1 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 1: From Mediator's World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is 2 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 1: Kel's we Can review with Ryan kel Kelly. Now here's 3 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:23,119 Speaker 1: cal to one urban Canadian turkey. It's spring. Love is 4 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:25,160 Speaker 1: in the air, and there is no one to share 5 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 1: it with. I am, of course, talking about an actual bird, 6 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:33,920 Speaker 1: not whichever human example you're thinking of, Canadian or not. 7 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:39,720 Speaker 1: I'm speaking specifically about Turk Diggler, the lone turkey of Ramsey, 8 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:43,880 Speaker 1: a community within Calgary, Alberta. If you don't get that reference, 9 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:46,840 Speaker 1: do not look up the movie Boogie Nights. You aren't 10 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:50,920 Speaker 1: old enough. I'm a big, bright, shining star. Turk Diggler 11 00:00:51,159 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 1: made his public debut in two thousand nineteen. It seems 12 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 1: he may have been a gift to a rancher at 13 00:00:57,160 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 1: the famous Calgary Stampede, but he flew the coup before 14 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 1: that rancher could take him home. Turk hung around the 15 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 1: Stampede grounds for a bit and then eventually made his 16 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:10,679 Speaker 1: way into suburbia. He made an immediate splash simply by 17 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:14,199 Speaker 1: being a wild turkey in an urban setting. By appearance, 18 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:17,480 Speaker 1: he is your ordinary wild turkey. But what makes him 19 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:21,440 Speaker 1: special is he's the only wild turkey calling Calgary home 20 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:25,679 Speaker 1: a flock all by himself. As the old outfitter would say, 21 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:29,040 Speaker 1: when spring rolls around the time of turkey mating season, 22 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 1: he only has himself to impress with his well preened plumage. 23 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 1: He does this by staring at his reflection in businesses 24 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 1: and home windows within Ramsey Star. This year, when Turk 25 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:45,600 Speaker 1: returned to strut his stuff, attention grew and the question 26 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 1: came up, why don't we get him a mate? It 27 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:51,720 Speaker 1: appears that many of his Facebook fans at the page 28 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 1: loyal followers of the Ramsey Turkey agree. However, Alberta Fish 29 00:01:56,800 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 1: and Wildlife seemed to think that the wild bird should 30 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 1: be eated as such and left to figure out his 31 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:05,560 Speaker 1: love life on his own, which is probably a good 32 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 1: idea considering how many places called wildlife agencies for turkey removal, 33 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 1: not installment, so to speak. One of something is easier 34 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 1: to make cute than a flock of something perching or 35 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 1: pooping on your vehicle. Celebrity status can be good for 36 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 1: some animals. One other example I can think of is 37 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 1: Lonesome Larry, the singular male soaky salmon that made the 38 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:32,400 Speaker 1: eight hundred miles spawning trip from the Pacific Ocean, up 39 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:37,240 Speaker 1: the Columbia, up the salmon through eight Damns waterfalls, sea lions, 40 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 1: eagles and anglers, all the way to Idaho's Redfish Lake, 41 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 1: only to find no other salmon made the trip that year. 42 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:49,240 Speaker 1: Male or female. Larry was used as a bumper sticker, 43 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:52,680 Speaker 1: a beer, and countless other things to symbolize a need 44 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 1: to fund Soaky recovery in Idaho. In Turk's case, he 45 00:02:56,560 --> 00:03:00,120 Speaker 1: gets a little police protection. In one YouTube video, a 46 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:03,519 Speaker 1: local law enforcement officer was interviewed as he kept a 47 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 1: watchful eye on the celebrity bird after responding to a 48 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:09,960 Speaker 1: call from the shopkeeper who said, I've got a turkey 49 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 1: at the gas pump who refuses to move and refuses 50 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 1: to buy gas, which is pretty cute, I'll admit so. 51 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 1: To all you Calgary residents, remember the headline is hook 52 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 1: him up, as in find him a willing mate. Don't 53 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:28,119 Speaker 1: confuse it the way I did at first glance. One 54 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:31,080 Speaker 1: letter makes a big difference, kind of like a good 55 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:34,040 Speaker 1: brine in a few hours in the smoker does type 56 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 1: of difference. This week, we've got Ancient Food Living with 57 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:44,680 Speaker 1: Wildlife Questions, Grizzly Bears, Clean Water Act, and so much more. 58 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 1: But first I'm gonna tell you about my week. And 59 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 1: my week, as you know, is sponsored by Steel Power Equipment. 