1 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:14,160 Speaker 1: From Meat Eaters World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This 2 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:19,120 Speaker 1: is Col's Week in Review with Ryan cow Kalahan. Here's 3 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:24,119 Speaker 1: cal A poop chucker is on the Loosened Summit County, Colorado. 4 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:26,759 Speaker 1: According to the local sheriff's office, a woman called to 5 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 1: report that a mysterious man has been thrown bags of 6 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:31,920 Speaker 1: poop on her lawn and driveway for the past month. 7 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:35,560 Speaker 1: The feces in question appears to be from a dog, 8 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 1: and the woman said she suspects that one of her 9 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 1: neighbors is the culprit. She even had video footage of 10 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 1: the suspect in the act, but when deputies contacted that 11 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:48,440 Speaker 1: alleged suspect, they determined that he does not match the 12 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:51,280 Speaker 1: appearance of the person in the video. They also spoke 13 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 1: to several neighbors who said that the supposed victim often 14 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 1: fails to pick up after her dog. They suspect that 15 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 1: an unknow own neighbor is on a quote crusade against 16 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:07,880 Speaker 1: those who don't do their duty after their dog does theirs. 17 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:11,600 Speaker 1: There are two sides to every story. Is the poop 18 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:14,679 Speaker 1: chucker a no good hooligan or a righteous avenger bent 19 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:18,479 Speaker 1: on the cause of justice? And a feces free sidewalk. 20 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:23,319 Speaker 1: Only time will tell. Thanks Cale Patterson for sending in 21 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:27,120 Speaker 1: that one. We had another one in first place for 22 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:30,920 Speaker 1: the intro this week, but we went with number two instead. 23 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:38,319 Speaker 1: This week we've got the FEDS, the State Crime Desk, 24 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:40,000 Speaker 1: and so much more. But first I'm going to tell 25 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 1: you about my week. And my week well you know, 26 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:44,600 Speaker 1: I still haven't got my taxes done, and pile of 27 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 1: other boring adult stuff tempts are heating up, the green 28 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 1: grass is starting to poke through, and I might just 29 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 1: possibly have a Montana turkey under my belt by the 30 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 1: time you are listening to this opening week is the 31 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:02,840 Speaker 1: fifteenth here that, my friends, I am looking forward to 32 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:07,560 Speaker 1: more than you know. I need some outside time. The 33 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 1: news cycle is shockingly fast. I have just not done 34 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 1: the necessary digging into the most recent of recent secretarial orders. 35 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 1: But if I don't include something now, it'll be too 36 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 1: late by the time we record the next one, specifically 37 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 1: talking about all that's wrapped up in zero based regulatory 38 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:31,519 Speaker 1: budgeting to unleash American energy, which according to the summary, 39 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:34,480 Speaker 1: would require not all, but a hell of a lot 40 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:38,639 Speaker 1: of our environmental regulations to sunset, which is the government 41 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 1: term to end stop cease by September and then be 42 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:46,919 Speaker 1: rewritten and updated. Those updates would have to have their 43 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 1: own sunset date of five years in the President's words, 44 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:54,919 Speaker 1: because they were written in the seventies. Hard to say here, kids, 45 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:57,960 Speaker 1: but I personally would love to see some updates in 46 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 1: a lot of regulatory areas, such as how much you 47 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 1: get fined for driving motorized vehicles into a wilderness area, 48 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:08,640 Speaker 1: for instance. But this list includes such hits as, but 49 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 1: not limited to, the Eagle Protection Act, the Migratory Bird 50 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 1: Treaty Act of nineteen eighteen, the Fish and Wildlife