killed three wolves in Oregon. Back 175 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:37,280 Speaker 2: in December, Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife troopers found 176 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:40,800 Speaker 2: the carcasses of two colored research wolves and an uncolored 177 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:43,719 Speaker 2: wolf in Klamath County. One of the wolves was an 178 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:47,240 Speaker 2: adult female, and the other two were subadult females. For 179 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:49,480 Speaker 2: all of you poachers out there, there's a hot tip. 180 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:52,800 Speaker 2: Don't shoot animals with colors on them. It's like stealing 181 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:56,120 Speaker 2: a bag of cash while someone watches very closely, possibly 182 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:59,480 Speaker 2: with a research project on the line. Anyone with helpful 183 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:01,800 Speaker 2: information is asked to call the US Fish and Wildlife 184 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:04,600 Speaker 2: Service at five zero three six eighty two sixty one 185 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:07,880 Speaker 2: three one. Fifty thousand dollars is a lot of cheddar 186 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:09,760 Speaker 2: that could get you a new truck tons of new 187 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:13,199 Speaker 2: hunting gear or twenty five hundred tickets in the BHA's 188 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:16,480 Speaker 2: raffle contest for the Montana state wide mule deer tag, 189 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:21,959 Speaker 2: which is still ongoing. Remember, instead of auctioning this tag 190 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 2: off to the highest bidder, the singular person with the 191 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:28,840 Speaker 2: deepest pockets, this raffle is better, in my opinion, because 192 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:33,840 Speaker 2: everybody gets crack at it. Last one for you, and 193 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:37,520 Speaker 2: this one's a doozy. A Michigan teenager named Trenton Carl 194 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:40,800 Speaker 2: Mark Berry has been charged with murder, which of course 195 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:43,240 Speaker 2: he has with a name like that, right, Like you 196 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:45,800 Speaker 2: don't have all those names referenced to an article If 197 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:48,320 Speaker 2: you didn't kill somebody, right. You've never read a news 198 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:52,240 Speaker 2: article where it's just like old Trent he shot a guy. Nope, 199 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:56,120 Speaker 2: it's Trenton Carl Mark Berry. In this case, he's charged 200 00:10:56,120 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 2: with shooting his mother's boyfriend while hunting. The victim of 201 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,480 Speaker 2: twenty one year old man named Kurt Stubbins was in 202 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:05,880 Speaker 2: a relationship with Barry's mother, someone the police aren't saying 203 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:07,680 Speaker 2: who thought it would be a good idea for the 204 00:11:07,679 --> 00:11:09,920 Speaker 2: two to go hunting, you know, a little bonding time 205 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:12,840 Speaker 2: out in the woods. If these charges are true, Barry 206 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 2: had other plans. Police received a call around nine forty 207 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:17,880 Speaker 2: three am on November thirty about a hunter who had 208 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:20,120 Speaker 2: been shot. The hunter turned out to be Stubbins, and 209 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:22,959 Speaker 2: if the murder charges of any indication, police think Barry 210 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:25,800 Speaker 2: pulled the trigger on purpose. No new details have been 211 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:28,000 Speaker 2: released as of this recording, but we'll be sure to 212 00:11:28,080 --> 00:11:31,600 Speaker 2: keep you in the loop. Moving on to the wolf desk, 213 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:36,160 Speaker 2: protectionist groups are suing the US Fish and Wildlife Service 214 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:40,000 Speaker 2: after the agency denied reinstating protections to northern Rocky Mountain 215 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:43,640 Speaker 2: gray wolves. The Center for Biological Diversity had submitted a 216 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:46,480 Speaker 2: petition asking the agency to put wolves back on the 217 00:11:46,559 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 2: endangered species list in the Northern Rocky Mountain region. They 218 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:52,920 Speaker 2: argued that because states allow wolf hunting, they have shown 219 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:56,360 Speaker 2: they are not responsible enough to manage the species. Much 220 00:11:56,440 --> 00:11:59,360 Speaker 2: to the dismay of the Center for Biological Diversity, the 221 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:03,000 Speaker 2: US Fish and Wildlife Service rejected their petition. They say 222 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:07,560 Speaker 2: the wolf population is strong in this region, which includes Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, 223 00:12:07,559 --> 00:12:10,840 Speaker 2: and portions of eastern Oregon and Washington. Fish and Wildlife 224 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:13,560 Speaker 2: officials say they have used the best available science to 225 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:17,400 Speaker 2: model threats to wolves, including human induced mortality and diseases, 226 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:20,360 Speaker 2: and concluded that the wolves are not at risk of 227 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:24,559 Speaker 2: extinction in this region. Wolves are still listed as endangered 228 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:28,040 Speaker 2: in forty four other states and as threatened in Minnesota. 