60 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:56,800 Speaker 1: I've got to tell you about one Week in Review 61 00:03:56,880 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 1: listener who wrote in with a serious confession. He does 62 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:04,720 Speaker 1: not own a screwdriver, nor does he possess the ability 63 00:04:04,760 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 1: to use one much less steel chainsaw. However, he wanted 64 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 1: to help support his favorite podcast and conservation, so he 65 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:18,720 Speaker 1: purchased a new MS three sixty two chainsaw and donated 66 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 1: it to the California Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers. 67 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:26,680 Speaker 1: On top of that, this selfless individual with incredibly good 68 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:31,280 Speaker 1: taste purchased a Duck stamp. If you have a physics 69 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:35,400 Speaker 1: professor named Rod at C s U LB, you had 70 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 1: better treat him well. We hope there are more like you. 71 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:44,400 Speaker 1: Thank you, Rod. Yes, I made it out and did 72 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:50,920 Speaker 1: some turkey hunting. No, I did not get a turkey. However, 73 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 1: two of my good friends got their very first birds, 74 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 1: and that is even better. In fact, they were not 75 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:01,160 Speaker 1: the only ones. To all of you first time turkey 76 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 1: hunters who wrote in, congratulations, I hope you stick with it. 77 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:08,599 Speaker 1: More than that, I hope you noticed how special those 78 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:12,640 Speaker 1: early mornings in the Turkey woods are now stay at 79 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:15,240 Speaker 1: home so I can get my birds. I do have 80 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:18,520 Speaker 1: to tell you that we maintain social distancing. On this 81 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 1: last trip, we drove separately. We ate separately. We had 82 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 1: individual tents or truck beds, and I'm not gonna lie. 83 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:28,040 Speaker 1: That made things a little bit more difficult, but we 84 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:31,480 Speaker 1: still got out and enjoyed some outside time together. One 85 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 1: of these folks was Garrett Smith, a k A. Dirt 86 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:39,080 Speaker 1: Myth on the Instagram. Old Dirt used his recently deceased 87 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 1: grandfather's shotgun and managed to get a Jake and a 88 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:46,920 Speaker 1: Tom Turkey with it, a model eighteen nine seven Winchester 89 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:51,040 Speaker 1: manufactured in nineteen eleven. So we got a one and 90 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:55,799 Speaker 1: two year old bird with a hundred nine year old shotgun. Alright, 91 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 1: too much to cover this week, so let's get some 92 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 1: really exciting and timely news. First, black bear hunters in 93 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:08,039 Speaker 1: the Grangeville area of Idaho, be bear aware. You have 94 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 1: a confirmed grizzly bear in the woods with you. Now. 95 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 1: This isn't the first time in recent years a grizz 96 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:17,680 Speaker 1: has wandered through the north half of Idaho, but this 97 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:22,240 Speaker 1: is happening right now. This particular bear is traveling and 98 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:24,920 Speaker 1: there is no telling where it might end up. Through 99 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 1: genetic testing, we know that this bear is likely the 100 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:31,440 Speaker 1: same grizz that was captured and collared by US Fish 101 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:34,200 Speaker 1: and Wildlife as a year lane on the British Columbia 102 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:37,680 Speaker 1: border in two thousand seventeen. That's about two hundred and 103 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:41,839 Speaker 1: sixty miles north of Grangeville, as the crow flies, and 104 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 1: one incredibly arduous journey for those of us stuck on 105 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:48,919 Speaker 1: the ground. If you have ever been to the Panhandle 106 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 1: of Idaho you know what I mean. This area almost 107 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:56,600 Speaker 1: killed the Lewis and Clark expedition and successfully stopped many 108 00:06:56,640 --> 00:07:01,720 Speaker 1: other non famous people of European ancestry. Since. If indeed 109 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 1: the Grangeville Grizz is the same bear, it is now 110 