1 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 1: From Mediators World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is 2 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:10,880 Speaker 1: Cal's we Can review, presented by Steel Steel products are 3 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:14,680 Speaker 1: available only at authorized dealers. For more, go to Steel 4 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 1: Dealers dot com. Now here's your host, Ryan cal Callahan. 5 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:26,160 Speaker 1: Paleobiologists at the University of Bristol and the United Kingdom 6 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:30,320 Speaker 1: recently published a study showing that the wingbones of baby 7 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:34,960 Speaker 1: terrasaurs were strong enough to fly. Before we go on, 8 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 1: you might be more familiar with hearing pterodactyl but the 9 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 1: term terrasaur is used to refer to all ancient flying 10 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 1: creatures from the ancient Greek words terros for feather or 11 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:54,520 Speaker 1: wing and sour us for lizard, whereas pterodactylus refers to 12 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 1: one particular species of pterosaur. Just a bit of insider 13 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:02,080 Speaker 1: Norman nature next time you're trying to fit in with 14 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:07,200 Speaker 1: the paleontologist cool kids, or feel like once again arguing 15 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 1: with your friends eight year old kid who is highly 16 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:13,960 Speaker 1: annoying and insists that the suite of Jurassic Park movies 17 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:19,360 Speaker 1: have some legitimacy. I am sorry, dinosaurs are cool enough. 18 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:22,720 Speaker 1: We don't need to think that. And dominous rex or 19 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 1: hip hop anonymous rex is real okay anyway, As you 20 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 1: can imagine, well preserved fossilized skeletons of hatchling pterosaurs are 21 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 1: pretty tough to come by. Scientists didn't have a lot 22 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:39,959 Speaker 1: of information about the first few days, weeks, and months 23 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:43,240 Speaker 1: of life for these baby dinoas it was even difficult 24 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:46,760 Speaker 1: to distinguish young specimens of one species from the adults 25 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:51,080 Speaker 1: of a smaller species until recently, in the last few years, 26 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 1: several pterosaur fossils discovered in two thousand four were confirmed 27 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 1: as hatchlings and embryos. The University of Bristol team was 28 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 1: then able to take precise measurements of their wingbones, and 29 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 1: they discovered that one key bone, the humorous, was not 30 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:10,520 Speaker 1: only robust enough to flat, but also stronger than the 31 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 1: humorous of their fully grown kin. These babies could fly. 32 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 1: The wings of the hatchlings were shaped differently from the 33 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:22,639 Speaker 1: adult pterosaurs, shorter and wider, but better for quick turns 34 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:26,640 Speaker 1: to evade predators versus the longer, thinner wings that allowed 35 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 1: the adults to cover longer distances. Now, there are a 36 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 1: million cool things about this study, but the first thing 37 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 1: I think about is how those adult wings might be 38 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 1: cupped as they glide down to my spread of terrasaur 39 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:44,360 Speaker 1: decoys while I sit in my carefully crafted blind of 40 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:48,000 Speaker 1: sphenophyte plant with the shotgun I managed to fit into 41 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 1: the time machine. I'm guessing a ten gage would be 42 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:59,360 Speaker 1: more appropriate. Roads we don't need road and I bet 43 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:03,839 Speaker 1: that roasted terasaur with a little cayenne rub absolutely delicious, 44 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:08,239 Speaker 1: perhaps like a bullfrog of the sky. Upland bird season 45 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 1: starts in about three weeks from this podcast. There's gonna 46 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:17,360 Speaker 1: be a lot of references like this. This week. We've 47 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:21,400 Speaker 1: got action legislation Alaska, and so much more. But first 48 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:25,360 Speaker 1: I'm gonna tell you about my week. And my week 49 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:29,080 Speaker 1: was pretty darned amazing. It has been a long while 50 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 1: since I've been up to the infamous fish shock of 51 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 1: Southeast Alaska. It did not disappoint. We had rain, we 52 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:41,120 Speaker 1: had sun, we had calm seas, engine breakdowns, repairs, electrical 53 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 1: and plumbing failures, good fishing, painfully slow fishing, great fishing 54 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:48,760 Speaker 1: that seemed to be a reward for sticking it out 55 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 1: through the slow times. And one morning, when the silver 56 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: salmon were just on fire, I dove for my first scallops. 