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 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:15,160 Speaker 1: only at authorized dealers. For more, go to steel Dealers 4 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: dot com. Now here's your host, Ryan cal Callahan. The 5 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:26,280 Speaker 1: Mexican drug cartel's affinity for exotic pets took a deadly 6 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 1: turn this week after a spider monkey was killed in 7 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:33,360 Speaker 1: a shootout, a tiger nearly dismembered a man who was 8 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:36,599 Speaker 1: trying to pet it, and another tiger was found wandering 9 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:39,320 Speaker 1: the streets of a coastal Mexican town. I know what 10 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:45,000 Speaker 1: you're thinking, cartel liability, insurance, workmen's comp spider monkeys, tiger food. 11 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 1: What does crime actually pay after that kind of overhead? 12 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:52,400 Speaker 1: I did it for me. I liked it. I was 13 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 1: good at it. Reportedly, the spider monkey was dressed in 14 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 1: military fatigues and a tiny tactical vest when it was 15 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 1: and killed during a shootout between gang members and state police. 16 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 1: According to Vice News, the monkey was owned by one 17 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 1: of the gangsters and was apparently some kind of mascot 18 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 1: like Tony the Tiger, but representing illicit drugs instead of 19 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 1: addictive sugar coated cereal Mexican authorities have said, apparently in 20 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:25,080 Speaker 1: all seriousness, that they planned to conduct an autopsy on 21 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 1: the monkey to determine the cause of death. Mhm. The 22 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:32,280 Speaker 1: monkey has since been christened by the Internet as El Chango, 23 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:36,160 Speaker 1: which means the monkey, which isn't all that clever, but 24 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:39,320 Speaker 1: it's a play on, you know, the famous drug lord 25 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:42,679 Speaker 1: El Chopo, and will now live forever in the meme universe. 26 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:45,119 Speaker 1: Think of how much better the memes would have been 27 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 1: if they would have tagged the monkey as at a 28 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:52,320 Speaker 1: commodor platano the banana eater. Don't type that into the 29 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 1: search bar. Kids. In the coastal Mexican town of techo Ala, 30 00:01:56,280 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 1: another cartel pet was seen wandering the streets and scaring residents. 31 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 1: The Bengal tiger had apparently had his fangs and claws removed, 32 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:06,160 Speaker 1: and The Guardian reports that a man was seen tossing 33 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 1: a rope over the tiger's neck and leading it away. 34 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:12,080 Speaker 1: Another man had worse luck with his tiger encounter in 35 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 1: the western state of mitch walk On. A video posted 36 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:17,200 Speaker 1: on social media shows someone feeding a tiger through a 37 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 1: cage with one hand while petting the animal's head with 38 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:23,520 Speaker 1: the other. The wild animal apparently didn't appreciate the attention 39 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 1: because it bit the man's arm and refused to let go. 40 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 1: The man later died from his injuries. The Mexican cartels 41 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 1: use exotic animals to demonstrate status and power, a move 42 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 1: they copied from the Columbian drug lords of the eighties 43 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:39,720 Speaker 1: and nineties, and not Scarface. I can't remember if there's 44 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 1: any animals in Scarface, but you have to remember that 45 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:48,680 Speaker 1: Chico first to get the money, then you get the animals, 46 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:53,160 Speaker 1: then you get the power Chico. If you don't like 47 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 1: that one, remember that reality is oftentimes much more bizarre. 48 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:04,280 Speaker 1: Pablo Escobar did, in fact import hippos. His famous cocaine hippos, 49 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:08,080 Speaker 1: which he imported from Africa, are still wreaking havoc on 50 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:14,079 Speaker 1: the Magdalena River basin. Originally he imported four African hippos. 51 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 1: Now there are as many as one hundred, and officials 52 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 1: are struggling to deal with the four thousand pound invasive species. 