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:08,680 Speaker 1: four years old. It has traveled from the BC border 111 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:11,640 Speaker 1: through parts of the Panhandle. It's wandered through the Thompson 112 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 1: Falls area of Montana, and of course, most recently, all 113 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:18,920 Speaker 1: the way down to the Fish Creek Meadows area about 114 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 1: seven miles south of Grangeville. This bear has potentially covered 115 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:27,440 Speaker 1: an incredible amount of country without any negative human interaction, 116 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:32,360 Speaker 1: which I honestly find very unlikely, as I myself have 117 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:37,240 Speaker 1: crossed Highway two hundred, Interstate ninety, and Highway twelve, just 118 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:41,000 Speaker 1: as this grizz has done many times, and I cannot 119 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 1: say the same. In other words, this grizzly is better 120 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 1: at avoiding human conflict than most people. So if you 121 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:52,320 Speaker 1: happen to cut a grizz track or see this grizzly 122 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:56,480 Speaker 1: bear firsthand, leave it be. If this bear happens to 123 00:07:56,560 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 1: hit your bear bait, look at how fortunate you are 124 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:03,560 Speaker 1: to see a griz munching away on something that isn't you, 125 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:07,360 Speaker 1: and leave it alone. Furthermore, if you find a big 126 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:10,960 Speaker 1: bear in your rifle sites this season, and for whatever 127 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:15,240 Speaker 1: reason you feel a little unsure, let it go. Idaho 128 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:18,760 Speaker 1: is full of black bears. You'll find another one. Fall 129 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:24,600 Speaker 1: bear fat is better anyway, quick stop at the archaeology desk. 130 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:29,080 Speaker 1: A stone chest disguised as a stone building block was 131 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:33,319 Speaker 1: recently discovered at the ancient site of dare L Bahari, 132 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:36,520 Speaker 1: located on the west bank of the Nile, across from 133 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:41,520 Speaker 1: lux Ur, Egypt. Inside this stone chest were several packages, 134 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:46,160 Speaker 1: one of which contained a mummified goose. I found this 135 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 1: interesting that the prospect of roast goose in the afterlife 136 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 1: was worth the trouble of mummifying one. After all, goose 137 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:59,200 Speaker 1: can get a bad rap. That's a that's a mummy joke. 138 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:05,120 Speaker 1: Moving on to the California desk, recently, a notice of 139 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 1: public input was posted in regards to California Fishing Game, 140 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:12,959 Speaker 1: raising the possibility of delaying some sport fishing openings within 141 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:16,079 Speaker 1: that state due to the lack of medical services in 142 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:21,000 Speaker 1: rural communities. During this very short lived teleconference public meeting, 143 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:26,359 Speaker 1: participants refused to mute their lines, overloading the Fishing Game Commission, 144 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:31,520 Speaker 1: who promptly canceled and rescheduled. Many news outlets carried this story, 145 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:36,400 Speaker 1: all stating that fishermen shouting everything from make fishing grade 146 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:40,080 Speaker 1: again to racist remarks referencing hate groups such as the 147 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:43,720 Speaker 1: k k K, refused to be polite and allow the 148 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:51,200 Speaker 1: meeting to even begin. Now. To speak, frankly, every sport, profession, hobby, 149 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:56,080 Speaker 1: even religion has its jackasses. I do not care what 150 00:09:56,240 --> 00:09:59,880 Speaker 1: example you pick, there will be some individual within that 151 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:03,200 Speaker 1: group that you don't really want to be associated with. 152 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:06,439 Speaker 1: Some of the folks that apparently would not let this 153 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:10,320 Speaker 1: meeting move forward were genuinely the bad apples in the 154 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:14,320 Speaker 1: California fishing community. But I have got to be honest, 155 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:19,119 Speaker 1: I just cannot believe that all of this negative crud 156 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:23,680 Speaker 1: was from fishermen, fishermen who took the time to phone 157 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:27,000 Speaker 1: in and be part of the process. In all of 158 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:30,640 Speaker 1: my years of guiding, fishing and being around fisherman, I 159 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:33,839 Speaker 1: never had a single person step on my boat and 160 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:38,719 Speaker 1: shout on behalf of hate groups or political parties. Everyone 161 