WEBVTT - Ep. 479: Trash Bandits, Trojan Trout, and Very Old Dad Jokes 0:00:10.200 --> 0:00:14.160 From Meat Eaters World News Headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This 0:00:14.320 --> 0:00:19.080 is Col's Week in Review with Ryan col Klai. Here's 0:00:19.160 --> 0:00:22.360 cal we hear it, cals we can review. Know that 0:00:22.520 --> 0:00:25.480 it's easier to pay attention to the segments about assaults 0:00:25.520 --> 0:00:28.560 on public land and federal spending bills when there's an 0:00:28.600 --> 0:00:31.560 outlaw squirrel story in between. If you laugh at this 0:00:31.600 --> 0:00:34.240 comic relief, new research is showing that you are part 0:00:34.320 --> 0:00:37.760 of a grand tradition. Hominids have been laughing at each 0:00:37.800 --> 0:00:41.960 other for a very very long time. English anthropologists recently 0:00:41.960 --> 0:00:46.199 compared the vocalizations of all the great apes, orangutans, gorillas, 0:00:46.240 --> 0:00:49.919 Bonobo's chimpanzees, and humans and found that when we're tickled, 0:00:50.159 --> 0:00:53.960 all of us have a repeating encyclical vocal pattern known 0:00:54.080 --> 0:00:58.080 as isochronous expression. To translate for the layman, we all 0:00:58.080 --> 0:01:02.560 go ha ha ha ha ha, short staccato exhalations in sequence. 0:01:02.960 --> 0:01:06.080 The researchers conclude that if all those species have the 0:01:06.080 --> 0:01:10.440 same vocal plasticity to enable laughter, our last common ancestor 0:01:10.600 --> 0:01:13.600 must have had it too. We began to diverge from 0:01:13.640 --> 0:01:16.720 that common ancestor about fifteen million years ago, so we 0:01:16.840 --> 0:01:19.360 know that we were yucking it up that far back, 0:01:19.400 --> 0:01:22.360 and likely further that means we're not likely to stop 0:01:22.440 --> 0:01:25.360 joking around anytime soon. As for the quality of the 0:01:25.440 --> 0:01:28.160 humor on this show, as you know, I recently became 0:01:28.160 --> 0:01:31.240 a dad, and so things are not likely to improve. 0:01:31.520 --> 0:01:33.520 And what's the only thing worse than a dad joke? 0:01:33.880 --> 0:01:36.520 Not just a granddad joke or a great granddad joke, 0:01:36.760 --> 0:01:42.320 but a six hundred thousandth great granddad joke. There's math 0:01:42.400 --> 0:01:45.000 involved there, but you get what I mean. This week 0:01:45.040 --> 0:01:49.320 we've got fireflying, illegal stewardships, Sunday hunting, and beach fishing. 0:01:49.320 --> 0:01:50.840 But first I'm going to tell you about my week. 0:01:50.880 --> 0:01:54.280 And my week has been packed with puppy training, diaper swapping, 0:01:54.320 --> 0:01:57.120 and digging in deep on what the heck is happening 0:01:57.200 --> 0:02:01.360 here on the verge of our shared Independence Day. I'm 0:02:01.360 --> 0:02:04.560 writing this on the third Tomorrow will be the fourth, 0:02:04.600 --> 0:02:07.320 and I'm thinking hard on how we are still working 0:02:07.360 --> 0:02:11.360 on providing equitable access to public land from public land 0:02:11.440 --> 0:02:15.320 via corner crossing, and how a state like Colorado or Illinois, 0:02:15.600 --> 0:02:19.079 which are flush with well documented navigable rivers and streams, 0:02:19.200 --> 0:02:23.000 are still places where freedom loving American can't legally float 0:02:23.120 --> 0:02:27.200 or wide most of those well documented navigable rivers and streams. 