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 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:24,840 Speaker 2: Elon Musk is about to be the proud owner of 6 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 2: forty three acres of a Texas State park. Yay. The 7 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:32,839 Speaker 2: Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission voted unanimously last week to 8 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:35,199 Speaker 2: pursue a land swap that would give the acreage to 9 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:38,640 Speaker 2: SpaceX in exchange for four hundred and seventy seven acres 10 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 2: adjacent to Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge. Texas Parks and 11 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:46,519 Speaker 2: Wildlife says this is one of the most biologically diverse 12 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:50,159 Speaker 2: regions in North America and provides habitat for endangered species 13 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 2: and migratory birds. The forty three state park acres, on 14 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 2: the other hand, are surrounded by private properties or existing 15 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 2: SpaceX facilities and do not include any waterfront access. Still, 16 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:05,119 Speaker 2: as you might expect, not all Texans are pleased about 17 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 2: the idea of giving state public land to the world's 18 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 2: richest man. Residents who spoke out against the land swap 19 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:15,000 Speaker 2: worried that SpaceX could harm in dangered species like ocelots 20 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:18,120 Speaker 2: and piping plovers. They also worried that, even though the 21 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:22,520 Speaker 2: deal would not necessarily impact beach access, SpaceX has restricted 22 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 2: access to the beach before due to safety concerns during 23 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 2: rocket launches. Tribal leaders also testified that the land exchange 24 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:33,400 Speaker 2: would limit their ability to use ancestral fishing areas. Despite 25 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:36,160 Speaker 2: these concerns, Texas officials still think the deal would be 26 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:40,319 Speaker 2: a net benefit for wildlife. Cameron County Judge Eddie Trevino 27 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:42,959 Speaker 2: Junior called the four hundred and seventy seven acres the 28 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 2: state will receive a quote treasure trove of biodiversity. The 29 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 2: nearby Wildlife Refuge is located on the Gulf of Mexico 30 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 2: near the southern border of the Lone Star State, and 31 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 2: the land exchange would actually increase overall public beach access 32 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 2: for state residents. These land swap deals are pretty common. 33 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 2: One a private entity wants a piece of public land 34 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 2: in a certain location, and so they offer the state 35 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 2: or federal government a larger chunk of land we hope 36 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 2: somewhere else in exchange for the parcel they want. Sometimes 37 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:14,280 Speaker 2: it's a great way to exchange land that is less 38 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:18,080 Speaker 2: ecologically important for more sensitive areas that provide habitat for 39 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:21,520 Speaker 2: lots of different critters. Other times it's a land grab 40 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:25,600 Speaker 2: designed to benefit political allies. The official comment period is 41 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 2: over for this deal in Texas, but the story is 42 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:31,639 Speaker 2: far from The Commission gave the Texas Parks and Wildlife 43 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 2: Department permission to pursue the land exchange, but SpaceX is 44 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:38,360 Speaker 2: still negotiating with the landowner to secure those four hundred 45 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 2: and seventy seven acres. The department will also have to 46 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 2: conduct a series of environmental assessments, which could take up 47 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 2: to eighteen months. This week we've got the Crime Desk 48 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:52,359 Speaker 2: Legislation Man on the street with Chili and Bill Fish. 49 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 2: But first I'm going to tell you about my week. 50 00:02:56,360 --> 00:03:00,240 Speaker 2: My week was pretty darn cool Chester. Chili, Snorre and 51 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:02,680 Speaker 2: myself loaded up a rental van and headed twelve hours 52 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:06,040 Speaker 2: east to Sue Falls pro Pheasant Fest. While there, we 53 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:09,840 Speaker 2: hit Minervas Silencer Central, where I picked up or started 54 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:13,679 Speaker 2: the process of picking up a couple of suppressors, one 55 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 2: for the three thirty eight RPM and another for the 56 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 2: thirty col Really really wanted to get one for the 57 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 2: twenty two as well, but the bank account was stressed. 58 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:28,639 Speaker 2: Then onto the concert for conservation, Trampled by Turtles absolutely 59 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 2: crushed it. Of course they were well set up by 60 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:34,440 Speaker 2: the opening act of Muskie Chet and the Keepers. That 61 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 2: was incredibly cool to see our really good buddy Doug 62 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 2: durn got to get up there and sing man hats 63 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:45,800 Speaker 2: off to Trampled by Turtles. Ah. It's just like, it's 64 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 2: amazing to see, you know, any group out there, any 65 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 2: act that has, you know, a really diverse customer based 66 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 2: listener base, and they're willing to put their brand in 67 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 2: alignment with groups like Sportsmen for the Boundary Waters, Pheasants Forever, 68 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 2: Quail Forever. Obviously that may not appeal to their audience 69 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:12,840 Speaker 2: as a whole, right, they're willing to risk slices of 70 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:17,240 Speaker 2: the pie for you know, conservation purposes. It's awesome. On 71 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:20,599 Speaker 2: top of that, Doug Duran and Musky Check got up 72 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:25,360 Speaker 2: there to sing with them, and watching how Trample treated 73 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:29,240 Speaker 2: those two up there on the stage as if they 74 00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 2: were long touring artists themselves. It was just classy, man, 75 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:37,360 Speaker 2: super cool. Never thought it'd be a Trampled by a 76 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:40,440 Speaker 2: Turtle fanboy, but here I am for what it's worth 77 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:53,800 Speaker 2: they earned. Okay. So after the concert for Conservation, we 78 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:58,280 Speaker 2: headed out to get some sleep because the next day 79 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 2: was Snorts big Grand marshaling of the bird Dog Parade. 