1 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 1: From Mediators World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is 2 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 1: Cal's weekend review, presented by Steel Steel products are available 3 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:15,160 Speaker 1: only at authorized dealers. For more, go to Steel Dealers 4 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: dot com. Now here's your host, Ryan cal Callahan. A 5 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:26,240 Speaker 1: couple in Georgia were recently cited for keeping a white 6 00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 1: tail fawn as a pet. They weren't trying to hide 7 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:32,879 Speaker 1: the fawn. It seems that Georgia Wildlife officials learned of 8 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 1: the pair when they received a call from the local 9 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:38,960 Speaker 1: Walmart employees reported a woman carrying a fawn through the 10 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:42,240 Speaker 1: store as she and her partner purchased dog food and milk. 11 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:45,560 Speaker 1: Not a thing surprises me about a white tail fawn 12 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:48,839 Speaker 1: being totaled around like a teacup poodle through Walmart. What 13 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 1: surprises me is that the Walmart wasn't located in Florida. 14 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 1: This week, we've got landlocked Mexican wolves, politics and pits, 15 00:00:57,720 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 1: plus so much more. But first I'm gonna tell you 16 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 1: about my week. And my week was great, well, I mean, 17 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:07,520 Speaker 1: if I'm being on a strikes and gutters. Met up 18 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:12,440 Speaker 1: with my sisters, a couple of them. Anyway, My stepdad, niece, nephew, 19 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:16,400 Speaker 1: seven dogs, in total Friday through Monday. The sun shone 20 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:20,119 Speaker 1: about eight hours and the rain was consistent, not crazy 21 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:23,559 Speaker 1: erosion causing down poor type rain, but a long drawn 22 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 1: out drizzle with a few hours here and there to 23 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:30,000 Speaker 1: remind us what an awning tire rain jacket hood sound 24 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:33,640 Speaker 1: like without the potter of rain. This was the first 25 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 1: voyage of the Black series. HQ twelve camper. I'm testing out. 26 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 1: I broke a couple of things that I later fixed. 27 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 1: I used the toilet, which I was very anxious about. 28 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 1: I ran the heater, dried everything out, slept like a rock. 29 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 1: The camper windows have insulated shades that act as blackout curtains, 30 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 1: making for a real time warp situation. This camper is 31 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 1: not big, but we had plenty of room for my 32 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:02,320 Speaker 1: girlfriend and I snort and trace Atkins. That's the girlfriends 33 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 1: border collie, who prefers to sleep on the top bunk 34 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 1: in order to keep track of everyone from an elevated position. 35 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 1: The reason that I'm anxious about the pooper and the 36 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 1: camper is that I'm very comfortable pooping outside, but in 37 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 1: this particular situation, we had ten pooping campers in one location, 38 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 1: and if you think about the amount of waste three 39 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:27,920 Speaker 1: or four full days of camping creates in one spot 40 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 1: from ten pooping people. It's a lot, and that is 41 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:35,000 Speaker 1: what convinced me to, you know, have to learn about 42 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:37,680 Speaker 1: how to flush an RV black tank, which you know, 43 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:39,760 Speaker 1: I just didn't think i'd be a part of. But 44 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:42,000 Speaker 1: it's a heck of an opportunity to dry out something 45 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 1: new and it's pretty darn fun. Great outdoor kitchen by 46 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:48,919 Speaker 1: the way, in regards to the space of this unit. 47 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 1: At the end of the trip, we had my brother 48 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 1: in law and sister over for a board game and 49 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 1: we all fit pretty darn comfortably. Ended the long weekend 50 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 1: at the battery hour, which for no sunshine on the 51 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:04,920 Speaker 1: solar system must be pretty good. Right, all right, that's 52 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 1: enough camper talk. We got some fish, but the river 53 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:10,400 Speaker 1: was pumping a little too hard for the kids to 54 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:13,639 Speaker 1: have much luck. We pounded the ground looking for mushrooms, 55 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 1: but that river bottom we were in was much too cold. 56 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 1: Ended the weekend with a lot of cribbage, played no 57 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:23,280 Speaker 1: phones or computers, looked at small pile of old shed antlers, 58 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:25,960 Speaker 1: and some kids with new confidence in their ability to 59 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 1: play in the rain. Then on the way home, really. 60 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 1: When exiting camp, my Toyota went into limp mode and 61 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 1: I had to limp on back to Bos Angeles at 62 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:39,000 Speaker 1: a max speed of forty miles on Memorial Day. Plenty 63 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 1: of time to think and appreciate the green grass and 64 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 1: the lack of traffic on a typically busy weekend. And 65 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 1: here's my gripe with this truck. I have known that 66 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 1: an issue exists with this vehicle for three years, and 67 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 1: I have had it into multiple shops getting things tinkered 68 00:03:55,840 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 1: with or replaced to the tune of several thousand dollars. 