57 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:01,760 Speaker 1: I only harvested one I found too, But not only 58 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 1: could I not relocate the scallop, I couldn't relocate the rock, 59 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 1: which was the size of a large suv. If you 60 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 1: ever get the chance and you can tough out the 61 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:16,719 Speaker 1: cold waters of Alaska, the diving is truly incredible. The 62 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 1: life is everywhere, It is gorgeous. The sea floor has hands, 63 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:27,440 Speaker 1: feeding tubes, siphons and appendages of thousands, tens of thousands 64 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 1: of animals waving in the current for food. And it 65 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:35,040 Speaker 1: is beautiful, striking impactful. So he decided to go with 66 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:38,039 Speaker 1: him to the fish under the seat. No, no, it 67 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:41,120 Speaker 1: was the enchantment under the sea dance, and that's not 68 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 1: even taking into account the stuff that can really crawl, 69 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 1: pinch and swim. Most impressive from my trip in Southeast 70 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:52,279 Speaker 1: was I gotta take my mother up there. She loves 71 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 1: to fish in camp and she got to do both 72 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:58,000 Speaker 1: for far longer than a lot of people could actually stand. 73 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:01,720 Speaker 1: She works her butt off. She was tireless. She can 74 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:05,480 Speaker 1: help with three kids, package fish, fixed plumbing, and a 75 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:08,919 Speaker 1: gas leak, all while scrubbing a cooler full of congealed 76 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:12,080 Speaker 1: fish blood and slime, and ask to do it all 77 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 1: over again the next day, or look just genuinely disappointed 78 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 1: that we can't stop one more time at another ledge 79 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:22,240 Speaker 1: to see if that ling cod is home and it 80 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:25,760 Speaker 1: was very special. I love you, mam. If you guys 81 00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 1: ever have kids and one of them, when he's eight 82 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 1: years old, accidentally sets fire into the living room, run 83 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:39,560 Speaker 1: go easy on me. Next up calls to action. This 84 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:43,440 Speaker 1: stuff affects all of us, so listen up. The Ozark 85 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:47,920 Speaker 1: National Scenic Riverways travel Management Plan is up for public comment. 86 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 1: Our national parks are seeing a ton of traffic. Now 87 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:55,080 Speaker 1: is your time to write in and comment. Remember, if 88 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:57,839 Speaker 1: you don't weigh in, you don't wrastle. So if you 89 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:02,960 Speaker 1: don't comment, don't complain. This particular management plan deals with 90 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:07,279 Speaker 1: the possibility of road and river access closures, so it 91 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:11,159 Speaker 1: will be impactful to you if you recreate in that 92 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:14,800 Speaker 1: area and a lot of other folks. Read up and 93 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:21,080 Speaker 1: write in at Park Planning dot NPS, dot g o V. Next. 94 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:26,240 Speaker 1: Utah Lake, the third largest water body in the West, 95 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 1: suffers from being literally treated like a toilet, phosphorus build up, 96 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:34,240 Speaker 1: algae blooms, and an infestation of a laundry list of 97 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 1: invasive species. Nevertheless, the twenty three mile long, one fifty 98 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 1: square mile Utah Lake is primarily state owned and a hunting, fishing, 99 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 1: bird watching destination for the densest human population in Utah. 100 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:52,480 Speaker 1: And that's not a joke on Utah County or Salt 101 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:54,800 Speaker 1: Lake County. I'm saying, there's just you know, a lot 102 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 1: of people there. You know what I mean? Right, Hello, 103 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:06,279 Speaker 1: Hello if all i. Utah County in which Utah Lake sits, 104 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:09,560 Speaker 1: hosts a population of over six hundred and sixty five 105 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 1: thousand people in Salt Lake County one point one six 106 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:16,280 Speaker 1: Those are two thousand, nineteen numbers, by the way, and 107 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:19,320 Speaker 1: you know that's a lot of poop. Utah County drains 108 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 1: into Salt Lake County, and you know what flows downhill anyway. 