1 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:06,880 Speaker 1: From Mediators World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is 2 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 1: Col's weekend review, presented by Steel. Steel products are available 3 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 1: only at authorized dealers. For more, go to Steel Dealers 4 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 1: dot com. Now here's your host, Ryan cal Callahan. 5 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:25,400 Speaker 2: Three teens who made national headlines last month for poaching 6 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 2: and eating a beloved swan, reported that they believed the 7 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 2: large whitebird to be a duck, which would also be 8 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:35,680 Speaker 2: out of season. We know this swan was beloved because 9 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:40,160 Speaker 2: it had a name. In this case, fee Faye Fay 10 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:43,919 Speaker 2: was snatched and eaten from a pond in Manlius, New 11 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:47,080 Speaker 2: York by a sixteen seventeen eighteen year old who also 12 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:52,640 Speaker 2: stole her four signets. Signets cyg and ets are what 13 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 2: you call it, baby swan, like you know the kitten 14 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 2: is to a cat, a puppy is to a dog, 15 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 2: or a calf is to a cow from the old 16 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:05,680 Speaker 2: French word meaning little swan. Very creative anyway, the good 17 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:09,200 Speaker 2: people of Manlius, New York were not happy about their 18 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:12,759 Speaker 2: local mascot being cooked and eaten. Swans are an icon 19 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 2: for the village, according to the local media, and have 20 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:18,160 Speaker 2: been featured in the town since nineteen oh five. The 21 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:21,399 Speaker 2: teen trio told police they hopped the fence around the pond, 22 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 2: held Faye down as she sat on her nest, and 23 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:27,960 Speaker 2: decapitated her with a knife. They then stole her signets 24 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 2: and tried to sell two of them at a local shop. 25 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:33,039 Speaker 2: Official said at a press conference last week that the 26 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:36,280 Speaker 2: teens didn't know the swan was a swan. They believed 27 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:39,040 Speaker 2: it was a very large duck. It's unclear why that 28 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:42,760 Speaker 2: makes a difference. If someone had told them Faye was 29 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 2: a swan. Do you think they would have then canceled 30 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 2: their plans? I don't know. The three were charged with 31 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 2: two felonies and two misdemeanors, and the town says they're 32 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 2: taking steps to prevent similar incidents in the future. The 33 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:58,000 Speaker 2: mayor told local media that cameras will be added to 34 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:00,400 Speaker 2: the pond, with video streaming to the police, to apartment 35 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 2: and Public Works department, Which tells me that Manlius, New York, 36 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 2: must be a very safe place if they're going to 37 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:11,960 Speaker 2: live stream the swan pond into the cop shop anyway. 38 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 2: All four signets were recovered and will be returned to 39 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 2: the pond when they're old enough to survive on their own. 40 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:20,360 Speaker 2: It's also worth noting that Fay had a mate, a 41 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:23,919 Speaker 2: male Swan named Manny. If I was a journalist in Manlius, 42 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:26,520 Speaker 2: New York, I'd be asking where Manny was when all 43 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 2: this went down? Could he be complicit? There could be 44 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:35,800 Speaker 2: more to this story this week, public lands legislation and 45 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 2: a rare fine. But first I'm going to tell you 46 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:41,000 Speaker 2: about my week. In my week was you know, it 47 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 2: was solid, hit the trails to work on the winter beer, 48 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:48,520 Speaker 2: gut pick some mushrooms, caught a handful of Walleye. One observation. 