69 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:01,760 Speaker 1: But the actual issue that I was going in for 70 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 1: was never addressed. And multiple people offer to fully replace 71 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 1: the transmission, which is not an issue because the computer 72 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 1: in the vehicle couldn't cough up the code to tell 73 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 1: the mechanics what to do. So despite my being proactive 74 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:20,919 Speaker 1: on the maintenance and my certainty that the issue existed 75 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:24,520 Speaker 1: with airflow or fuel, I still had to wait until 76 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:28,280 Speaker 1: the truck put us in a precarious and very inconvenient position. 77 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:32,840 Speaker 1: I shake my head at modern technology. And speaking of headshaking, 78 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 1: remember that United Property Owners of Montana lawsuit we talked 79 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:40,520 Speaker 1: about last week. Well, you palm is suing Montana Fishing 80 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 1: Game on the grounds that fish and game laws such 81 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:46,160 Speaker 1: as seasons and harvest limits are a violation of the 82 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 1: state constitution. Well, several conservation groups filed an intervening lawsuit 83 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 1: which basically says that the decision that is to be 84 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:58,000 Speaker 1: made affects much more than those represented by you Palm, 85 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:01,480 Speaker 1: which are very very few, and we the hunting and 86 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:05,040 Speaker 1: fishing and property owning public outside of you Palm need 87 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 1: to be represented as well. If you're interested in learning 88 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 1: more or contributing to the legal fund, go to keep 89 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:18,080 Speaker 1: elk public dot org. That's keep elk public dot org. 90 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:22,839 Speaker 1: Moving on to the public Lands desk, it would be 91 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:25,760 Speaker 1: an understatement to say that the outdoor community has been 92 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:30,159 Speaker 1: concerned about landlocked public land. Led by the Theodore Roosevelt 93 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:33,839 Speaker 1: Conservation Partnership and on x maps, hunters and anglers have 94 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 1: been asking the federal government to unlock those public acres 95 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 1: and make them accessible to everyone who loves the great outdoors. 96 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:44,359 Speaker 1: Now it looks like the Bureau of Land Management is 97 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:47,919 Speaker 1: doing just that. The BLM recently announced that they have 98 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:50,880 Speaker 1: launched an online portal where the public can tell the 99 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:55,680 Speaker 1: agency about landlocked parcels. In their area. As a quick reminder, 100 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 1: the term landlocked describes land that is owned by the 101 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:04,039 Speaker 1: public but cannot be legally accessed. This includes land that 102 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:06,839 Speaker 1: is surrounded by private acres and land that is in 103 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:11,640 Speaker 1: a checkerboard pattern alongside private parcels. According to the trc P, 104 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:15,800 Speaker 1: they're about sixteen million acres of landlocked land in the US. 105 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:19,479 Speaker 1: To identify these parcels and help the public access them, 106 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:22,920 Speaker 1: Congress passed in two thousand nineteen the John D. Dingle 107 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:27,599 Speaker 1: Junior Conservation, Management and Recreation Act. This act requires the 108 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:31,280 Speaker 1: BLM to seek the public's help in identifying landlocked land, 109 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:35,600 Speaker 1: and the public responded. In two thousand twenty, which, if 110 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:38,239 Speaker 1: you recall, was when everyone was distracted with a little 111 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:41,839 Speaker 1: thing called COVID nineteen, the BLM received a whopping six 112 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:45,240 Speaker 1: thousand responses. At that point, the only way to submit 113 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 1: a request was via old fashioned paper and snail mail. 114 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 1: Now the agency is making it even easier. On May 115 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:55,600 Speaker 1: twenty three, they opened an online portal where anyone can 116 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 1: nominate landlocked parcels for consideration. The parcels must be at 117 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:04,080 Speaker 1: least east sixty acres, or one section must consist entirely 118 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:07,520 Speaker 1: of BLM Land and must be at least partially inaccessible 119 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:11,120 Speaker 1: to the public. The BLM will review those nominations over 120 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 1: the next year and submit a list of the top 121 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:17,120 Speaker 1: candidates to Congress. They'll select parcels based in part on 122 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:21,000 Speaker 1: the likelihood of resolving the access issue, and selected parcels 123 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:24,400 Speaker 1: could be opened up via easements, rights of way, or 124 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:27,680 Speaker 1: sales from willing owners. I encourage you to check out 125 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:30,880 Speaker 1: the portal for yourself. It uses an interactive map, which 126 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 1: makes the nomination process even easier. BLM Land is highlighted 127 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 1: in yellow, and you can see the plots that have 128 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 1: already been nominated in blue. The u r L is 129 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:42,280 Speaker 1: too long to read on air, but will include a 130 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 1: link in the episode description. If you have a piece 131 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:48,400 Speaker 1: of land in mind, don't sit around twiddling your thumbs. 