80 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 2: I think there was over one hundred dogs and forty 81 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:08,240 Speaker 2: different breeds this year, which was really neat, just like 82 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 2: a funny, cool opportunity to see all different sizes of 83 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 2: shapes and breeds of bird dogs come across the stage. 84 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 2: Big hats off to Bob Saint Pierre over there at Pheasants. 85 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:23,839 Speaker 2: That dude works his butt off bad put the work 86 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 2: in to getting some laughs and cheers for each breed 87 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 2: a dog, which is hard to do when there's that 88 00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:35,680 Speaker 2: many dogs. Then we saw Christy Nolam, Governor Noam sign 89 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:40,160 Speaker 2: a new conservation funding law bill into law. That's always 90 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 2: great to see. Then we talked with a bunch of 91 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:45,599 Speaker 2: folks from all over. Over the next three days, we 92 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:49,599 Speaker 2: moderated panels on South Dakota public lands, bird hunting, and 93 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:53,120 Speaker 2: the Public Access to Habitat program, which is like a 94 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:56,800 Speaker 2: pilot program that's a new funding source that allows more 95 00:05:56,880 --> 00:06:01,040 Speaker 2: cash to be applied to public access to private operty programs. 96 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 2: So like we have block management here in Montana, but 97 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:07,400 Speaker 2: the program's not in Montana yet, but it could be. 98 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:10,960 Speaker 2: This is South Dakota specific right now, and I have 99 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:13,919 Speaker 2: to say a big, big thanks to on X for 100 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:17,320 Speaker 2: dropping the seed money to get that program up and running. 101 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 2: Our buddies over there at ONAX are doing amazing things 102 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:24,679 Speaker 2: for public land and public access. And of course hats 103 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:28,760 Speaker 2: off to an old Snort report. She did a fantastic 104 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:34,520 Speaker 2: job in an incredibly grabby crowd, tons and tons of people. 105 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:38,000 Speaker 2: Everybody wanted to see Snort and give her a pet, 106 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:41,160 Speaker 2: and I think she only growled it maybe two and 107 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:45,360 Speaker 2: a half children the whole time. Pheasant Fast is exhausting, 108 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:49,880 Speaker 2: but it always leaves me feeling positive about our conservation community. 109 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 2: If you ever get the chance to attend to think 110 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:54,479 Speaker 2: it's going to be in Kansas City next year, it's 111 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:57,840 Speaker 2: well well worth doing. Lots of good information, lots of 112 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:03,480 Speaker 2: put in conservation policy and conversation first, and folks are 113 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:07,480 Speaker 2: really engaged and they're committed to the future of conservation 114 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 2: seeing all this stuff that we like continue. So I'm 115 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:13,400 Speaker 2: really always happy to be a part of that one. 116 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 2: Even though you may be able to tell it takes 117 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:18,560 Speaker 2: a little toll on the voice just so you can 118 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:21,200 Speaker 2: hear what I'm talking about, a little taste of the 119 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:24,720 Speaker 2: pheasant Fest show floor, an opportunity for everyone to get 120 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:29,240 Speaker 2: a little added conservation group and conservation minded exposure. Here 121 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 2: is a special Man on the Street segment with Rapid City, 122 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:37,760 Speaker 2: South Dakota and Meat Eater's Own Chili. After that, stick 123 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:40,040 Speaker 2: around because we're gonna go straight to the crime desk. 124 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:45,080 Speaker 3: Hey guys, it's chili with Cal in the field. I'm 125 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:48,360 Speaker 3: with the North American Grouse Partnership and I got Ted 126 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:51,280 Speaker 3: here to tell you a little information how you guys 127 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 3: can get involved and what it is that they do. 128 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:54,560 Speaker 3: So take it away, Ted. 129 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:56,760 Speaker 4: Thanks, thanks for all you guys do, by the way, 130 00:07:56,760 --> 00:08:00,640 Speaker 4: for conservation, we're here. The North American Ross Partnership includes 131 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:03,720 Speaker 4: all twelve North American grouse species, but we focus on 132 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 4: the four primary prairie grouse species, so that's greater prairie chickens, 133 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 4: lesser prairie chickens, sharp tail grouse, and sage grouse. And 134 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:13,800 Speaker 4: the main thing we're doing is trying to keep these 135 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 4: species becoming listed in the Endangered Species Act so we 136 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:20,040 Speaker 4: can still hunt them. Already, we've lost that battle with 137 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 4: lesser Perry chickens. They were just listed last year. But 138 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:25,120 Speaker 4: we're leading a group of heroes called the Lesser Prairie 139 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:28,320 Speaker 4: Chicken Landowner Alliance that they're working to reverse that trend 140 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:30,080 Speaker 4: and save lesser Prairie chickens and get them to the 141 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 4: point where we can hunt them again. We're at Grousepartners 142 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:35,400 Speaker 4: dot org and the best thing you can do is 143 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:39,360 Speaker 4: sign up to support and to advocate, advocate for things 144 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:43,439 Speaker 4: like conservation through the farm Bill of conservation title programs, 145 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:47,440 Speaker 4: and support the passage of the North American Grasslands Conservation 146 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:49,040 Speaker 4: Act when it comes up soon. 147 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:51,400 Speaker 3: Awesome, Well, thank you, Ted, I appreciate that. 148 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:51,800 Speaker 4: Thank you. 149 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:55,920 Speaker 3: All Right, this is Chiley with Cal in the field 150 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:59,120 Speaker 3: and we are with Path right now and we have 151 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:02,400 Speaker 3: Cody here to explain a little bit what it is 152 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:04,640 Speaker 3: that they do and how to get involved. So Cody 153 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:06,120 Speaker 3: give us your elevator speech. 