1 00:00:02,800 --> 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 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:15,160 Speaker 1: only at authorized dealers. For more, go to Steel Dealers 4 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 1: dot com. Now here's your host, ran Cal Callahan. Parts 5 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:25,919 Speaker 1: of South Florida are under quarantine after officials sounded the 6 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:30,480 Speaker 1: alarm about an invasion of giant African land snails. Don't worry, 7 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:33,920 Speaker 1: they won't be here for some time. I mean they're here, 8 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 1: but you know that's a snail joke. They move slow. 9 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:39,840 Speaker 1: Giant African land snails can grow to be nearly eight 10 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 1: inches long, and they eat at least five hundred different 11 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:46,919 Speaker 1: types of plants. Even more terrifying to South Florida residents, 12 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:49,600 Speaker 1: and I swear I'm not making this up. They've also 13 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 1: been known to consume plaster and stucco off of buildings, which, 14 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 1: if you were affected by the hurricanes last season, you 15 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 1: probably don't need a new critter to in your home. 16 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:04,640 Speaker 1: I mean, you're in Florida, you have carpenter rats, termites, mold, 17 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:08,560 Speaker 1: and humidity already. The snails are native to East Africa 18 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:11,959 Speaker 1: and considered a dangerous invasive in the US. They've been 19 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:14,960 Speaker 1: in Florida since the nineteen sixties, where they pose threats 20 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 1: to agriculture and human health. The Florida Department of Agriculture 21 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:21,480 Speaker 1: calls them quote one of the most damaging snails in 22 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:25,560 Speaker 1: the world. The species was supposedly eradicated twice in the state, 23 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 1: once in the nineteen seventies and then again just a 24 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 1: few years ago, but now it's been found in Lee 25 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:35,400 Speaker 1: and Pasco Counties, where residents are under strict instructions not 26 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 1: to move snails, plants, soil, or yard waste outside those counties. 27 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:44,560 Speaker 1: South Floridians are not only concerned about their palm trees, plaster, 28 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 1: and azaleas. Giant African land snails have also been known 29 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 1: to carry a particularly nasty pathogen called a rat lung worm. 30 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 1: This parasitic worm can cause meningitis in humans, which, if 31 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:59,000 Speaker 1: you recall from past episodes of The Week in Review, 32 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:03,200 Speaker 1: several people have died horrible deaths after eating carriers of 33 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 1: the rat lung worm, like slugs and snails on seemingly 34 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:11,360 Speaker 1: harmless dares. So if you see an especially large snail 35 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 1: slithering on the sidewalk near Tampa or Fort Myers, don't 36 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:17,679 Speaker 1: encourage your friend to eat it because you think it'd 37 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 1: be funny. Do everyone a favor instead and grab the salt. 38 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 1: This week we've got some housekeeping legislations and the crime desk. 39 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 1: But first I'm going to tell you about my week, 40 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 1: which was awesome. Hopped flight down to Florida, where I 41 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 1: met up with my good friend and artist Ed Anderson. 42 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:38,360 Speaker 1: Ed had rounded up several of his buddies to fish 43 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:42,080 Speaker 1: with Captain Lacy Kelly at a Home Assassa, Reeves Carlyle 44 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 1: Off of Marcos Island, and Brian Neil, who drove all 45 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 1: the way down from Thunderbolt, Georgia, which is a phenomenal 46 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 1: name of a town I never knew existed. We fished fairly, seriously, 47 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 1: supported the local economy, and generally just had a good time. 48 00:02:57,120 --> 00:03:00,480 Speaker 1: If you're looking for Tarpan on Marcos Island, give a call. 49 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 1: He knows his stuff. He grew up there. If you're 50 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 1: looking for Tarpan a little further north like Home Assassa, 51 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:09,480 Speaker 1: give Lacy Kelly a shout. And if you're ever in 52 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 1: the Greater Savannah area and just need a little space, 53 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 1: give Brian a call