0:02:27.480 --> 0:02:30.000 How is it we are working our butts off to 0:02:30.080 --> 0:02:33.720 have wilderness and roadless areas where Americans will have the 0:02:33.800 --> 0:02:38.240 opportunity to pursue deer, elk, moose, all the iconic American 0:02:38.320 --> 0:02:42.720 megafauna in perpetuity, so long as we all stand up 0:02:42.880 --> 0:02:46.400 right now and demand it. And how if we don't, 0:02:46.720 --> 0:02:50.080 we just won't because it is the opinion of some 0:02:50.520 --> 0:02:54.680 that those unbelievable American assets have matured and should be 0:02:54.720 --> 0:02:59.520 disposed of. Forget this our benefit. It's like those cult 0:02:59.600 --> 0:03:02.799 leaders who say, hey, last night I had a dream, 0:03:03.200 --> 0:03:07.200 and material wealth as well as physical pleasure are just 0:03:07.280 --> 0:03:10.080 holding you all back. So I'm gonna do you all 0:03:10.120 --> 0:03:13.480 a favor and take on the burden of your cash 0:03:13.639 --> 0:03:17.160 and your spouses. I know, I know you are right 0:03:17.240 --> 0:03:20.400 to be grateful. Now, if that sounds negative, I do 0:03:20.480 --> 0:03:24.040 believe this is the time to be optimistic and nationalistic, 0:03:24.320 --> 0:03:28.760 to recognize that all this awesome embarrassment of riches, our 0:03:28.800 --> 0:03:32.440 public lands, waters and wildlife are here simply and not 0:03:32.560 --> 0:03:36.320 by accident or mistake, but because those that came before 0:03:36.440 --> 0:03:40.240 us recognized that the wild parts of America would only 0:03:40.400 --> 0:03:44.040 increase in value, would only continue to shape and provide 0:03:44.080 --> 0:03:46.920 for our country if we were willing to self regulate 0:03:47.000 --> 0:03:50.760 and demand a system of regulation that set lands aside 0:03:51.040 --> 0:03:53.680 and manage them in such a way the land of 0:03:53.720 --> 0:03:57.600 many uses renewable and responsible use. Pack it in, pack 0:03:57.680 --> 0:04:02.560 it out. Know before you go. Not everything everywhere, all 0:04:02.640 --> 0:04:07.360 at once. Is our system of public land and public 0:04:07.440 --> 0:04:11.760 resource management perfect well in comparison to a lot of 0:04:11.760 --> 0:04:17.480 countries and caliphates and kingdoms. Yes, but keeping things purely domestic. No. 0:04:17.880 --> 0:04:21.599 Things can be improved and advanced and made to function better. 0:04:21.880 --> 0:04:24.920 But we have to demand that too, And I promise 0:04:24.960 --> 0:04:28.080 you getting rid of all of our regulations is not 0:04:28.200 --> 0:04:31.839 the answer. One thing I noticed and I certainly empathize with, 0:04:32.600 --> 0:04:35.800 is the thought that if we were to deregulate the landscape, 0:04:36.000 --> 0:04:38.560 roll things back to that time, not all that long ago, 0:04:38.600 --> 0:04:40.880 of the copper barns and the timber barons and the 0:04:41.000 --> 0:04:43.599 get it. While the getting's good, there's a thought that 0:04:43.640 --> 0:04:47.080 it's going to be my woodsmanship against yours. I just 0:04:47.120 --> 0:04:49.960 got to beat the other dude or family to the spot. 0:04:50.200 --> 0:04:53.440 And the fishing and hunting and wood cutting and mushroom 0:04:53.480 --> 0:04:56.359 picking is going to be great. Well, I get it, 0:04:56.760 --> 0:04:59.160 but that's just not how it's going to work. If 0:04:59.160 --> 0:05:01.640 there's profit to you made, it's going to be all 0:05:01.680 --> 0:05:04.120 of us putting our get up and go and good 0:05:04.120 --> 0:05:09.200 woodsmanship against each other, plus mega corporations looking to own 0:05:09.279 --> 0:05:12.800 an entire supply chain from beginning to end. The barons 0:05:12.800 --> 0:05:15.560 of this day and age have more money and power 0:05:15.640 --> 0:05:18.479 concentrated than in the turn of the century. And I'm 0:05:18.520 --> 0:05:21.240 just saying us little folks better learn to stick together 0:05:21.680 --> 0:05:24.640 or we're just fighting over the scraps. We've done it before, 0:05:24.880 --> 0:05:27.799 Let's do it again. Join a local rod and gun club, 0:05:27.960 --> 0:05:32.560 join a national conservation group, or three, be informed and participate. 