109 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 1: The State of Utah is currently entertaining an offer to 110 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:31,640 Speaker 1: restore the lake through private development, with lake reclamation estimates 111 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:35,680 Speaker 1: of over six billion dollars. Private for profit firms have 112 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:39,960 Speaker 1: come up with a solution develop thirty miles of lake 113 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:43,920 Speaker 1: bed and use some of the proceeds gained by populating 114 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:47,680 Speaker 1: that man made island constructed from the sediments of the lake, 115 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:50,560 Speaker 1: which you know, there's a lot of poop with some 116 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:55,280 Speaker 1: two hundred and fifty five hundred thousand future Utah's which 117 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 1: kind of brings to mind a greatly underrated movie The 118 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:03,480 Speaker 1: Great Outdoors with John Candy and Dan Ackroid. Chat and 119 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:08,000 Speaker 1: Uncle Roman played by Candy and Ackroid respectively. Cover in 120 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:13,280 Speaker 1: this fictitious story and all too real argument is a 121 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:19,080 Speaker 1: landscape that simply exists for recreation and wildlife really doing anything, 122 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:22,440 Speaker 1: wouldn't it be serving a greater good if it had 123 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 1: some purpose. I'll tell you what I see when I 124 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 1: look out there, if you want to know, Yeah, I'm curious. 125 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:32,560 Speaker 1: I see the underdeveloped resources of northern Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. 126 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:34,880 Speaker 1: I see a syndicated development consorting and exploiting over a 127 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:37,200 Speaker 1: billion and a half dollars in forest products. I see 128 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 1: a paper mill and if the strategic medals are there, 129 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 1: a mining operation, a green belt between the condos on 130 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:44,600 Speaker 1: the lake, and a waste management facility focusing on the 131 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 1: newest rage and toxic waste, medical refuse, infected baddages, body parts, 132 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:51,960 Speaker 1: i V tube and contaminated glassware and trail syringes, fluid blood, 133 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:55,080 Speaker 1: low grade radioactive waste, all safely contained, sunken in the 134 00:08:55,120 --> 00:08:59,040 Speaker 1: lake and sealed for centuries. Now, I ask you, what 135 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:08,880 Speaker 1: do you see? I just see uh trees. Now, the 136 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:13,040 Speaker 1: Utah Lake situation is not an apples to apples comparison. 137 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:16,839 Speaker 1: The lake is literally where human runoff goes and has 138 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:19,760 Speaker 1: gone for over a hundred years. The place is not 139 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:22,560 Speaker 1: what you would call entirely natural due to the changes 140 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 1: brought about by man and invasive species alike, but it 141 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:29,720 Speaker 1: is still home to Utah Lake State Park, Powell Slew 142 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:35,160 Speaker 1: Waterfowl Management Area, and Rock Island Nature Preserve, playgrounds, campgrounds, marinas, 143 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:40,080 Speaker 1: hiking trails, and biking trails, suggesting that despite the water quality, 144 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:44,880 Speaker 1: there is still some nature there. Auto Bounce Society listed 145 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:48,400 Speaker 1: the following species just in the Provo Bay site of 146 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:52,400 Speaker 1: Utah Lake, which they note is important for endangered threatened 147 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 1: species of special concern in Utah. Caspian turns, long billed curlews, 148 00:09:58,040 --> 00:10:02,480 Speaker 1: Mallard's northern pintail, green wing teal, northern shoveler, cinnamon teal, 149 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:07,079 Speaker 1: Canada geese, American white pelicans, white faced ibis, snowy egrets, 150 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:12,640 Speaker 1: California gulls, American avisets, black necked stilts, and Wilson's follow ropes, 151 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:17,880 Speaker 1: as well as thousands of swallows of all species. Tom Aldrich, 152 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:21,080 Speaker 1: who I believe is the former Waterfowl Program coordinator of 153 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:25,520 Speaker 1: the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, said this about Utah Lake. 154 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:28,960 Speaker 1: It is one of the most important wetlands systems in 155 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:32,600 Speaker 1: Utah for waterfowl and shore bird populations in terms of 156 00:10:32,679 --> 00:10:36,400 Speaker 1: actual bird use. However, not all of the lake is 157 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:41,800 Speaker 1: equally important. Approximately nine of the lake use occurs in 158 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:45,680 Speaker 1: both the Provo and Goshen Bays depending on lake levels. 