53 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:26,840 Speaker 1: I don't see cartel tigers having quite the same environmental impact, 54 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 1: but that's probably a small comfort to the folks who 55 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 1: wake up with a banal in their driveway. If you do, 56 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 1: don't assume the close and teeth have been removed. There's 57 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: a juggleka. This week, we've got elk, public land Policy, 58 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:45,160 Speaker 1: the crime Desk, and so much more. But first I'm 59 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 1: gonna tell you about my week, and my week is 60 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 1: sponsored by Steel Power Equipment. Steel has all the outdoor 61 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 1: power equipment you need to get your yard up to snuff. 62 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 1: You can do it with battery or gas power. If 63 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:02,480 Speaker 1: you're confused on what fits you the most, remember Steele 64 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 1: has ten thousand authorized steel dealers across the country. You're 65 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 1: never far from one. Find the closest dealer to you 66 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 1: by going to steal usa dot com. And by the way, 67 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:16,320 Speaker 1: if you're looking for tips for maintaining that yard and property, 68 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:20,039 Speaker 1: give him a follow at Steele. U s A s 69 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:25,120 Speaker 1: t I H l U s A. Now I'll tell 70 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:27,360 Speaker 1: you I've had an unusual couple of weeks at home. 71 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 1: The unusual part is I'm at home, not that things 72 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 1: are unusual. I currently have a feral Hawaiian goat ham 73 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 1: on the camp chef smoker and a bucket of leeches 74 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,040 Speaker 1: munching away on a piece of feral cattle liver in 75 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 1: the sink, which in my life seems pretty normal. My 76 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:49,239 Speaker 1: garage is spotless to organized, considerably cooler than it is upstairs, 77 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 1: and I'm getting pretty darned close to having the freezer 78 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:54,600 Speaker 1: is emptied. A couple more barbecues and I'll be feeling 79 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:58,359 Speaker 1: very good about our tree season. Well. Snortacus has found 80 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 1: herself in the dog day. It's hot. Our training is 81 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:04,960 Speaker 1: squarely in the swimming division, and I'm not gonna lie. 82 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:07,960 Speaker 1: It's a little bit sloppy, but we're gonna be all 83 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:12,080 Speaker 1: right come hunting season. Moving on to the elk desk, 84 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:17,240 Speaker 1: the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission has scheduled a special 85 00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:20,720 Speaker 1: elk depredation season to take place between July one and 86 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 1: July thirty one in specific parts of Lincoln, Perkins, Keith, Duel, 87 00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 1: and Garden Counties. The hunt will only be open on 88 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:32,839 Speaker 1: private land and is designed to limit crop damage. The 89 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:35,840 Speaker 1: Commission says it has worked with landowners over the last 90 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:39,720 Speaker 1: several years to lower elk herds to a quote acceptable 91 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:42,919 Speaker 1: level in crop land areas. The herds live in the 92 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:45,039 Speaker 1: crop fields as soon as the corn gets to be 93 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:47,480 Speaker 1: about five ft tall, and then they don't move out 94 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:51,039 Speaker 1: until the harvest. They can do extensive damage while they're 95 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 1: there and then they dispersed during the general elk season. 96 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:57,039 Speaker 1: This makes it tough for hunters to control the population, 97 00:05:57,240 --> 00:06:01,839 Speaker 1: so the Commission decided to institute the Depredation Hunt unlimited 98 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 1: either sex elk tags will be available to landowners, residents, 99 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:08,960 Speaker 1: and nonresident hunters alike. However, to purchase a tag, you 100 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:12,680 Speaker 1: must either own eighty acres within the depredation zone or 101 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:16,240 Speaker 1: obtain permission from a landowner to participate in the special hunt. 102 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:19,960 Speaker 1: Tags will cost twenty dollars for general residents, forty dollars 103 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:24,080 Speaker 1: for general nonresidents, five dollars for resident landowners, and ten 104 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:28,240 Speaker 1: dollars for nonresident landowners. Now, several of you wrote in 105 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:31,560 Speaker 1: to express your strong opposition to this hunt, and I 106 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:36,279 Speaker 1: get it. Giving landowners an unlimited number of elk tags seems, 107 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 1: as one of you put it, more like a European 108 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:42,480 Speaker 1: hunting model than a North American thing. The hunt is 109 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:46,159 Speaker 1: occurring in a difficult to draw bowl elk unit, which 110 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 1: has got to stay. For those of you who