49 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 2: If you recall back to a recent episode, we talked 50 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:54,959 Speaker 2: about this study that came out on mosquitoes being more 51 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 2: attracted to certain scents that people wear. Smells. If you will, well, 52 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:02,919 Speaker 2: if you're not a mosquito fan, try old Spice original 53 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:05,919 Speaker 2: High Endurance. I only say that because it seemed to 54 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:08,880 Speaker 2: really beat the heck out of whatever the girlfriend was wearing, 55 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:12,519 Speaker 2: because she got torn up so bad that we had 56 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 2: to walk away from mushrooms and get back to the truck. Now, 57 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 2: the reason that not only mosquitoes, but plenty of other 58 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 2: bugs and birds and mammals were present on that hike 59 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 2: is because the area has great biodiversity. Lots of pollinator 60 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:29,839 Speaker 2: plants means lots of pollinators and those things that try 61 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:33,359 Speaker 2: to eat those pollinators. Just after you listen to this, 62 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:37,360 Speaker 2: the public comment period for the BLMS Bureau of Land 63 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 2: Management's Conservation and Landscape Health Rule will end. We are 64 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:44,920 Speaker 2: still fleshing out how exactly the mechanics of all of 65 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:48,120 Speaker 2: these changes will work, but it is widely accepted that 66 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 2: the potential benefits will dramatically accelerate our ability to ensure 67 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 2: landscape level conservation on working BLM ground, which means more 68 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:03,800 Speaker 2: life out there in the big wide open, more bees, bats, bucks, bombers. 69 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 2: So stop what you're doing and go to the Federal 70 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 2: register to comment. You can also go to the TRCP homepage, 71 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 2: which will help you navigate your way through to make 72 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:16,560 Speaker 2: a comment, and we'll get a link up on the 73 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:19,599 Speaker 2: old meat eater dot com forward slash colpage as well. 74 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 2: This is the rule package that includes the Conservation Lease program, 75 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:28,839 Speaker 2: which we'll be covering more in depth here. Shortly, I promise, stop, 76 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:32,600 Speaker 2: go do it right now. We'll wait. It's not that hard. 77 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:45,400 Speaker 2: I'm finished, moving on to the public land desk. It's 78 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:47,360 Speaker 2: the best of times and the worst of times over 79 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:49,760 Speaker 2: at the public land desk. This week I have updates 80 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:52,800 Speaker 2: on stories that I'm sure will not die anytime soon. 81 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:56,919 Speaker 2: First in Georgia, Hunters and anglers in the Atlanta area 82 00:04:56,960 --> 00:05:00,240 Speaker 2: were dismayed to learn that negotiations have stalled but between 83 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:02,440 Speaker 2: the state and the new owners of the pine Log 84 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 2: Wildlife Management Area. As we covered in detail back in 85 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 2: episode one sixty two, the pine Log WMA is a 86 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:12,760 Speaker 2: fourteen thousand acre property that outdoor enthusiasts have used for 87 00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 2: many years to hunt, fish, camp, hike, and horseback ride. 88 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 2: But the owners of that property decided to sell last year, 89 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 2: and it was unclear whether the state could retain control 90 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:25,479 Speaker 2: of the habitat and recreation area. The state says that 91 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:28,240 Speaker 2: they sent the landowner three written offers, with a final 92 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 2: offer of one hundred percent of the appraised value of 93 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:33,920 Speaker 2: the land, but that wasn't enough. According to a report 94 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:37,800 Speaker 2: in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, the landowner's representatives say the 95 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 2: state's best offer was still millions of dollars short of 96 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:44,359 Speaker 2: what their clients would accept. The landowner gave the Department 97 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:47,599 Speaker 2: of Natural Resources until June one up the annie, but 98 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 2: the state was unable to do so. The Georgia DNR 99 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:54,200 Speaker 2: announced that the Pine Log WMA had been closed on 100 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:56,800 Speaker 2: June second, and the agency is working to remove all 101 00:05:56,839 --> 00:06:00,479 Speaker 2: equipment from the property. What happens now is unclear. The 102 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:03,599 Speaker 2: landowners will likely sell the property to developers who plan 103 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:08,280 Speaker 2: to build homes, apartment complexes, industrial warehouses and mines or 104 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:11,120 Speaker 2: you know, I have no idea. It's not going to 105 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:15,600 Speaker 2: be habitat We know that a similar story has been 106 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:19,040 Speaker 2: playing out in Texas, but it's taken an unexpectedly positive 107 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:22,800 Speaker 2: turn for public land users. The Texas Parks and Wildlife 108 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:26,279 Speaker 2: Commission voted unanimously last month to use their power of 109 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:30,040 Speaker 2: eminent domain to seize Fairfield Lake State Park from its 110 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:33,479 Speaker 2: new private owners. The park, located between Dallas and Houston, 111 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:36,040 Speaker 2: has been leased to the state since the nineteen seventies, 112 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:38,320 Speaker 2: but the owners recently decided to sell it to a 113 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:41,600 Speaker 2: private developer. The developer plan to turn the public park 114 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 2: into an exclusive gated community, which of course we need 115 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 2: more of, complete with million dollar homes and a golf course. 