Coordination 51 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 1: Act of nineteen thirty four, the Anadromous Fish Conservation Act 52 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:22,120 Speaker 1: of nineteen sixty five, the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 53 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:26,120 Speaker 1: nineteen seventy two, the Endangered Species Act of nineteen seventy three, 54 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:29,959 Speaker 1: the Magnus and Stephens Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 55 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 1: nineteen seventy six, and the Coastal Barrier Resources Act of 56 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 1: nineteen eighty two. I believe the Mining Act of eighteen 57 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 1: seventy two, which I've referenced here on this show many 58 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 1: many times, is also in there. Bunch in here, Okay, 59 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 1: The good faith. Part of my brain says that this 60 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 1: could be a great way of updating and eliminating redundancies 61 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 1: and just a ton of referencing and reading, and the 62 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 1: things that don't need updates will actually just remain. You 63 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 1: got to keep in mind like the Migratory Bird Treaty 64 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:05,440 Speaker 1: Act nineteen eighteen has you know, over one hundred years 65 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 1: of amendments in there too, So it started simple and 66 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 1: got bigger. Ideally, what's going to happen is that will 67 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:17,599 Speaker 1: be refined down to what's happening right now and will 68 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 1: be better off for it. However, the skeptic in me says, 69 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 1: this incredible undertaking could just cause enough of a cluster 70 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:30,040 Speaker 1: fluffel that a bunch of unregulated development and sensitive areas 71 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 1: could take place. As we've talked about like the Miny 72 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:35,680 Speaker 1: Act of eighteen seventy two. We get five dollars a 73 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:40,159 Speaker 1: surface acre for a mine, and that five dollars goes 74 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:45,680 Speaker 1: into the treasury. But is that all that surface disturbance 75 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 1: is worth to us, the American people. Right on top 76 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:52,839 Speaker 1: of that, the US Fish and Wildlife Service announced that 77 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:56,039 Speaker 1: due to dose budget cuts, they may not have the 78 00:04:56,080 --> 00:05:00,159 Speaker 1: ability to perform the annual Migratory Bird Survey, which is 79 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:03,720 Speaker 1: not only the world's longest running migratory bird population study, 80 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 1: but also what we hunters depend on to set our 81 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:12,560 Speaker 1: regulations in a sustainable manner. Oh my science, you might 82 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:16,239 Speaker 1: be saying, it's been a heck of a day. So please, 83 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 1: from the up top of the week in review, be engaged, 84 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 1: keep your elected officials on speed dial and make sure 85 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:26,840 Speaker 1: they know what you hold Dear. As usual, you can 86 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:29,640 Speaker 1: tell them thank you for this, and please don't do that. 87 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:32,839 Speaker 1: That's your job. Election day is just the start of 88 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:38,039 Speaker 1: a four quarter game. I appreciate you. I do have 89 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 1: a couple of awesome updates for those of you who 90 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:45,280 Speaker 1: followed the North Carolina access issue, where a bunch of 91 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:48,719 Speaker 1: folks wanted to make it illegal to launch personal water 92 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:51,680 Speaker 1: crafts such as kayaks and canoes off the shoulder of 93 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 1: the road the right of ways into public water from 94 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:57,279 Speaker 1: a public road. That got gunned down. So that's a 95 00:05:57,279 --> 00:05:59,799 Speaker 1: big win for access over there in the tire heel state. 96 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 1: And then a recent bill in Arkansas bit the dust. 97 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:06,040 Speaker 1: Had that bill gone through, who would have opened up 98 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:13,240 Speaker 1: the Buffalo River for potential industrial farm waste pollution. So 99 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:16,000 Speaker 1: a couple of big wins. And I know a ton 100 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:19,279 Speaker 1: of people wrote into the show for both of those issues. 