are applying, 111 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:53,120 Speaker 1: I will tell you this. Elk handlers aren't real awesome 112 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:57,040 Speaker 1: in July. They're kind of mushy, full of blood. They're 113 00:06:57,040 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 1: not majestic and regal. I wouldn't say so. Hopefully people 114 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:04,080 Speaker 1: who have an opportunity at a bowl let them walk 115 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 1: and they take a cow. That's the other sticky point here. 116 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:11,600 Speaker 1: Cows will have calves with them that are still nursing 117 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:14,680 Speaker 1: at this point. That's sad. I'm not telling you what 118 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 1: to do, but a milk fed calf that is some 119 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:22,680 Speaker 1: good eating. On top of this, some hunters are also 120 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 1: angry that landowners can profit from this decision by charging 121 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 1: a trespass feed to hunt their property. I hear you. 122 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 1: If it's about depredation, they should let anybody on who's 123 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 1: willing to buy a tag. If they aren't, they're full 124 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 1: of crap. And remember, if you're upset by the commission decision, 125 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 1: and I totally get it if you are, you should 126 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 1: keep a few things in mind. First, this hunt will 127 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:48,520 Speaker 1: not eliminate the state's elk heerd. The Nebraska elker is 128 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:51,640 Speaker 1: about three thousand animals strong, and this hunt is only 129 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:54,840 Speaker 1: occurring in a few specific areas where hunters have taken 130 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:58,080 Speaker 1: only about five elk per year over the last three years. 131 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:02,880 Speaker 1: Offering unlimited tag opens the possibility of a much higher harvest, 132 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:08,120 Speaker 1: but even then it wouldn't threaten the state's larger elk population. Also, 133 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:11,040 Speaker 1: keep in mind that landowners won't be the only people 134 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:15,280 Speaker 1: participating in this hunt. Any resident or nonresident hunter can. 135 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:18,840 Speaker 1: They just need a landowner's permission. And again, if you're 136 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:22,120 Speaker 1: a landowner who wants to elk off your property, you 137 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:25,680 Speaker 1: better not be charging people to get on your property. 138 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:29,040 Speaker 1: The Game and Parks Commission has assurances from landowners that 139 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 1: they will be open to allowing access, Otherwise they wouldn't 140 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 1: have called the hunt. Lastly, this won't be a new 141 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:40,640 Speaker 1: permanent season. The Commission hasn't ruled out holding more depredation 142 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:43,360 Speaker 1: hunts in the future, but this is a management tool 143 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:47,160 Speaker 1: they use on an as a needed basis. The only 144 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:51,319 Speaker 1: really universally good thing here is that they are giving 145 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:56,240 Speaker 1: hunters the chance to participate, and they aren't just killing 146 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:58,320 Speaker 1: elk in the middle of the night and shipping them off. 147 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:01,840 Speaker 1: If you're on the fence here, hunting is a management 148 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 1: tool and corn fed elk, I mean, yes, please. I 149 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:09,000 Speaker 1: know this won't be enough to satisfy some folks, and 150 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:12,000 Speaker 1: I'm not saying this is the best solution, but Nebraska's 151 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:14,800 Speaker 1: elk herd has tripled in size over the last fifteen years, 152 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:17,679 Speaker 1: which is great for hunters, but it's a big change 153 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:21,280 Speaker 1: for landowners and for the wildlife officials tasked with managing 154 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:25,320 Speaker 1: the herd and balancing multiple stakeholders. Maybe there's a better 155 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:28,199 Speaker 1: way to address this issue. If you think that's the case, 156 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:32,000 Speaker 1: don't be satisfied with leaving an angry Facebook comment. Get 157 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:35,000 Speaker 1: on the phone with your commissioner and your local biologist 158 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:38,080 Speaker 1: and have a polite conversation. You might be surprised at 159 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:40,200 Speaker 1: how far that gets you and how much he thought 160 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:44,319 Speaker 1: you knew but really didn't. Moving on to the Tribal 161 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:48,600 Speaker 1: policy Desk, two bills have been introduced in the US 162 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 1: House and Senate that would give Native American tribes more 163 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 