116 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 2: The Wildlife Commission's decision to use eminent domain will halt 117 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:54,920 Speaker 2: those development plans and put the state in negotiations with 118 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:57,839 Speaker 2: the new owners to purchase the property. They can't come 119 00:06:57,839 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 2: to an agreement, the case will end up in court. 120 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 2: Public outcry has been a major driver of these efforts. 121 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 2: Texas State Parks Division Director Rodney Franklin noted in a 122 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 2: public meeting that eighty percent of the public comments the 123 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:12,080 Speaker 2: agency received ahead of the decision, we're in support of 124 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:16,040 Speaker 2: using eminent domain to save the park. The state legislature 125 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:19,560 Speaker 2: also passed a bill increasing the amount of funding available 126 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:22,760 Speaker 2: to purchase more land for the state park system, which 127 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 2: was driven largely by the situation at Fairfield Park. This 128 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 2: story is not over yet. The park was closed earlier 129 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:32,680 Speaker 2: this year, and it's unclear when it will open. If 130 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:35,040 Speaker 2: the developer in the state can't reach an agreement, it's 131 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:37,960 Speaker 2: anyone's guess what will happen when the case goes to court. 132 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:41,520 Speaker 2: As always will keep you in the loop. But to 133 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:45,040 Speaker 2: go back to our BLM comment period, I'm telling you 134 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:49,080 Speaker 2: right now, if in a freedom loving and I'll just 135 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:53,360 Speaker 2: flat out say it not real, a pro government state 136 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:57,120 Speaker 2: of Texas can open up a public comment period and 137 00:07:57,240 --> 00:08:01,880 Speaker 2: have eighty percent of the people in tech support using 138 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 2: big government and the use of imminent domain to save 139 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:09,800 Speaker 2: a park. By God, your comments at the BLM are 140 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:13,880 Speaker 2: going to matter. So here's your second chance, you know, 141 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:17,800 Speaker 2: pause the podcast, enter your public comment in, and tell 142 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:22,160 Speaker 2: them that, yes, you think conservation leases are a great idea. 143 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:27,960 Speaker 2: You think enhancing biodiversity and therefore recreation on BLM while 144 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:32,120 Speaker 2: keeping those lands in a working landscape, meaning that cattle 145 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:35,199 Speaker 2: grazers and the ability for those lands to still raise 146 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 2: money and make you money, and all those fun things 147 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:39,840 Speaker 2: that we talk about, but also more importantly that we 148 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:42,160 Speaker 2: get to keep hunting on them. Those are all good things. 149 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:45,000 Speaker 2: That's the I mean, it's just a rant at this point, 150 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 2: I apologize. We're moving on to the state of Colorado, 151 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:52,640 Speaker 2: where public land advocates have been fighting to increase access 152 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:55,360 Speaker 2: to the state streams and rivers. You may remember from 153 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:58,600 Speaker 2: episode two eleven that the Colorado Supreme Court was considering 154 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 2: a case that could have clarified which streams are open 155 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 2: to the public and which are not. At the center 156 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:06,120 Speaker 2: of that case is a man named Roger Hill, who 157 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:09,040 Speaker 2: sued after a landowner threw rocks at him for waiting 158 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:13,040 Speaker 2: up a stream that ran through that landowner's property. That 159 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:15,400 Speaker 2: case has been making its way through the Colorado court 160 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 2: system for the last five years, and the Supreme Court 161 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 2: just issued its ruling. Rather than address the larger issues 162 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 2: of stream access and land ownership, the court simply ruled 163 