0:05:32.880 --> 0:05:36.640 Make showing up and calling in and writing in just 0:05:36.839 --> 0:05:41.080 what you do, not a special occasion gosh I had 0:05:41.120 --> 0:05:44.280 no idea is not going to cut it. Memberships at 0:05:44.400 --> 0:05:48.760 backcountry Hunters and Anglers make nice midyear gifts. Just FYI, 0:05:49.320 --> 0:05:54.039 sign up, get informed, participate, spread the word jumping over 0:05:54.120 --> 0:05:58.279 to the fireflying desk. If you do a YouTube search 0:05:58.320 --> 0:06:01.000 for the words two thousand and two California Air tanker crash, 0:06:01.000 --> 0:06:03.839 you will find footage of a Lockheed C one thirty 0:06:03.960 --> 0:06:06.680 a soaring through the air, dropping fire retardant on a 0:06:06.680 --> 0:06:09.839 blaze before both wings fold up like a taco and 0:06:09.960 --> 0:06:13.359 detached from the plane. The fuselage then rolls over and 0:06:13.400 --> 0:06:16.080 disappears behind a ridge, where the plane went on to 0:06:16.200 --> 0:06:19.360 crash and kill all three crew members aboard. The plane 0:06:19.440 --> 0:06:21.440 was in the middle of a mission fighting the Cannon 0:06:21.480 --> 0:06:25.200 fire near Walker, California, which burned almost twenty three thousand 0:06:25.320 --> 0:06:28.600 acres in six weeks. This was one of two crashes 0:06:28.640 --> 0:06:31.960 that year of firefighting aircraft owned by the same company 0:06:32.160 --> 0:06:35.039 and contracted by the US Forest Service. The second was 0:06:35.040 --> 0:06:39.039 a consolidated PB four wide Dash two privateer who's left 0:06:39.080 --> 0:06:41.960 wingspar collapsed, causing it to slam into the ground near 0:06:42.080 --> 0:06:45.040 Estes Park, Colorado and kill both of the people on board. 0:06:45.440 --> 0:06:48.320 This all might seem like ancient history, but two disasters 0:06:48.360 --> 0:06:51.480 so close together prompted the Forest Service to implement an 0:06:51.560 --> 0:06:55.440 aircraft inspection process that was finalized in twenty ten and 0:06:55.560 --> 0:06:59.440 continues to this day. It's been extremely effective. Once the 0:06:59.480 --> 0:07:02.960 inspection were put into place, fatalities dropped from three point 0:07:03.000 --> 0:07:05.880 seven per year down to just one point seven per year. 0:07:06.120 --> 0:07:08.440 So it might surprise you that the owners of several 0:07:08.440 --> 0:07:11.360 firefighting aircraft companies started calling for the end of these 0:07:11.360 --> 0:07:14.520 inspections in recent years. They argue that they could fly 0:07:14.600 --> 0:07:18.360 more emissions for less money, while consequently making more money 0:07:18.480 --> 0:07:22.560 if the time consuming processes were discontinued. Instead of having 0:07:22.720 --> 0:07:25.480 Forest Service personnel doing the checks, the companies could just 0:07:25.560 --> 0:07:28.640 do it themselves. I'm flagging this one for you in 0:07:28.680 --> 0:07:32.120 the spirit of deregulation because we recently just lost a 0:07:32.160 --> 0:07:35.960 couple of firefighters, wildland firefighters, the ground kids, and they're 0:07:36.120 --> 0:07:38.520 not the ones making the big bucks. They're making big 0:07:38.560 --> 0:07:42.120 bucks for you know, working people wages. There's always something 0:07:42.240 --> 0:07:45.280 pretty much everybody grown up here in Montana aspired to 0:07:45.280 --> 0:07:49.720 do because man, the fire is hot, but