1: power to decide what happens on federal public land. Sponsored 164 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:57,920 Speaker 1: by U S Senator Martin Heinrich and US for Representative 165 00:09:58,040 --> 00:10:01,360 Speaker 1: Raoul M. Grialva, the bill as would, among other things, 166 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:04,560 Speaker 1: prohibit the sale of public land containing a cultural site, 167 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:08,320 Speaker 1: authorized tribal governments to acquire public land, and require more 168 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:12,760 Speaker 1: consultation with tribal representatives when planning public land use. The 169 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:16,959 Speaker 1: bills would also establish a National Tribal Cultural Areas system 170 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:21,720 Speaker 1: to designate public lands with culturally significant sites. Tribes would 171 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:24,680 Speaker 1: be given management control of these areas, which would be 172 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:28,520 Speaker 1: managed to preserve their cultural value while allowing for traditional 173 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:32,960 Speaker 1: tribal use. Tribal governments and their citizens already have rights 174 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:36,920 Speaker 1: to hunt and gather prey, conduct ceremonies, and visit burial 175 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 1: sites on public lands, but the bill sponsors argue that 176 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:44,199 Speaker 1: public land management laws fail to adequately protect these rights 177 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:47,640 Speaker 1: and interests. It's past time to end the era of 178 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:52,720 Speaker 1: land management agencies conducting tribal consultation just to check a box. 179 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:56,560 Speaker 1: The federal government has a responsibility to communicate with and 180 00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:59,760 Speaker 1: provide tribal governments with a real seat at the table, 181 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:03,920 Speaker 1: said Senator Martin Heinrich. The Bureau of Land Management and 182 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:07,199 Speaker 1: the U. S. Forest Service are already moving in this direction. 183 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:10,960 Speaker 1: Officials from those two agencies just act an unprecedented deal 184 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:14,120 Speaker 1: with leaders of five Native American tribes to co manage 185 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:17,880 Speaker 1: bears at Yours National Monument in Utah. It's unclear exactly 186 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:20,679 Speaker 1: what co management will look like for this one point 187 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:24,120 Speaker 1: four million acre monument, but tribal leaders say it's the 188 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:28,880 Speaker 1: best avenue for restorative justice. We've covered tribal hunting and 189 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:31,920 Speaker 1: fishing rights in previous episodes, and it's safe to say 190 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:35,560 Speaker 1: that there's no easy position to take. Tribal members don't 191 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:38,160 Speaker 1: always have to follow fish and game rags, which can 192 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:41,880 Speaker 1: understandably upset non tribal hunters who want to see those 193 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:45,440 Speaker 1: resources preserved. At the same time, a treaty as a 194 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:48,520 Speaker 1: treaty and the rule of law still matters. If the 195 00:11:48,559 --> 00:11:51,240 Speaker 1: federal or state governments gave a tribe a hunting and 196 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:55,160 Speaker 1: fishing rights and perpetuity, they have an obligation to honor 197 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:58,120 Speaker 1: that agreement. This is a complex issue, but you can 198 00:11:58,120 --> 00:12:01,760 Speaker 1: see why tribes would like stronger textions. You may already 199 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:04,960 Speaker 1: know the example of the Missouri man who was indicted 200 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:08,640 Speaker 1: for stealing artifacts from an O Sage Nation archaeological area 201 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:11,400 Speaker 1: known as the tight Wad Site due to its location 202 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:15,080 Speaker 1: next to tight Wad, Missouri. Seventy seven year old Johnny 203 00:12:15,160 --> 00:12:18,480 Speaker 1: Lee Brown was charged in an eleven count indictment that 204 00:12:18,559 --> 00:12:22,800 Speaker 1: included five felony counts of excavating, damaging, and otherwise altering 205 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:27,240 Speaker 1: and defacing archaeological resources. Brown and several of his friends 206 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:30,520 Speaker 1: allegedly entered the site at least ten separate times over 207 00:12:30,559 --> 00:12:33,280 Speaker 1: the course of five years and used hand tools to 208 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:37,760 Speaker 1: dig out cultural artifacts. Prosecutors have not said what they stole, 209 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:42,200 Speaker 1: but an archaeologist estimated the damage to exceed three hundred thousand. 