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 1: I fish with or have taken fishing were there for 162 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:47,000 Speaker 1: the resource to fish, which typically means forgetting all the 163 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:50,960 Speaker 1: rest of the stuff like party politics. Furthermore, there have 164 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:53,719 Speaker 1: been plenty of documented cases right there in the state 165 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:58,960 Speaker 1: of California of participants on teleconference type town hall meetings 166 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 1: that were not actually a part of the group and 167 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:06,000 Speaker 1: just looking to disrupt the goings on. In one case, 168 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:09,840 Speaker 1: in the California town of Laguna Beach, a city council 169 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:13,440 Speaker 1: meeting that included the entirety of the city council was 170 00:11:13,559 --> 00:11:19,079 Speaker 1: crashed by someone performing lewd sexual acts in the aftermath 171 00:11:19,160 --> 00:11:23,079 Speaker 1: of this teleconference or online meeting. I never saw the 172 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:27,480 Speaker 1: mention of the entirety of the Laguna Beach citizenry being 173 00:11:27,559 --> 00:11:31,160 Speaker 1: lumped in with the people disrupting the meeting. If I 174 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:35,760 Speaker 1: had to venture a guess, those people uh performing for 175 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:39,440 Speaker 1: the city council didn't actually have any interest in what 176 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:43,000 Speaker 1: the Laguna Beach City Council had to say. As of now, 177 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:46,679 Speaker 1: there is no statewide fishing ban in California. I am 178 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:50,200 Speaker 1: not writing this incident off. Hunters and fishers have typically 179 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:53,040 Speaker 1: been very good at regulating each other's behavior, and we 180 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:56,360 Speaker 1: need to keep doing so, especially as we see added 181 00:11:56,400 --> 00:12:01,720 Speaker 1: regulations and sometimes closures in these strange times. Moving on, 182 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:07,000 Speaker 1: but sticking with fish news. Sometime in the nineteen eighties, 183 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:12,080 Speaker 1: Yellowstone Lake, located inside Yellowstone National Park, was stocked illegally 184 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:16,160 Speaker 1: with a non native and invasive species to its waters, 185 00:12:16,520 --> 00:12:21,640 Speaker 1: the lake trout. The native Yellowstone cutthroat population has consequently 186 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:25,200 Speaker 1: dropped since then to around less than ten percent of 187 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 1: its historic population. In other words, it has been hurting. 188 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:34,080 Speaker 1: Yellowstone National Park estimates that adult lake trout can eat 189 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:37,720 Speaker 1: forty one cutthroat per year. On top of that, the 190 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:42,280 Speaker 1: Yellowstone cutthroat is more susceptible to its natural predators than 191 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:45,559 Speaker 1: the lake trout due to its habits. The cutthroat can 192 00:12:45,559 --> 00:12:49,640 Speaker 1: be eaten by eagles, bears, and otters and are particularly 193 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 1: susceptible to these predators when spawning in the lake's shallow tributaries. 194 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:59,760 Speaker 1: In other words, the cutthroat need help. Lake trout tend 195 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:02,439 Speaker 1: to move deeper in the lake, making them less vulnerable 196 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:06,079 Speaker 1: to airborne predators, and their spawning habits don't put them 197 00:13:06,080 --> 00:13:09,720 Speaker 1: at risk from grizzlies. Lake trout aren't that picky of 198 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:11,920 Speaker 1: a fish when it comes to picking the right lure, 199 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:14,760 Speaker 1: which is probably why they got dumped into the lake 200 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:19,280 Speaker 1: in the first place. Although anglers take about twenty thousand 201 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:22,880 Speaker 1: lake trout out of the lake annually, angler catch only 202 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:27,199 Speaker 1: accounts for five of total harvest at an expanse of 203 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:30,600 Speaker 1: around two million dollars a year. An intensive gill netting 204 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:36,120 Speaker 1: program has been running since that program has removed three 205 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:40,920 Speaker 1: point four million fish. Gill Nets are deployed at depths 206 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:44,800 Speaker 1: that maximize catch of lake trout and minimize the by 207 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:49,240 Speaker 1: catch of native cutthroat. That is twenty six years of 208 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:53,680 Speaker 1: gill netting. So where are we now? Trout unlimited? Dave 209 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:57,280 Speaker 1: Sweet reports that the Science Review Panel for the Fisheries 210 00:13:57,320 --> 00:14:00,959 Speaker 1: of Yellowstone National Park stated at their more recent meeting 211 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:05,360 Speaker 1: that adult and sexually mature Lake trout now represent only 212 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:09,920 Speaker 1: about two of the total lake trout population. Those big 213 