229 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:31,559 Speaker 2: But this wasn't good enough for these protectionist groups. They 230 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:34,640 Speaker 2: announced their intention to sue the US Fish and Wildlife 231 00:12:34,679 --> 00:12:38,760 Speaker 2: Service over this common sense decision. We refuse to sanction 232 00:12:38,920 --> 00:12:41,959 Speaker 2: the annual slaughter of hundreds of wolves, set a spokesperson 233 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:45,560 Speaker 2: for the Center for Biological Diversity. She continued quote allowing 234 00:12:45,679 --> 00:12:49,480 Speaker 2: unlimited wolf killing sabotages decades of recovery efforts in the 235 00:12:49,520 --> 00:12:52,600 Speaker 2: Northern Rockies, as well as those in neighboring West Coast 236 00:12:52,679 --> 00:12:56,680 Speaker 2: and southern Rocky States. That is an opinion, of course. 237 00:12:57,160 --> 00:13:00,240 Speaker 2: Even according to the information provided in the Cenate for 238 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:03,920 Speaker 2: Biological Diversity's own press release, there is no unlimited killing 239 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:07,200 Speaker 2: of wolves. Wolf hunting is highly regulated, the populations are 240 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 2: watched carefully, and there are bag limits in Montana, Idaho, 241 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:12,960 Speaker 2: and the portions of Wyoming where wolves are recognized as 242 00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:16,800 Speaker 2: big game animals. But lawsuits are the name of the 243 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:20,400 Speaker 2: game for these groups, which include the CBD, the Humane Society, 244 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:23,079 Speaker 2: and the Sierra Club. The US Fish and Wildlife Service 245 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:25,800 Speaker 2: will spend hundreds of thousands of dollars paying lawyers to 246 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:28,040 Speaker 2: fight these suits when that money could be going to 247 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:33,160 Speaker 2: conservation work. The wolf saga may never end, but as always, 248 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:40,440 Speaker 2: will let you know if there are any updates. Moving 249 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:45,360 Speaker 2: on to the really important stuff, the legislative desk. We 250 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:47,840 Speaker 2: have tons to cover this week at the legislative desk, so, 251 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:50,440 Speaker 2: as they say in the Air Force, strap in and 252 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:53,960 Speaker 2: pay attention. Several of you sent me info about Kansas 253 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:56,960 Speaker 2: bills that would reduce funding for Kansas Wildlife and parks 254 00:13:57,040 --> 00:14:00,320 Speaker 2: and strip them of some decision making power. These bills 255 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:04,400 Speaker 2: were allegedly introduced as retribution for the agency's consideration of 256 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:07,480 Speaker 2: a deer bating ban. I'm happy to report that two 257 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:09,839 Speaker 2: of these bills, HB two six seven to one and 258 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:12,600 Speaker 2: HB two sixty seven to two, failed to pass last 259 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:15,200 Speaker 2: week in the legislature. These bills would have cost the 260 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:17,760 Speaker 2: Wildlife and Parks Department tens of millions of dollars in 261 00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:21,560 Speaker 2: licensed revenue and given landowners a monopoly on deer tags. 262 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:24,920 Speaker 2: Thanks to Kansas hunters speaking up, neither of those bills 263 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:27,960 Speaker 2: made it through. However, I'm told that HB two five 264 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 2: eighty two is still alive and well. This bill would 265 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:33,120 Speaker 2: change how Wildlife and Parks commissioners are appointed to give 266 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:37,120 Speaker 2: the state legislature more control over those appointments. Rather than 267 00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:40,080 Speaker 2: being appointed by the governor, appointments would be made by 268 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:42,920 Speaker 2: combination of the Governor, the House, the Senate, and the 269 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:46,040 Speaker 2: Attorney General. Some worry that if this bill passes, it 270 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:48,920 Speaker 2: will change the composition of the commission enough to push 271 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:52,440 Speaker 2: through the other proposals that failed in the legislature. So 272 00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:54,840 Speaker 2: if you liked weigh in, and it sounds like you 273 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:56,960 Speaker 2: should if you're in Kansas, get on the horn with 274 00:14:57,040 --> 00:15:00,720 Speaker 2: your state rep. And tell them what you think. I 275 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:04,360 Speaker 2: also heard from several listeners about Iowa bill SSB three 276 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:07,680 Speaker 2: one two nine. This bill would prohibit the Iowa Department 277 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:11,040 Speaker 2: of Natural Resources from acquiring properties sold at auction. The 278 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:14,200 Speaker 2: DNR could still acquire property from a willing donor or seller, 279 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:16,400 Speaker 2: but it wouldn't be able to accept a land donation 280 00:15:16,520 --> 00:15:19,800 Speaker 2: from a nonprofit if that land had been sold at auction. 