154 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:10,160 Speaker 5: Alrighty, yeah, So our new Public Access to Habitat program 155 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:13,880 Speaker 5: here in South Dakota was created to help bolster new 156 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:17,600 Speaker 5: enrollment of private lands into public access. So what we 157 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:20,480 Speaker 5: do is we add an extra incentive on top of 158 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:24,920 Speaker 5: the game fishing, parks, walking area to help get some 159 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:29,280 Speaker 5: new access acres out there, ways to get involved, spread 160 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:32,680 Speaker 5: the word on the program if you feel if you 161 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:36,520 Speaker 5: feel like doing so, you can donate to the program 162 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:38,359 Speaker 5: and get out and hunt the properties. 163 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 3: Awesome, and you guys have a website and everything too correct. 164 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:44,360 Speaker 5: Yep, I think it's Pheasants Forever dot org. 165 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:48,000 Speaker 3: Slash path Awesome. Well, thanks, Cody, appreciate it and we'll 166 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:53,560 Speaker 3: see you around the bend. Alright, its chilling with Public 167 00:09:53,640 --> 00:09:55,880 Speaker 3: land Tees. I got Josh here to explain it is. 168 00:09:56,480 --> 00:09:58,680 Speaker 3: Explain to you guys what it is to do and 169 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 3: how to kind of get involved. 170 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:00,800 Speaker 6: Yeah. 171 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:03,280 Speaker 7: So we've been a company since twenty seventeen, and five 172 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:05,679 Speaker 7: dollars from every item we've ever sold we donate back 173 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:10,079 Speaker 7: to different conservation initiatives, whether it be habitat, access projects, 174 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:13,000 Speaker 7: duck stamp work, you name it. So if anybody wants 175 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:14,960 Speaker 7: to get involved to help raise money, you can go 176 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:17,920 Speaker 7: to public lantees dot com and five dollars from everything 177 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:19,720 Speaker 7: you buy will be donated back to conservation. 178 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:22,920 Speaker 3: Awesome. That's perfect man, Well appreciate it and enjoy the 179 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:27,640 Speaker 3: rest show. Hey, guys, it's Chili with Cal in the 180 00:10:27,679 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 3: field work for Cal. We are here with the rough 181 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:33,000 Speaker 3: Grouse Society and the wood American Woodcock Society, and I 182 00:10:33,040 --> 00:10:35,960 Speaker 3: got Kevin here to explain what it is that they 183 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:37,720 Speaker 3: do and how you guys can get involved. 184 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:41,599 Speaker 8: Hey, guys, So we promote forest health primarily for the 185 00:10:41,679 --> 00:10:44,000 Speaker 8: rough grouse and the American woodcock, which are our birds 186 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 8: of focused. 187 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:46,120 Speaker 2: Forest health for US. 188 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:51,880 Speaker 8: Means h class diversity, species diversity, removal of invasive species, 189 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:54,280 Speaker 8: and just in general making sure that there's an environment 190 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:56,760 Speaker 8: that's going to be good for the birds. We operate 191 00:10:57,200 --> 00:11:00,480 Speaker 8: from Minnesota over to Maine down to Georgia in some 192 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:04,520 Speaker 8: of the primary rough grouse and American woodcock habitats. If 193 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 8: you want to get involved. It's actually the tent anniversary 194 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:09,800 Speaker 8: of the American Woodcock Society and so we've got all 195 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:14,319 Speaker 8: kinds of exclusive stuff never before seen and expanding our 196 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:19,199 Speaker 8: conservation programs into new areas for the celebration of the woodcock. 197 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:22,200 Speaker 8: So we're having a membership drive and encourage you to 198 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 8: join and do your part and making sure these birds thrive. 199 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:29,520 Speaker 3: Awesome, And they can just go on to roughross Society 200 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:32,560 Speaker 3: dot com or Howard dot org. Okay and sign up there. 201 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:37,559 Speaker 3: It's perfect awesome, thanks brother, appreciate it. Hey, This is 202 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:39,240 Speaker 3: Chili with col In the Field. I'm sitting here with 203 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:41,480 Speaker 3: Doug Durren and he's gonna tell you a little bit 204 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:44,199 Speaker 3: more about sharing lands and how you guys can get involved. 205 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:45,360 Speaker 2: So here you go, Doug. 206 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:46,880 Speaker 1: Thanks Chili. 207 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:51,120 Speaker 9: Cheering Land's pretty simple idea, the idea that someone who 208 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:54,120 Speaker 9: wants to access a piece of property is making a 209 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:58,840 Speaker 9: contribution to conservation, making contribution to that land in exchange 210 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:03,120 Speaker 9: for access to it. So up sharingland dot com. If 211 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:04,600 Speaker 9: you fund can go on here. 212 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:05,200 Speaker 2: If you're an. 213 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:07,559 Speaker 9: Access seeker and you fill out a conservation messie, or 214 00:12:07,559 --> 00:12:10,439 Speaker 9: if you're a landowner, you go on and fill out 215 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:13,120 Speaker 9: a coop bringing lands profile and we have a post 216 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:14,200 Speaker 9: Instagram guys. 217 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:16,520 Speaker 3: Awesome, Thank you so much, Doug. 218 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:21,360 Speaker 6: Martin Dan Gates here. I'm the executive director for the 219 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:25,319 Speaker 6: Colorado Is for Responsible Wildlife Management. The organization that we've 220 00:12:25,360 --> 00:12:28,240 Speaker 6: got is trying to defeat this upcoming ballot initiative that 221 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:32,959 Speaker 6: is the trophy hunting in Colorado. This fall, voters will 222 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:35,280 Speaker 6: have a chance to take away hunting the mountain lions 223 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:37,720 Speaker 6: and bobcats, and we're hoping to be able to defeat 224 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:40,520 Speaker 6: that measure based upon science and based upon the North 225 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:43,920 Speaker 6: American model of wildlife conservation. We hope that you would 226 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:46,280 Speaker 6: join our forces and making sure that we're able to 227 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:50,679 Speaker 6: defeat these measures and keep hunting as a recreational opportunity 228 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:53,920 Speaker 6: but also a management tool for our wildlife and natural resources. 