so's the cash. Now, 0:07:49.840 --> 0:07:52.800 this particular story's got a lot of ties to elected 0:07:52.800 --> 0:07:55.960 officials and it can get pretty sticky. But it's in 0:07:56.000 --> 0:07:59.160 here as a reference to those by gone days of 0:07:59.720 --> 0:08:04.920 reduced oversight, regulation increased profits. But you got to ask 0:08:04.960 --> 0:08:07.280 yourself who's behind the stick in this one. It's not 0:08:07.320 --> 0:08:10.080 going to be a shareholder. Now, we're in the middle 0:08:10.080 --> 0:08:13.200 of a historic drought cross country. If you look at it, 0:08:13.280 --> 0:08:15.000 being in snow here in the last couple of days 0:08:15.000 --> 0:08:17.840 in Montana, which is going to make the fishing last 0:08:17.920 --> 0:08:21.080 for the summer. I'd wager at this point. But there's 0:08:21.080 --> 0:08:24.520 an increased fire activity across the country. There's a lot 0:08:24.520 --> 0:08:30.840 of uncertainty in our federal fire fighting due to staff reallocations, 0:08:30.880 --> 0:08:34.800 we'll call them. Is this the time to deregulate or 0:08:34.840 --> 0:08:36.920 is this just a good example of the path we're 0:08:36.960 --> 0:08:42.560 going down? Moving on to the illegal stewardship desk over 0:08:42.600 --> 0:08:45.760 the UK, an environmental lawyer named Paul Powellsland and a 0:08:45.760 --> 0:08:48.320 bunch of other volunteers recently organized a clean up of 0:08:48.320 --> 0:08:51.040 a river in rural Essex, north of London. They pulled 0:08:51.040 --> 0:08:54.439 out two hundred bags of trash. Sorry we're talking about England, 0:08:54.480 --> 0:08:57.280 so I should say two hundred bags of rubbish, as 0:08:57.280 --> 0:08:59.920 well as fallen tree branches and silt. The group is 0:09:00.040 --> 0:09:02.880 part of an organization dedicated to cleaning up the river Rotting, 0:09:03.120 --> 0:09:07.000 which over the past few decades has faced significant pollution. However, 0:09:07.080 --> 0:09:10.600 instead of cheering on the volunteers, England's Environmental agency sent 0:09:10.679 --> 0:09:14.000 Powellsland a letter threatening legal action against him for carrying 0:09:14.000 --> 0:09:16.520 out the work without a permit. The letter says that 0:09:16.559 --> 0:09:18.880 the cleanup could pose a flood risk, and that any 0:09:18.920 --> 0:09:21.720 significant intervention in the river needs to be done according 0:09:21.720 --> 0:09:26.120 to the Environmental Regulations of twenty sixteen. Powellsland is clearly 0:09:26.160 --> 0:09:28.160 no dummy when it comes to pr because in the 0:09:28.160 --> 0:09:32.160 many articles about the fracas he said quote, after decades 0:09:32.200 --> 0:09:35.760 of ignoring rampant environmental crime on the rotting, the Environment 0:09:35.840 --> 0:09:38.800 Agency has finally decided to act. But it's not action 0:09:38.960 --> 0:09:42.200 against Tame's water for dumping billions of leaders of sewage 0:09:42.240 --> 0:09:44.720 in the rotting, or the waste criminals who have dumped 0:09:44.720 --> 0:09:47.319 thousands of tons of rubbish on its banks, but against 0:09:47.360 --> 0:09:51.200 the volunteers restoring a river without a permit. He's certainly 0:09:51.280 --> 0:09:53.360 right about the other groups messing up the river. The 0:09:53.360 --> 0:09:56.480 English equivalent of the Mafia has dumped a huge amount 0:09:56.480 --> 0:09:59.240 of trash along the country's rivers and Tame's water. The 0:09:59.280 --> 0:10:03.120 privatized suit utility serving the area dumps almost two hundred 0:10:03.160 --> 0:10:06.080 thousand gallons of raw sewage into the river every year. 0:10:06.559 --> 0:10:10.120 Powsland has registered official