281 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:22,920 Speaker 2: Iowa is in a big public land state, So get 282 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:24,960 Speaker 2: on the phone with your state reps and tell them 283 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:26,960 Speaker 2: you don't want to make it more difficult for the 284 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:31,960 Speaker 2: DNR to protect and expand what you have. Arizona is 285 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:35,400 Speaker 2: also considering a raft of anti public lands bills. HB 286 00:15:35,480 --> 00:15:37,960 Speaker 2: two zero two to one would require the holder of 287 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:41,280 Speaker 2: a conservation easement to make an annual payment in place 288 00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:43,760 Speaker 2: of taxes on the reduction of the value of the 289 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:46,920 Speaker 2: original parcel caused by the placement of the conservation easement. 290 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:49,680 Speaker 2: That's just like a total slap in the face of 291 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:53,240 Speaker 2: folks who've got conservation easements in the first place. HB 292 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:55,440 Speaker 2: two zero two to two would require the holder of 293 00:15:55,480 --> 00:15:58,840 Speaker 2: a conservation easemant to maintain the property free of noxious 294 00:15:58,880 --> 00:16:01,600 Speaker 2: weeds that are a threat to health or safety. The 295 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:04,400 Speaker 2: Arizona Wildlife Federation points out that these bills are an 296 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:09,680 Speaker 2: attempt to dissuade conservation easements through inconvenience and complexity. They 297 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:12,720 Speaker 2: ignore the fact that conservation easements are the cornerstone of 298 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:16,640 Speaker 2: collaborations between nonprofits and state agencies like the Arizona Game 299 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:20,160 Speaker 2: and Fish Department, and private landowners. If these bills had 300 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:23,000 Speaker 2: been in place, the pronghorn recovery efforts led by the 301 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:26,960 Speaker 2: Arizona Antelope Foundation in southeast Arizona would not have been possible. 302 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:31,080 Speaker 2: Amongst a goajillion other examples as to why these are 303 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:35,400 Speaker 2: good things and people don't get forced into conservation easements. 304 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 2: This is a choice between a private land owner and 305 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:42,920 Speaker 2: a conservation group, or the state or the federal government. 306 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:46,680 Speaker 2: This is a great way for family ranches to stay 307 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:51,920 Speaker 2: family ranches instead of having to sell out to conglomerates 308 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:55,440 Speaker 2: or God forbid, a bunch of folks want to chop 309 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:59,600 Speaker 2: up bunch of acreage into little McMansions with Kentucky bluegrass 310 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:02,520 Speaker 2: outside in a drought ridden state. Things like that. Okay, 311 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:05,880 Speaker 2: don't need another golf course down in Arizona. Another set 312 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:09,200 Speaker 2: of Arizona bills HB two three seven six, HB two 313 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:13,639 Speaker 2: three seven seven, HCM two zero zero four, HCM two 314 00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:17,200 Speaker 2: zero zero six would in different ways make it more 315 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:20,400 Speaker 2: difficult for private land to be converted into public land. 316 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:23,479 Speaker 2: They operate on the assumption that property taxes are the 317 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:25,800 Speaker 2: only way that land can be valuable to the public, 318 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:28,800 Speaker 2: but they ignore the massive economic engine that is public 319 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:32,320 Speaker 2: land recreation, not to mention things like logging and mining. 320 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:35,280 Speaker 2: To read any of these bills and weigh in, visit 321 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:38,360 Speaker 2: the meeater dot com forward slash cal and that goes 322 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:40,560 Speaker 2: for everything else that we've talked about here on the 323 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:46,160 Speaker 2: Weekend Review. Wisconsin Bill SB nine nine nine would allow 324 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:49,679 Speaker 2: motorized vehicles access on private land enrolled in the state's 325 00:17:49,680 --> 00:17:53,480 Speaker 2: Managed Forest Land program. This program gives landowners a tax 326 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:56,720 Speaker 2: break for sound forest management, and landowners can opt to 327 00:17:56,800 --> 00:18:00,480 Speaker 2: open their land to public recreational access. Under this bill, 328 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:03,200 Speaker 2: landowners who opened their land as part of this program 329 00:18:03,359 --> 00:18:06,959 Speaker 2: would have to allow some motorized vehicles on maintained roads 330 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:10,800 Speaker 2: and trails. Listener Josh T, who sent me this bill, 331 00:18:11,040 --> 00:18:14,359 Speaker 2: worries that this will compel some landowners from taking their 332 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:17,640 Speaker 2: land out of the program or close it to public access. 