229 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:56,640 Speaker 6: For more information, you can go to Save the Hunt 230 00:12:56,640 --> 00:12:59,240 Speaker 6: Colorado dot com. We'll be more than happy to take 231 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:01,320 Speaker 6: your donations, but at the same time you can also 232 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:03,840 Speaker 6: get educated on the measures and all the ligature is 233 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:06,040 Speaker 6: on the website to where you can educate yourself and 234 00:13:06,080 --> 00:13:08,520 Speaker 6: your peers and your relatives, neighbors next door. 235 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:16,320 Speaker 2: Moving on to the crime desk, a Tennessee man was 236 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:19,680 Speaker 2: recently convicted of felony aggravated assault and a host of 237 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:23,120 Speaker 2: wildlife crimes after he threatened a landowner with a gun. 238 00:13:23,840 --> 00:13:27,120 Speaker 2: In August of last year, a landowner confronted twenty two 239 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:30,840 Speaker 2: year old William Franklin Stamey Junior for spotlighting deer at 240 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:33,640 Speaker 2: night and shooting them from the road. Stamey was with 241 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:36,040 Speaker 2: two other buddies and the trio had managed to kill 242 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 2: a doe in a seven point buck. When the landowner 243 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:41,360 Speaker 2: approached him, Stamey pointed a gun at him and drove 244 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:44,200 Speaker 2: him off. A sheriff's deputy caught up with Stamey a 245 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:46,920 Speaker 2: short time later, and that's when his troubles really began. 246 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:50,400 Speaker 2: The case was referred to the Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency 247 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:53,439 Speaker 2: and Officer Justin Pinkston was sent to deliver a criminal 248 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:57,080 Speaker 2: summons to Stamey's home. During that visit, Pinkston noticed a 249 00:13:57,160 --> 00:14:01,120 Speaker 2: buck deer carcass in Stamey's backyard. Stamy had checked the 250 00:14:01,160 --> 00:14:04,280 Speaker 2: deer in as an archery harvest in August, but he 251 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:08,480 Speaker 2: did not possess an archery license. The TWRA executed a 252 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:11,480 Speaker 2: search warrant of Stamy's home four days later, and officers 253 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:14,679 Speaker 2: discovered eleven more sets of deer antlers that Stamy admitted 254 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:18,160 Speaker 2: to poaching. But that's not all. Stamy had already been 255 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:20,880 Speaker 2: in trouble for poaching deer back in twenty twenty one. 256 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:25,120 Speaker 2: In these latest infractions add to another already impressive rap sheet. 257 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:28,960 Speaker 2: In total, Stamey pled guilty to poaching fifteen deer, but 258 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:31,960 Speaker 2: the real number is much higher. He admitted to officers 259 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:34,680 Speaker 2: that in twenty twenty alone, he posted at least twenty 260 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:38,440 Speaker 2: deer in Tennessee. Those are twenty bucks stolen from the 261 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:41,400 Speaker 2: hunters in Tennessee. He will be spending six months in 262 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:44,000 Speaker 2: jail for his crimes. We'll have to pay twelve five 263 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:47,880 Speaker 2: hundred dollars in restitution and had his hunting privileges revoked 264 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:52,120 Speaker 2: for life. He also had to surrender rifles, bows and antlers. 265 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:55,880 Speaker 2: Good job to the twra man. It's nice here in 266 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:58,360 Speaker 2: that he got some stuff taken away and has to 267 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:02,360 Speaker 2: fork over some cash in his pocket because a revocation 268 00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:05,680 Speaker 2: of hunting privileges probably just doesn't matter to a guy 269 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 2: like that. Over in Oregon, three men were hit with 270 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:12,200 Speaker 2: thousands and fines and one of them will be serving 271 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:15,920 Speaker 2: jail time for poaching five huge sturgeon in Scapoose Bay. 272 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:20,440 Speaker 2: Back in twenty twenty two, legal anglers noticed that three 273 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 2: men had caught a sturgeon in the bay but didn't 274 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:25,880 Speaker 2: release it as is required by law. Game wardens went 275 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:29,760 Speaker 2: to investigate, but the men denied the accusation. However, wardens 276 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:33,000 Speaker 2: noticed two fishing lines extending into the water. When they 277 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:36,120 Speaker 2: pulled them up, they found four live sturgeon, ranging in 278 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:38,720 Speaker 2: size from five feet to more than seven feet long. 279 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:43,120 Speaker 2: But wait, there's more, As officers found another sturgeon in 280 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:47,040 Speaker 2: their boat. One of the poachers, Julio Durant, spent twenty 281 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:49,640 Speaker 2: days in the Columbia County jail and it was five 282 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:54,360 Speaker 2: thousand dollars in restitution. Another poacher named Jose Placentia, must 283 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:57,240 Speaker 2: serve another ten days on a Columbia County work crew 284 00:15:57,520 --> 00:16:01,360 Speaker 2: or eighty hours of community service, and the third axe Olgwell, 285 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:05,120 Speaker 2: will serve twenty four months bench probation. All three had 286 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:11,680 Speaker 2: their fishing privileges revoked for three years, sticking with Oregon 287 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 2: residents but moving over to Illinois, a bow hunter from 288 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 2: the Beaver State got busted in the land to Lincoln 289 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:19,640 Speaker 2: for poaching deer from a city park. Thirty year old 290 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:22,560 Speaker 2: Brandon Scott Miller was indicted for poaching four doughs and 291 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:25,080 Speaker 2: two bucks from Lowell Park and nature preserved in the 292 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:27,960 Speaker 2: city of Dixon that is off limits to hunting. He 293 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:30,600 Speaker 2: shot all six deer with the crossbow within the span 294 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:33,400 Speaker 2: of about a week, and when asked by game wardens 295 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:36,240 Speaker 2: whether he saw the signs prohibiting hunting, he said he 296 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:39,880 Speaker 2: was dyslexic. However, he also admitted to climbing an eight 297 00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:42,600 Speaker 2: foot fence to get into the park and to knowing 298 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:46,520 Speaker 2: that hunting season didn't begin until October one, but he 299 00:16:46,560 --> 00:16:50,680 Speaker 2: claimed he quote couldn't wait. I think we've all been there, Brandon. 