132 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:51,040 Speaker 1: The portal will close on June and you'll have to 133 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:54,040 Speaker 1: wait until next year when it opens back up. Now, 134 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:57,560 Speaker 1: I'll tell you right now going through the Land Access 135 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:01,240 Speaker 1: Initiative the Meat Eat Land Access Initiative website. We have 136 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:05,920 Speaker 1: had a lot of submissions that link back to these situations. 137 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 1: Listeners you are aware of them, Please go to the 138 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:14,520 Speaker 1: BLM website and submit those parcels that you referenced and 139 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:18,239 Speaker 1: sent me to the BLM. Let's work on this together. 140 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 1: It's a great resource. Let's make it happen. Moving on 141 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:27,720 Speaker 1: to the wolf desk, protectionist groups are up in arms 142 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:30,760 Speaker 1: over new proposed changes to how the federal government manages 143 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:34,880 Speaker 1: the Mexican gray wolf population in southern Arizona and New Mexico. 144 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:38,520 Speaker 1: As per usual with wolf issues, there's been lots of 145 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:42,079 Speaker 1: misinformation floating around. And don't worry, we'll get to all 146 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:44,720 Speaker 1: that fun stuff in a minute. But first you should 147 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:47,000 Speaker 1: know a little more about the history of these wolves 148 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 1: and their recovery in the US. The Mexican gray wolf 149 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:53,800 Speaker 1: is a subspecies of wolf whose historical range ran from 150 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:57,640 Speaker 1: the southwestern US borderlines through in central Mexico. In the 151 00:08:57,679 --> 00:09:00,800 Speaker 1: early twentieth century, the US government more or less wiped 152 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:03,560 Speaker 1: out this smaller cousin of the gray wolf, and the 153 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:07,160 Speaker 1: subspecies was listed under the Endangered Species Act in nineteen 154 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:10,800 Speaker 1: seventy six. Between nineteen seventy seven and nineteen eighty, the 155 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:13,679 Speaker 1: U s Fish and Wildlife Service started a captive breeding 156 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 1: program with seven individuals. All Mexican gray wolves alive today 157 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:23,240 Speaker 1: are descended from those seven wolves. Fast forward to when 158 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:26,120 Speaker 1: the U. S. Fishing Wildlife Service placed eleven Mexican gray 159 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:30,079 Speaker 1: wolves in the wild in southern Arizona and New Mexico. Today, 160 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:32,440 Speaker 1: there are about one hundred and ninety six of these 161 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:35,360 Speaker 1: wolves in the US, which is about twice as many 162 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:38,600 Speaker 1: wolves as live in Yellowstone National Park, which you know, 163 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:42,000 Speaker 1: begs the question why is everybody so wrapped up about 164 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:44,920 Speaker 1: wolves and Yellowstone National Park? We'll get to that later. 165 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 1: To the population has been growing on its own, but 166 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:51,520 Speaker 1: biologists have been improving the genetic diversity of this small 167 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:56,840 Speaker 1: wild population through a technique called cross fostering. Cross fostering 168 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:59,559 Speaker 1: is when wolf pups are born in captivity and then 169 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:02,120 Speaker 1: placed with a mother in the wild who already has 170 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 1: a litter of the same age. Believe it or not, 171 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:07,120 Speaker 1: the mother doesn't seem to notice when she suddenly has 172 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:11,080 Speaker 1: six pups instead of four. Biologists approached the den and 173 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:13,720 Speaker 1: when the mother leaves, they gather all the pups, both 174 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:17,120 Speaker 1: wild and otherwise, on a tarp. They mix them together 175 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:19,160 Speaker 1: and rub them with dirt and leaves. If one of 176 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 1: the pups urinates, they make sure all of them get 177 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:25,360 Speaker 1: a sprints. A little fred Grance Decana day if you will, 178 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:28,720 Speaker 1: then they return the pups to the den. When the 179 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:31,719 Speaker 1: mother comes back, she's none the wiser. Either that or 180 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:35,240 Speaker 1: Mexican gray wolf mothers are charitable animals and don't mind 181 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:38,480 Speaker 1: taking in a few strays. We don't really know. This 182 00:10:38,559 --> 00:10:42,480 Speaker 1: brings us to the current controversy. For reasons that remain unclear, 183 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:47,400 Speaker 1: protectionist groups are unhappy with cross fostering. Instead of inserting 184 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:50,719 Speaker 1: pups into den's