101 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 1: And I know you got a bunch of folks engaged 102 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:25,160 Speaker 1: to get a hold of the year elected officials and 103 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:29,640 Speaker 1: stop that stuff. So great job North Carolina and Arkansas. 104 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:33,599 Speaker 1: And I know North Carolina and Arkansas backcountry hunters and 105 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 1: anglers were heavily involved in both of those and you're 106 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:39,919 Speaker 1: burning down the phone line, so great job, great job. 107 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:44,480 Speaker 1: Moving on to the DC desk. Last week, the US 108 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:47,159 Speaker 1: Senate voted down an amendment that would have blocked a 109 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:50,640 Speaker 1: proposal to sell public land to build affordable housing. You 110 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:53,200 Speaker 1: may have seen headlines about this, but the whole story 111 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:56,360 Speaker 1: is a little confusing, so stick with me. A few 112 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:59,839 Speaker 1: weeks ago, some Republican senators floated the idea of selling 113 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:03,160 Speaker 1: the land and using those funds to reduce the national deficit. 114 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 1: This isn't a new idea, but they wanted to include 115 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:08,680 Speaker 1: it in this year's budget bill. That's a big deal. 116 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:12,080 Speaker 1: Thanks to some complicated congressional rules I'm not going to 117 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 1: explain here, mostly because I don't quite understand them, the 118 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 1: Senate only needs a simple majority to pass its budget. 119 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 1: Most legislation requires at least sixty votes in the Senate 120 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:25,040 Speaker 1: to overcome a filibuster, but budgetary matters can be passed 121 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:29,320 Speaker 1: by a simple majority using a process called reconciliation. That's 122 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 1: why people were taking this public lands proposal seriously. Republicans 123 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:35,960 Speaker 1: actually have enough votes to pass it if they include 124 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 1: it in the budget bill. That's why a group of 125 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:41,960 Speaker 1: senators proposed an amendment to the budget resolution that would 126 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 1: have prevented the proceeds from public land sales from being 127 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:48,120 Speaker 1: used to reduce the deficit. It was a simple amendment, 128 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:53,160 Speaker 1: but it would have stopped Congress from prioritizing public land sales. Unfortunately, 129 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 1: that amendment did not pass. Two Republican centers, Montana's Danes 130 00:07:57,640 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 1: and she He voted in favor of it, Thank you 131 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:04,239 Speaker 1: very much, Danes and Shihi, but all other Republicans voted 132 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:08,000 Speaker 1: against it. One Democrat didn't vote, so the amendment failed 133 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:11,120 Speaker 1: fifty one to forty eight. I've seen headlines claiming that 134 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 1: Republicans just made it easier for the federal government to 135 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 1: sell public land. That's not true. As of this recording, 136 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:20,360 Speaker 1: Congress hasn't approved the final version of the budget resolution, 137 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:23,119 Speaker 1: since both the House and Senate need to agree before 138 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:26,640 Speaker 1: anything is set in stone, and even if they agree, 139 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:29,520 Speaker 1: they'll still need to pass the actual spending bills. We 140 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:32,200 Speaker 1: don't know yet whether public land will be on the 141 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:35,840 Speaker 1: chopping block to reduce the deficit and offset tax cuts. 142 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:38,240 Speaker 1: So it's still worth sending a message to your senators 143 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:42,080 Speaker 1: and representative. But that thing that I mentioned today, the 144 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:46,480 Speaker 1: executive orders that also sunsets FLIPMA as we know it, 145 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:50,679 Speaker 1: which is the Federal Lands Policy Management Act, the mechanism 146 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:55,280 Speaker 1: to sell public land as provided for the BLM. Taken 147 00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:58,719 Speaker 1: all together, this is not a good sign. Not all 148 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 