300 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:53,200 Speaker 2: But most of us stick it out until opening day. 301 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:56,680 Speaker 2: And after all, man, you know, these rules, if we 302 00:16:56,720 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 2: all stick by them, make our harvests a heck of 303 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:04,120 Speaker 2: a lot cooler. Right. It's like if you're hunting where 304 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:07,520 Speaker 2: nobody else can, when nobody else can, it's not much 305 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:12,000 Speaker 2: of an accomplishment is the Bureau of Land Management is 306 00:17:12,040 --> 00:17:14,960 Speaker 2: offering a ten thousand dollars reward for information leading to 307 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:18,040 Speaker 2: the arrest and conviction of the persons responsible for killing 308 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:22,000 Speaker 2: nineteen wild burrows in twenty nineteen. The animals were found 309 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:25,960 Speaker 2: shot along Interstate fifteen between Baker, California, and prim Nevada. 310 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:29,240 Speaker 2: The agency released photos of two vehicles they believe are 311 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:31,800 Speaker 2: involved in the case, a gray or silver two thousand 312 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:34,359 Speaker 2: and eight Toyota extended cab pickup and a white two 313 00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:37,160 Speaker 2: thousand and eight Toyota extended cab pickup with a white 314 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:40,840 Speaker 2: camper shell. These vehicles were caught on surveillance video near 315 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:42,560 Speaker 2: the scene of the crime, parked in the lot of 316 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:46,600 Speaker 2: Whiskey Pete's Hotel and Casino. BLM special agents identified the 317 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:48,800 Speaker 2: weapon used to kill the wild burrows as a thirty 318 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:51,399 Speaker 2: out to six caliber rifle. They say it's likely an 319 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:54,440 Speaker 2: older gun based on the rifling of the projectiles recovered, 320 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:57,840 Speaker 2: and it could have been manufactured by Browning, Remington, Springfield, 321 00:17:57,880 --> 00:18:01,280 Speaker 2: the US Military Arms or a Winchester. Anyone with the 322 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:04,800 Speaker 2: information about this incident is encouraged to call nine nine 323 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:08,159 Speaker 2: nine to eight seven five zero zero five. It's a 324 00:18:08,160 --> 00:18:10,240 Speaker 2: big day for Oregon men here at the crime desk, 325 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:12,919 Speaker 2: and I'm sorry to say I got another report about you. 326 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:17,440 Speaker 2: An Oregon man from the rural town of Aloha tried 327 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:19,679 Speaker 2: to pull a fast one on game wardens by claiming 328 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:21,800 Speaker 2: the deer in the back of his minivan was roadkill. 329 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:25,640 Speaker 2: Twenty seven year old David Benjamin Brock got pulled over 330 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:29,640 Speaker 2: near Beaverton back in December when officers noticed a dead 331 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:32,240 Speaker 2: buck in the back. Brock claimed he'd hit the animal 332 00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:37,080 Speaker 2: with his van, but officers noticed quote inconsistencies with the story, 333 00:18:37,359 --> 00:18:39,840 Speaker 2: such as a huge bullet wound on the back of 334 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:42,840 Speaker 2: the deer's head. Subsequent searches of Brock's home and a 335 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:46,120 Speaker 2: vehicle turned up a used seven millimeter bullet casing, as 336 00:18:46,119 --> 00:18:50,040 Speaker 2: well as a camouflage rangefinder, a deer call, and camouflage boots. 337 00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:53,920 Speaker 2: Brock was sighted with the unblawful possession of a buck deer. 338 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:58,520 Speaker 2: A Vermont poacher has been sentenced five years in federal 339 00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:01,720 Speaker 2: prison after leading state and federal officials on chase around 340 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:04,919 Speaker 2: New England in an attempt to flee to Texas. The 341 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:08,400 Speaker 2: Vermont Warden Service had been investigating thirty eight year old 342 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:11,640 Speaker 2: Ryan Goodrich for hunting without a license, and they obtained 343 00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:15,400 Speaker 2: a search warrant for Goodrich's camper. Goodrich is prohibited from 344 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:18,560 Speaker 2: possessing firearms, but the Warrens found a short barreled shotgun, 345 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:21,960 Speaker 2: along with six additional guns stashed in the camper. They 346 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:25,119 Speaker 2: also found two nine hundred and seventy eight rounds ammunition, 347 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:28,399 Speaker 2: eight hundred and eighty bags of heroin in over seven 348 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:32,280 Speaker 2: forty five dollars in US currency. Goodrich wasn't at his 349 00:19:32,359 --> 00:19:35,120 Speaker 2: camper when the warrant was executed, but a grand jury 350 00:19:35,119 --> 00:19:37,439 Speaker 2: indicted him and a warrant was issued for his arrest. 351 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:40,920 Speaker 2: State and federal officials received information that Goodrich was at 352 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:43,680 Speaker 2: a hotel in Keene, New Hampshire, but he'd already fled 353 00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:46,760 Speaker 2: by the time they arrived. They next received information that 354 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:50,120 Speaker 2: Goodrich was in the Deerfield, Massachusetts area and was attempting 355 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:53,880 Speaker 2: to obtain transportation to Texas. He was apprehended with help 356 00:19:53,880 --> 00:19:56,960 Speaker 2: from the Massachusetts State Police. Hugh, you might know as 357 00:19:57,080 --> 00:19:59,600 Speaker 2: stateies from a movie. We can only play about three 358 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:02,280 Speaker 2: seconds because this is a family friendly podcast. 359 00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:03,720 Speaker 3: He was a psychiatrist. 360 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:05,280 Speaker 7: Well, if I wasn't asked you why you were a 361 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:07,320 Speaker 7: state he making thirty grand a year, and I think 362 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:10,960 Speaker 7: if I was Sigmund Freud, I wouldn't get an answer anyway. 