the Center for Biological Diversity wants the 185 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:54,160 Speaker 1: US Fish and Wildlife Service to release entire family units 186 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:57,840 Speaker 1: of captive raised Mexican gray wolves onto the landscape. They 187 00:10:57,880 --> 00:11:01,280 Speaker 1: think this will increase the population more quickly and lead 188 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:05,199 Speaker 1: to greater genetic diversity, because, as we all know, animals 189 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:08,640 Speaker 1: raised in cages do great in the wild, especially when 190 00:11:08,679 --> 00:11:10,400 Speaker 1: they're just kicked out on the side of the road. 191 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:14,640 Speaker 1: The Center for Biological Diversity was unhappy when the United 192 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 1: States Fish and Wildlife Service did not commit to this 193 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:21,080 Speaker 1: strategy and their new proposals. There's only one problem, actually 194 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:24,960 Speaker 1: a bunch of problems, according to Jim Heffelfinger. Heffelfinger is 195 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:28,560 Speaker 1: the Wildlife Science coordinator at the Arizona Game and Fish Department, 196 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:32,920 Speaker 1: and he's been intimately involved in this recovery project. There's 197 00:11:32,920 --> 00:11:35,920 Speaker 1: some protectionist groups that don't like the recovery plan because 198 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:39,240 Speaker 1: they wanted to see unlimited number of wolves in every 199 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:41,440 Speaker 1: place the wolf ever was, and they don't care at 200 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:46,199 Speaker 1: all about impact the population or to stakeholders that live 201 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:49,520 Speaker 1: and work on the ground. If these groups think introducing 202 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:52,840 Speaker 1: captive adult wolves will accomplish this goal, I have bad 203 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:56,080 Speaker 1: news for them. Biologists have tried it, and eight of 204 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:59,000 Speaker 1: the last nine adults they've released from captivity failed to 205 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:02,080 Speaker 1: contribute any to the gene pool. The one wolf that 206 00:12:02,120 --> 00:12:04,760 Speaker 1: did was already pregnant, and the US Fish and Wildlife 207 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:07,080 Speaker 1: Service had to bring her back in because her mate 208 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:10,960 Speaker 1: abandoned her. Captive wolves have been habituated to people, so 209 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:14,920 Speaker 1: they getting more trouble than wild wolves. This understandably ticks 210 00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:18,920 Speaker 1: off Ranchers and reduce his support for the wolf recovery program. 211 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:23,319 Speaker 1: The last thing we need if we're concerned about stakeholders, 212 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:26,080 Speaker 1: we were concerned about tolerance of wolves in the landscape. 213 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:28,280 Speaker 1: The last thing we need is to throw open the 214 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:31,320 Speaker 1: zoo gates and release a whole bunch of habituated new 215 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:35,359 Speaker 1: animals out onto the landscape. On the other hand, biologists 216 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:38,080 Speaker 1: have shown that cross fostering works. They select pups that 217 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:41,160 Speaker 1: will be most beneficial to the gene pool, and so far, 218 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:44,440 Speaker 1: thirteen of the pups they've placed have reached breeding age. 219 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:48,720 Speaker 1: What's more, once they stopped releasing adults and started cross fostering, 220 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:52,400 Speaker 1: the population numbers started to rise. They've seen an average 221 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:56,400 Speaker 1: annual increase of fourteen in the population since two thousand nine. 222 00:12:56,800 --> 00:13:00,120 Speaker 1: We've got a successful program going and each year we 223 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:03,520 Speaker 1: document new records and the number of wolves, the number 224 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:06,520 Speaker 1: of adult wolves, the number of puppies born. The other 225 00:13:06,559 --> 00:13:09,240 Speaker 1: big news coming out of the updated recovery plan is 226 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:12,080 Speaker 1: that the US Fish and Wildlife Service supposedly got rid 227 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:15,200 Speaker 1: of the population cap. At least that's what you heard 228 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:18,400 Speaker 1: if you read most media reports. The Associated Press, for example, 229 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:22,120 Speaker 1: claimed that the population cap had been eliminated. The Center 230 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:24,960 Speaker 1: for Biological Diversity took a victory lap at this news 231 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:28,720 Speaker 1: and claimed that the planned massacre had been avoided. The 232 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:33,560 Speaker 1: reality is less hyperbolic. Prior to having an updated recovery plan, 233 00:13:33,679 --> 00:13:37,640 Speaker 1: the rules governing recovery set a limit of three wolves 234 00:13:37,679 --> 00:13:40,960 Speaker 1: on the landscape. It was technically a population cap, but 235 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:43,400 Speaker 1: no one was planning to start shooting wolves once they 236 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:45,640 Speaker 1: reached it, and they put that in at the time, 237 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:49,160 Speaker 1: knowing that when the recovery plan was published, we'll come 238 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:51,600 Speaker 1: back and fix that number with whatever the scientists came 239 00:13:51,679 --> 00:13:54,960 Speaker 1: up with. The new goal is a three twenty wolf 240 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:59,240 Speaker 1: minimum average over eight years, among other criteria. Once they 241 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:02,240 Speaker 1: exceed that, along with other goals related to the number 242 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:05,160 Speaker 1: of cross fostered pups, the Mexican gray wolves will be 243 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:09,200 Speaker 1: considered safe from extinction. At