333 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:23,080 Speaker 2: In Idaho, House Bill four oh four would exempt GPS 334 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:26,280 Speaker 2: color data from public records requests. I'm told that some 335 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:29,399 Speaker 2: folks were using public records requests to get location data 336 00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:32,359 Speaker 2: on sheep and other wildlife. This bill would put an 337 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:35,359 Speaker 2: end to that nonsense. This has been a thing people 338 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:40,040 Speaker 2: have used the Freedom of Information Act to get data 339 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:43,400 Speaker 2: on colored animals. To nowhere to go hunt cow, el, 340 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:47,160 Speaker 2: hunt deer. It's sneaky. Can't blame you if we're using 341 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:49,320 Speaker 2: all the tools at your disposal. But I'd like you 342 00:18:49,359 --> 00:18:53,600 Speaker 2: a lot more if you just use your boots. In Kentucky, 343 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:56,720 Speaker 2: Senate Bill sixty would allow residents and non residents to 344 00:18:56,760 --> 00:18:59,679 Speaker 2: obtain a license or permit without taking a hunter education. 345 00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:02,680 Speaker 2: This would make Kentucky the only state in the nation 346 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:05,679 Speaker 2: not to require hunter safety, which has been credited with 347 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:11,560 Speaker 2: significantly reducing hunter accidents over the last sixty years. In 348 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:14,560 Speaker 2: South Carolina, House Bill five zero four to one would 349 00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:17,200 Speaker 2: permit a landowner or less ee to take a deer, 350 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:21,000 Speaker 2: wild boar, and other crop consuming wild animals on agricultural 351 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:25,159 Speaker 2: land without a depredation permit. According to the National Deer Association, 352 00:19:25,359 --> 00:19:27,800 Speaker 2: the passing of this bill would permit an owner or 353 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:31,560 Speaker 2: agent of an agricultural operation to arbitrarily kill deer based 354 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:35,359 Speaker 2: on their interpretation that it is performing an act of depredation. 355 00:19:35,880 --> 00:19:38,480 Speaker 2: If deer or any other animal is observed feeding on 356 00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:41,600 Speaker 2: land deemed to be an agricultural operation, it can be 357 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:46,560 Speaker 2: killed without a requirement for formal justification or reporting. Furthermore, 358 00:19:46,720 --> 00:19:49,879 Speaker 2: there is no defined requirement for utilization of deer or 359 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:53,440 Speaker 2: other animals once killed, meaning you can dump this thing 360 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:56,320 Speaker 2: in a ditch. This is definitely one that South Carolina 361 00:19:56,359 --> 00:19:59,040 Speaker 2: deer hunters will want to weigh in on. Big thanks 362 00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:03,760 Speaker 2: to listener Morgan Beryl for sending it in. Last but 363 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:06,439 Speaker 2: not least, listener Andrew Miller wrote and to share his 364 00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:08,560 Speaker 2: thoughts on a segment we did in episode two forty 365 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:12,160 Speaker 2: nine about plastic shotgun wads. He acknowledged that a ban 366 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:15,560 Speaker 2: on plastic wads would be devastating to waterfowl hunting, but 367 00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:19,080 Speaker 2: he was also curious exactly how much plastic waste he's 368 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:22,040 Speaker 2: shooting out onto the landscape. He cut open a few 369 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:24,600 Speaker 2: different brands of shells, dumped the powder and shot, and 370 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:26,840 Speaker 2: weighed the wads. He found that two to three wads 371 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 2: contained the same amount of plastic as the average single 372 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:33,200 Speaker 2: use water bottle. So a full box of shells is 373 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:36,640 Speaker 2: equivalent to leaving behind eight to twelve water bottles worth 374 00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:40,520 Speaker 2: of plastic. Andrew said quote. Obviously, in the grand scheme 375 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:43,560 Speaker 2: of things, the collective impacts of hunters is still small. 