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:13,319 Speaker 1: adult fish are the ones that matter most because they 214 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:16,360 Speaker 1: do both the breeding and the bulk of the eating 215 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:21,040 Speaker 1: of native cuts. Gill Netting needs to continue again at 216 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:24,640 Speaker 1: roughly two million dollars a year, but according to Dr 217 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:28,600 Speaker 1: Michael Hanson, a member of the panel and retired fisheries biologist, 218 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:31,560 Speaker 1: nowhere else has seen the kind of adult lake trout 219 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:35,160 Speaker 1: collapse at the rate that has been achieved on Yellowstone Lake, 220 00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:39,160 Speaker 1: not on the Great Lakes, not on Lake Pondera. Although 221 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:42,120 Speaker 1: even the National Park Service state's that lake trout will 222 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:45,600 Speaker 1: likely always be a part of Yellowstone Lake, the goal 223 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:50,040 Speaker 1: of flipping the pecking order is now visible. Restoring these 224 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:54,920 Speaker 1: truly beautiful cutthroat to former numbers that greatly outweigh the 225 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:58,600 Speaker 1: lake trout numbers will reduce the gill net program to 226 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:03,080 Speaker 1: fewer days on the water with much less cost. This 227 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:08,080 Speaker 1: is the pace of conservation. Don't transport live fish. For 228 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:11,880 Speaker 1: more info on this one, please check out Trout Unlimited 229 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:16,720 Speaker 1: and their film on this subject, The Return. Next up 230 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:21,520 Speaker 1: Living with Wildlife, an article that came out recently in 231 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:24,840 Speaker 1: The Atlantic brings up the concept of living with wildlife, 232 00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:27,920 Speaker 1: not like on the couch type of living with wildlife, Hey, 233 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:32,160 Speaker 1: can you pass the remote? The concept of wild ng 234 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:36,040 Speaker 1: which essentially means finding some give and take with wildlife 235 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:40,040 Speaker 1: and the urban interface, recognizing that the idea of returning 236 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:43,480 Speaker 1: a landscape that has been thoroughly peopled for hundreds or 237 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 1: thousands of years to a quote natural state is not 238 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:49,720 Speaker 1: likely and kind of a moving target if you think 239 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:54,040 Speaker 1: about it. In Italy, groups are selectively pruning abandoned apple 240 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:57,440 Speaker 1: trees so the trees continue to produce fruit in order 241 00:15:57,440 --> 00:16:01,640 Speaker 1: to provide food for bears. Something completely unknown to myself 242 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:04,960 Speaker 1: is there has been a population of Marsican brown bear 243 00:16:05,320 --> 00:16:09,040 Speaker 1: or Apennine brown bear living in Italy, a real deal 244 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:13,000 Speaker 1: four hundred fifty pound grizzly bear. This Italian brown bear 245 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:17,240 Speaker 1: is a disconnected population of the Eurasian brown bear that 246 00:16:17,360 --> 00:16:21,240 Speaker 1: is currently relegated to or very near to, the Abrutso 247 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:24,920 Speaker 1: National Forest. If you're familiar with the country of Italy 248 00:16:25,040 --> 00:16:29,000 Speaker 1: and its geography, the Abrutso National Forest and it's critically 249 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:33,040 Speaker 1: endangered population of brown bears is located right above the 250 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:36,440 Speaker 1: boot about mid Shin. If you are not familiar with 251 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:39,440 Speaker 1: the geography of Italy. The park is about two hours 252 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:43,120 Speaker 1: east of Rome. Anyway, The point is apples are not 253 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:46,760 Speaker 1: natural in this area. People brought them in, cultivated them, 254 00:16:46,920 --> 00:16:50,320 Speaker 1: and abandoned them. The Marskan brown bear has been around 255 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:54,360 Speaker 1: much longer than the modern hybridized apple varieties planted by man. 256 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:57,800 Speaker 1: Apples are not part of the historic diet, which in 257 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:01,240 Speaker 1: many cases would mean get rid of those trees. We 258 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:05,360 Speaker 1: cannot have nature if we don't have everything natural. If 259 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:08,480 Speaker 1: you're like me and not currently raising honey or sheep 260 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:10,800 Speaker 1: near the Brutzo and think it would be cool to 261 00:17:10,840 --> 00:17:14,160 Speaker 1: see the Marskin brown bear returned to historic high numbers, 262 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:17,720 Speaker 1: the question becomes what part of history are we returning 263 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:21,520 Speaker 1: it to and who gets to choose. Here's another question 264 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:25,320 Speaker 1: to ask. Do the existing population of bears care if 265 