that point, Mexican wolves will 244 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:12,559 Speaker 1: be recovered in the US, and if a second population 245 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:16,080 Speaker 1: in Mexico achieves their goals, agencies will begin the process 246 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:19,760 Speaker 1: of taking Mexican wolves off the endangered species list. The 247 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:22,720 Speaker 1: US Fish and Wildlife Service hopes they'll reach that goal 248 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:25,400 Speaker 1: by two thousand twenty eight, but at this point that 249 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:28,920 Speaker 1: looks unlikely. I know, I haven't touched on the elephant 250 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:32,040 Speaker 1: in the room. How the Mexican gray wolf reintroduction will 251 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:36,400 Speaker 1: affect hunters and game populations. That's a conversation for another day, 252 00:14:36,520 --> 00:14:38,520 Speaker 1: and I think I've already talked your ear off on 253 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:41,920 Speaker 1: this topic. I will say this, we count ourselves as 254 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:45,200 Speaker 1: hunter conservationists. We should be open to all efforts to 255 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:48,480 Speaker 1: conserve wild species, not just the ones we want to hunt. 256 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:51,960 Speaker 1: That will help ensure continued support for hunters among the 257 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:55,840 Speaker 1: general population and make sure we stay consistent with our values. 258 00:14:56,240 --> 00:15:00,240 Speaker 1: The Mexican gray wolves conservation story is fascinating. I love 259 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:04,360 Speaker 1: digging into it. I gotta say one more thing. There 260 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:08,440 Speaker 1: is nothing that we do as hunter conservationists in regards 261 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:12,560 Speaker 1: to habitat that only benefits one species. If we were 262 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:15,880 Speaker 1: to do that, we'd be talking about high fence situations. 263 00:15:16,160 --> 00:15:20,240 Speaker 1: We wouldn't be talking about the amazing uncertainty and diversity 264 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:26,000 Speaker 1: of nature. That diversity is what supports all forms of wildlife. 265 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:29,280 Speaker 1: If you're solely focused on white tail, the thing that 266 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:33,400 Speaker 1: makes white tails big and awesome is a huge diversity 267 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:37,680 Speaker 1: of plant species and covers. Those plant species and covers 268 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:41,080 Speaker 1: host a variety of wildlife that you will need to 269 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:45,680 Speaker 1: help proliferate alongside your big racked white tail bucks. That's 270 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:48,680 Speaker 1: how nature works. To that point, you should be invested 271 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:51,920 Speaker 1: in wolf recovery. It's super cool stuff. I'll tell you. 272 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:55,120 Speaker 1: As a longtime elk hunter here in Montana and Idaho, 273 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:57,360 Speaker 1: I've been through it all. When it comes to wolves, 274 00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:01,360 Speaker 1: I've seen plenty. I've heard plenty, been around plenty, and 275 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:04,440 Speaker 1: I still put a lot of elk steaks in the freezer. 276 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:12,400 Speaker 1: Moving on, legislative sessions are over in most states, but 277 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:14,880 Speaker 1: that doesn't mean it's time to relax. Phish and Game 278 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:18,520 Speaker 1: commissions are still considering new rules and policies, and we've 279 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:21,400 Speaker 1: got to make sure our voices are heard. In South 280 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:25,040 Speaker 1: Dakota Big cock country, there's a big debate brewing between 281 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:27,960 Speaker 1: folks who like to target pen raised pheasants at shooting 282 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:30,880 Speaker 1: preserves and those who like to, you know, go hunt 283 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:34,640 Speaker 1: the wild ones. South Dakota Public Broadcasting published a great 284 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:38,280 Speaker 1: article outlining the controversy, but I'll give you the spark notes. 285 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:41,320 Speaker 1: Pen raised pheasants are bred on a farm and sold 286 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:44,120 Speaker 1: the shooting preserves, who guarantee that their patrons will have 287 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:47,400 Speaker 1: a successful hunt. I get the business model, but some 288 00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:51,360 Speaker 1: South Dakotans are concerned that growing trends towards shooting preserves 289 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:54,680 Speaker 1: is harming the wild native populations of birds already on 290 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:57,680 Speaker 1: the landscape. The South Dakota Department of Game and Fish 291 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:00,920 Speaker 1: stopped counting the pheasant population in two thousan nineteen as 292 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:03,400 Speaker 1: part of a larger effort by the Tourism department to 293 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:06,159 Speaker 1: attract more hunters to the state. They didn't want to 294 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:09,280 Speaker 1: discourage hunters from coming to South Dakota with reports of 295 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:13,240 Speaker 1: diminishing pheasant population, and they encourage these shooting preserves to 296 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:16,600 Speaker 1: attract tourists looking for an easy hunt. The state is 297 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:20,040 Speaker 1: still managing and trying to expand pheasant habitat, and shooting 298 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:23,160 Speaker 1: preserves argue that they're helping the population by putting more 299 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:26,240 Speaker 1: birds on the landscape. Of course, if you listen to 300 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:29,320 Speaker 1: the podcast or have even a little common sense, you 301 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:33,400 Speaker 1: know that pen raised birds have incredibly low survival rates 302 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:36,320 Speaker 1: in the wild. That being said, if you put enough 303 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:40,640 Speaker 1: of them out in good habitat and you're doing predator 304 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:45,199 Speaker 1: control work at the same time, those rates increase and 305 00:17:45,359 --> 00:17:49,760 Speaker 1: some birds can survive. This just comes at great cost 306 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:54,080 Speaker 1: compared to creating great habitat for already wild birds. If 307 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:56,520 Speaker 1: this is a topic that interests you, get in touch 308 00:17:56,560 --> 00:17:59,280 Speaker 1: with South Dakota Game and Fish, or contact the Office 309 00:17:59,359 --> 00:18:01,920 Speaker 1: of South Dakot to Governor Christie no M and let 310 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:04,359 Speaker 1: the governor know where you like to spend your money 311 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:08,640 Speaker 1: and what type of pheasants you like to chase over 312 00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:12,320 Speaker 1: in Virginia, private property owners have launched a lawsuit against 313 00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:16,000 Speaker 1: hound hunters. Virginia law allows hunters who hunt with dogs 314 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:18,840 Speaker 1: to retrieve their dogs from private property even if the 315 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:22,080 Speaker 1: property is posted with no trespassing signs or the owner 316 00:18:22,119 --> 00:18:26,040 Speaker 1: has denied access. The law prohibits all hunters except fox 317 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:29,800 Speaker 1: and coon hunters, from bringing firearms or bows onto the property, 318 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:33,160 Speaker 1: and the lawsuit doesn't claim that hunters are actually killing 319 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:37,480 Speaker 1: animals without permission. But landowners argue in the lawsuit that 320 00:18:37,560 --> 00:18:40,040 Speaker 1: the law amounts to a violation of the Fifth Amendment 321 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:44,560 Speaker 1: of the Constitution. That amendment stipulates that private property cannot 322 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:49,040 Speaker 1: be taken for public use without just compensation. They claim, 323 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:53,000 Speaker 1: by forcing landowners to allow dogs and hunters on their property, 324 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:57,520 Speaker 1: Virginia's law does exactly that, according to this lawsuit. We'll 325 00:18:57,520 --> 00:18:59,840 Speaker 1: come back to this issue in future episodes, but I've 326 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:02,520 Speaker 1: open with hound hunters in Virginia who say that most 327 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:06,320 Speaker 1: hunters asked for permission already before retrieving their dogs. It's 328 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:09,399 Speaker 1: also worth noting that the lawsuit itself describes only a 329 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:13,280 Speaker 1: few specific instances when dogs were destructive. Several of the 330 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:17,600 Speaker 1: specific examples cited are simply hunters entering property without asking, 331 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:21,480 Speaker 1: retrieving their dogs and leaving not exactly brazen acts of 332 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:25,600 Speaker 1: property destruction or a real justification for overturning the law. 333 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:29,119 Speaker 1: This type of situation makes me wonder how many of 334 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:34,679 Speaker 1: these overreaching government laws that only go back to disputes 335 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:37,879 Speaker 1: between bad neighbors. Let's do some work on the ground 336 00:19:38,119 --> 00:19:42,440 Speaker 1: on being a good neighbor. In Wyoming, the state's Game 337 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:45,240 Speaker 1: and Fish Commission has decided to cut prong horn licenses 338 00:19:45,280 --> 00:19:48,040 Speaker 1: by eight thousand and mule deer tags by thirty three 339 00:19:48,280 --> 00:19:51,440 Speaker 1: d The Wyoming Game and Fish Department recommended the change 340 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:54,119 Speaker 1: in light of the drought, will limit future shrub growth. 341 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:57,520 Speaker 1: The opportunity to comment on that rule has passed, but 342 00:19:57,680 --> 00:19:59,879 Speaker 1: Wyoming i it's can still weigh in on how this 343 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:03,720 Speaker 1: state will manage an overpopulation of elk, especially on private land. 344 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:06,400 Speaker 1: The Game and Fish Department is trying to figure out 345 00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:09,720 Speaker 1: how to issue hunting licenses to dislodge elk from ranch 346 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:12,520 Speaker 1: land refugees. Get in touch with your local Game and 347 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:17,400 Speaker 1: Fish office and let them know what you think. In California, 348 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:20,480 Speaker 1: legislators have resurrected a bill that would impose a ten 349 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:24,240 Speaker 1: to eleven percent state sales tax on all firearms and ammunition. 350 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:27,159 Speaker 1: This bill failed to advance in two thousand twenty one, 351 00:20:27,359 --> 00:20:30,960 Speaker 1: but supporters used what's called a gut and amend procedure 352 00:20:31,119 --> 00:20:33,840 Speaker 1: to insert the language of this bill into another bill 353 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:36,960 Speaker 1: that tend to eleven percent sales tax wouldn't be going 354 00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:40,120 Speaker 1: to conservation or the State Fish and Game Agency. State 355 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:42,439 Speaker 1: lawmakers want to take that money and use it to 356 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:46,640 Speaker 1: combat violent crime, though it's unclear exactly how. If you'd 357 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:49,840 Speaker 1: like to weigh in, contact your California lawmakers and tell 358 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:53,119 Speaker 1: them what you think about a B one two to seven. 