complaints about the dumping for years, 0:10:10.160 --> 0:10:13.360 but maybe getting a ridiculous ticket and having the whole 0:10:13.360 --> 0:10:16.439 world take notice will get more results. As much as 0:10:16.440 --> 0:10:18.800 I admire this guys Moxie. I will add that it's 0:10:18.840 --> 0:10:21.720 important for volunteers to do things by the books. A 0:10:21.760 --> 0:10:25.199 good piece of legislation champion by Trout Unlimited, as well 0:10:25.200 --> 0:10:28.160 as a broader coalition including back huntry, hunters, and anglers, 0:10:28.160 --> 0:10:31.640 for example, produced the Good Samaritan Act in this country, 0:10:31.720 --> 0:10:35.920 which allows for volunteer orgs to step in and remediate 0:10:36.080 --> 0:10:40.920 disasters without burdensome liability or expensive bonds for a mess 0:10:40.960 --> 0:10:44.760 they didn't create, but are willing to wade into. Creating 0:10:44.800 --> 0:10:49.160 big messes with horrible downstream effects is attradition in this 0:10:49.240 --> 0:10:53.079 country from poor performers in the industry. The good Smaritan 0:10:53.280 --> 0:10:57.000 Act was focused on hard rock minds that had been 0:10:57.040 --> 0:11:02.720 abandoned and were not remediated, causing nasty, toxic downstream flow. 0:11:03.240 --> 0:11:06.520 Good Smeartan Act was a win for sure, just not 0:11:06.640 --> 0:11:09.320 as big of a win as maybe reviewing the eighteen 0:11:09.400 --> 0:11:14.120 seventy two mining law. Jumping over to Sunday hunting down 0:11:14.160 --> 0:11:18.240 in Delaware, Governor John Carney has signed HB two seven eight, 0:11:18.280 --> 0:11:21.280 which repeals all restrictions on Sunday hunting in the state. 0:11:21.679 --> 0:11:25.000 Although the first state allowed hunting for many species on 0:11:25.040 --> 0:11:27.840 the Lord's Day, This new law now permits all hunting 0:11:27.880 --> 0:11:31.480 for all game animals and game birds during established seasons. 0:11:31.760 --> 0:11:34.319 The bills passed with only one nay vote in the 0:11:34.400 --> 0:11:37.880 state House and unanimously in the Senate. Great news for 0:11:37.920 --> 0:11:39.680 all of you trying to squeeze in more time in 0:11:39.720 --> 0:11:42.560 the field up in Massachusetts. Now is the time for 0:11:42.640 --> 0:11:45.280 you all to call your state senators to pass sunday hunting. 0:11:45.640 --> 0:11:49.120 Earlier this spring, Governor Mora Healy announced her support for 0:11:49.240 --> 0:11:52.160 ending the ban, but anti hunting lawmakers stripped out the 0:11:52.200 --> 0:11:55.640 reforms from a recent budget bill. The provisions have now 0:11:55.679 --> 0:11:58.640 been added back to a different environmental bond bill, S 0:11:58.760 --> 0:12:01.360 three zero six y four. This bill would not only 0:12:01.440 --> 0:12:03.960 open up sunday hunting, it would also allow the use 0:12:03.960 --> 0:12:07.400 of crossbows for all hunters and reduce archery setbacks to 0:12:07.480 --> 0:12:10.760 significantly increase the amount of land where people can hunt, 0:12:11.000 --> 0:12:13.840 especially in the denser eastern part of the state. These 0:12:13.920 --> 0:12:16.320 kinds of reforms are essential if we're going to bring 0:12:16.360 --> 0:12:20.320 people into hunting and create conservationists in the process. Going 0:12:20.400 --> 0:12:23.240 after game has to be accessible, or else our political 0:12:23.280 --> 0:12:26.640 power is going to continue to decline. So Bay Staters 0:12:26.840 --> 0:12:29.520 call your state senators and ask they vote yes on 0:12:29.760 --> 0:12:32.640 S three zero sixty four, the same measure passed in 0:12:32.679 --> 0:12:35.640 the Assembly, So there could be cause for celebrations