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:29,600 Speaker 2: that Hill does not have standing to bring his case. 164 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 2: They said that as an individual, get this okay, an 165 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:39,880 Speaker 2: individual resident of the state, Hill can't sue on the 166 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:43,680 Speaker 2: basis that the state owns the stream bed. In order 167 00:09:43,679 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 2: for him to bring his case, he would first have 168 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:49,960 Speaker 2: to prove that the state owns the property. But the 169 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:53,920 Speaker 2: court said only the state can bring the case, not Hill. 170 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:57,679 Speaker 2: The result, other than making a bunch of lawyers a 171 00:09:57,679 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 2: bunch of money and wasting everybody else's time, is that 172 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:04,679 Speaker 2: stream access laws in Colorado remain just as cloudy as 173 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:08,439 Speaker 2: they've always been. Until a court steps in or the 174 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:11,839 Speaker 2: legislature passes a law, anglers won't know whether they can 175 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:15,079 Speaker 2: wade along a stream through private property. If you live 176 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:17,959 Speaker 2: in Colorado and you want to access streams and rivers, 177 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:21,760 Speaker 2: like freedom loving Americans should, that means you have some 178 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:25,839 Speaker 2: work to do, which would mean whooping ass on the 179 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:30,200 Speaker 2: legislative front to motivate the state to actually work on 180 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:33,600 Speaker 2: behalf of its citizens. Instead of the situation where we 181 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:36,280 Speaker 2: have here a citizen working on behalf of the state. 182 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:41,040 Speaker 2: There's also the possibility of getting out there, raising a 183 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 2: ton of signatures and going the ballot initiative route, which, 184 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 2: as we know from wolves in the state of Colorado, 185 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:55,040 Speaker 2: is something that can get done. Moving on to the 186 00:10:55,080 --> 00:11:01,080 Speaker 2: ancient History Desk, archaeologists working in Israel have bone whistles 187 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:03,720 Speaker 2: that may be the oldest known hunting calls in the world. 188 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:07,440 Speaker 2: Big thanks to listener Stu Krichton for sending us this story. 189 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:10,800 Speaker 2: Researchers found the twelve thousand year old bird calls in 190 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:13,760 Speaker 2: the Hula Valley, a wetland area used by millions of 191 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:17,880 Speaker 2: birds traveling between Europe, Asia and Africa during their annual migrations. 192 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 2: The whistles were made from wingbones of coot and teal 193 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:23,720 Speaker 2: and are intended to imitate the sounds made by birds 194 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:27,560 Speaker 2: of prey such as the Eurasian sparrowhawk and the common kestrel. 195 00:11:28,080 --> 00:11:31,600 Speaker 2: Hunters positioned themselves near waterfowl and use the flutes to 196 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:35,560 Speaker 2: attract the predatory birds. Waterfowl were scared into flight by 197 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:38,200 Speaker 2: the approaching raptors, and they may have been easier to 198 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:42,480 Speaker 2: catch in the ensuing chaos. Researchers also believed the flutes 199 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:45,520 Speaker 2: could have been used to trap the raptors themselves, because 200 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:49,160 Speaker 2: their claws had several uses, including ornaments, and to pierce 201 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:53,360 Speaker 2: bones for producing new whistles. Since archaeologists frown upon trying 202 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:56,200 Speaker 2: to play at twelve thousand year old instruments, the researchers 203 00:11:56,320 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 2: used Mallard bones to create exact replicas of the prehistoric whistles. 204 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:02,880 Speaker 2: You can find out what they sound like right here. 205 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:16,199 Speaker 2: Phil The scientists publish their findings in the Nature Scientific 206 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:19,240 Speaker 2: Reports journal. The article's open access, so you can look 207 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:21,959 Speaker 2: it up and see the bone whistles for yourself. Of course, 208 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:24,800 Speaker 2: it's possible the instruments were used for other purposes. The 209 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:28,679 Speaker 2: authors note that raptors had important symbolic and cultural significance 210 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:32,000 Speaker 2: in these societies. These whistles may have also been used 211 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:35,120 Speaker 2: in religious ceremonies in much the same way plains. Indian 212 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:37,760 Speaker 2: tribes in North America used whistles to imitate the sound 213 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:41,120 Speaker 2: of the spotted owl. However, if these whistles were used 214 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:44,160 Speaker 2: to catch waterfowl, they would be the earliest evidence of 215 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:48,240 Speaker 2: the use of sound in hunting. Quote The discovery provides 216 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:52,400 Speaker 2: important new information on hunting methods and supplements the various 217 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:55,960 Speaker 2: prehistorical tools that mark the start of the transition from 218 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:59,520 Speaker 2: agriculture and the cultivation of plants and animals in the 219 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:05,920 Speaker 2: Southern world. Levant Jason Phelps. If you're listening, think bone whistles. Right, 220 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:09,360 Speaker 2: bone whistle. Predator calls big market out there, I promise. 