at Low Country Drifters. He does 54 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:20,800 Speaker 1: eco tours up there and He's insanely gifted at hanging 55 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 1: out with humans, lots of historical knowledge. You get to 56 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 1: see Savannah and the Barrier Islands from the water ditch 57 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:30,919 Speaker 1: the people. You may even find a Megalodon tooth, which 58 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 1: is part of the reason I'm gonna line a trip 59 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 1: up with him. Veteran owned and operated awesome. If you're 60 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 1: sick of the shout outs, I get it, But when 61 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 1: you get a weekend to just hang out with a 62 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 1: bunch of great folks, I will not apologize for giving 63 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 1: blatant shoutouts. Give him a call. Quick fishing story. We 64 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 1: found tarpan and that was a blast. We landed one, 65 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 1: but jumped a couple more. Watching big fish and gulf 66 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 1: A teeny tiny fly will always be as I've hit 67 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 1: all the super cool facts about Turpin on this podcast enough, 68 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 1: but if you want to do some research on your own, 69 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 1: just look up obligate air breather and fish in the 70 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 1: Fossil Record, Living fossils anyway. I also talked old Ed 71 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:18,040 Speaker 1: into hitting the water after hours to fish docklights for snook. 72 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:22,039 Speaker 1: Much to my surprise, certain individuals do not like this. 73 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 1: I don't know why. It's very strange to me, but 74 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 1: we got I can't really say yelled at, but talked 75 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:33,119 Speaker 1: at by an old codger sitting in the dark warned 76 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:36,320 Speaker 1: us not to hit his underwater docklight, which people put 77 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 1: out underwater dock lights to attract baitfish, which in turn 78 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:44,359 Speaker 1: attract bigger, more fun fish like the snook we were after. Now, 79 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:47,919 Speaker 1: I totally agree that breaking people stuff is bad, but 80 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:51,040 Speaker 1: we were throwing tiny flies that stay in the top 81 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:53,800 Speaker 1: eighteen inches of the water column, and the docklight was 82 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:57,280 Speaker 1: probably submerged at least ten feet on the bottom, so 83 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 1: I deduced that the warning was not about the light anyway. 84 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:05,039 Speaker 1: That was strange to me. If I was a retiree 85 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:07,960 Speaker 1: on some backcanal in Florida, I would have a light 86 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 1: array specifically set up to attract as much bait and 87 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 1: fisherman as possible. After all, the second best thing to 88 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:20,599 Speaker 1: catching fish is watching somebody else catch one. Also brush 89 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:24,200 Speaker 1: for bucks April eighth, outside of Mountain Home, Idaho. The 90 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:27,839 Speaker 1: Hushing Crew First Light Mule Deer Foundation, along with Idaho 91 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:32,960 Speaker 1: Fishing Game have a great volunteer slash pay it Forward opportunity. 92 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:37,839 Speaker 1: You'll get some swag, including a real deal limited edition 93 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:42,000 Speaker 1: ed Anderson cap or T shirt, a bisonberger and mule 94 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 1: deer knowledge by restoring mule deer winter range. I'll be 95 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:48,160 Speaker 1: there too, and I'm bringing as much of the crew 96 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 1: with me as I can. For more information, check out 97 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 1: first light dot com. Moving on to the corrections desk, 98 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:00,400 Speaker 1: in episode two oh three, I told you about two 99 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 1: Wisconsin legislators who are pushing a bill that would require 100 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:07,120 Speaker 1: a population goal in the next wolf management plan. In 101 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:10,320 Speaker 1: that segment, I incorrectly stated that the current plan calls 102 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 1: for a population limit of three hundred and fifty wolves. 