159 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:49,400 Speaker 1: Shore birds and migratory birds seek flat, shallow ponds on 160 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:53,559 Speaker 1: which to feed, rest, and breed. Therefore, when lake levels 161 00:10:53,559 --> 00:10:57,320 Speaker 1: are high, the birds tend towards Goshen Bay. However, when 162 00:10:57,400 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 1: levels are low, Provo Bay provides the most valuable habitat 163 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:04,480 Speaker 1: for shore birds and migratory birds. The health of both 164 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:08,199 Speaker 1: bays is necessary in order to respond to fluctuating lake 165 00:11:08,280 --> 00:11:12,720 Speaker 1: levels and provide the necessary habitat. The two greatest threats 166 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:17,520 Speaker 1: to these areas are lost upland and shoreland habitat from 167 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:22,480 Speaker 1: encroaching development and water quality in the lake. If shore 168 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:25,480 Speaker 1: birds and migratory birds are to succeed in their current 169 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:29,320 Speaker 1: population numbers, the bays of Utah Lake are critical to 170 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:34,360 Speaker 1: their survival. WHOA, this is heavy. There's that word again. Heavy. 171 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:36,040 Speaker 1: Why are thinks so heavy? In the future is a 172 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:40,480 Speaker 1: problem with gravitational pull? And of course the other factor 173 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:44,480 Speaker 1: here is this is state land, which is why this 174 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:47,719 Speaker 1: matter is sitting before the Utah State House of Representatives. 175 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:52,800 Speaker 1: State land is sovereign in Utah. According to the state Constitution. 176 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:57,000 Speaker 1: It cannot be disposed of enter in House Bill to 177 00:11:57,280 --> 00:11:59,959 Speaker 1: seventy two, which if past, would allow for the extreme 178 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:03,360 Speaker 1: change of state owned land. In this case, the aforementioned 179 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:07,479 Speaker 1: thirty ish miles of lake bed to Lake Restoration Solutions. 180 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:10,760 Speaker 1: That's the private company who would compensate the state by 181 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:16,520 Speaker 1: the quote comprehensive restoration of the lake. Recreators are concerned 182 00:12:16,559 --> 00:12:21,080 Speaker 1: that more houses would ultimately mean less recreation. On top 183 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:24,280 Speaker 1: of that, there has been no public comment period, which, 184 00:12:24,280 --> 00:12:27,600 Speaker 1: when dealing with altering a living document such as a 185 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:31,880 Speaker 1: state constitution, does not exactly seem on the up and up, 186 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:35,560 Speaker 1: especially when the altering of the State Constitution, a document 187 00:12:35,559 --> 00:12:40,040 Speaker 1: constructed to provide state residents with protections, is being altered 188 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 1: to dispose of sovereign lands that are supposed to remain 189 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:47,559 Speaker 1: state property in perpetuity for the good of all Utahn's 190 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:51,520 Speaker 1: According to the Salt Lake Tribune, state officials have to 191 00:12:51,559 --> 00:12:55,640 Speaker 1: conclude the project will improve water quality and clarity, conserve water, 192 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:59,640 Speaker 1: enhance the lake's water storage ability, remove invasive plants and 193 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:03,599 Speaker 1: fit such as frag Mighty's and carp restore plant communities 194 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:07,160 Speaker 1: and native fish including the Bonneville cutthroat trout and June sucker, 195 00:13:07,559 --> 00:13:12,720 Speaker 1: enhanced bird habitat, improve navigability recreational access, as well as 196 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:16,839 Speaker 1: ensure the state land continues to generate revenues for the state. 197 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:20,160 Speaker 1: Which if someone came to you and said, I want 198 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:23,880 Speaker 1: to put as many as five hundred thousand taxpayers on 199 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:26,840 Speaker 1: an island, I will build out of the poop filled 200 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:30,560 Speaker 1: sediment of a lake that currently has zero taxpayers living 201 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:33,640 Speaker 1: on it. You can see how that would make sense. 