221 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:15,320 Speaker 2: Moving on to the fishing desk, five anglers, four of 222 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:18,520 Speaker 2: whom were children, died in a tragic fishing accident last 223 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 2: week on the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec. A group 224 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:24,400 Speaker 2: of eleven people were fishing from the shore for capelan, 225 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:27,439 Speaker 2: which is a small forage fish in the smelt family. 226 00:13:27,880 --> 00:13:29,720 Speaker 2: The fish will say. The group got caught by the 227 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:32,200 Speaker 2: rising tide and weren't able to make it to safety 228 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:34,959 Speaker 2: in time. Fishing for caplan is usually done at night 229 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 2: with scoops or net. The group was on a sandbank 230 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:40,840 Speaker 2: accessed by all terrain vehicles, and it's likely they just 231 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:43,800 Speaker 2: didn't notice the rising tide due to the darkness. The 232 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:45,760 Speaker 2: tide on the day of the incident was also one 233 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:47,800 Speaker 2: of the highest of the month. A nine to one 234 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:49,800 Speaker 2: to one call came in at about two am, and 235 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:52,800 Speaker 2: police said initially that six people were rescued from the water, 236 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:55,800 Speaker 2: and five others were reported missing. The bodies of four 237 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:58,720 Speaker 2: of those victims, all between the ages of ten and eighteen, 238 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:01,400 Speaker 2: were found on the beach. Later that morning, a dive 239 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:03,360 Speaker 2: team found the body of a thirty year old man, 240 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:06,680 Speaker 2: which accounted for all eleven. It's unclear whether the group 241 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:08,679 Speaker 2: was local to the area and was aware of the 242 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:12,560 Speaker 2: danger that the tide posed. Another fishing expedition ended in 243 00:14:12,679 --> 00:14:14,960 Speaker 2: tragedy last week when a twenty two year old man 244 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:17,800 Speaker 2: from Utah died during a spear fishing trip in Florida. 245 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:20,640 Speaker 2: The Martin County Sheriff's Office reported that the body of 246 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:23,600 Speaker 2: Max Robertson was recovered two and a half miles offshore, 247 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:27,080 Speaker 2: just north of West Palm Beach. Robertson was free diving 248 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:29,040 Speaker 2: and spearfishing with a group of friends when they say 249 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:31,200 Speaker 2: he'd dove into the water with a spear gun but 250 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:35,640 Speaker 2: never resurfaced. They immediately called for help and several agencies responded. 251 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:39,080 Speaker 2: The rescue team found his body about fifty feet under 252 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:42,200 Speaker 2: the surface. His spear gun had been deployed, and there 253 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:46,040 Speaker 2: were no obvious signs of trauma. Officials have not released 254 00:14:46,160 --> 00:14:49,320 Speaker 2: the cause of death. If you're thinking well, der drowning, Yes, 255 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:52,640 Speaker 2: you're right, but free diving leaves a lot of guesswork 256 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:56,440 Speaker 2: right your solo underwater. How this diver got to the 257 00:14:56,440 --> 00:15:00,400 Speaker 2: point of drowning would be the mystery here. So in 258 00:15:00,440 --> 00:15:04,080 Speaker 2: regards to rising tides, I've been there. I get so 259 00:15:04,360 --> 00:15:09,680 Speaker 2: obsessed fishing that my situational awareness can go down for sure. 260 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:13,920 Speaker 2: So good communication out there, folks, a long recreational season 261 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:19,320 Speaker 2: ahead of us. Be safe and have fun. Another potentially 262 00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:22,320 Speaker 2: dangerous fishing incident, this one in Alaska, ended on a 263 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:25,800 Speaker 2: much more positive note. A man was hooligan fishing, which is, 264 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:28,240 Speaker 2: you know, a real greasy kind of smelt like fish 265 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:31,520 Speaker 2: as well. He got stuck in the mud and bystanders 266 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:35,440 Speaker 2: were unable to pull him out. Hooligan are typically caught 267 