359 00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:57,720 Speaker 1: In Rhode Island, the House of Representatives is about to 360 00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:00,800 Speaker 1: consider a bill that would clarify the rule that governed 361 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:04,479 Speaker 1: public access to the shoreline. The current precedent set by 362 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:07,440 Speaker 1: the state Supreme Court says that the public can access 363 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:11,680 Speaker 1: the shoreline along private property up to the mean high tideline, 364 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:14,360 Speaker 1: but because no one knows exactly where the mean high 365 00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:17,679 Speaker 1: tide line is located, that standard has done nothing but 366 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:21,399 Speaker 1: cause confusion and pay the salaries of expensive lawyers. I 367 00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:23,879 Speaker 1: won't get into it here, but a minor pop music 368 00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:27,800 Speaker 1: star named Taylor Swift has found herself caught in this controversy. 369 00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:30,399 Speaker 1: You can look that one up for yourself, probably when 370 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:33,919 Speaker 1: you're on the toilet. Nothing against t swift, but you 371 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:37,879 Speaker 1: know bigger fish to fry. Rhode Island Bill eight zero 372 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:40,960 Speaker 1: five five A aims to fix this mess by setting 373 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:43,879 Speaker 1: the boundary to public access at six ft inland the 374 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:49,640 Speaker 1: clearly observable seaweed line so long as passable natural shoreline exists. 375 00:21:50,119 --> 00:21:52,159 Speaker 1: If you live in Rhode Island, get in touch with 376 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:55,200 Speaker 1: your duly elected in the state legislature about h eight 377 00:21:55,440 --> 00:22:00,440 Speaker 1: zero five five A. This bill is guaranteed if PAS 378 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:05,440 Speaker 1: to lose public access to public shoreline. In North Carolina, 379 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:09,360 Speaker 1: state legislators are trying to repeal a Wildlife Resource Commission 380 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:13,280 Speaker 1: decision that will permit bear hunting on three bear management units. 381 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:17,159 Speaker 1: If you recall from episode one fifty nine, legislators have 382 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:20,600 Speaker 1: the option to introduce the anti bear hunting bill after 383 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:23,640 Speaker 1: they receive more than ten letters opposing the new rule. 384 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:27,399 Speaker 1: If the legislature passes the bill, they will be overriding 385 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:31,600 Speaker 1: the Wildlife Resource Commission decision and reducing bear hunting opportunities 386 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:34,320 Speaker 1: in the state. If you live in the tire Heel state, 387 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:37,439 Speaker 1: get in touch with your representatives and voice your opposition 388 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:40,920 Speaker 1: to House Bill one zero seven two. That's HB one 389 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:46,000 Speaker 1: zero seven to finally over at the federal desk, the 390 00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:49,600 Speaker 1: Environmental Protection Agency nor the e p A is proposing 391 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:53,119 Speaker 1: new rules that would protect the Bristol Bay Watershed in Alaska. 392 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:56,920 Speaker 1: The new rule would finalize permanent protections under the Clean 393 00:22:56,920 --> 00:23:01,359 Speaker 1: Water Act and effectively and the possibility the infamous Pebble Mind. 394 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:05,359 Speaker 1: The Biden administration is arguing that the mind's construction and 395 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:09,600 Speaker 1: operation would result in waste discharges into the water, which 396 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:12,919 Speaker 1: would result in a loss of fish habitat. The public 397 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:16,480 Speaker 1: comment period is open until July five, and back Country 398 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:20,399 Speaker 1: Hunters and Anglers is collecting petition signatures under the take 399 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:25,440 Speaker 1: action button on their website. Please go do both public 400 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:28,760 Speaker 1: comments are accounted. Make some phone calls as well. This 401 00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:32,600 Speaker 1: is a big deal. Moving on to your real call 402 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:35,920 Speaker 1: to action. All right, everybody buckle up and pay attention. 403 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:39,920 Speaker 1: I know I started off the episode by making fun 404 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:43,960 Speaker 1: of Georgia slightly, but now we're in resurrection mode. Okay. 405 00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:47,040 Speaker 1: If you've been following Cow's weekend review, you know that 406 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:50,960 Speaker 1: we're currently accepting submissions for our land access initiative. We're 407 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:53,240 Speaker 1: looking for a parcel of land or an easement that 408 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:56,080 Speaker 1: we can purchase to permanently secure public access to hunting 409 00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:59,720 Speaker 1: and fishing and other outdoor recreation. I recently learned about 410 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:01,760 Speaker 1: a piece the land in Georgia that would be an 411 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:06,600 Speaker 1: ideal candidate if we can raise one billion dollars. Thanks 412 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:09,119 Speaker 1: to Billy Haymes and Graham Holly for bringing this to 413 00:24:09,119 --> 00:24:13,000 Speaker 1: my attention. The Pine Log Wildlife Management Area is a 414 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:16,480 Speaker 1: short one hour drive north of Atlanta. It's a fourteen 415 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:20,040 Speaker 1: thousand acre property that outdoor enthusiasts have used for many 416 00:24:20,119 --> 00:24:23,919 Speaker 1: years to hunt, fish, camp, hike, and horseback ride. To 417 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,440 Speaker 1: have such a large plot of public land so close 418 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:30,359 Speaker 1: to a major city is unique, especially in an eastern state, 419 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:33,120 Speaker 1: without the massive tracks of public land we