1: Republicans want to sell off federal land, but clearly a 149 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:06,000 Speaker 1: majority of them are fine with it. There's also Democrats 150 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:10,440 Speaker 1: who hear the word affordable housing and they lose their 151 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:15,199 Speaker 1: minds with joy, without actually understanding that there's a hell 152 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:16,680 Speaker 1: of a lot of work that's got to get done 153 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:20,160 Speaker 1: in order to ensure affordable housing is actually built on 154 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:23,679 Speaker 1: the public lands that these folks want to sell. And 155 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 1: I don't hear anybody doing that work because it's hard. Now. 156 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:34,320 Speaker 1: The budget did pass today and no words of public 157 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 1: land sales being included. But will keep you posted because 158 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:40,880 Speaker 1: you know, if I'm being Frank, it's just hard to 159 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:46,880 Speaker 1: keep up. Moving on to the crime desk, a Florida 160 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:49,960 Speaker 1: woman was arrested last week after she brandished a pellet 161 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:52,840 Speaker 1: rifle at two teens who were fishing, as she said, 162 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:56,720 Speaker 1: in her backyard. Fifty nine year old Donna Elkins threatened 163 00:09:56,720 --> 00:09:59,400 Speaker 1: to quote blow the heads off the thirteen and fifteen 164 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:02,880 Speaker 1: year old boy who were fishing. I mean, listen, we're 165 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:06,680 Speaker 1: talking about fishing, not a gang, not a gang, not 166 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:11,280 Speaker 1: a gang, We're talking about fishing. Elkins stormed out of 167 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:13,559 Speaker 1: her home, pellet rifle in hand, and forced the boys 168 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:15,880 Speaker 1: to lay on the ground for about five minutes. Her 169 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:19,760 Speaker 1: husband finally disarmed her, but when police arrived, they concluded 170 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:22,880 Speaker 1: that the boys were not on Elkins's property as she claimed, 171 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:25,160 Speaker 1: and Easemont runs around the outside of the pond and 172 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:27,240 Speaker 1: the boys were fishing from a spot about thirty feet 173 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:31,440 Speaker 1: from elkins property line. Here's the thirteen year old boy, Braden, 174 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:35,280 Speaker 1: speaking to local media, still pretty chicking up. I just 175 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:38,400 Speaker 1: can't believe it really happened that I got like a 176 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:41,040 Speaker 1: gun put on me, and at the time you didn't 177 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:43,360 Speaker 1: know this was just a pellet gun. The way she 178 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:46,480 Speaker 1: threatened you. According to the Sheriff's office. You were really 179 00:10:46,559 --> 00:10:48,160 Speaker 1: in fear for your life, like she could have shot 180 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:52,280 Speaker 1: and killed you. Yes, sir, I was just like terrified. 181 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:56,360 Speaker 1: A pellet rifle is obviously less dangerous than a firearm, 182 00:10:56,559 --> 00:10:59,319 Speaker 1: but still more than capable of killing someone. Glad to 183 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:05,280 Speaker 1: hear the boys are okay. Maine State Game wardens just 184 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:07,360 Speaker 1: busted a poaching ring they say as one of the 185 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:10,640 Speaker 1: largest in recent memory. The ring was operating on Mountain 186 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:13,440 Speaker 1: Desert Island off the coast of the state, which includes 187 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:16,480 Speaker 1: Acadian National Park. Someone who lived on the island sent 188 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:18,640 Speaker 1: in a tip about a deer they believed was poached, 189 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:22,600 Speaker 1: and wardens launched an investigation. They executed search warrants of 190 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:27,640 Speaker 1: three different residences and uncovered repeated violations by five different people. 191 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:30,840 Speaker 1: One of the offenders was determined to be a primary perp, 192 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:35,479 Speaker 1: and that individual was charged with sixty criminal and civil violations. 