363 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:13,639 Speaker 2: Good Rich is in some serious trouble, mostly for the 364 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:15,840 Speaker 2: guns and drugs, but we'll chalk this up as a 365 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:21,040 Speaker 2: win for wildlife too. Last one for you. Many of 366 00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:23,320 Speaker 2: you wrote in asking me to talk about the poaching 367 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:26,400 Speaker 2: of the so called Hollywood Buck in Virginia. This buck 368 00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:29,000 Speaker 2: got its name because he was frequently spotted in Richmond's 369 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:33,080 Speaker 2: historic Hollywood Cemetery. He also supported a recognizable twenty nine 370 00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:36,399 Speaker 2: point rack, which made him easy to identify. Here's a 371 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:39,399 Speaker 2: hot tip for you if you're looking to kill things illegally, 372 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:43,680 Speaker 2: celebrity animals in particular, don't post their pictures. Jason Walters 373 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:45,960 Speaker 2: made this mistake after he killed the Hollywood Buck and 374 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:48,399 Speaker 2: claimed to have shot the buck in Prince Edward County, 375 00:20:48,440 --> 00:20:51,480 Speaker 2: Virginia using a muzzleoader. The buck's crazy antlers would have 376 00:20:51,520 --> 00:20:53,840 Speaker 2: made the harvest noteworthy on its own, so it didn't 377 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:56,879 Speaker 2: take long for Virginians to start calling for Walter's arrest. 378 00:20:57,480 --> 00:21:00,520 Speaker 2: Of course, it's not illegal to kill a celebrity as 379 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:03,679 Speaker 2: long as you follow all other hunting regulations, but an 380 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:07,760 Speaker 2: extensive investigation that involved ten search warrants revealed that Walters 381 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:12,720 Speaker 2: allegedly didn't follow those regulations. He's being charged with nineteen misdemeanors, 382 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:16,160 Speaker 2: including trespassing to hunt, failing to check and tag a deer, 383 00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:20,280 Speaker 2: and illegal possession of wildlife. The Virginia Department of Wildlife 384 00:21:20,359 --> 00:21:23,239 Speaker 2: Resources has not described the hunt in detail, but they 385 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:25,879 Speaker 2: have confirmed that Walters did not register the kill and 386 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:28,840 Speaker 2: trespassed during the hunt. I think we can all read 387 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:32,640 Speaker 2: between the lines here. He has arraigned on February twenty seven, 388 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:37,000 Speaker 2: and his trial is scheduled to begin April eleventh. Moving 389 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:41,919 Speaker 2: on to the biology desk, a team of researchers from 390 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:46,080 Speaker 2: Germany recently published a study hypothesizing that stripe marlin changed 391 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:49,960 Speaker 2: colors to coordinate attacks on prey. Stripe marlin are apex 392 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:53,000 Speaker 2: predators that live in tropical and subtropical regions of the 393 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:56,160 Speaker 2: Pacific and Indian Oceans. They are some of the fastest 394 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:58,720 Speaker 2: fish in the area, and they use a group hunting 395 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:01,840 Speaker 2: strategy in which they turns attacking a school of fish 396 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:04,679 Speaker 2: one at a time. Scientists believe they hunt like this 397 00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:07,480 Speaker 2: in part to avoid injuring one another during these high 398 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:10,560 Speaker 2: speed chases. This new study has found that just prior 399 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:13,520 Speaker 2: to these individual attacks, the stripes on a marlin's sides 400 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:16,520 Speaker 2: get obviously brighter. When they move away from the school 401 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:19,560 Speaker 2: of sardines or other prey fish, those stripes dem again. 402 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:23,280 Speaker 2: Scientists have known about the marlin's color changing ability, but 403 00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:26,359 Speaker 2: this is the first time anyone has linked this ability 404 00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:30,240 Speaker 2: to hunting or social behavior. No one knows exactly why 405 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:32,760 Speaker 2: they do this, but the researchers who publish this study 406 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:36,000 Speaker 2: hypothesize that it both confuses the prey fish and lets 407 00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:38,240 Speaker 2: the other marlin know when one is about to go 408 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:43,000 Speaker 2: in for a snack. We've covered before how invasive gray 409 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:45,879 Speaker 2: squirrels in the United Kingdom are out competing the native 410 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:49,040 Speaker 2: red squirrels. Now, a new study has found a possible 411 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:52,360 Speaker 2: reason for that advantage, and it's probably not what you'd expect. 412 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:55,240 Speaker 2: Gray squirrels were introduced to the UK in the late 413 00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:58,119 Speaker 2: nineteenth century by fat cats who wanted to add some 414 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:01,720 Speaker 2: variety to their forests. Turned out to be a terrible idea, 415 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:04,959 Speaker 2: and now red squirrels are basically an endangered species in 416 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:08,560 Speaker 2: that area of the world. Gray squirrels are larger, more aggressive, 417 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:11,720 Speaker 2: and able to survive something called squirrel pox, which kills 418 00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:14,359 Speaker 2: the reds but has no known lasting effects on the grays. 419 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:17,640 Speaker 2: This new study has found another reason for the gray's success. 420 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:22,880 Speaker 2: The microbiome of gray squirrels is far more diverse. Microbiome 421 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:25,760 Speaker 2: is the ecosystem of microbes that live inside in animals 422 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:29,240 Speaker 2: and testines. Gray squirrels have a particular type of microbe 423 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:32,959 Speaker 2: that helps break down a plant compound known as oxalate. 