have here 420 00:24:33,119 --> 00:24:36,960 Speaker 1: out west. Here's the problem. The state doesn't actually own 421 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:39,359 Speaker 1: the land. It's been leased to the state by the 422 00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:42,760 Speaker 1: Aubrey Corporation and they just put the property up for sale. 423 00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:46,560 Speaker 1: Now it's anyone's guess what will happen to the land. 424 00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:49,639 Speaker 1: The Rome News Tribune reports that the property could be 425 00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:53,600 Speaker 1: used for anything from residential development to industrial warehousing, to 426 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:58,199 Speaker 1: agriculture to mining. The continued expansion north of Atlanta and 427 00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:00,720 Speaker 1: the growth that the areas experienced over the past five 428 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:05,120 Speaker 1: years made it a logical decision to exit monolithically, said 429 00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:09,040 Speaker 1: Robert Neil, manager member of the Aubrey Corporation. I'm not 430 00:25:09,119 --> 00:25:11,760 Speaker 1: fluid in corporate ease, but I think I can roughly 431 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:15,920 Speaker 1: translate that statement. Basically, the Greater Atlanta area is expanding 432 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:19,320 Speaker 1: north along Interstate seventy five, and the Aubrey Corporation knows 433 00:25:19,359 --> 00:25:22,840 Speaker 1: it's sitting on a gold mine like the Beverly Hillbillies, 434 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:25,720 Speaker 1: but with hunting and fishing land instead of oil. The 435 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:28,400 Speaker 1: company is trying to sell the total nineteen thousand acre 436 00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:31,680 Speaker 1: plot for over one billion dollars, which, if my math 437 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:35,280 Speaker 1: is correct, is about fifty dollars an acre. I reached 438 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:37,359 Speaker 1: out to the Georgia d n R and they said 439 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:40,880 Speaker 1: in an email that they're working hard to investigate all 440 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:45,520 Speaker 1: opportunities to provide public recreational access on this property into 441 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:49,840 Speaker 1: the future. I hope they're successful. If not, Georgians are 442 00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:52,840 Speaker 1: set to lose some great hunting and fishing land. Billy 443 00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:56,240 Speaker 1: Joe Hayes and his brother Robert have been hunting dubbed turkey, 444 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:59,159 Speaker 1: white tail and ducks on this property for about fifteen years. 445 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:02,040 Speaker 1: They told me that losing access would force them to 446 00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:05,000 Speaker 1: drive another half an hour to another smaller w m A. 447 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:08,480 Speaker 1: It would also increase traffic on those other w m 448 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:11,680 Speaker 1: A s as hot Lander residents look to get into 449 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:15,080 Speaker 1: the outdoors. Barring some kind of a miracle, I don't 450 00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:17,439 Speaker 1: think the land access initiative is going to raise one 451 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:20,560 Speaker 1: billion dollars in the next few months. Jeff Bezos, if 452 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:23,119 Speaker 1: you're listening, give me a call. But there are lots 453 00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:26,240 Speaker 1: of properties like the Pine Log w m A out there. 454 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:29,080 Speaker 1: The public is at risk of losing access. We've got 455 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:33,560 Speaker 1: to be proactive. Hunters and conservationists step up, do something 456 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:36,320 Speaker 1: about it. If you're in Georgia, reach out to your 457 00:26:36,359 --> 00:26:38,880 Speaker 1: duly elected and the d n R. Let them know 458 00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:42,639 Speaker 1: how important these open spaces are to you. I'm not 459 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:44,520 Speaker 1: sure what they'll be able to do about a private 460 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:46,720 Speaker 1: land sale, but I do know there's a heck of 461 00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:49,639 Speaker 1: a lot of money in Georgia. There's a possibility of 462 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:52,960 Speaker 1: figuring it out. And keep in mind how serious this 463 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:57,520 Speaker 1: situation is. Again, these folks, Billy Joe Hayes and his 464 00:26:57,560 --> 00:27:00,919 Speaker 1: brother Robert just told you every one where they like 465 00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:04,199 Speaker 1: to hunting fish because it's so important for them to 466 00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:08,080 Speaker 1: maintain access, not just for them, but for everybody in 467 00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:11,880 Speaker 1: the hunting in England world. That's a crisis. That's all 468 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:14,160 Speaker 1: I've got for you this week. Thank you so much 469 00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:18,080 Speaker 1: for listening. And remember, if your need of a clean, quiet, 470 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:21,760 Speaker 1: battery operated chainsaw, something to throw underneath your truck seat, 471 00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:25,320 Speaker 1: but still do real work with, go to www dot 472 00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:28,800 Speaker 1: steel Dealers dot com and find a local, knowledgeable steel 473 00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:31,080 Speaker 1: dealer near you. They're gonna get you set up with 474 00:27:31,119 --> 00:27:32,600 Speaker 1: what you need and they won't try to send you 475 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:35,119 Speaker 1: home with what you don't. And last, but not least, 476 00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:36,840 Speaker 1: let me know what's going on in your neck of 477 00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:39,440 Speaker 1: the woods by writing in to a s k c 478 00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:43,800 Speaker 1: a L. That's asked Cal at the Meat Eater dot com. 479 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:45,880 Speaker 1: Thanks again, I'll talk to you next week.