103 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:16,039 Speaker 1: Listener Mark Rasmussen rode in to point out that the 104 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:19,560 Speaker 1: plan actually calls for three fifty to be the threshold 105 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:22,599 Speaker 1: at which active management can take place. In other words, 106 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 1: the state isn't aiming to cap the population at three 107 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:28,599 Speaker 1: to fifty, but once the wolf population exceeds that number, 108 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 1: officials can begin allowing proactive control and hunter harvest. In 109 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:35,760 Speaker 1: episode two oh four, I said that Kansas was the 110 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 1: first Midwestern state to ban the use of trailcams on 111 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:41,840 Speaker 1: public land. Listener Dan White sent me an email noting 112 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:45,160 Speaker 1: that Missouri has had a public land trailcam ban for 113 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:48,440 Speaker 1: several years now. No one is allowed to place trailcams 114 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:51,480 Speaker 1: on lands owned or released by the state Department of Conservation, 115 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:55,880 Speaker 1: also known as conservation areas. I'll be honest, Missouri has 116 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 1: always struck me as more of a southern state than 117 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:01,719 Speaker 1: a Midwestern state. But that's just picking the ant poop 118 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 1: out of the pepper, as they say. I also have 119 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:07,400 Speaker 1: an update on the Alaska land transfer program we covered 120 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:11,440 Speaker 1: last episode. To recap, this new program would transfer BLM 121 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:13,400 Speaker 1: land to the state, and the state would sell it 122 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:16,560 Speaker 1: or lease it to fund the University of Alaska. While 123 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 1: it's true that the land transfer program was written into 124 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:23,560 Speaker 1: an omnibus bill passed by Congress, Alaska state officials are 125 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 1: still collecting public comments. I heard from Cody Straithe, a 126 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 1: local business owner who lives in the area where land 127 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:32,520 Speaker 1: is likely to be sold. He spoke with Lacey Hamner, 128 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:35,360 Speaker 1: a natural resources manager with the State of Alaska and 129 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:38,440 Speaker 1: the person in charge of managing the transfer. She would 130 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 1: like concerned citizens to submit comments directly to her email 131 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 1: at Lacey dot Hamner. That's h am n Er at 132 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:51,480 Speaker 1: Alaska dot gov. The Feds aren't requiring public comments, but 133 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 1: she wants to gather some anyway, So if you live 134 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:57,560 Speaker 1: in Alaska or care about what happens to the Danali 135 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:02,920 Speaker 1: Highway area, send an email Lacy. Moving on to the 136 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:09,240 Speaker 1: legislative desk. In Kentucky, Governor Andy Bisher veto to bill 137 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 1: that would provide public access to approximately fifty four thousand 138 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 1: acres of land in Kentucky's Elk Zone. Senate Bill two 139 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:19,880 Speaker 1: four one would also compel landowners to develop their land 140 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:22,880 Speaker 1: in a manner that is consistent with conservation goals in 141 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:27,080 Speaker 1: the area. Kentucky's legislative Sportsman's Caucus is working to garner 142 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 1: enough votes to override the governor's veto. The New Hampshire 143 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:34,800 Speaker 1: Fish and Game Commission is considering a policy that would 144 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 1: require hunters to bring bear carcasses to a designated site 145 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:42,120 Speaker 1: for registration instead of waiting for a conservation officer to 146 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:44,520 Speaker 1: come and do it in the field. The change comes 147 00:08:44,559 --> 00:08:48,480 Speaker 1: in response to a growing bear population and corresponding harvest numbers. 148 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:52,080 Speaker 1: In years past, hunters would only harvest between three hundred 149 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:54,959 Speaker 1: and five hundred bears. Now that they're harvesting over one 150 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:58,199 Speaker 1: thousand bears every year, the Game Commission wants to institute 151 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:00,679 Speaker 1: a system that will get bears read registered in a 152 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:04,400 Speaker 1: more timely manner. The Commission is also considering a variety 153 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:07,559 Speaker 1: of new deer hunting regulations, including an increase in the 154 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:11,840 Speaker 1: number of tags in some regions, establishing online deer registration, 155 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 