210 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:46,559 Speaker 1: Brown and his co conspirators were charged under the Archaeological 211 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:50,880 Speaker 1: Resources Protection Act of ninety nine. This act protects public 212 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 1: and Native American lands that are quote an irreplaceable part 213 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:59,080 Speaker 1: of the nation's heritage. The Act prohibits digging or excavating 214 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:02,480 Speaker 1: without a permit and makes it a felony to damage, alter, 215 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:06,600 Speaker 1: or deface the sites. Now, with yahoo's like these running around, 216 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:09,640 Speaker 1: it's understandable that tribes would want to beef up the 217 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:13,360 Speaker 1: laws protecting their cultural heritage. At the same time, you 218 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:16,640 Speaker 1: might argue that this case proves that those protections are 219 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:20,560 Speaker 1: strong enough. Brown is facing serious felony charges that could 220 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 1: land him in prison. So why do we need another 221 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:27,600 Speaker 1: bill creating a new tribal cultural areas system? Well? Did 222 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:30,640 Speaker 1: I mension? This is a complex issue. If you'd like 223 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:33,040 Speaker 1: to check out this new legislation for yourself, and you 224 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:36,760 Speaker 1: should look up the Advancing Tribal Parity on Public Land 225 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:41,400 Speaker 1: Act and the Tribal Cultural Areas Protection Act. The full 226 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:48,480 Speaker 1: text of both bills is available online. Moving on to 227 00:13:48,559 --> 00:13:52,320 Speaker 1: the crime desk to Idaho man were sentenced to probation 228 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:55,599 Speaker 1: and banned from hunting after they admitted in March to 229 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:57,839 Speaker 1: killing a golden eagle in the Birds of Prey and 230 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:01,640 Speaker 1: National Conservation Area. This wasn't the only raptor that these 231 00:14:01,679 --> 00:14:05,200 Speaker 1: two folks shot down Idaho fishing game. The US Fish 232 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:07,720 Speaker 1: and Wildlife Service in the Bureau of Land Management began 233 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:11,320 Speaker 1: to investigate raptor deaths in March of last year after 234 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 1: learning of multiple dead birds. According to The Idaho Statesman, 235 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:18,480 Speaker 1: they found redtail for ryginus and rough legged hawks, and 236 00:14:18,559 --> 00:14:22,040 Speaker 1: at least ten dead raptors were found near ammunition casings. 237 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:26,400 Speaker 1: Not long after, law enforcement officials observed twenty year old 238 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:29,600 Speaker 1: Colton R. Ferdinand and twenty three year old Wyatt G. 239 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:33,280 Speaker 1: No using flashlights and rifles to kill the birds at night. 240 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:36,640 Speaker 1: They pleaded guilty to killing the golden eagle and were 241 00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:39,880 Speaker 1: sentenced to two years of probation and banned from hunting 242 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:45,080 Speaker 1: or possessing firearms for two years. Ferdinand paid restitution totaling 243 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:49,240 Speaker 1: thirty eight hundred dollars and No paid three thousand. The 244 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:52,239 Speaker 1: hawk species that were killed were protected under the Migratory 245 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:54,960 Speaker 1: Bird Treaty Act, and golden eagles are protected under the 246 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:58,920 Speaker 1: aptly named Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act. Neither man 247 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:02,320 Speaker 1: has explained why they chose to target these species, but 248 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:04,600 Speaker 1: I can only assume it's the fact that they have 249 00:15:04,760 --> 00:15:10,240 Speaker 1: a lot to compensate for. Of course, I'm no psychologist, 250 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:15,360 Speaker 1: just a guess. Another dynamic duo is facing charges in 251 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:18,120 Speaker 1: Florida for allegedly killing a white tailed dough with a 252 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:21,360 Speaker 1: pellet gun in a residential area. The men claimed to 253 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:23,840 Speaker 1: be hunting deer for food, which, you know, I kind 254 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:26,720 Speaker 1: of believe they chose that neighborhood because one of them 255 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:28,880 Speaker 1: worked in the area and knew a good spot to 256 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:35,480 Speaker 1: shoot deer. Yeah, apparently not. Next up, a case of 257 00:15:35,480 --> 00:15:38,680 Speaker 1: what you might call, I guess reverse poaching charges were 258 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:41,600 Speaker 1: dropped last month against a Las Vegas family after they 259 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:44,480 Speaker 1: released a fox that had been legally trapped in the 260 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:48,680 Speaker 1: Lamadre Mountain Range. Husband and wife Bobby Vasque and Jessica 261 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:51,360 Speaker 1: Manners were hiking with their two children and family dogs 262 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:53,760 Speaker 1: when they came upon the animal, which had been caught 263 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 1: in a trap outside It's dam. It's a misdemeanor in 264 00:15:57,040 --> 00:16:00,800 Speaker 1: Nevada to disturb someone else's trap. They were later cited 265 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:04,200 Speaker 1: seven dollars for breaking wildlife law, but instead of paying 266 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:06,920 Speaker 1: the fine and moving on, they took their case to court. 