00:15:35,480 --> 00:15:38,440 Speaker 2: by dip net, and fishermen can catch hundreds of them 268 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:41,840 Speaker 2: at a time. They're well renowned for awesome bait fish. 269 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:45,640 Speaker 2: They're also known as candlefish because they're so oily. Reportedly, 270 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:48,040 Speaker 2: you can dry them and light them on fire. This 271 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:51,520 Speaker 2: particular fisherman was targeting hooligan along the twenty Mile River 272 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:54,640 Speaker 2: in southeast Alaska. He got caught in the Tournagan arm 273 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:57,920 Speaker 2: mudflats just south of anchorage, and bystanders tried for an 274 00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:00,240 Speaker 2: hour to pull them out before finally calling for head well. 275 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:03,320 Speaker 2: It took the fire department fourteen minutes to get the 276 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 2: man out. They used a custom mud rescue tool that 277 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:09,120 Speaker 2: uses pressurized water to liquefy the mud around the victim. 278 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:12,520 Speaker 2: Not everyone is so lucky. Later that month, a twenty 279 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:14,880 Speaker 2: year old the Illinois Man died after getting stuck in 280 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:18,040 Speaker 2: the mud and becoming submerged in the incoming tide in 281 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:22,360 Speaker 2: the exact same area. Rescue crews were dispatched to the area, 282 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 2: but he had already been submerged by the time they 283 00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:27,560 Speaker 2: got there. It took them another six hours to recover 284 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:31,280 Speaker 2: his body. All this to say, as fishing seasons heat 285 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:34,720 Speaker 2: up this summer, be careful out there. Fishing accidents could 286 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:37,160 Speaker 2: get a lot more serious than the odd treblehook and 287 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:43,320 Speaker 2: the finger. Moving on to the cat desk, scientists have 288 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:46,360 Speaker 2: discovered a potential breakthrough in the war against feral cats. 289 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:49,960 Speaker 2: Regular listeners to this podcast know that I'm no fan 290 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:54,920 Speaker 2: of free ranging cats. These invasive gritters killed billions of birds, lizards, 291 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:58,000 Speaker 2: and small mammals every year. Not to mention spread disease 292 00:16:58,160 --> 00:17:02,560 Speaker 2: and upset sensitive ecosystem. The most common, so called humane 293 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:05,400 Speaker 2: method of dealing with feral cat populations is something called 294 00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:09,680 Speaker 2: trap neuter release, which is complete crap cats are rounded up, 295 00:17:09,840 --> 00:17:12,480 Speaker 2: they're spade or neutered, and then released into the same 296 00:17:12,520 --> 00:17:15,720 Speaker 2: place where they were trapped. It's costly and time consuming, 297 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:19,440 Speaker 2: and the data on its effectiveness is mixed at best. Now, 298 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:21,640 Speaker 2: a group of scientists think they have a better solution. 299 00:17:22,320 --> 00:17:25,720 Speaker 2: Reporting in the journal Nature Communications, they describe an injected 300 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:30,480 Speaker 2: gene therapy that renders female cats infertile. The researchers injected 301 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:33,400 Speaker 2: six female cats with the gene therapy and kept three 302 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:36,920 Speaker 2: additional cats as the control group. The control cats gave 303 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:39,720 Speaker 2: birth to litters after mating with fertile males only once, 304 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:42,359 Speaker 2: but two of the cats that receive the therapy also 305 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:45,280 Speaker 2: mated with those same males, and none of them got pregnant. 306 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:48,080 Speaker 2: This is a proof of concept trial and it's still 307 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:50,320 Speaker 2: years away from hitting the streets, but if it can 308 00:17:50,359 --> 00:17:53,480 Speaker 2: get the necessary approvals, it could make controlling feral cat 309 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:57,600 Speaker 2: populations quicker, easier and cheaper. It only requires one injection 310 00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:00,320 Speaker 2: and it can last at cat's entire life. One of 311 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:02,600 Speaker 2: the cats that receive the therapy mated with a male 312 00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:06,440 Speaker 2: two years after injection without getting pregnant. Of course, an 313 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:09,520 Speaker 2: infertile female cat kills just as many squirrels and rabbits 314 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:12,920 Speaker 2: as a fertile one. I understand that in theory, a 315 00:18:13,040 --> 00:18:16,160 Speaker 2: feral cat colony will slowly disappear if the females aren't 316 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:18,880 Speaker 2: having kittens, but that only works if people stop letting 317 00:18:18,920 --> 00:18:21,120 Speaker 2: their cats out to rome where they can get pregnant 318 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:22,840 Speaker 2: and then dump the litter in the woods behind the 319 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:29,000 Speaker 