193 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:37,960 Speaker 1: He was found guilty and lost his hunting license for 194 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:41,360 Speaker 1: thirteen years, paid nearly ten thousand dollars in fines, and 195 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:44,240 Speaker 1: served thirty days in jail. The wardens have not released 196 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 1: the names of the individuals involved, which tells me that 197 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:50,680 Speaker 1: the investigation is ongoing and more charges are coming down 198 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:53,120 Speaker 1: the pike. Based on the images that have been released, 199 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:56,240 Speaker 1: it looks like wardens seized five or six nice deerheads, 200 00:11:56,520 --> 00:11:59,560 Speaker 1: a bunch of hunting gear, trail cameras, and a rifle. 201 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:03,120 Speaker 1: Big thanks to listener Christy H. For sending us that one. 202 00:12:03,559 --> 00:12:05,480 Speaker 1: Christy tells me that there is no hunting on the 203 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 1: entire island where this poaching ring was operating, so the 204 00:12:08,320 --> 00:12:10,800 Speaker 1: deer tend to get real big. She also told me 205 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:13,000 Speaker 1: that the main game Wardens are one of the oldest 206 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:16,440 Speaker 1: conservation law enforcement agencies in the entire US. They've been 207 00:12:16,520 --> 00:12:19,319 Speaker 1: nabbing poachers for the last one hundred and forty five years, 208 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:23,000 Speaker 1: which means they've been operating since old James Garfield was president. 209 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:26,200 Speaker 1: The earliest wardens did not have a salary, but collected 210 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:28,880 Speaker 1: half of the fines paid by poachers, which seems like 211 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 1: it's an incentive system, but it could be a bad one, 212 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:36,760 Speaker 1: conflict of interest and all that. Glad they don't do 213 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:40,199 Speaker 1: that anymore, but sounds like they're still doing great work. 214 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:45,160 Speaker 1: A New Hampshire jailed superintendent was placed on leave last 215 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:48,120 Speaker 1: week after being arrested for poaching game wardens with New 216 00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:51,400 Speaker 1: Hampshire fishing games say Travis Cushman hunted whitetailed deer at 217 00:12:51,480 --> 00:12:54,560 Speaker 1: night during a string of evenings in November twenty twenty three. 218 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:57,800 Speaker 1: Further details are scarce, but it sounds like Cushman bags 219 00:12:57,800 --> 00:13:00,760 Speaker 1: some pretty nice bucks during the course of those night hunts. 220 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:04,640 Speaker 1: New Hampshire Antler and sculpt Trophy Club announced on Facebook 221 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:07,720 Speaker 1: that they were removing two entries submitted by Cushman because 222 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:10,960 Speaker 1: those animals were taken illegally. Along with the firearm and 223 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:14,080 Speaker 1: archery equipment. Warden sees three buck mounts, two of which 224 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:16,560 Speaker 1: looked like they would qualify for the trophy record books. 225 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:19,200 Speaker 1: The good news for Cushman is that he's not at 226 00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:23,160 Speaker 1: much risk of being jailed alongside the inmates he previously managed. 227 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:27,600 Speaker 1: He's facing seven misdemeanor charges and ten violation level offenses, 228 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:32,439 Speaker 1: none of which are eligible for jail time staying in 229 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:35,600 Speaker 1: the Granite State. A logger was recently convicted of something 230 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:39,120 Speaker 1: called deceptive forestry for harvesting timber from a property and 231 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:42,120 Speaker 1: failing to pay the landowner. The New Hampshire Forest Protection 232 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:45,960 Speaker 1: Bureau says Steven O'Neill of O'Neill Timber Harvesting LLC was 233 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:49,560 Speaker 1: contacted by a landowner to conduct a timber harvest, but 234 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:53,040 Speaker 1: a year long investigation found that O'Neill logged a portion 235 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:55,800 Speaker 1: of that property, sold the lumber for just a little 236 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:58,319 Speaker 1: over twenty seven thousand dollars, and he didn't pay the 237 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:02,240 Speaker 1: landowner for logging that portion of the property. O'Neill pled 238 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:04,720 Speaker 1: guilty to a Class B felony and was required to 239 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:07,560 Speaker 1: reimburse the property owner the twenty seven grand He was 240 00:14:07,559 --> 00:14:10,480 Speaker 1: also sentenced to one to two years in prison along 241 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:13,440 Speaker 1: with a four nine hundred and sixty dollars fine, but 242 00:14:13,559 --> 00:14:16,640 Speaker 1: both the fine and jail time were suspended pending five 243 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:20,560 