soon, 0:12:35.880 --> 0:12:38.720 but let's not leave things up to chance. Moving on 0:12:38.760 --> 0:12:42.079 to the fish desk, biologists in Colorado are a celebrating 0:12:42.160 --> 0:12:45.760 progress and recovering native Colorado River cutthroat trout and knocking 0:12:45.840 --> 0:12:48.640 back invasive brookies. The news comes to us from a 0:12:48.679 --> 0:12:51.480 Colorado Parks and Wildlife press release from earlier this spring 0:12:51.640 --> 0:12:55.920 that highlighted population sampling results in Bobtail and Steelman Creeks, 0:12:56.000 --> 0:12:58.560 two remote waterways in the western portion of the state, 0:12:58.679 --> 0:13:02.640 and according to officials, the difference maker there is Trojan trout. No, 0:13:02.760 --> 0:13:05.480 these brookies aren't endemic to the ancient city of Troy, 0:13:05.760 --> 0:13:10.160 but they are inspired by the Trojan horse of Greek mythology. Specifically, 0:13:10.320 --> 0:13:13.600 Trojan trout are genetically modified brook trout that have two 0:13:13.840 --> 0:13:17.079 Y chromosomes instead of one X and one Y chromosome. 0:13:17.360 --> 0:13:20.400 Once released into the wild, the yy brook trout produce 0:13:20.520 --> 0:13:23.640 only male offspring when they spawn with wildfish. This is 0:13:23.679 --> 0:13:27.199 supposed to slowly skew the sex ratio in the wild population, 0:13:27.600 --> 0:13:32.199 until eventually the invasive species is wiped out. The spring's 0:13:32.240 --> 0:13:35.839 news is particularly notable as Bobtail and Steelman Creeks are 0:13:35.880 --> 0:13:38.320 the site of the first attempts to use trojan fish 0:13:38.320 --> 0:13:42.160 to aid in native species restoration in Colorado. Idaho has 0:13:42.160 --> 0:13:46.280 been doing this. I believe it was developed out of Poketello, 0:13:46.720 --> 0:13:50.680 which is what Idaho University idahom. The trojan trout have 0:13:50.760 --> 0:13:53.040 been in the stream system since twenty twenty four, and 0:13:53.040 --> 0:13:55.600 the results are already paying off. According to the most 0:13:55.640 --> 0:13:58.679 recent tally, there were over thirteen hundred cutthroats in the 0:13:58.720 --> 0:14:02.680 two creeks, well above the one hundred and twenty three 0:14:02.760 --> 0:14:06.400 cutthroat count in twenty eleven. The findings are a good 0:14:06.440 --> 0:14:09.520 sign for the novel tactic and are prompting local aquatic 0:14:09.559 --> 0:14:13.240 researchers to consider using genetically modified trojan fish to fight 0:14:13.320 --> 0:14:19.000 other invasives, such as the carp moving on its jaws 0:14:19.040 --> 0:14:21.920 season and In response, on June twenty five, the California 0:14:21.920 --> 0:14:24.920 Fish and Game Commission issued an emergency action that many 0:14:25.040 --> 0:14:27.760 shore and peer based anglers in the Golden State are 0:14:27.840 --> 0:14:30.960 unhappy about. The Commission banned the use of hooks greater 0:14:31.040 --> 0:14:33.720 than one and a half inches and wire or metallic 0:14:33.800 --> 0:14:37.120 lines and leaders when fishing from or within one thousand 0:14:37.200 --> 0:14:40.440 yards of shore. The emergency regulations extend all the way 0:14:40.440 --> 0:14:43.080 from Pigeon Point on the Central Coast south to the 0:14:43.200 --> 0:14:47.080 US Mexico border. You're probably asking why they did this. Well, 0:14:47.120 --> 0:14:50.200 the Commission's reasoning is that this year's El Nino will 0:14:50.200 --> 0:14:53.400 push warmer than usual water up the California coast and 0:14:53.480 --> 0:14:56.160 a bunch of juvenile great white sharks into the area too. 0:14:56.600 --> 0:14:59.680 In case you didn't already know, recreational anglers