1 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:14,240 Speaker 1: From Meat Eaters World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This 2 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:19,080 Speaker 1: is Cow's Week in Review with Ryan cow Calahan. Here's 3 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:23,639 Speaker 1: cal some tough news this week for adherence to a 4 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:27,840 Speaker 1: popular belief system whose holy land is the Pacific Northwest. 5 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:31,720 Speaker 1: A new documentary has dropped allegedly proving that the nineteen 6 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 1: sixty seven video footage of Bigfoot is a hoax. You 7 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:39,160 Speaker 1: know this video sasquatching black swinging her arms and looking 8 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:42,239 Speaker 1: over her shoulder before strolling away into the forest. The 9 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:45,560 Speaker 1: documentary really does seem to close the door on the case. 10 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:48,160 Speaker 1: The director turned up new footage of a dress rehearsal 11 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:51,240 Speaker 1: of the nineteen sixty seven video, talked to the beefy 12 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 1: man who admitted to wearing the sasquatch costume, and interviewed 13 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:58,040 Speaker 1: the son of the original filmmaker, who also said he 14 00:00:58,080 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 1: had known it was a hoax the whole time, and 15 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:03,280 Speaker 1: had even watched his father burn the Bigfoot costume in 16 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:06,240 Speaker 1: the backyard. For a lot of us, the simple fact 17 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 1: that no one has ever found the dead body of 18 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:11,600 Speaker 1: a Bigfoot is proof enough that they don't exist. And 19 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:14,120 Speaker 1: once you see a bear walking upright on its back 20 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 1: feet and get familiar with all the strange sounds in 21 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:20,360 Speaker 1: the woods, you know right away what all those alleged 22 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:24,440 Speaker 1: sightings actually are. And in my opinion, bears are just 23 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:28,560 Speaker 1: as interesting as sasquatches, in fact more so. In fact, 24 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:32,319 Speaker 1: almost all the native cultures of the Northern hemisphere thought 25 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 1: that bears were non human people, in large part because 26 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:38,400 Speaker 1: of how they walk. Bears have a plant to grade foot, 27 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:42,399 Speaker 1: meaning they set their heel down midfoot and toes in 28 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:46,080 Speaker 1: that order, just like we do. Dogs and cats, in contrast, 29 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 1: walk on their toes with their heel lifted, so they're 30 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:53,440 Speaker 1: known as digit to grades. Digit of course man's finger 31 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 1: or toe in Latin. Deer and horses are ungula grades. 32 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 1: They walk on their hoofs or toenails, and you guessed it. 33 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 1: Unguis means fingernail or toenail in Latin. That's why we 34 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 1: called deer and elk ungulates. Look at how much knowledge 35 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 1: you just got in the first thirty seconds of this 36 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 1: here show thank us later. Okay, back to Bigfoot. I 37 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:19,080 Speaker 1: would say that this new debunking film makes me feel 38 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:21,720 Speaker 1: a little sorry for Bigfoot believers. But if I've learned 39 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 1: anything about people who want to believe something they'll just 40 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 1: keep on a trucking no matter what. This week where 41 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:33,520 Speaker 1: wildlife and crowdsourcing, meat legislation, and so much more. But 42 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 1: first I'm gonna tell you about my week. And my 43 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:40,079 Speaker 1: week was interesting as always. Just returned from DC in 44 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 1: the Big Horn Show in Spokane, Washington, which was just 45 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 1: a fun pit stop on the way home. Oh. Bart 46 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:48,959 Speaker 1: George wrangled me into that one, and the crowd was 47 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:53,520 Speaker 1: super fun. Spent some time at the BHA Washington chapter table. 