1: and making it legal to kill a deer with a 156 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 1: bow and arrow under a muzzleloader license. If you'd like 157 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:20,240 Speaker 1: to weigh in, you can attend the April fourth meeting 158 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:24,120 Speaker 1: and Keene or the April fifth meeting in Lancaster. Will 159 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:26,679 Speaker 1: post the details over at the meat eater dot com. 160 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:31,680 Speaker 1: Forward slash cow moving north of the border. The province 161 00:09:31,679 --> 00:09:34,839 Speaker 1: of Manitoba has issued new regulations designed to limit the 162 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:38,280 Speaker 1: number of foreign duck hunters in the province. In past years, 163 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:41,080 Speaker 1: American duck hunters could use a foreign game bird license 164 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:44,520 Speaker 1: to hunt in the province under the same rules as Manitobans. 165 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:47,520 Speaker 1: Now that the same license will only allow hunters to 166 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:49,800 Speaker 1: hunt in the province for seven days, and it can 167 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:52,920 Speaker 1: only be obtained either by entering a draw process or 168 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:56,160 Speaker 1: booking with a licensed outfitter. This is obviously a bummer 169 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:59,960 Speaker 1: for hunters in Minnesota, North Dakota, and Wisconsin, but Manita 170 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:03,240 Speaker 1: Toba hunters are reportedly having trouble getting access to good 171 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:07,360 Speaker 1: hunting spots, and officials decided to prioritize resident hunters over 172 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:13,040 Speaker 1: non residents. In Michigan, House bills four one three eight, 173 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:16,280 Speaker 1: four one four two and four one four three would 174 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:19,480 Speaker 1: combine to create a registration system for long guns in 175 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:24,000 Speaker 1: the state. Michigan already requires handgun owners to register their firearms, 176 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:27,719 Speaker 1: but these bills would expand that system to include all firearms. 177 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:30,880 Speaker 1: Obtaining a license does not require gun owners to pass 178 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:33,640 Speaker 1: a training class, but it does require them to submit 179 00:10:33,679 --> 00:10:37,640 Speaker 1: an application and delays the purchasing process. The bills will 180 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:41,640 Speaker 1: also criminalize the private transfer of firearms. The bills pass 181 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 1: the House by three votes and the Senate by only two. 182 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:48,679 Speaker 1: They're now headed to Governor Gretchen Whitmer's desk, so if 183 00:10:48,679 --> 00:10:52,160 Speaker 1: you'd like to get involved, give her a call. Moving 184 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:56,760 Speaker 1: on to the Great Salt Lake Desk. In news that 185 00:10:56,840 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 1: sent shockwaves around the political universe, the Utah legislature has 186 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:07,160 Speaker 1: officially chosen a state crustacean, the Brian shrimp or Artemia franciscana. 187 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:10,240 Speaker 1: The Brian shrimp has been honored as the state's only 188 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:14,520 Speaker 1: officially sanctioned crustacean. The bill passed by overwhelming margins in 189 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:18,360 Speaker 1: both legislative chambers, although twenty four House members voted against 190 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:21,480 Speaker 1: the measure. Brian shrimp live in the Great Salt Lake, 191 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 1: and the harvest of their eggs contributes to a multi 192 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:27,920 Speaker 1: billion dollar business in Utah. The Brian shrimp fishery at 193 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:30,720 Speaker 1: the Great Salt Lake supplies over forty percent of the 194 00:11:30,760 --> 00:11:34,240 Speaker 1: worldwide demand for Brian shrimp, whose eggs are harvested and 195 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:36,800 Speaker 1: used as food for fish and other kinds of shrimp. 196 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:39,840 Speaker 1: A variety of birds also feed on the Brian shrimp, 197 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:43,760 Speaker 1: including some types of waterfowl. John Luft, program manager for 198 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:47,200 Speaker 1: the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, said the importance of 199 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:50,920 Speaker 1: the Brian shrimp in the Great Salt Lake ecosystem can't 200 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:55,839 Speaker 1: be overstated. Utah gets a little carried away with state designations. 