202 00:13:34,640 --> 00:13:38,440 Speaker 1: Is Utah Lake an example of private industry coming up 203 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:42,440 Speaker 1: with a fair and equitable solution to a public problem. 204 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:46,120 Speaker 1: We make money, you get a restored public lake minus 205 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:49,800 Speaker 1: thirty or so miles of lake bed. Or Is this 206 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:51,960 Speaker 1: a way for the State of Utah to kick a 207 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:55,160 Speaker 1: can full of problems and obligations to restore a lake 208 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:57,760 Speaker 1: they used as a dumping ground for well over a 209 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:01,280 Speaker 1: hundred years, which is nevertheless much loved and recreated upon 210 00:14:01,559 --> 00:14:05,640 Speaker 1: and in down the road and make a bunch of money. 211 00:14:05,679 --> 00:14:09,360 Speaker 1: That's a question for you and your state representatives. If 212 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 1: you were asking me from a hunting and angling perspective, 213 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:15,680 Speaker 1: I would rather have fewer people and keep my poop 214 00:14:15,760 --> 00:14:18,200 Speaker 1: pond make it hard to get to while you're at it. 215 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:21,440 Speaker 1: If that is what you think, you'll need to come 216 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 1: up with a big chunk of change. I'll be keeping 217 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:33,680 Speaker 1: everybody posted on this one onto the legislation desk. The 218 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:38,080 Speaker 1: United States Senate officially filed last month the Recovering America's 219 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:42,600 Speaker 1: Wildlife Act or RAWA, sponsored by Missouri Republican Senator Roy 220 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:47,080 Speaker 1: Blunt and New Mexico Democratic Senator Martin Heinrich. The Wildlife 221 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:50,760 Speaker 1: Act would give state agencies a guaranteed one point three 222 00:14:50,920 --> 00:14:58,040 Speaker 1: billion per year. According to the bill, wildlife agencies will 223 00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:01,000 Speaker 1: use this money to protect their states most endangered and 224 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:04,760 Speaker 1: threatened species. That's a nice chunk of change. And you 225 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:08,120 Speaker 1: might assume that the political animals in d C Are 226 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:12,320 Speaker 1: fighting tooth and nail over this proposal, but not so fast. 227 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:15,960 Speaker 1: The Wildlife Act is set up to appeal to both 228 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:19,160 Speaker 1: Republicans and Democrats, and the House version of the bill 229 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:23,560 Speaker 1: has received support from both red and blue representatives. Before 230 00:15:23,640 --> 00:15:26,000 Speaker 1: we get to that, you might be asking why the 231 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:29,680 Speaker 1: states need more money. Don't they already receive funds from 232 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:34,240 Speaker 1: hunting license sales and excise taxes. That's true, but the 233 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:38,800 Speaker 1: bills supporters say those funds aren't enough. States need additional 234 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:43,040 Speaker 1: and more consistent funding to protect the over twelve thousand 235 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:47,560 Speaker 1: species identified as being in need of conservation attention. New 236 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:50,640 Speaker 1: Hampshire Fish and Game reports that one third of wildlife 237 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:53,640 Speaker 1: species in the United States are at risk of becoming 238 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:58,440 Speaker 1: threatened or endangered. Without additional funds, it guaranteed one point 239 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:01,640 Speaker 1: three billion per year would go a long way towards 240 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:06,760 Speaker 1: rebuilding habitat, educating state residents, and building the infrastructure needed 241 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:10,560 Speaker 1: to protect these plants and animals. Whether states received this 242 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:13,840 Speaker 1: funding depends on if Congress can play nice and pass 243 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:17,680 Speaker 1: the bill. It's big what if congress critters aren't known 244 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:22,680 Speaker 1: for bipartisan cooperation. But here's why the Wildlife Act should 245 00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:25,480 Speaker 1: appeal to both sides of the aisle as well as 246 00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:29,000 Speaker 1: you at home. Giving states the money they need to 247 00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:33,400 Speaker 1: recover these species now keeps them off the Endangered Species 248 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:37,000 Speaker 1: list later. That saves money in the long run, and 249 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:40,400 Speaker 1: it appeals to stakeholders that don't want the Feds sticking 250 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:43,960 Speaker 1: their nose into state business. If a species is so 