48 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:58,440 Speaker 1: Great engaged folks who are working hard to raise money 49 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 1: for wildlife and habitat there at the Big Horn Show. 50 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:05,520 Speaker 1: Really cool crowd, great to see, tons of kids, good time. 51 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:09,079 Speaker 1: And if you don't remember Bart George from the Meat 52 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 1: Eater Universe, Bart's Mountain lion biologist for the Kallus Bell tribe, 53 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 1: so he's married a love of hound hunting into a 54 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 1: real deal profession. My travel itinerary should be a reminder 55 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 1: for folks who fly and can't help, but not like 56 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 1: people who are in the first class section. I get it. 57 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 1: I've never purchased a first class seat in my life, 58 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 1: but the airlines occasionally decided that my rear end has 59 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 1: earned enough time through countless connections in non first class 60 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 1: seats to get bumped up there and on the way 61 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 1: home out of a very early flight in Spokane. Then 62 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 1: the very next morning I did fly in a slightly 63 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:50,240 Speaker 1: larger seat. And I'm not being honest, I've purchased one 64 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:52,400 Speaker 1: first class seat. It just wasn't for me. It was 65 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 1: for my oldest sister during a family emergency scenario. But yeah, 66 00:03:57,200 --> 00:03:59,200 Speaker 1: I know what real idea is to why I mentioned this. 67 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 1: It was just kind of the free thinking process I 68 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 1: go through. I suppose it's kind of a cosmic gumbo. 69 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 2: It almost moves to the beat of jazz. 70 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 1: Anyway, after jogging through the tunnels and streets between the 71 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 1: House and Senate last week, I have reason for cautious 72 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:21,120 Speaker 1: optimism on several things. I think there are quite a 73 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 1: few lawmakers on both sides of the aisle that are 74 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:26,599 Speaker 1: getting pretty darn sick of the politics and headline grabbing 75 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 1: shows going on and our itching to make some good 76 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 1: work happen. Our government affairs guy Jack Polnis and I 77 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 1: had several long discussions with folks primarily on the Republican side, 78 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 1: that want to get work done in the conservation space 79 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:44,039 Speaker 1: and frankly have no interest in voting on the resolution 80 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:47,880 Speaker 1: to rescind the mining moratorium in the Rainy River watershed. 81 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:50,720 Speaker 1: Stopping quickly here to point out that there's a lot 82 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 1: of Democrats that feel this way too, but it's a 83 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:56,160 Speaker 1: Republican majority, so that's where the bulk of the time 84 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 1: was spent. Anyway, it was really refreshing to actually talk 85 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:03,400 Speaker 1: in earnest about the Rainy River boundary waters and the 86 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 1: fact that we have a lot of options for copper 87 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:09,039 Speaker 1: mining in America and this one does not provide the 88 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 1: return on investment for the American people. I feel like 89 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 1: it's a real breakthrough. We're hitting the policy, not the politics, 90 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:19,839 Speaker 1: which in my simple mind are the death knel distraction 91 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:24,159 Speaker 1: of real work. Technically, this vote can happen at any minute, 92 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:26,760 Speaker 1: but if you're paying attention to the news, all sides 93 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:29,520 Speaker 1: of the aisle agree there's much more important things to 94 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 1: vote on. So let's just not vote. Let's let this 95 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:37,480 Speaker 1: losing proposition for those who drink water die at quiet death. 96 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:40,680 Speaker 1: So what does this mean for you? Turn that little 97 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 1: light of optimism on this particular issue into action. Head 98 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:48,359 Speaker 1: on over to Backcountry hunters dot org and hit the 99 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:52,479 Speaker 1: action alert, write or call your senator again, tell them 100 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 1: how much you appreciate places like this and how much 101 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:59,359 Speaker 1: you'd appreciate their time representing you be spent on something else. 102 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:03,440 Speaker 1: Vote no would be great if that opportunity comes up, 103 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:06,919 Speaker 1: but right now, ask them to just let people know 104 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:09,120 Speaker 1: that you do not want to vote on this one. 105 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 1: Best of all, those lefty green groups won't get a win, 106 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:19,160 Speaker 1: no big headlines, no touchdown dance. It just quietly goes away, 107 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:23,279 Speaker 1: and that's good enough for me. Also, if you have 108 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:27,280 Speaker 1: not already, please become a member or renew your membership 109 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:31,279 Speaker 1: at backhuntry hunters dot org. Part of your return on 110 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:34,800 