201 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:59,200 Speaker 1: They also have a state Work of Land art, a 202 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:02,319 Speaker 1: state dinasas sore, and a state cooking pot, but they 203 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:04,600 Speaker 1: have good reason to call attention to the Great Salt Lake. 204 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:08,600 Speaker 1: A twenty twenty three report from Brigham Young University warned 205 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:11,160 Speaker 1: that if no action is taken, the Great Salt Lake 206 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:14,520 Speaker 1: could go completely dry in five years. The lake is 207 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:18,320 Speaker 1: nineteen feet below it's eighteen fifty levels. And it's lost 208 00:12:18,520 --> 00:12:21,520 Speaker 1: seventy three percent of its water and sixty percent of 209 00:12:21,559 --> 00:12:26,000 Speaker 1: its surface area since eighteen fifty. The report's authors point 210 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 1: to increased water consumption and climate change as the main 211 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:33,640 Speaker 1: culprits Utah's population is growing and using more water at 212 00:12:33,640 --> 00:12:36,720 Speaker 1: the same time the area is experiencing a drought. The 213 00:12:36,720 --> 00:12:39,480 Speaker 1: papers authors say that it's saving the lake will require 214 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:42,800 Speaker 1: cutting consumptive use in the watershed by a third to 215 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:46,240 Speaker 1: a half. The consequences of a dry Salt Lake would 216 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:48,760 Speaker 1: obviously be devastating to the animals that rely on the 217 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:52,600 Speaker 1: ecosystem to survive. Scientists also worry about the impact on 218 00:12:52,679 --> 00:12:55,320 Speaker 1: air quality if the lake bed turns into a giant 219 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:58,920 Speaker 1: dust bowl. Air Quality in Salt Lake City isn't great 220 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 1: as it is, and adding a bunch of saline lake 221 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:03,960 Speaker 1: dust isn't going to help. It's also hired to do 222 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:07,640 Speaker 1: much waterfowl hunting. Without water, a dry salt lake will 223 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:10,520 Speaker 1: end waterfowl hunting in the area and destroy a vital 224 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:13,920 Speaker 1: piece of habitat along the Pacific Flyway. There are no 225 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:17,320 Speaker 1: easy solutions to this problem. Scientists say that raising the 226 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:21,120 Speaker 1: lake's levels will require a massive conservation effort, and even 227 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:24,400 Speaker 1: larger piles of money, much of which will likely come 228 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:28,160 Speaker 1: from the taxpayer. Several bills were proposed this year, many 229 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:30,319 Speaker 1: of which failed to make it across the finish line. 230 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:34,320 Speaker 1: Legislators pointed to near record amounts of snowfall as they 231 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 1: blocked emergency measures, though one year of solid rain and 232 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:41,320 Speaker 1: snow won't be enough to reverse decades long trend. A 233 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:44,960 Speaker 1: bill passed to help farmers make their irrigation systems more efficient, 234 00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:48,280 Speaker 1: but other bills failed that would have limited residential water 235 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:52,200 Speaker 1: use and bought up water rights around the lake. If 236 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:54,880 Speaker 1: you live in Utah, this is one issue you should 237 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:58,640 Speaker 1: get educated about a state crustation is great, but there 238 00:13:58,679 --> 00:14:03,280 Speaker 1: are more important policies that need serious consideration. Let your 239 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:06,439 Speaker 1: legislators know that if the Salt Lake dries up after 240 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:10,040 Speaker 1: so many warnings from scientists, you'll be holding them accountable. 241 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:18,840 Speaker 1: Moving on to the Hunter Safety Desk. If you've heard 242 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 1: the old journalistic adage, if it bleeds, it leads, well, 243 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:25,280 Speaker 1: we cover our fair share of bleeding on this podcast, 244 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:27,080 Speaker 1: but I also want to highlight the stories that you 245 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:30,640 Speaker 1: probably won't see on the nightly news. The New York 246 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:34,680 Speaker 1: Department of Environmental Conservation announced earlier this year that the 247 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:39,240 Speaker 1: Empire State enjoyed one of the safest hunting seasons ever recorded. 248 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:44,200 Speaker 1: Only nine hunting related firearms incidents occurred in two twenty two, 249 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:47,440 Speaker 1: and only one of those resulted in a fatality. These 250 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:51,000 Speaker 1: numbers tied two twenty one for the safest hunting season 251 00:14:51,040 --> 00:14:53,840 Speaker 1: on record. Four of the nine incidents that occurred in 252 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:58,040 Speaker 1: two twenty two involved two party firearm incidents, while the 253 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:01,880 Speaker 1: other five were self inflicted. The one recorded fatality occurred 254 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:04,560 Speaker 1: due to his self inflicted gunshot by a turkey hunter. 