00:17:25,359 --> 00:17:30,719 Speaker 1: their food is historically as it should be? This is local? Yes, absolutely, 266 00:17:31,119 --> 00:17:34,560 Speaker 1: I'm gonna see and it's local. I doubt it. To 267 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:38,080 Speaker 1: the bears roaming the apenning right now. Fruit is food, 268 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:41,560 Speaker 1: and those apple trees have been around their entire existence 269 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:47,080 Speaker 1: and their parents existence. This much diminished population only about 270 00:17:47,119 --> 00:17:50,000 Speaker 1: sixty bears are left, needs a little boost. So what's 271 00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:53,960 Speaker 1: the harm. I suppose you could argue that without people 272 00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:58,240 Speaker 1: maintaining the apple trees, they will eventually quit producing food, 273 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:00,719 Speaker 1: and the bears will have lost a food source they 274 00:18:00,760 --> 00:18:04,200 Speaker 1: may have been depended on, not a long term solution. 275 00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:08,080 Speaker 1: In other words, perhaps another argument would be the smell 276 00:18:08,119 --> 00:18:10,880 Speaker 1: of man is associated with the trees in some way, 277 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:15,080 Speaker 1: which could potentially lead the bears into conflict. Realistically, though, 278 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:18,159 Speaker 1: the likely argument is if we don't take the idea 279 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:21,439 Speaker 1: of natural far enough back in time, we could be 280 00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:24,439 Speaker 1: forced to include things we don't like to see or 281 00:18:24,440 --> 00:18:27,680 Speaker 1: don't find palatable as a natural part of the landscape. 282 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:31,240 Speaker 1: The apple tree was brought here by a farmer, as 283 00:18:31,359 --> 00:18:34,479 Speaker 1: was his plow and harrow, which are not nearly as 284 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:37,720 Speaker 1: pretty as they sit and rest on the landscape. You 285 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:41,440 Speaker 1: see what I'm saying. That's an opinion piece for everyone, 286 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:45,280 Speaker 1: just something to think over onto. This week's called action. 287 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:49,719 Speaker 1: The Clean Water Act, which we have covered many times, 288 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:54,479 Speaker 1: is still a political football. The Trump administration has removed 289 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:57,480 Speaker 1: most of the Obama era language that never got implemented 290 00:18:57,560 --> 00:19:00,879 Speaker 1: due to lawsuits and lack of enforcement. The new Trump 291 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:03,880 Speaker 1: era changes will likely get grid locked by a new 292 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:08,680 Speaker 1: wave of lawsuits, and it is all ridiculous, however, so 293 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:12,320 Speaker 1: you know what the new rule does is remove protections 294 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:16,280 Speaker 1: for intermittent streams and waters that do not provide annual 295 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:21,639 Speaker 1: flow to a traditionally navigable waterway. Navigable is the word 296 00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:24,080 Speaker 1: of the day when it comes to the Clean Water Act, 297 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:27,359 Speaker 1: and what you will hear as an example of water 298 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:31,080 Speaker 1: threatened by the new navigable Water rule is our Prairie 299 00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:35,440 Speaker 1: Pothole region. An abundance of our drinkable water and edible, 300 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:40,239 Speaker 1: watchable wildlife depend on this area. Unfortunately, this is a 301 00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:44,480 Speaker 1: bunch of depressions in the ground that sometimes fill, sometimes 302 00:19:44,520 --> 00:19:49,760 Speaker 1: don't with water, and again, unfortunately, what that water doesn't 303 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:55,240 Speaker 1: do is contribute surface water flow annually into navigable water 304 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:59,119 Speaker 1: ways or water ways that flow into a territorial sea 305 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:03,639 Speaker 1: or tradition navigable water in a typical year, either directly 306 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:09,720 Speaker 1: or indirectly through other tributaries, jurisdictional lakes, ponds or impoundments, 307 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:14,159 Speaker 1: or adjacent wetlands, which under the new rule makes the 308 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:18,680 Speaker 1: Prairie Pothole region and other individual bodies of water um 309 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:22,040 Speaker 1: hung out to dry, so to speak. If you think 310 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:25,640 Speaker 1: this is absurd, as I do, please right in, call 311 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:29,920 Speaker 1: in an email your congressional representatives today and tell them 312 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:33,639 Speaker 1: that you, in fact enjoy clean water, and you probably 313 00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:36,800 Speaker 1: know some other folks who do too. You like shore 314 00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:41,400 Speaker 1: birds and frogs and tasty fish, and waterfowl and upland birds, 315 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:44,120 Speaker 1: and you want to see those things protected, not only 316 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:46,480 Speaker 1: for yourself, but for the rest of us and those 317 00:20:46,520 --> 00:20:51,960 Speaker 