Speaker 1: years of good behavior, where O'Neill cannot commit any crimes, 244 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 1: including those involving timber harvesting. Moving on to the public 245 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:29,720 Speaker 1: land desk, after a year's long battle, it looks like 246 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 1: the public will be able to access a lake in 247 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:35,480 Speaker 1: Oregon that had been barred by the surrounding property owners 248 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:38,800 Speaker 1: from public use. Listener Jonathan Adams wrote in to tell 249 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:42,000 Speaker 1: me that Lake Oswego, located just outside of Portland, had 250 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:44,200 Speaker 1: been used by the public as a place to fish 251 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:47,360 Speaker 1: and recreate, but homeowners who built houses on the shores 252 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:49,880 Speaker 1: of the lake didn't like that. They put up barriers 253 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:52,280 Speaker 1: around the lake, as well as signs saying private Lake, 254 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:55,440 Speaker 1: no trespassing, so local anglers and members of the public 255 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:58,440 Speaker 1: took action. They brought the case to court, arguing that 256 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:01,640 Speaker 1: the lake falls under the state definition of navigable and 257 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:04,360 Speaker 1: should therefore be open to the public. On March third 258 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:07,600 Speaker 1: of this year, Clackhamu's County Circuit Court Judge Kathy Steele 259 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:10,480 Speaker 1: ruled in their favor. She gave town officials one hundred 260 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:14,160 Speaker 1: and twenty days to remove obstructions like boulders and metal reeds, 261 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:17,520 Speaker 1: and the signs have to be gone within thirty days now. 262 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 1: Just last week, the city has announced that they do 263 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:22,800 Speaker 1: not plan to appeal the decision. Mayor Joe Buck said 264 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:26,560 Speaker 1: that they've defended the decisions our community has made, but 265 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:28,680 Speaker 1: the cat is out of the bag and people are 266 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:32,200 Speaker 1: accessing the lake. The decision not to appeal means that 267 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:35,960 Speaker 1: Judge Steele's ruling stands. The public will henceforth have access 268 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:40,200 Speaker 1: to Lake Oswego, which locals say offers some pretty great fishing. 269 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:44,480 Speaker 1: The local access story had a happy ending, but there's 270 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:47,160 Speaker 1: another story in Texas that's still going on there in 271 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:49,680 Speaker 1: the eastern part of the state. Locals are defending access 272 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:52,480 Speaker 1: to a section of public water known as the Cutoff. 273 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:57,120 Speaker 1: The cutoff should sound familiar. We've reported on it many times. 274 00:15:57,440 --> 00:16:01,440 Speaker 1: It's also called Creslin Lake. It spans twelve miles along 275 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:04,920 Speaker 1: the boundary of Navarro and Henderson Counties. Originally part of 276 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:07,840 Speaker 1: the Trinity River, the waterway was separated from its main 277 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:11,280 Speaker 1: channel by a levy project in the twenties. Historically, users 278 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 1: would access the publicly owned water by launching their boats 279 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:16,400 Speaker 1: from a county road with the dedicated right of way, 280 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:20,520 Speaker 1: But in twenty twenty two, a landowner illegally used a 281 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:23,760 Speaker 1: backo to dredge up material from within the waterway in 282 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:26,240 Speaker 1: order to install a fence along the right of way. 283 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:29,440 Speaker 1: The fence installed along that right of way was clearly 284 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:32,360 Speaker 1: intended to exclude the public from a century old tradition 285 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:35,480 Speaker 1: of hunting and fishing the cutoff, and this is not 286 00:16:35,640 --> 00:16:38,800 Speaker 1: the first time. Over the last hundred years, numerous attempts 287 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:41,600 Speaker 1: have been made to cut off access to the public waterway, 288 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:44,440 Speaker 1: but they've all been defeated. That means there's a ton 289 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:47,800 Speaker 1: of historical and legal precedent that clearly deems this as 290 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:51,160 Speaker 1: a violation. The Texas Department of Transportation has given the 291 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:53,880 Speaker 1: landowner notice of a right of way violation, and the 292 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:56,920 Speaker 1: Army Corps of Engineers has sent a cease and assist letter. 