255 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:07,440 Speaker 1: In this tragic accident, a seventy six year old was 256 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:10,560 Speaker 1: hunting from a tree stand when he unintentionally discharged his 257 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:14,320 Speaker 1: firearm and struck himself in the hand and head. In 258 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:17,720 Speaker 1: another incident, a hunter shot at a running deer and 259 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:21,040 Speaker 1: struck another hunter who was sitting seven hundred yards away. 260 00:15:21,480 --> 00:15:25,480 Speaker 1: The other accidents mainly involved hunters slipping and discharging their 261 00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:29,680 Speaker 1: firearm into their foot or leg. Knowledgeable listeners will point 262 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:32,240 Speaker 1: out that hunters are more often injured in tree stand 263 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:36,640 Speaker 1: accidents than firearm related accidents. New York keeps track of 264 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:40,120 Speaker 1: those two. In twenty twenty two, the agency received reports 265 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:43,200 Speaker 1: of thirteen tree stand accidents, four of which were fatal. 266 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:46,040 Speaker 1: Only two of the thirteen hunters involved who were wearing 267 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:50,440 Speaker 1: a safety harness. Doing a little quick math, this means then, 268 00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:54,440 Speaker 1: in New York in twenty twenty two, firearm related accidents 269 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:57,760 Speaker 1: were fatal eleven percent of the time, while tree stand 270 00:15:57,760 --> 00:16:01,280 Speaker 1: accidents were fatal over thirty percent of the time. Wearing 271 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:05,480 Speaker 1: that harness is just as important as practicing good firearms safety. 272 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:10,040 Speaker 1: In New York, at least, it's more important. Moving on 273 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 1: to the crime desk, In a surprising turn of events, 274 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:17,760 Speaker 1: the two men caught cheating at an Ohio walleye tournament 275 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:21,080 Speaker 1: last year have pled guilty to felony cheating and misdemeanor 276 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:25,120 Speaker 1: animal ownership. You'll remember this pair from the viral video 277 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:29,520 Speaker 1: of the incident we Got Lights and Fish. Jacob Runyon 278 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:32,600 Speaker 1: and Chase Kaminski had initially pled not guilty when they 279 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:35,520 Speaker 1: were indicted for four crimes back in October, but in 280 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:39,240 Speaker 1: exchange for their guilty plea, prosecutors dropped two of those charges. 281 00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:42,720 Speaker 1: Runyon and Kaminski are unlikely to face jail time, but 282 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:45,280 Speaker 1: they will have to forfeit their one hundred thousand dollar 283 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:48,680 Speaker 1: boat and trailer and their fishing licenses have been suspended 284 00:16:48,680 --> 00:16:51,760 Speaker 1: for at least three years. It's also safe to say 285 00:16:51,880 --> 00:16:55,240 Speaker 1: that their fishing tournament days are over. Jason Fisher, the 286 00:16:55,240 --> 00:16:57,320 Speaker 1: man in the video who cut the weights from the fish, 287 00:16:57,520 --> 00:17:00,560 Speaker 1: told me Eater that he doesn't see any tournament director 288 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 1: anywhere in the country letting them enter a competition. If 289 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:06,240 Speaker 1: you want more details on the story, check out the 290 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:10,840 Speaker 1: article at the meat eater dot com. A Minnesota man 291 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:13,520 Speaker 1: is being charged with second degree murder after he killed 292 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:16,560 Speaker 1: another man with a moose paddle. Twenty seven year old 293 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:20,000 Speaker 1: Levi Axtell told the authorities that he suspected seventy seven 294 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:23,879 Speaker 1: year old Lawrence Scully of stocking his toddler aged daughter. 295 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:27,000 Speaker 1: Scully was convicted of molesting a six year old girl 296 00:17:27,080 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 1: all the way back in nineteen seventy nine, but police 297 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:32,680 Speaker 1: haven't said whether there was any truth to Axtel's claims. 