424 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:36,240 Speaker 2: This is important because this plant compound is found in 425 00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:39,280 Speaker 2: tree bark, and the presence of this microbe allows gray 426 00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:42,679 Speaker 2: squirrels to digest the calcium found in the bark. This 427 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:45,240 Speaker 2: gives gray squirrels an easy source of food that is 428 00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:47,960 Speaker 2: unavailable to red squirrels, who have to stick it out 429 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:51,080 Speaker 2: on a more limited diet of seeds and nuts. That's 430 00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:55,920 Speaker 2: the advantage of not being a picky eater. Kids. Mountain 431 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:57,960 Speaker 2: lions have been known to travel hundreds of miles in 432 00:23:57,960 --> 00:23:59,960 Speaker 2: search of a mate. In a recent journey by an 433 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:03,320 Speaker 2: outline from Utah's one of the longest ever recorded. The 434 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:06,360 Speaker 2: Utah Division of Wildlife Resources call her a female cat 435 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:09,360 Speaker 2: in twenty twenty two in the Wasatch Mountains and gave 436 00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:13,280 Speaker 2: her that designation F sixty six. She stayed in that 437 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:16,119 Speaker 2: area until the end of May, and then for some reason, 438 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:19,720 Speaker 2: decided to embark on a thousand mile journey through Utah, Wyoming, 439 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:22,520 Speaker 2: and Colorado. During the course of her travels, she had 440 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:25,240 Speaker 2: to swim a quarter mile across the Flaming Gorge Reservoir 441 00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:29,200 Speaker 2: and traverse several interstates, including I eighty, which she did twice, 442 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:32,639 Speaker 2: I twenty five, I seventy, and Highway forty. The total 443 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:35,199 Speaker 2: journey took her one hundred and sixty five days. She 444 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:38,320 Speaker 2: averaged about six miles per day, and some days she 445 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:41,359 Speaker 2: walked over twenty miles. If you get a chance, you 446 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:43,560 Speaker 2: should look up the map where they tracked her journey. 447 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:47,840 Speaker 2: It's very impressive, especially considering how much human infrastructure she 448 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:50,960 Speaker 2: had to navigate. Unfortunately, I'm sorry to say that this 449 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:54,360 Speaker 2: story doesn't end in true love. F sixty six died 450 00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:57,639 Speaker 2: in November of twenty twenty two, and biologists believed she 451 00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:00,640 Speaker 2: was likely killed by another mountain lion. She didn't find 452 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:03,360 Speaker 2: her soulmate, but at least she died trying. I'm sure 453 00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:07,800 Speaker 2: there's a lesson in there somewhere. Last one for you. 454 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:11,720 Speaker 2: Marine biologists working off the coast of Chile have identified 455 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:14,760 Speaker 2: more than one hundred new species of fish and plants, 456 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:18,359 Speaker 2: including a new kind of bright red walking fish. Walking 457 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:20,720 Speaker 2: fish are actually a type of sea toad, which are 458 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:24,960 Speaker 2: themselves of kind of anglerfish. Anglerfish use glowing lures that 459 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:28,960 Speaker 2: attract prey within striking distance, and this particular anglerfish had 460 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:31,880 Speaker 2: never been seen before. Its bright red skin is covered 461 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:34,560 Speaker 2: in small needle like structures, and it has a pattern 462 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:36,960 Speaker 2: of small patches that make it look like the doilies 463 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:39,760 Speaker 2: your grandma put underneath the cake pan. You know, the 464 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:43,879 Speaker 2: ones that smell like cigarettes and racism. It's called the 465 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:46,560 Speaker 2: walking fish because it has modified fins that let it 466 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:50,280 Speaker 2: walk on the seafloor rather than swim. Researchers found this 467 00:25:50,359 --> 00:25:52,960 Speaker 2: fascinating creature on a mountain at the bottom of the ocean. 468 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:56,040 Speaker 2: These sea mounts are kind of like underwater islands. They're 469 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:58,080 Speaker 2: home to many creatures that can only be found on 470 00:25:58,119 --> 00:26:00,920 Speaker 2: those mountains, which puts them at a greater risk of extinction. 471 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:04,240 Speaker 2: Thanks to the one and only Cring Schneider for sending 472 00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:09,440 Speaker 2: us that story. Moving on to another quick hitting legislative 473 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:13,679 Speaker 2: desk strap in, get engaged, pay attention, and we're going 474 00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:16,280 Speaker 2: to have all this info on the website. So if 475 00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:18,800 Speaker 2: you need a reference, you can go to it. But 476 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:21,720 Speaker 2: just remember, you get in a bind, use that old 477 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:29,320 Speaker 2: Google machine. Who is my representative? It's that simple. Legislation 478 00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:37,040 Speaker 2: is just top to the Wyoming House of Representatives past 479 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:40,760 Speaker 2: HB sixty last week, which would jeopardize state game funds. 480 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:43,560 Speaker 2: This bill would give ranch owners the ability to claim 481 00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:46,760 Speaker 2: damages to grazing ground on both private pasture and state 482 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:50,840 Speaker 2: grazing leases. Additionally, the rate of compensation would increase from 483 00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:53,800 Speaker 2: one hundred percent to one hundred and fifty percent of 484 00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:57,440 Speaker 2: fair market value. While private landowners are a crucial part 485 00:26:57,440 --> 00:27:00,640 Speaker 2: of habitat management Wyoming, this isn't the way to address 486 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:04,119 Speaker 2: this issue. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department estimates that 487 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:08,480 Speaker 2: this increased compensation category the grazing land and the increased 488 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:12,080 Speaker 2: compensation rate would cost the department as much as twelve 489 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:15,040 Speaker 2: million dollars annually, more than ten percent of the department's 490 00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:18,080 Speaker 2: yearly budget. Please get in touch with your Wyoming state 491 00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:21,639 Speaker 2: senators and Governor Mark Gordon and ask that they table 492 00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:26,560 Speaker 2: this bill. Hunters will work with you agriculture folks, but 493 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:32,640 Speaker 2: let's start on something a little more reasonable. Colorado lawmakers 494 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:35,000 Speaker 2: are pushing a bill that would reintroduce wolverines to the 495 00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:38,520 Speaker 2: centennial state. We've covered this policy item before, but CBS 496 00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:40,439 Speaker 2: News reported last week that a bill is set to 497 00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:44,400 Speaker 2: be formally introduced. The recent listing of wolverines is federally 498 00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:48,280 Speaker 2: endangered is part of what's catalyzing this renewed push. It's 499 00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:51,960 Speaker 2: also catalyzing a renewed push to keep wolverines out of 500 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:55,920 Speaker 2: the state of Colorado because, as everyone knows that ESA 501 00:27:56,000 --> 00:28:00,920 Speaker 2: protection is our highest level of protection. At times, having 502 00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:05,080 