251 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:48,000 Speaker 1: threatened that it becomes endangered, it can jeopardize development and 252 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:51,680 Speaker 1: agricultural projects, just the regular day to day for you 253 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:54,640 Speaker 1: trying to make a living out there. The Wildlife Act 254 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:58,640 Speaker 1: reduces this risk while still helping protect the plants and 255 00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:02,760 Speaker 1: animals loved by oaks from all political parties. All right, 256 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:09,159 Speaker 1: Here are a few examples. In Kansas, there's a big 257 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:13,800 Speaker 1: fight being waged over listing the lesser prairie chicken as threatened, 258 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:17,639 Speaker 1: which is a designation under the es A. Listing the 259 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:21,600 Speaker 1: bird would limit what Kansas landowners can do on their land, 260 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:25,919 Speaker 1: and it could delay extraction and clean energy projects alike. 261 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:30,280 Speaker 1: Wildlife Act funding could give the Kansas Department of Wildlife 262 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:32,960 Speaker 1: and Parks the money they need to help save the 263 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:37,639 Speaker 1: lesser prairie chicken and avoid the endangered species listing. There 264 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:41,400 Speaker 1: are no guarantees the Wildlife Act will solve this specific problem, 265 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:44,520 Speaker 1: and I'm not saying the lesser prairie chicken shouldn't be listed, 266 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:47,800 Speaker 1: but the efforts of the Kansas Wildlife Department have shown 267 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:51,760 Speaker 1: promise in the States, ranchers would no doubt appreciate an 268 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:55,600 Speaker 1: alternative to federal involvement. If you were like me, and 269 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:59,080 Speaker 1: you have an awesome little dog that loves to hunt, 270 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:01,480 Speaker 1: and you love to take that dog out and tote 271 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:05,520 Speaker 1: your shotgun, you do not want this bird listed. It's 272 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:09,760 Speaker 1: the same story in Florida. Florida's Wildlife Action Plan lists 273 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:12,960 Speaker 1: forty four animal species that are currently threatened but have 274 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:17,480 Speaker 1: not yet received federal protection. The gopher frog, the Florida mounse, 275 00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:20,480 Speaker 1: the gopher tortoise, and forty one other kinds of animals 276 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:25,399 Speaker 1: all face threats from development, agriculture, invasive species, climate change, 277 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:27,479 Speaker 1: and a host of other things that are bad for 278 00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:30,840 Speaker 1: animals and their habitats, which in turn are bad for US. 279 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:34,800 Speaker 1: Florida already has an action plan and a funding stream 280 00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:38,360 Speaker 1: to help conserve these animals, so Wildlife Act money from 281 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:42,159 Speaker 1: Washington can immediately be put to good use. Reps from 282 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:45,760 Speaker 1: the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources told me they've 283 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:50,119 Speaker 1: identified six hundred animal species as being in need of 284 00:18:50,119 --> 00:18:54,160 Speaker 1: additional conservation efforts, but the money they currently get from 285 00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:57,760 Speaker 1: Washington only covers five percent of what they need to 286 00:18:57,800 --> 00:19:01,640 Speaker 1: implement their state Wildlife Action Plan. In the state currently 287 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:06,000 Speaker 1: hosts thirty five percent of the world's population of truly 288 00:19:06,119 --> 00:19:09,639 Speaker 1: and warbler, a little bird that's seen its global population 289 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:14,639 Speaker 1: declined by seventy since ninety The West Virginia d n 290 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:18,240 Speaker 1: R already works with private landowners to help conserve more 291 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:21,560 Speaker 1: than eight thousand acres of habitat, but they only have 292 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:25,639 Speaker 1: the funding right now to support three biologists. With money 293 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:28,760 Speaker 1: from the Wildlife Act, West Virginia could fully fund this 294 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:34,080 Speaker 1: program and continue their productive partnerships with private landowners. Here's 295 00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:38,840 Speaker 1: one more for you. North Carolina wildlife experts are hailing 296 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:41,720 Speaker 1: the Wildlife Act as a way to protect the five 297 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:46,119 Speaker 1: hundred threatened species the state has identified. One of those, 298 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:49,600 