376 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:45,919 Speaker 2: But as someone who strives to leave no trace and 377 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:48,879 Speaker 2: be responsible for my impacts to the places that produce 378 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:55,520 Speaker 2: my food, that visual makes me deeply uncomfortable. That is awesome. Andrew, 379 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:58,919 Speaker 2: thank you for writing in. I'd say that's another reason 380 00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:02,080 Speaker 2: to start asking our AMMO companies to offer shells with 381 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:05,320 Speaker 2: biodegradeable wads if they know hunters will buy them, you 382 00:21:05,359 --> 00:21:07,760 Speaker 2: can bet they'll make them. And for those of you 383 00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:10,040 Speaker 2: who are going to write in and be like, oh gosh, 384 00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:12,560 Speaker 2: you shouldn't say stuff like that, you know that just 385 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:15,119 Speaker 2: fuels the fire of the anti hunting crowd. If they 386 00:21:15,119 --> 00:21:18,680 Speaker 2: were to hear that, it's more more ammunition against us. Well, 387 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 2: guess what hunting angling. Being out in the great out 388 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:27,520 Speaker 2: of doors is a responsibility and an accountability lifestyle. If 389 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:31,440 Speaker 2: you don't like responsibility and accountability, then you shouldn't do it. 390 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:37,879 Speaker 2: Got it, long pause for effect. A listener wrote in 391 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:40,679 Speaker 2: We're gonna call him John with some thoughts on a 392 00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:42,879 Speaker 2: different story we covered in episode two forty nine about 393 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:46,159 Speaker 2: solar farm expansion on BLM Land. John works in the 394 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:50,439 Speaker 2: solar industry and he also serves on some planning commissions. 395 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,760 Speaker 2: He said, quote, the best option would be to put 396 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:58,040 Speaker 2: solar at private residences, but this would require transmission line 397 00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:01,600 Speaker 2: and transformer upgrades to all of those areas. The utilities 398 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:04,040 Speaker 2: don't want to take on that cost, so they prefer 399 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:07,239 Speaker 2: to build large scale solar farms and only have to 400 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:11,280 Speaker 2: install new equipment in one area. This way, rather than 401 00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:14,520 Speaker 2: the consumer selling their excess energy to the utility, the 402 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:18,000 Speaker 2: utility can own all the solar and continue making all 403 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:21,080 Speaker 2: the money. He goes on to say that many utilities 404 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:24,800 Speaker 2: have passed regulations blocking customers from producing more power than 405 00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:27,199 Speaker 2: they use in a year. He says the solution is 406 00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:30,600 Speaker 2: to push our elected officials to regulate utilities and not 407 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:34,080 Speaker 2: allow them to block residential production. There's no reason to 408 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:37,360 Speaker 2: build huge solar farms when we already have the infrastructure 409 00:22:37,359 --> 00:22:40,440 Speaker 2: we need to meet state and federal mandates for renewable 410 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:44,840 Speaker 2: energy production. I love that info. Obviously, I'm super biased. 411 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:47,080 Speaker 2: I don't think we should be building big solar farms 412 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:49,879 Speaker 2: in places if they're going to hurt a lesser prairie 413 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:53,520 Speaker 2: chicken or a greater sage grouse, or inhibit my ability 414 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:56,560 Speaker 2: to walk straight line towards mule deer. Thanks for writing 415 00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:58,920 Speaker 2: me in. That's some great info. I'd love to keep 416 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:02,680 Speaker 2: this solar discussion going, so please right in to askcl 417 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:05,119 Speaker 2: that's Ascal at the meeteater dot com and let me 418 00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:07,080 Speaker 2: know what's going on near next to the woods. I 419 00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:10,439 Speaker 2: appreciate you. That's all I got for today. Thank you 420 00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:13,080 Speaker 2: so much for listening. Just because you didn't hear your 421 00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:16,159 Speaker 2: state in the legislative roundup does not mean this stuff 422 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:18,399 Speaker 2: is not going on in your neck of the woods. 423 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:22,720 Speaker 2: These are just great examples that we have. Yes, they're important, 424 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:24,560 Speaker 2: but you need to get off your keyster and pay 425 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:26,679 Speaker 2: attention to what's going on in your state. If your 426 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:30,119 Speaker 2: state's in session, or your wildlife Commission is meeting, or 427 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:32,960 Speaker 2: if all these elected officials are sitting in DC, you 428 00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:36,080 Speaker 2: gotta know that they're doing something that affects you. You 429 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:38,680 Speaker 2: got a weigh in. Thanks again, and I'll talk to 430 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:41,840 Speaker 2: you next week.