293 00:16:57,200 --> 00:17:00,520 Speaker 1: What's more, Texas Parks and Wildlife has documented over eight 294 00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:04,000 Speaker 1: hundred thousand dollars in damages. Despite all this pressure, the 295 00:17:04,080 --> 00:17:07,480 Speaker 1: landowner still hasn't restored public access. That's why a group 296 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:10,399 Speaker 1: of local hunters and anglers have founded a nonprofit called 297 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:13,920 Speaker 1: Save the Cutoff. They've launched three separate lawsuits aimed at 298 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:17,280 Speaker 1: forcing the landowner to restore access. They've been filed in 299 00:17:17,320 --> 00:17:20,600 Speaker 1: federal and county district courts, and they're asking government officials 300 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:23,760 Speaker 1: to step in. The Legal process is long and costly, 301 00:17:24,080 --> 00:17:26,240 Speaker 1: but this is exactly the kind of legal battle we 302 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:29,000 Speaker 1: need to be fighting. Certain portions of the federal government 303 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:31,440 Speaker 1: have made clear that they want to sell off our 304 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:34,679 Speaker 1: public land, but ultimately these decisions will come down to 305 00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:39,280 Speaker 1: specific parcels in specific counties. When they do, those local citizens, 306 00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:41,800 Speaker 1: like the ones in these two cases, we'll have a 307 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:45,800 Speaker 1: chance to take a stand for public land. Oh boy. 308 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:51,639 Speaker 1: Moving on to the angler harassment desk, a bunchie has 309 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:54,000 Speaker 1: sent me a video of a charter captain in Florida 310 00:17:54,160 --> 00:17:58,240 Speaker 1: berating a young angler for supposedly not having his boat 311 00:17:58,280 --> 00:18:02,040 Speaker 1: lights on before the sun came up. Five minute video 312 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:05,080 Speaker 1: racked up close to ten million views, and it seems 313 00:18:05,119 --> 00:18:07,639 Speaker 1: like everyone in the coastal fishing community wants to weigh in. 314 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:11,280 Speaker 1: If you haven't seen this video, don't watch it. It's 315 00:18:11,359 --> 00:18:16,359 Speaker 1: such a frickin bummer. There's a captain, you're gonna find it. 316 00:18:16,359 --> 00:18:21,000 Speaker 1: It's all over and he just flat out loses his 317 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:24,720 Speaker 1: mind on a twenty two year old kid named Gauge 318 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:28,320 Speaker 1: Towels who is fishing under a bridge on his own boat. 319 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:31,640 Speaker 1: Gauge does a really good job of trying to de escalate, 320 00:18:32,080 --> 00:18:35,040 Speaker 1: and in my mind, de escalate while you know, acting 321 00:18:35,119 --> 00:18:39,919 Speaker 1: like an adult. And boy, it just it's embarrassing for 322 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:44,360 Speaker 1: anybody who angles, and I feel bad for all involved. 323 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:47,160 Speaker 1: And there's a lot more here, gang, but I don't 324 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:50,320 Speaker 1: even want to get into it. It's just too down depressing. Yeah, 325 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:53,639 Speaker 1: the captain was arrested with twenty thousand dollars bail. This 326 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:57,840 Speaker 1: is a big kind of media event. I think it's 327 00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:01,280 Speaker 1: safe to say that his coastguard life, this captain's license 328 00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:04,760 Speaker 1: is probably toast, and I am speaking to you as 329 00:19:04,760 --> 00:19:08,800 Speaker 1: somebody who can take fishing very seriously. But at the 330 00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:13,159 Speaker 1: end of the day, we're talking about fishing. Moving on 331 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:18,080 Speaker 1: to the legislative desk, a bad bill was just introduced 332 00:19:18,119 --> 00:19:21,040 Speaker 1: in Alabama that would classify white tail deer and breeding 333 00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:24,480 Speaker 1: facilities as personal property. Like the Texas bill we covered 334 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:26,880 Speaker 1: a few weeks ago, Alabama House Bill five oh nine 335 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 1: would give deer breeders almost total control over the animals 336 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:32,800 Speaker 1: and their facilities. Rather than treat deer like the native 337 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:35,560 Speaker 1: wildlife they are, HB five oh nine would allow breeders 338 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:38,359 Speaker 1: to treat them like pets. That means the Alabama Department 339 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:41,600 Speaker 1: of Conservation and Natural Resources would have no