Speaker 1: the Appalachian cotton Tale, is thought to be declining, but 299 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:54,119 Speaker 1: biologists are uncertain exactly how the population is doing. The 300 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:58,399 Speaker 1: cotton Tale isn't listed as endangered, but biologists are recommending 301 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:03,080 Speaker 1: additional study. If you're a rabbit hunter, this means something 302 00:20:03,119 --> 00:20:07,080 Speaker 1: to you. Additionally, they're looking to protect the heath, balds 303 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:11,080 Speaker 1: and red spruce, which the cotton tales uses habitat that 304 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:14,239 Speaker 1: twenty five million that North Carolina would receive as part 305 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:17,680 Speaker 1: of the Wildlife Act would help protect this and other 306 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:21,719 Speaker 1: species in the state. I could go on, but you 307 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:25,240 Speaker 1: should get the idea. By now, all fifty states have 308 00:20:25,359 --> 00:20:30,320 Speaker 1: identified species that need additional funds, including every state with 309 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:35,240 Speaker 1: Republican senators. This bill could save taxpayers money by recovering 310 00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:39,800 Speaker 1: animals before they become federally protected, and it would definitely 311 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:43,119 Speaker 1: keep much of the decision making power in the hands 312 00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:47,879 Speaker 1: of state wildlife biologists. That's something politicians from every party 313 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:51,840 Speaker 1: should be able to get behind. There is one complication 314 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:54,679 Speaker 1: that hunters are going to have to think about. The 315 00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:59,440 Speaker 1: Wildlife Act would change how conservation is funded in this country. 316 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:04,560 Speaker 1: Right now, hunters, anglers, and sports shooters can take credit 317 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:08,800 Speaker 1: for funding the lion's share of conservation efforts through those 318 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:13,920 Speaker 1: licenses and exercise taxes. If the Wildlife Act passes, another 319 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:17,760 Speaker 1: big chunk of money will come from other taxpayers. That 320 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:22,040 Speaker 1: could limit the political clout of hunters moving forward, and 321 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:25,159 Speaker 1: it's something you'll have to think about before contacting your 322 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:29,159 Speaker 1: legislator if you're wanted to go down meaningless rabbit holes. 323 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:33,200 Speaker 1: In my opinion, here's my take. If we're going to 324 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:38,600 Speaker 1: call ourselves hunter conservationists. We should support the Recovering America's 325 00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:42,359 Speaker 1: Wildlife Act. The states need the money, and the current 326 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:45,720 Speaker 1: funding sources aren't getting it done. If we want to 327 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:48,840 Speaker 1: maintain the good will of the non hunting public, which 328 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:52,199 Speaker 1: supports hunting by wide margins, we need to stick up 329 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:55,720 Speaker 1: for non game animals too. The Wildlife Act is a 330 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:58,760 Speaker 1: big part of that, but it won't get past without 331 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:02,000 Speaker 1: your help. If you're afraid of losing any sort of 332 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:05,119 Speaker 1: power to the folks that aren't buying guns and buying 333 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:10,439 Speaker 1: fishing tackle, well here's the deal. Competition is great, and 334 00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:13,600 Speaker 1: I am so confident in the hunting and angling public, 335 00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:17,520 Speaker 1: in our history of conserving wildlife, that we will mop 336 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:20,639 Speaker 1: the fricking floor with those folks. I'm looking at you, 337 00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:25,080 Speaker 1: read state listeners. Republicans in Congress don't get to hear 338 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:30,119 Speaker 1: from their constituents very often on conservation issues. When they do, 339 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:34,080 Speaker 1: they pay attention. So if you want to support the 340 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:37,040 Speaker 1: Wildlife Act and try to get a few more Republicans 341 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:40,240 Speaker 1: to join Senator Blunt, pick up the phone or open 342 00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:43,399 Speaker 1: your computer. You can find your senator's contact info by 343 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:48,120 Speaker 1: googling your state's name and US Senator. It's very very simple. 