267 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:10,080 Speaker 1: They don't believe trappers should be allowed to operate in 268 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:12,760 Speaker 1: the area, and when asked if he'd do it again, 269 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:17,800 Speaker 1: Basque responded absolutely. Bask and his family planned to continue 270 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:20,840 Speaker 1: their crusade in the state legislature, where they hoped to 271 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:24,600 Speaker 1: ban trapping on all public lands. That's the old I 272 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:27,400 Speaker 1: did something illegal, so now I want it to be 273 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:35,160 Speaker 1: legal defense. Yeah, come on yeah. In Oregon, wildlife officials 274 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:37,800 Speaker 1: were tipped off to a photo circulating online of a 275 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:40,480 Speaker 1: six by six bowl elk that had been loaded whole 276 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:44,000 Speaker 1: onto a trailer. The trooper who first reviewed the photo 277 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:47,240 Speaker 1: thought it was suspicious since, as any elk counter knows, 278 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:50,880 Speaker 1: elk are heavy, especially when they haven't been gutted. The 279 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:54,040 Speaker 1: animal had clearly been shot in an area accessible to 280 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:58,280 Speaker 1: the trailer, which is unusual for most people. The trooper 281 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:00,520 Speaker 1: eventually determined the name of the hunter, and he paid 282 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:04,040 Speaker 1: him a visit. The subsequent investigation revealed that the poacher, 283 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 1: Leonardo Munos, didn't have the right tag for that elk 284 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:09,960 Speaker 1: and had shot at in an orchard near his house. 285 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:13,320 Speaker 1: Munrios and his buddy Matt Wilkinson were ordered to pay 286 00:17:13,320 --> 00:17:16,399 Speaker 1: a fifteen thousand dollar fine with hunting license suspended for 287 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:19,919 Speaker 1: three years. Wilkinson has paying a thousand dollar fine and 288 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:24,840 Speaker 1: will have his license suspended for five years, last one 289 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:27,560 Speaker 1: for the crime desk. According to a recent report in 290 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:31,280 Speaker 1: the French news agency a f P, China is poaching 291 00:17:31,359 --> 00:17:35,480 Speaker 1: donkeys from South Africa. A gelatine called e j O 292 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:39,320 Speaker 1: is prized in China for its medicinal qualities, and it's 293 00:17:39,359 --> 00:17:43,720 Speaker 1: made primarily from donkey skin. South Africa exports about ten 294 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:47,160 Speaker 1: thousand donkeys skins to China every year, but officials believed 295 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:50,560 Speaker 1: the real quantity is much higher as smugglers tap into 296 00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:54,520 Speaker 1: the trade. Donkeys are reportedly stolen from farms and illegally 297 00:17:54,560 --> 00:17:58,680 Speaker 1: purchased from villagers by what one animal welfare activists described 298 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:03,359 Speaker 1: as suspicious agent. This isn't just speculation. A recent study 299 00:18:03,359 --> 00:18:06,280 Speaker 1: by researchers from the University of South Africa showed that 300 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:10,560 Speaker 1: the donkey population shrank from two thousand and nineteen six 301 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:14,320 Speaker 1: to about one forty six thousand in two thousand nineteen 302 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:18,320 Speaker 1: a thirty decline makes me think about the wild horse 303 00:18:18,359 --> 00:18:20,960 Speaker 1: and borough issues we have here in the States, and 304 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:24,200 Speaker 1: all that habitat restoration work we could do with this 305 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:27,520 Speaker 1: sweet at j O market money. Think of the ad 306 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:31,199 Speaker 1: campaign do you have aches and pains? Well, don't be 307 00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:35,720 Speaker 1: a jackass. Use donkey jelly and it'll have your brain 308 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:41,439 Speaker 1: in no time. That's a you know, first attempt. Moving 309 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:46,680 Speaker 1: on to the public lands desk, California's largest private landowner 310 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:50,640 Speaker 1: has closed all access to the public. Sierra Pacific Industries, 311 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:54,040 Speaker 1: which owns nearly two million acres of forest land in California, 312 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:56,880 Speaker 1: announced last month that it would no longer be allowing 313 00:18:56,920 --> 00:19:00,200 Speaker 1: access to its land beginning July. One portion of the 314 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:03,080 Speaker 1: land are usually accessible for hiking, fishing, hunting, and other 315 00:19:03,119 --> 00:19:06,160 Speaker 1: outdoor activities, but the company cited a host of reasons 316 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:10,840 Speaker 1: to justify this latest decision, including fire prevention and to 317 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:14,800 Speaker 1: provide for the recovery and restoration of areas impacted by fire. 318 00:19:15,359 --> 00:19:18,560 Speaker 1: Despite some of the late spring rains, California is experiencing 319 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:22,040 Speaker 1: the driest conditions it has had in twelve hundred years. 