Speaker 2: wolverines or other endangered species on the landscape can greatly 503 00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:09,760 Speaker 2: affect the management of other species in that same area. 504 00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:16,280 Speaker 2: So walk, don't run Colorado. In Kentucky, Senate Bill three 505 00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:19,160 Speaker 2: SB three would strip the Department of Fish and Wildlife 506 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:23,040 Speaker 2: Resources of its independence and sweep it under the control 507 00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:27,160 Speaker 2: of the Department of Agriculture. There are serious questions about 508 00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:29,960 Speaker 2: whether this structure would violate the state constitution, and the 509 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:33,680 Speaker 2: bill is being opposed by a wide coalition of sportsmen's groups, 510 00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:38,280 Speaker 2: including backcountry hunters and anglers, the Congressional Sportsman's Foundation, Sportsmen's Alliance, 511 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:41,800 Speaker 2: among others. Big thanks to Kentucky BHA Vice chair Nick 512 00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:44,480 Speaker 2: Hart for making me aware of this legislation. If you 513 00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:47,280 Speaker 2: haven't already, we had a special drop this week featuring 514 00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:51,040 Speaker 2: Colonel Mike Abele representing Kentucky back country hunters and anglers 515 00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:53,640 Speaker 2: having to do specifically with SB three, so please give 516 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:57,680 Speaker 2: it a listen if you haven't already. The Georgia House 517 00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:01,080 Speaker 2: of Representatives just passed HB nine two, which would allow 518 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:04,080 Speaker 2: hunters to wear fluorescent pink instead of orange while out 519 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:06,320 Speaker 2: in the field. The bill now heads to the Senate. 520 00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:11,720 Speaker 2: That's a valuable use of time. The Minnesota legislature is 521 00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:15,320 Speaker 2: considering a no Junk Fish bill that would systematically reform 522 00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:18,280 Speaker 2: how natives so called junk fish are managed in the state. 523 00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:22,960 Speaker 2: This would include imposing bag limits, establishing restitution values for fish, 524 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:26,600 Speaker 2: illegally harvested or wasted, and making it illegal to transport 525 00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:29,360 Speaker 2: fish over a bag limit or during a close season. 526 00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:31,880 Speaker 2: The bill number in the House is HF four zero 527 00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:34,720 Speaker 2: one five and SF four one four to two in 528 00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:38,000 Speaker 2: the Senate. Thanks to Tyler Winner for sending us in 529 00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:41,360 Speaker 2: this legislation. Tyler is served on the state's Native Fish 530 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:44,280 Speaker 2: Work Group and always keeps us appraised of the push 531 00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:48,120 Speaker 2: to manage junkfish. He is a champion of these species, 532 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:52,000 Speaker 2: and if you haven't had one of Tyler's famous fish balls, 533 00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:54,840 Speaker 2: you should do it. It'll make you think twice a 534 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:58,160 Speaker 2: chucking a sucker on the bank if that's what you 535 00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:02,000 Speaker 2: and your family tend to do. They're awesome fish, provide 536 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:05,160 Speaker 2: a lot of recreational fun, and they're good table fare. 537 00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:07,680 Speaker 2: Two we should just, you know, treat them like a 538 00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:13,360 Speaker 2: regular old fish. Down Mississippi, the state legislature is considering 539 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:16,120 Speaker 2: a bill that would allow wild hogs to be hunted, trapped, 540 00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:18,479 Speaker 2: and taken with the aid of drones. The bill does 541 00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:20,680 Speaker 2: not go into any further detail, but because I know 542 00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:23,920 Speaker 2: you're wondering, it is illegal to attach a firearm to 543 00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:27,719 Speaker 2: a drone. Presumably Mississippi hunters would use drones to locate 544 00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:30,760 Speaker 2: hogs and push them towards other hunters. The bill number 545 00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:36,120 Speaker 2: is SB two six six two. All Right, gang, that's 546 00:30:36,160 --> 00:30:38,360 Speaker 2: all I got for you this week to harp on 547 00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:43,840 Speaker 2: you a little bit more. Okay, part of our recreational 548 00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:48,320 Speaker 2: hunting responsibilities, that thing that makes that T shirt that 549 00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:52,920 Speaker 2: says hunting is conservation true, is weighing in on these 550 00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:56,640 Speaker 2: issues at the state level, at the federal level, it 551 00:30:56,760 --> 00:31:01,120 Speaker 2: does not take much sign those Newslets go to howl 552 00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:04,680 Speaker 2: dot org see what they're doing as far as issues 553 00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:08,040 Speaker 2: that you can use their platform to write into. But 554 00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:13,120 Speaker 2: make those individual emails, make those phone calls, and make 555 00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:17,360 Speaker 2: sure that people around you are aware of these issues 556 00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:21,120 Speaker 2: as well and they are doing the same. In order 557 00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:25,000 Speaker 2: to get bad bills off of the rolls, it takes 558 00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:29,800 Speaker 2: a broad coalition of people. So even if talking about 559 00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:33,160 Speaker 2: hunting and angling politics makes you feel like you stick 560 00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:37,640 Speaker 2: out like a sore thump, right, like a vegetarian in Bloomington, Minnesota, 561 00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:41,239 Speaker 2: for instance, Okay, we need you, We thank you for 562 00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:44,760 Speaker 2: being a part of this big outdoors family, and we 563 00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:47,920 Speaker 2: need you to keep being engaged and talking about this stuff. 564 00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:52,240 Speaker 2: Broad coalitions are what win these fights. We need folks 565 00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:56,480 Speaker 2: that don't do exactly as we do. You may dress 566 00:31:56,480 --> 00:31:58,880 Speaker 2: a little different, may wear your hair a little different, 567 00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:03,160 Speaker 2: You may have a style that doesn't fit in with 568 00:32:03,240 --> 00:32:08,400 Speaker 2: your old man's. But as long as you love wild places, wildlife, 569 00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:11,560 Speaker 2: public lands, and access to them, you got a home here. 570 00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:14,400 Speaker 2: So thanks again and I'll talk to you next week.