344 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:51,280 Speaker 1: While you're at it, go ahead and contact your House 345 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:55,200 Speaker 1: reps as well. The Recovery America's Wildlife Act already has 346 00:22:56,119 --> 00:22:59,240 Speaker 1: sponsors in the House, but if your rep isn't a sponsor, 347 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:03,400 Speaker 1: send them or give them a call today. If we 348 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:07,280 Speaker 1: want to conserve our nation's wildlife, we can't sit on 349 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:11,960 Speaker 1: the sidelines. The Wildlife Act will ensure stable, consistent funding 350 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:15,840 Speaker 1: to save thousands of threatened species, which, by the way, 351 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:18,520 Speaker 1: live in the exact same spots that the species that 352 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:23,000 Speaker 1: we hunt, who by no coincidence, are not threatened, live. 353 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:26,040 Speaker 1: But if we want this to happen, and we should, 354 00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:29,520 Speaker 1: we need to make sure our representatives in Washington know 355 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:32,679 Speaker 1: how we feel. Which is why I am beating a 356 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:35,840 Speaker 1: dead horse on this one, or as the folks at 357 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:39,399 Speaker 1: p to say, feeding a fed horse, whatever you prefer. 358 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:41,679 Speaker 1: This is your call to action. We haven't had a 359 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:44,080 Speaker 1: strong one in a long time. This is a big one, 360 00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:47,840 Speaker 1: recovering America's Wildlife Act. Pick up the phone or open 361 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:54,040 Speaker 1: your computer. Moving on. Fun fact for you. If the 362 00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:59,399 Speaker 1: external ear or tim pantum which means membrous resonator is 363 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:03,160 Speaker 1: located exactly where you think an ear should be kind 364 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:05,920 Speaker 1: of above the corner of the jaw. If that tim 365 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:10,320 Speaker 1: panum is larger than a bull frog's eye, that bullfrog 366 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:13,919 Speaker 1: is a male. If the timpanum is the same size 367 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:18,080 Speaker 1: as the i, it is likely a female. A male 368 00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:22,360 Speaker 1: bullfrog also has a yellow underjaw, whereas a female bull 369 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:25,880 Speaker 1: frog will have a white or off white under jaw. 370 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:28,760 Speaker 1: So if you have a frog in your hand and 371 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:32,360 Speaker 1: then timpanum looks about the same size as an eye, 372 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:35,240 Speaker 1: but you're not sure, and the under jaws white, it 373 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:40,440 Speaker 1: is more than likely a female bull frog. Also, a 374 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:45,040 Speaker 1: male bullfrog is called a male bullfrog. How'd you go 375 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:47,760 Speaker 1: on there? I like that, dad joke. I can't guess 376 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:50,680 Speaker 1: you guys aren't ready for that yet, but your kids 377 00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:54,120 Speaker 1: are gonna love. Idaho Fishing Game would like to remind 378 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:57,639 Speaker 1: anglers and eaters that the American bullfrog is not a 379 00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:01,919 Speaker 1: native species. They belong the eastern United States and not 380 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:07,000 Speaker 1: eastern Idaho. Bullfrogs are voracious. They eat pretty much anything 381 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:09,520 Speaker 1: they can fit in their mouths, and not that much 382 00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:12,760 Speaker 1: in the West will eat them their eggs or their tadpoles, 383 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:16,320 Speaker 1: which is just an unfair advantage that we can't stand for. 384 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:20,480 Speaker 1: Their major weakness is they taste great, very similar to 385 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:24,800 Speaker 1: a dark meat chicken in my opinion, Super fun, super accessible, 386 00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:28,600 Speaker 1: easy for the whole family. You can spear them, snag them, 387 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:32,639 Speaker 1: gig them, hand grab them, or, as wildlife biologist Brandon 388 00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:36,439 Speaker 1: Flak does, you can use an offset circle hook or 389 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:40,800 Speaker 1: an inline circle on a soft plastic bait unwaited. Skip 390 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:43,840 Speaker 1: that thing over the moss and pond scum while site 391 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:48,199 Speaker 1: fishing for the frogs. The bullfrogs will chase or ambush 392 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:52,520 Speaker 1: your passing bait. Idaho Fishing Game encourages everyone with a 393 00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:55,399 Speaker 1: valid fishing license to take as many as you can catch. 394 00:25:56,080 --> 00:26:00,360 Speaker 1: So jump to it, make like a tree. It out 395 00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:03,879 Speaker 1: of here. 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