320 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:25,600 Speaker 1: Set a company spokesman to help protect our forest resources 321 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:29,320 Speaker 1: and public safety. Sierra Pacific is closing our California lands 322 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:32,680 Speaker 1: to public access and recreation. From what I can tell, 323 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:35,760 Speaker 1: this won't be a permanent closure. The company says it 324 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:39,400 Speaker 1: will be monitoring their forests and weather conditions to determine 325 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:42,880 Speaker 1: when they can safely reopen to the public at any rate. 326 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:45,160 Speaker 1: There should be a wake up call to public land 327 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:47,880 Speaker 1: users in the Golden State. It's easy to get used 328 00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:51,119 Speaker 1: to accessing private land, especially when that land is owned 329 00:19:51,119 --> 00:19:54,600 Speaker 1: by a huge corporation, but access can be taken away 330 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:58,320 Speaker 1: at any time. As we covered in episode one two, 331 00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:01,280 Speaker 1: a huge chunk of private land in Georgia has been 332 00:20:01,320 --> 00:20:04,080 Speaker 1: put up for sale, which is jeopardizing access to a 333 00:20:04,119 --> 00:20:07,400 Speaker 1: state wildlife management area. If a piece of land isn't 334 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:11,560 Speaker 1: covered by permanent protections, access is always hanging by a thread. 335 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:14,840 Speaker 1: The death of a company's founder, a bad economy, or 336 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:17,520 Speaker 1: simple greed can compel a company to sell the land 337 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:20,399 Speaker 1: or limit access. If that's where you like to hunt, 338 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:23,399 Speaker 1: you're out of luck. Sometimes there isn't much that can 339 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:27,320 Speaker 1: be done, but lots of public land organizations exist primarily 340 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:30,760 Speaker 1: to identify and purchase land and ease months to ensure 341 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:34,439 Speaker 1: permanent public access. That's exactly what we're doing here at 342 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:37,879 Speaker 1: meat Eater with our land access initiative. I don't know 343 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:40,480 Speaker 1: if any of the land owned by Sierra Pacific Industries 344 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:43,120 Speaker 1: is a good candidate, but if you live in California, 345 00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:47,560 Speaker 1: it's worth a look. Moving on to the legislation desk, 346 00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:52,160 Speaker 1: the US Congress passed last week the first major piece 347 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:55,199 Speaker 1: of gun related legislation in over two decades. Most of 348 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:58,640 Speaker 1: the policies won't affect hunters directly, but one provision will 349 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:01,600 Speaker 1: create a waiting period it for adults under twenty one 350 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:05,120 Speaker 1: who try to purchase a firearm. The new provision requires 351 00:21:05,119 --> 00:21:08,480 Speaker 1: the FBI to conduct an enhanced background check for juvenile 352 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:11,680 Speaker 1: and mental health records for this age group. Since those 353 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:14,960 Speaker 1: records aren't in the instant background check system, the check 354 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:17,760 Speaker 1: will have to be completed by hand. The law gives 355 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:21,720 Speaker 1: the FBI three business days to find a potentially disqualifying 356 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:25,040 Speaker 1: record and another seven business days to conduct a more 357 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:29,320 Speaker 1: thorough investigation. For a more detailed overview of the legislation, 358 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:34,159 Speaker 1: check out our article over at the meat eater dot com. 359 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:37,000 Speaker 1: Also in Washington, the U. S. Forest Service has completed 360 00:21:37,119 --> 00:21:40,520 Speaker 1: its environmental analysis of copper nickel mining in the boundary 361 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:44,639 Speaker 1: waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota. This is the 362 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:48,000 Speaker 1: nation's most visited wilderness, but according to the Forest Service, 363 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:51,719 Speaker 1: copper nickel mining poses a major risk to this area. 364 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:54,840 Speaker 1: They're proposing a new rule that would impose a twenty 365 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:57,960 Speaker 1: year ban on copper nickel mining on federal lands in 366 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:02,359 Speaker 1: the watershed. If adopted, the proposal would prohibit the development 367 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:06,560 Speaker 1: of any mineral leases on approximately two five thousand, five 368 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:10,480 Speaker 1: hundred four acres of Superior National forest lands within the 369 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:13,800 Speaker 1: watershed of the Boundary Waters for up to twenty years. 