Speaker 1: investment for your thirty five dollars membership fee is having 111 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 1: a full time representative advocating for public lands, waters and 112 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:42,800 Speaker 1: wildlife and access to those things on Capitol Hill, and 113 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:46,520 Speaker 1: it makes a big difference. Unfortunately, it's expensive as hell. 114 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:50,359 Speaker 1: Flight's food and lodging and travel for my week was 115 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 1: about twenty one hundred bucks, which is cheap for DC. 116 00:06:55,000 --> 00:07:00,120 Speaker 1: But just like in hunting, consistency kills for those of 117 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 1: you listening who happen to be Hill staff or members 118 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:06,479 Speaker 1: of the Hill, we will be hosting our first ever 119 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 1: reception the week of April twenty one, we have this 120 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 1: pie in the sky idea to reinvigorate what used to 121 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:17,960 Speaker 1: happen all the time, which is bringing Democrats and Republicans together, 122 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:21,280 Speaker 1: you know, to just mix it up, enjoy each other's company, 123 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:25,320 Speaker 1: share good ideas. Also, at the back Country Hunters and 124 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:29,880 Speaker 1: Anglers reception, you'll get wild game, some beer, celebrate our 125 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:33,960 Speaker 1: shared public lands together for exactly three hours because we 126 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:37,240 Speaker 1: can't afford the venue rental any longer than that rental 127 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:40,680 Speaker 1: was actually covered by some of our amazing corporate partners. 128 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 1: If you are interested, we'll have our BHA member chefs 129 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 1: rolling out unique amazing wild finger foods and its walking 130 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:50,880 Speaker 1: distance from the hill, so get a hold of our 131 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:57,360 Speaker 1: guy Jack. Moving on to the crowdsourcing desk, wildlife managers 132 00:07:57,400 --> 00:07:59,200 Speaker 1: have a big job, and sometimes they turn to the 133 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:02,640 Speaker 1: general public. For last week we saw two great examples. 134 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 1: First up, the National Park Service announced that it plans 135 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 1: to expand opportunities for hunters to eradicate faral hogs and nutria. 136 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 1: These expanded opportunities will be available at two parks, the 137 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 1: Jean Lafitte National Historic Park and Preserve in Louisiana and 138 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:20,920 Speaker 1: the Cumberland Island National Seashore in Georgia. It's unclear right 139 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:24,280 Speaker 1: now precisely what these expanded opportunities will look like, but 140 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:27,400 Speaker 1: they sure sound like a good time. Hunters can already 141 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:30,880 Speaker 1: chase hogs and nutrient at the Barritaria Preserve, which is 142 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 1: located within the Jean Lafitte Park. Hunters must first obtain 143 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:37,559 Speaker 1: a free permit and follow the preserve's rules and regulations. 144 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:41,360 Speaker 1: But we might see expanded seasons or hunting areas. Hunting 145 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 1: is currently not allowed anywhere in the Cumberland Island National Seashore, 146 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:47,720 Speaker 1: so expect to see an announcement about ways to get 147 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:51,040 Speaker 1: involved down there. In both cases, volunteers who sign up 148 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:55,200 Speaker 1: specifically to help control invasive species might be required to 149 00:08:55,320 --> 00:09:00,559 Speaker 1: undergo additional training, education, and vetting that your average hunter 150 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:04,160 Speaker 1: in those states may not have to go through the registration. 151 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:07,840 Speaker 1: Background screening and safety training will more than likely be 152 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:10,800 Speaker 1: what's required to get you in the door. Other opportunities 153 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:16,480 Speaker 1: may include seasonal programs, some organized events, or authorized participant roles. 154 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:21,000 Speaker 1: Not entirely sure what that speak is, but I will 155 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:26,280 Speaker 1: define these things better once we get more info. I'm 156 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:28,880 Speaker 1: also hearing that more announcements like this might be coming 157 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 1: down the pike, which, if true, would represent a pretty 158 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 1: big shift in how we manage our national parks for 159 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:37,840 Speaker 1: invasive species. We've historically relied on professional wildlife managers and 160 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:40,800 Speaker 1: contractors to get rid of invasives. Hunters have been a 161 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:44,000 Speaker 1: part of these plans, but usually not as official volunteers. 