ability to 340 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:44,840 Speaker 1: inspect those facilities and make sure the animals aren't carrying 341 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:48,040 Speaker 1: chronic wasting disease. Breeders would also be free to ship 342 00:19:48,080 --> 00:19:51,240 Speaker 1: deer across the state without any kind of CWD testing, 343 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:54,320 Speaker 1: increasing the risk of spreading the disease to areas that 344 00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:57,960 Speaker 1: don't already have The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural 345 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:01,880 Speaker 1: Resources has come out against this bill. Conservation Commissioner Chris 346 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:05,240 Speaker 1: Blankenship calls it reckless and warns it will threaten the 347 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:08,440 Speaker 1: deer hunting industry at large. If you live in Alabama, 348 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:11,560 Speaker 1: contact your representatives today and let them know you don't 349 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:14,760 Speaker 1: support HB five H nine. If you don't live in Alabama, 350 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:16,840 Speaker 1: be on the lookout for this kind of legislation in 351 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:19,080 Speaker 1: your state. There's a big push by the deer breeding 352 00:20:19,119 --> 00:20:23,000 Speaker 1: industry to deregulate and block inspections of their facilities. Whatever 353 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:25,760 Speaker 1: you think about deer breeding or hunting captive deer, you 354 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:30,560 Speaker 1: should support measures designed to protect wild, free ranging deer populations. 355 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:34,200 Speaker 1: These policies put those populations in danger, and no deer 356 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:39,880 Speaker 1: hunter should support that. Speaking of troubling trends, the Westva 357 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:42,440 Speaker 1: Senate is set to pass a bill that would make 358 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:45,400 Speaker 1: it much easier to fire employees with the state Department 359 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:48,240 Speaker 1: of Natural Resources. House Built two thousand and eight is 360 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:52,320 Speaker 1: supposedly an attempt to consolidate government agencies. It abolishes some 361 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:56,800 Speaker 1: agencies altogether, and it consolidates other under larger departments. But 362 00:20:56,840 --> 00:21:00,400 Speaker 1: it also removes civil service protections for new government employeoyees 363 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:04,040 Speaker 1: or current employees who move positions. This will allow the 364 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:07,080 Speaker 1: governor to hire and fire employees. It will Now you 365 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:09,879 Speaker 1: might agree that as the leader of the executive branch. 366 00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:12,760 Speaker 1: The governor should have this ability. The problem comes when 367 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:17,480 Speaker 1: those hirings and firings become pure political. If, for instance, 368 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:20,720 Speaker 1: a DNR employee makes a decision that's good for wildlife 369 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:24,199 Speaker 1: but is contrary to the governor's political agenda, the governor 370 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:27,399 Speaker 1: can simply remove that DNR employee from their position. We 371 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:30,119 Speaker 1: give civil servants in the DNR a certain amount of 372 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:33,280 Speaker 1: protection so they can make decisions based on science without 373 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:36,560 Speaker 1: fear of retribution. But if this bill passes, it would 374 00:21:36,560 --> 00:21:40,080 Speaker 1: remove those protections and hamper the ability of wildlife professionals 375 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:43,280 Speaker 1: to make sound decisions. The bill may have already passed 376 00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:45,240 Speaker 1: by the time you listen to this, so you should 377 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:48,960 Speaker 1: contact the Governor's secretary at three zero four five five 378 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:52,159 Speaker 1: eight two thousand ask for the entire DNR to be 379 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:55,159 Speaker 1: removed from Bill two thousand and eight and to retain 380 00:21:55,200 --> 00:22:00,760 Speaker 1: their civil service protections. Get on it, West Virginia. That's 381 00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:03,159 Speaker 1: all I got for you. Thank you so much for listening. 382 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:06,359 Speaker 1: Remember to write in to a s k C A 383 00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:09,359 Speaker 1: L Let's askcal at themeeteater dot com. Let me know 384 00:22:09,359 --> 00:22:11,119 Speaker 1: what's going on in your neck of the woods. You 385 00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 1: know what you appreciate it thanks again. We'll talk to 386 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:21,120 Speaker 1: you next week.