298 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:36,439 Speaker 1: Whatever the case may be, Axtel decided to take matters 299 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:40,160 Speaker 1: into his own hands. According to CBS Minnesota, he crashed 300 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:43,600 Speaker 1: his car into a vehicle on Scully's driveway, entered his home, 301 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:46,560 Speaker 1: and reportedly struck the older man fifteen to twenty times 302 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:49,399 Speaker 1: with a shovel. Apparently the shovel wasn't quite doing the 303 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:52,080 Speaker 1: job because the Axtel later told the authorities that he 304 00:17:52,119 --> 00:17:55,159 Speaker 1: grabbed a moose paddle and used it to quote finish 305 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:58,800 Speaker 1: him off. Axtel then turned himself into the police immediately 306 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:03,760 Speaker 1: after the incident. Another man turned himself into authorities after 307 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:07,000 Speaker 1: a far less serious but still grizzly crime. The Oregon 308 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:09,640 Speaker 1: Department of Fish and Wildlife reported that a man blamed 309 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:13,119 Speaker 1: quote elk fever for his decision to shoot from a 310 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:16,520 Speaker 1: road into a herd of elk. Officials have not identified 311 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:19,240 Speaker 1: the man, but the sixty six year old allegedly killed 312 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:21,520 Speaker 1: one elk and wounded at least three others with a 313 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:24,679 Speaker 1: rifle chambered in three o eight. There were about thirty 314 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:27,080 Speaker 1: animals in the herd, and while he did possess a 315 00:18:27,119 --> 00:18:29,480 Speaker 1: late season cow elk tag, he ended up hitting at 316 00:18:29,560 --> 00:18:32,720 Speaker 1: least two other cows and one Bowl game Wardens put 317 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:34,840 Speaker 1: down one of the cows and the bull and the 318 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:38,240 Speaker 1: other cow swam into the Nehalem River, where officials believe 319 00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:41,080 Speaker 1: she drowned. The man harvested one of the cows and 320 00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:44,280 Speaker 1: turned himself in after the landowner encouraged him to do so. 321 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:47,040 Speaker 1: He has been sided with one count of using a 322 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:50,320 Speaker 1: prohibited and hunting method and two counts of unlawful take 323 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:53,040 Speaker 1: of an elk. Now I'm not a doctor, but if 324 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:55,440 Speaker 1: this man is suffering from elk fever, I think there's 325 00:18:55,480 --> 00:18:59,439 Speaker 1: only one real solution. All that famed music producer Bruce 326 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:03,639 Speaker 1: Dickinson take it from here. I got a fever, and 327 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:10,000 Speaker 1: the only prescription it is mort Cowbell Up in Michigan, 328 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:13,560 Speaker 1: game wardens arrested and charged two men with illegally possessing 329 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:16,359 Speaker 1: firearms and drugs after they initially pulled them over for 330 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:19,919 Speaker 1: suspected hunting violations. The two men were driving around a 331 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:22,920 Speaker 1: remote area of the Pigeon River Country State Forest when 332 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:26,280 Speaker 1: game wardens stopped their vehicle. They noticed the passenger had 333 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:28,480 Speaker 1: a three or eight rifle leaned up against his right 334 00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:31,159 Speaker 1: leg with a round balanced on the door handle, and 335 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:34,080 Speaker 1: the driver had a loaded twenty two caliber rifle behind 336 00:19:34,119 --> 00:19:37,520 Speaker 1: his seat. When questioned, they said they were quote outlooking 337 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:40,200 Speaker 1: to hunt stuff. That may have been true, but game 338 00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:42,639 Speaker 1: violations turned out to be the least of their concerns. 339 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:46,760 Speaker 1: A search that the rental car turned up two additional firearms, alcohol, 340 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:51,040 Speaker 1: several containers of crystal meth, marijuana, and evidence of drug use. 341 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:55,879 Speaker 1: Staying in Michigan, six Colorado men have been fined a 342 00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:59,280 Speaker 1: combined sixty six hundred dollars after they were caught using 343 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:02,280 Speaker 1: an elite goal fishing method to snag salmon from the 344 00:20:02,359 --> 00:20:06,120 Speaker 1: Menistee River Game Warden seized over four hundred and sixty 345 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:09,439 Speaker 1: pounds of fish, which were donated to local charities. We 346 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:12,240 Speaker 1: covered this instant back an episode one eighty three, but 347 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:14,680 Speaker 1: the DNR just reported that the men have each been 348 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:17,560 Speaker 1: fined eleven hundred dollars. I'll let the good people of 349 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:20,679 Speaker 1: the Minton State decide whether that penalty was too harsh, 350 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:26,240 Speaker 1: not harsh enough, or just ride. In another case where 351 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:29,840 Speaker 1: approaching violations led to more serious