370 00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:17,720 Speaker 1: The rule is not as good as permanent protection, but 371 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:20,960 Speaker 1: it is backed by backcountry hunters and anglers and sportsmen 372 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:24,200 Speaker 1: for the Boundary Waters. You can comment on the proposed 373 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:28,040 Speaker 1: rule during the thirty day period beginning June. Visit the 374 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:31,520 Speaker 1: Federal Register and type Boundary Waters into the search bar 375 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:36,280 Speaker 1: Over In Wyoming, State Governor Mark Gordon says he will 376 00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:40,160 Speaker 1: challenge the BLMS recent purchase of over thirty five thousand 377 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:43,240 Speaker 1: acres of private land. As we covered an episode one 378 00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:46,639 Speaker 1: sixty three, the BLM recently purchased a huge chunk of 379 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:49,880 Speaker 1: land southwest to Casper, Wyoming that would give the public 380 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:53,560 Speaker 1: access to an additional forty tho acres of public property. 381 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:57,159 Speaker 1: The move was hailed as a win for everybody in 382 00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:00,960 Speaker 1: the American public hunters, anglers, conserve a nis, people who 383 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:05,000 Speaker 1: like to go outside see pretty landscapes. But Governor Mark 384 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:08,960 Speaker 1: Gordon argues the purchase was made with a quote cavalier 385 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:13,200 Speaker 1: disregard for input from the state and local governments. He 386 00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:16,760 Speaker 1: says this appeal is not about limiting access for sports people, 387 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:19,520 Speaker 1: which it will do, or challenging the rights of private 388 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:23,159 Speaker 1: property owners who willingly sold their property to the BLM, 389 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:27,200 Speaker 1: which this is challenging their rights. Gordon goes on to say, 390 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:30,119 Speaker 1: it is about whether the federal government can increase its 391 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:34,560 Speaker 1: land holdings without public scrutiny. The governor might claim he 392 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:37,560 Speaker 1: doesn't want to limit access for sports people even though 393 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:40,440 Speaker 1: he's doing it, but so far he hasn't said whether 394 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:43,119 Speaker 1: he wants to block or modify the land purchase. The 395 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:46,600 Speaker 1: state has thirty days from June sevent to detail its 396 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:50,040 Speaker 1: request in the Interior Board of Land Appeals. I'd be 397 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:53,200 Speaker 1: writing the governor if I was living in Wyoming, or 398 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:56,600 Speaker 1: if you do any recreation in that state, I apply 399 00:23:56,760 --> 00:24:00,000 Speaker 1: for tags and get denied, and I'll be writing Governor 400 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:04,960 Speaker 1: Or Gordon as well, finally returning to Nebraska. The Game 401 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:08,040 Speaker 1: and Parks Commission voted recently to reject changes to turkey 402 00:24:08,119 --> 00:24:11,719 Speaker 1: hunting regulations aimed at bolstering the bird population, but they 403 00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:14,720 Speaker 1: didn't reject the change due to hunter opposition or lack 404 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:18,200 Speaker 1: of evidence for the decline. They rejected the changes because 405 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:21,200 Speaker 1: they didn't go far enough. According to the Lincoln Journal Star, 406 00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:24,119 Speaker 1: the proposals would have cut six weeks out of the 407 00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:27,000 Speaker 1: fall season and lowered the bag limit from two birds 408 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:29,680 Speaker 1: to one. For the spring season, the changes would have 409 00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:34,360 Speaker 1: cut the permit limit from three to two. Commissioners weren't satisfied. 410 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:37,640 Speaker 1: They asked for a revised plan that would further reduce 411 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:40,560 Speaker 1: the fall hand harvest and minimize the impact of the 412 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:44,239 Speaker 1: spring season. They planned to consider the revised proposal at 413 00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:47,680 Speaker 1: their August meeting. I am personally hoping for a more 414 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:51,840 Speaker 1: moderate approach to this. The previous regulations seemed a little 415 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:55,440 Speaker 1: extreme on the old turkey, which is sometimes the only 416 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:58,320 Speaker 1: white meat my freezer. That's all I've got for you 417 00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:02,120 Speaker 1: this weekend. Thank you so much listening. Remember to write 418 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:05,040 Speaker 1: in to a s k C A L Let's ask 419 00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:07,600 Speaker 1: how at the meat eater dot com and let me 420 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:09,439 Speaker 1: know what's going on in your neck of the woods. 421 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:11,800 Speaker 1: Thanks again and I'll talk to you next week.