2: local walmart. Tale as old as time. A gene therapy 320 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:32,960 Speaker 2: like this can be useful as a tool alongside euthanization 321 00:18:33,320 --> 00:18:37,040 Speaker 2: and laws that ban free ranging cats. However, by itself, 322 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:40,840 Speaker 2: I would be quite dubious as to results until I 323 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:44,399 Speaker 2: got to meet the feral cat catching team that's going 324 00:18:44,480 --> 00:18:48,159 Speaker 2: to go out and implement this. Moving on to the 325 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:53,320 Speaker 2: legislative desk, legislative sessions have ended in many states, but 326 00:18:53,359 --> 00:18:57,160 Speaker 2: there's still plenty of news at the legislative desk. In Pennsylvania, 327 00:18:57,240 --> 00:19:00,159 Speaker 2: the legislature is set to reconvene on June nineteenth, when 328 00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:03,280 Speaker 2: the Senate will consider Senate Bill three four four. This 329 00:19:03,359 --> 00:19:06,480 Speaker 2: bill would allow non resident college and university students to 330 00:19:06,480 --> 00:19:10,320 Speaker 2: purchase hunting licenses at resident prices. Why is that important? 331 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:13,440 Speaker 2: According to Don Rank, the chairman of the Pennsylvania Chapter 332 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:16,879 Speaker 2: Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, college students often give up hunting 333 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:19,200 Speaker 2: for good. They may have grown up in the woods, 334 00:19:19,320 --> 00:19:21,640 Speaker 2: but if they can't get out during the semester, they 335 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:25,280 Speaker 2: sometimes lose interest. Lowering the cost of admission will help 336 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:29,200 Speaker 2: keep those kids engaged while also encouraging non hunting students 337 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:32,359 Speaker 2: to take up the sport. Under today's rules, a non 338 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:35,280 Speaker 2: resident student in Pennsylvania would have to pay one hundred 339 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:38,280 Speaker 2: and two dollars annually for a license. Under this bill, 340 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:41,040 Speaker 2: that number would be knocked down to only twenty one bucks. 341 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:47,440 Speaker 2: To get involved, contact your Pennsylvania state senator. In Louisiana, 342 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:50,199 Speaker 2: the legislature voted last week to begin a process that 343 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:54,240 Speaker 2: could expand gator hunting in the state. House. Concurrent Resolution 344 00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:57,119 Speaker 2: one three to two requests that the Louisiana Department of 345 00:19:57,119 --> 00:20:01,520 Speaker 2: Wildlife and Fisheries quote, study, and compile data relative to 346 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 2: alligator markets and populations, and commercial, recreational and nuisance hunting 347 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:09,840 Speaker 2: in this state. The resolution, which passed both the House 348 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:13,160 Speaker 2: and Senate on nearly unanimous boats was motivated by what 349 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 2: some say is a gator population that has outgrown its welcome. 350 00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:20,800 Speaker 2: Legislators commended the department for bringing alligators back from the 351 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:23,600 Speaker 2: brink of extinction, but pointed out that the state has 352 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:26,960 Speaker 2: three times as many alligators as Florida. There are an 353 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:30,480 Speaker 2: estimated two million wild gats along with another one million 354 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:33,600 Speaker 2: captive gators in the bay U State. They say these 355 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:37,960 Speaker 2: expanding populations are causing problems among residents and fishermen, and 356 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:42,200 Speaker 2: the Wildlife Department should study how this population is affecting residents. 357 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:46,480 Speaker 2: This is a significantly watered down resolution from the original. 358 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:50,520 Speaker 2: Rather than urge and request the department to study alligators, 359 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:55,119 Speaker 2: that resolution directed the department to increase commercial tags, reinstate 360 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:59,359 Speaker 2: a bonus tag program, and increase opportunities for recreational hunting. 361 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:03,840 Speaker 2: While I'm always happy to see hunting opportunities expanded when 362 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:07,680 Speaker 2: a population can sustain them, I'm glad the legislature backed off. 363 00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:12,720 Speaker 2: Politicians shouldn't be dictating wildlife policy. This resolution gets the 364 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:16,080 Speaker 2: ball rolling, but it doesn't compel wildlife biologists to do 365 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:21,040 Speaker 2: anything too specific. Hopefully their final report will recommend increasing 366 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:24,560 Speaker 2: hunting opportunities, so that hunters can have more chances at 367 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:27,600 Speaker 2: a gator, and residents don't have to worry about finding 368 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:32,160 Speaker 2: a crocodilion in their backyard fish pond. That's all I've 369 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:34,640 Speaker 2: got for you this week. 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