crimes, a Minnesota man 352 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:33,080 Speaker 1: was hit with firearm and drug charges after being investigated 353 00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:37,000 Speaker 1: for illegal bear guiding. Fifty five year old Brett Glatsmeyer 354 00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:41,159 Speaker 1: was already on probation for felony livestock wrestling when officers 355 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:44,040 Speaker 1: conducted a search of his home in Becker County. As 356 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:46,280 Speaker 1: you can imagine, one thing kind of led to another, 357 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:50,040 Speaker 1: and old Brett had himself a pretty bad day. Officers 358 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:52,520 Speaker 1: noticed a corn feeder and pumpkins in his yard, and 359 00:20:52,520 --> 00:20:55,359 Speaker 1: while baiting doesn't appear to be illegal in Becker County, 360 00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:58,000 Speaker 1: Gladsmire admitted to shooting a deer out of season from 361 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:01,800 Speaker 1: his window. Officers also eight rifles and two shotguns in 362 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:04,600 Speaker 1: his home, which are illegal for him to possess given 363 00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:09,040 Speaker 1: his pending livestock rustling felony. Agents added another felony after 364 00:21:09,119 --> 00:21:11,600 Speaker 1: they found a graham of meth in his bedroom. All 365 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:14,200 Speaker 1: of those crimes are on top of a misdemeter violation 366 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:17,920 Speaker 1: after investigators discovered that Glasmeyer had charged a woman six 367 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:21,199 Speaker 1: hundred dollars for a guided black bear hunt back in September, 368 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:26,360 Speaker 1: and Illinois ma'am will pay over twenty thousand dollars After 369 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:29,960 Speaker 1: D and R investigators accused him of illegally harvesting eight 370 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:33,520 Speaker 1: point and twelve point whitetailed deer, as is common in 371 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:36,400 Speaker 1: these cases, his true crimes were actually much more extensive. 372 00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:39,640 Speaker 1: Fifty eight year old Jerry Stafford runs a high fence 373 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:43,679 Speaker 1: hunting operation called Sampson's Whitetail Mountain. I wonder if it 374 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:47,960 Speaker 1: has like those automated animals that played the banjo. That's 375 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:51,960 Speaker 1: what it sounds like. Anyway, Stafford found himself under investigation 376 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:55,600 Speaker 1: after he began advertising low fence hunts in conjunction with 377 00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:59,920 Speaker 1: the Illinois whitetail hunting season. Stafford and his unpermitted guy. 378 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:02,840 Speaker 1: We're apparently willing to do almost anything to get their 379 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:05,640 Speaker 1: clients a deer. They were documented hunting with the aid 380 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:08,320 Speaker 1: of a motor vehicle and the use of lights, hunting 381 00:22:08,359 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 1: before legal shooting hours, hunting without permission, and violating tagging requirements. 382 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:16,840 Speaker 1: In exchange repleating guilty to two white tail buck violations 383 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:19,959 Speaker 1: and a misdemeanor for improperly disposing of an animal, he 384 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:23,399 Speaker 1: received twenty four months of court supervision along with the 385 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:28,040 Speaker 1: twenty thousand dollars fine. Now, before we sign off here, 386 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:32,560 Speaker 1: boys and girls, remember your state legislatures are in session. 387 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:37,680 Speaker 1: They are making lots of decisions that involve you. They 388 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:41,760 Speaker 1: will affect you. We ran off a shortlist this episode, 389 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:45,600 Speaker 1: but we're getting down to crunch time here. New laws 390 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:49,120 Speaker 1: and regulations are going to be made. You gotta pay attention, 391 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:53,240 Speaker 1: and as per usual, thank you so much for listening, 392 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:57,400 Speaker 1: and please write in to ask se Al that's Askcal 393 00:22:57,440 --> 00:22:59,560 Speaker 1: at the Meat Eater dot com and let me know 394 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:01,800 Speaker 1: what's going on in your neck of the Woods. On 395 00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:05,480 Speaker 1: top of that, head on over to www dot steel 396 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:08,719 Speaker 1: dealers dot com. Find a local, knowledgeable steel dealer near you. 397 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:10,800 Speaker 1: They're gonna get you set up with what you need, 398 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:13,000 Speaker 1: and they won't try to send you home with what 399 00:23:13,080 --> 00:23:15,640 Speaker 1: you don't. Thanks again and I'll talk to you next week.