are not 0:14:59.720 --> 0:15:02.880 allowed to target white sharks, which are a protected marine species, 0:15:03.040 --> 0:15:06.040 but they occasionally catch them incidentally, often when trying for 0:15:06.080 --> 0:15:09.520 other shark species. These are safeguards in place to mitigate this, 0:15:09.800 --> 0:15:13.360 but apparently California officials don't think they're sufficient. They say 0:15:13.360 --> 0:15:15.560 that the emergency action will both cut down on the 0:15:15.640 --> 0:15:19.000 take of white sharks and also improve public safety. Apparently, 0:15:19.080 --> 0:15:21.160 the California Department of Fish and Wildlife would like to 0:15:21.200 --> 0:15:25.840 quote reduce potential interactions between hooked sharks and swimmers. We're 0:15:25.880 --> 0:15:28.240 really worried that someone catches a large shark and is 0:15:28.240 --> 0:15:30.360 fighting it with this heavy metal leader, that the shark 0:15:30.400 --> 0:15:34.440 could wrap itself around a person. Interesting. It's not clear 0:15:34.480 --> 0:15:36.840 that this has ever actually happened to a swimmer, but 0:15:37.040 --> 0:15:41.080 CDFW pointed out an unfortunate twenty fourteen incident in which 0:15:41.120 --> 0:15:43.400 a long distance swimmer was bitten by a great white 0:15:43.480 --> 0:15:46.200 that had been hooked by a shore angler that said, 0:15:46.200 --> 0:15:49.720 the vast, vast majority of shark bites didn't involve anglers 0:15:49.720 --> 0:15:52.520 at all, and the regulations will likely seriously impact the 0:15:52.560 --> 0:15:55.720 ability for local fishermen to target open species such as 0:15:55.760 --> 0:15:59.520 Maco's leopard, thresher sharks, and more. Now public beaches, like 0:15:59.560 --> 0:16:02.560 other public the glands need to be managed for multiple uses, 0:16:02.640 --> 0:16:06.760 and this requires finding balance between recreational users like swimmers 0:16:06.800 --> 0:16:10.320 and anglers and land based shark fishing has caused some 0:16:10.360 --> 0:16:13.400 controversy in this area in recent years, but a widespread 0:16:13.440 --> 0:16:15.840 band that doesn't appear to be based on legitimate science 0:16:15.960 --> 0:16:18.840 or data isn't the way to do that. Regardless, the 0:16:18.880 --> 0:16:21.680 emergency action is valid for one hundred and eighty days 0:16:21.880 --> 0:16:24.400 and can be extended by the Fish and Game Commission 0:16:24.480 --> 0:16:27.640 twice have thoughts on this one. Let's hear them at 0:16:27.680 --> 0:16:32.800 askcl at the meeater dot com. Hunters and anglers provide 0:16:32.800 --> 0:16:35.560 a ton of personal information to fishing games agencies in 0:16:35.680 --> 0:16:39.479 order to hunt fish. We expect that information to be confidential, 0:16:39.640 --> 0:16:42.080 and for the most part, it is. But on Thursday, 0:16:42.200 --> 0:16:45.160 June eighteen, Texas Parks and Wildlife announced that a licensed 0:16:45.160 --> 0:16:47.560 system vendor had been the victim of a data breach. 0:16:47.800 --> 0:16:50.840 As a result, more than three million Texas Hunting and 0:16:50.920 --> 0:16:55.360 Fishing licensed customers have had personal information such as their addresses, 0:16:55.520 --> 0:16:59.280 driver's license numbers, and more leaked to bad actors. Thankfully, 0:16:59.400 --> 0:17:02.400 the agency says that social security numbers and credit card 0:17:02.480 --> 0:17:05.640 details were not obtained by the hackers, nor were customers 0:17:05.720 --> 0:17:09.879 under eighteen involved or any specific group targeted. Still, it 0:17:09.920 --> 0:17:13.040 isn't a good situation, and TPW officials say they were 0:17:13.040 --> 0:17:16.280 working to implement