1: that come after us. Moving on to the ever popular 318 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:56,240 Speaker 1: cat desk. At this point, if you've been listening to 319 00:20:56,280 --> 00:21:00,720 Speaker 1: Cal's Weekend Review, you know without question how damnage domestic 320 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:04,840 Speaker 1: cats are to our wildlife. Recently, that topic popped up 321 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 1: once again with a new study out of North Carolina 322 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:13,080 Speaker 1: State University that tracked nine hundred domestic house cats. Researchers 323 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:16,120 Speaker 1: were initially optimistic about the small range of these domestic 324 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:20,439 Speaker 1: predators until they took into account the repeated predation Within 325 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:27,120 Speaker 1: those tiny ranges. Domestic cats are essentially over pressuring their resources. 326 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:30,760 Speaker 1: This differs from wild cats that have a large territory 327 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:34,439 Speaker 1: in which they likely not by choice, spread their predatory 328 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:38,800 Speaker 1: love around. Considering that many homes within the study areas 329 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:41,399 Speaker 1: also have cats that were not part of the study, 330 00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:45,400 Speaker 1: the data once again points to an incredibly simple solution 331 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:49,919 Speaker 1: for the protection of native wildlife. Keep your cats inside. 332 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:54,800 Speaker 1: Nothing new. Remember in the US alone and estimated two 333 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:59,920 Speaker 1: point four billion birds a year twelve point three billion 334 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:03,120 Speaker 1: small mammals a year. And all you have to do, 335 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:08,520 Speaker 1: cat fanciers is keep Tabby inside. If that story doesn't 336 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:12,080 Speaker 1: tickle your cat fancy, maybe this one out of Yellowstone 337 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:15,800 Speaker 1: National Park will I know you fans of Monty python 338 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:20,600 Speaker 1: will like. In a study released in the journal Environmental 339 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:24,679 Speaker 1: Conservation in March, researchers tested twenty eight mountain lions that 340 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:28,439 Speaker 1: call the Greater Yellowstone home between two thousand five and 341 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:32,199 Speaker 1: two thousand fourteen. Twelve of these cats tested positive for 342 00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:37,320 Speaker 1: plague bring out. Eight of these positive tests were collected 343 00:22:37,359 --> 00:22:40,760 Speaker 1: from eleven dead cats, and four positive tests from a 344 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:45,119 Speaker 1: sample of seventeen live cats. Plague and mountain lions is 345 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:48,840 Speaker 1: not anything new. A researcher in Arizona picked up a 346 00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:52,240 Speaker 1: dead cat in two thousand seven and was infected while 347 00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:56,080 Speaker 1: performing a necropsy on the animal. A couple of interesting 348 00:22:56,119 --> 00:22:58,800 Speaker 1: takeaways from this study is that the cats do not 349 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:03,560 Speaker 1: always die when they contract plague. In fact, quite the opposite. 350 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:07,280 Speaker 1: Several lines in the study tested positive than negative, then 351 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:10,760 Speaker 1: positive again over the course of the study, meaning that 352 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:15,000 Speaker 1: the cats can build some antibodies to the historically deadly disease, 353 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:18,080 Speaker 1: and they can potentially act as an indicator for when 354 00:23:18,119 --> 00:23:21,440 Speaker 1: plague is present in the Yellowstone ecosystem. But who is 355 00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:24,199 Speaker 1: coming in contact with Mount lions enough for this to 356 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:28,159 Speaker 1: be helpful hound hunters, folks who run cats with dogs, 357 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:31,120 Speaker 1: that's who. During the time of this study, a boy 358 00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:34,280 Speaker 1: scout was infected with plague in the Teton area. It 359 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:38,240 Speaker 1: is possible that this infection or other infections in the future, 360 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:42,400 Speaker 1: could be prevented by using some citizens science, utilizing Mount 361 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:45,959 Speaker 1: Lion hunters to bring in testable samples from their kills, 362 00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:49,119 Speaker 1: or providing the people who just like to run cats 363 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:52,800 Speaker 1: with hounds the necessary equipment to pull samples from live 364 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:56,280 Speaker 1: cats when they have them. Tread could potentially provide an 365 00:23:56,320 --> 00:23:59,199 Speaker 1: early warning system for folks like me that like to 366 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:02,439 Speaker 1: wander around the woods picking up just about anything we find. 367 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:06,320 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening. 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