new safeguards and security monitoring for their 0:17:16.320 --> 0:17:20.280 license sales system. Additionally, affected customers are eligible for a 0:17:20.359 --> 0:17:24.600 year of free credit monitoring. Moving on to a quick 0:17:24.720 --> 0:17:26.760 update on a story we talked about a couple weeks 0:17:26.760 --> 0:17:29.320 ago the June one episode. To be exact, I told 0:17:29.320 --> 0:17:32.240 you guys about the hullabaloo over the Montana Landboards overhaul 0:17:32.280 --> 0:17:34.919 of its land swap process. To put it simply, the 0:17:34.960 --> 0:17:38.080 group shook up the regulations in a very expedited manner, 0:17:38.160 --> 0:17:40.880 as well as the process for exchanging state managed public 0:17:40.960 --> 0:17:44.560 lands for private lands. Some local conservation groups supported the change, 0:17:44.560 --> 0:17:48.200 while others worried that the new system lacks transparency and accountability, 0:17:48.359 --> 0:17:52.680 as did its implementation. Now, the Montana Wildlife Federation, Montana 0:17:52.680 --> 0:17:56.240 Sportsman's Alliance, and Public Land Water Access Association have filed 0:17:56.280 --> 0:17:59.720 a lawsuit challenging the process used to adopt the new policy. 0:18:00.080 --> 0:18:02.520 Those groups are arguing that the Land Board didn't provide 0:18:02.560 --> 0:18:07.120 adequate public notice, public participation, or compliance with state laws. Quote. 0:18:07.200 --> 0:18:09.600 If the five member Land Board is going to rewrite 0:18:09.640 --> 0:18:13.160 the rules governing state land exchanges and give itself greater 0:18:13.240 --> 0:18:17.040 authority over those decisions, Montanas deserve to know exactly what 0:18:17.160 --> 0:18:20.359 is changing and have a legitimate opportunity to weigh in. 0:18:20.640 --> 0:18:24.640 They got either, said Montana Wildlife Federation board president Mike Mershan. 0:18:25.200 --> 0:18:28.639 This process needs a do over, one that includes adequate notice, 0:18:28.680 --> 0:18:33.000 transparency and meaningful public participation. Will keep you posted on 0:18:33.040 --> 0:18:36.920 the progress of the lawsuit. One interesting fact here, too, 0:18:37.600 --> 0:18:42.760 is this expedited process notes that if public access is 0:18:42.800 --> 0:18:46.440 not available to the parcel, it becomes a prime candidate 0:18:46.560 --> 0:18:50.840 for land exchange, which may have many benefits in some 0:18:51.000 --> 0:18:55.639 cases it certainly will. However, the state, as we've mentioned 0:18:55.640 --> 0:19:00.199 many times, has increased the rhetoric around corner crossing, the 0:19:00.280 --> 0:19:03.399 act of walking from public land to public land. The 0:19:03.440 --> 0:19:06.840 state is telling everybody and their dog that corner crossing 0:19:06.920 --> 0:19:09.920 is illegal and always has been, despite not having a 0:19:10.000 --> 0:19:13.720 law on the books to which they are involved in 0:19:13.720 --> 0:19:17.280 a lawsuit to determine that. So, at minimum, I think 0:19:17.280 --> 0:19:20.399 the landboard should really probably walk before it runs with this. 0:19:20.800 --> 0:19:22.280 They don't want to be in a position where they're 0:19:22.280 --> 0:19:28.280 exchanging legally accessible land under the guise of inaccessibility and illegality. 0:19:29.080 --> 0:19:30.800 That's all I got for you this week. Thank you 0:19:30.880 --> 0:19:33.840 so much for listening. Remember to write into ask c 0:19:34.040 --> 0:19:37.280 Al that's Ascal at the meat eater dot com. Let 0:19:37.320 --> 0:19:39.280 me know what's going on in your neck of the woods. No, 0:19:39.359 --> 0:19:42.520 we appreciate it. Thanks again, talk to you next week.