162 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 1: The shift is good news for hunters who want more 163 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:49,199 Speaker 1: opportunities to chase game and who want to help make 164 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:53,360 Speaker 1: a big difference in their local ecosystem. As we've seen 165 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:58,320 Speaker 1: in the past, Hunters, because we are hunters, not eradicators, 166 00:09:58,559 --> 00:10:02,600 Speaker 1: can have an impactful role here. But I do want 167 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:05,439 Speaker 1: to make sure that this doesn't come at the cost 168 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:10,240 Speaker 1: of paid personnel, because if we really want to eradicate stuff. 169 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:14,520 Speaker 1: Just being honest with my hunting and angland brethren, the 170 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:16,840 Speaker 1: type of hunting we do I do is not about 171 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:20,400 Speaker 1: killing every last living thing. That's where the pros come in, 172 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:25,080 Speaker 1: the exterminators. If you hear about opportunities to help control 173 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:28,760 Speaker 1: invasives in your local national park, you should definitely sign up. 174 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:31,920 Speaker 1: It's a great opportunity. You get to hunt some new 175 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:36,080 Speaker 1: country and you can definitely help. Future generations will thank 176 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:39,080 Speaker 1: you when they have an abundance of native plants and 177 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:44,040 Speaker 1: animals to enjoy. Moving from the national to the state level, 178 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 1: Pennsylvania recently announced it's renewing a program that gives residents 179 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:51,439 Speaker 1: free native plants if they remove invasive ones. The Pennsylvania 180 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:55,920 Speaker 1: Invasive Replacive Program offers three native trees or shrubs to 181 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 1: people who remove an invasive species and take a photo. 182 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:03,199 Speaker 1: Residents then submit the photo on the pre registration form 183 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:06,120 Speaker 1: and claim their native replacement plant at one of eight 184 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:08,800 Speaker 1: events in the month of May. The free trees and 185 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:11,880 Speaker 1: shrubs are available on a first come, first served basis, 186 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:14,320 Speaker 1: so you'll want to be there promptly when your local 187 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:18,360 Speaker 1: event begins. Last year, the program planted one three hundred 188 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:21,640 Speaker 1: and thirteen native plants, though I'm sure directors are hoping 189 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:24,760 Speaker 1: to increase that number this year. Even if residents aren't 190 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:27,240 Speaker 1: able to replace an invasive plant with a native one, 191 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:30,440 Speaker 1: programs like this are great at educating people about what 192 00:11:30,559 --> 00:11:33,560 Speaker 1: to look for. Many times, people don't even know that 193 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:37,040 Speaker 1: the bushes and trees in their yard are invasive, or 194 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:40,439 Speaker 1: at the local lows or home depot for that matter, 195 00:11:40,679 --> 00:11:44,079 Speaker 1: and can actually cause ecological damage. To help fill this 196 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:47,720 Speaker 1: education gap, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources published 197 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:51,320 Speaker 1: a list of invasive plants that are especially dangerous. These 198 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:54,800 Speaker 1: include the Bradford pair, tree of Heaven, Princess tree, and 199 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 1: Norway maple. Invasive trees and shrubs can disrupt native habitat, 200 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:01,960 Speaker 1: make it harder for wildlife to flourish and push out 201 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:05,200 Speaker 1: native critters, and give room for harmful species to flourish. 202 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:08,679 Speaker 1: Whether you live in Pennsylvania or another state, here's your 203 00:12:08,679 --> 00:12:11,760 Speaker 1: reminder to identify the plants on your property and get 204 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:14,880 Speaker 1: rid of them. It's just as important as hunting feral 205 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:18,040 Speaker 1: hogs or nutria, and it's a lot easier to do. 206 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:25,040 Speaker 1: Moving on to the legislative desk, the Massachusetts governor has 207 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:28,720 Speaker 1: announced her intention to file legislation lifting the state's ban 208 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:32,720 Speaker 1: on Sunday hunting. Massachusetts is currently one of only three 209 00:12:32,760 --> 00:12:36,080 Speaker 1: states that place restrictions on hunters who want a chase 210 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:39,960 Speaker 1: game on the Sabbath. Governor Mora Heey's legislation would lift 211 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:44,239 Speaker 1: that prohibition, though I have yet to see any specific language. 212 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:46,800 Speaker 1: The bill would also allow crossbows to be used during 213 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:50,959 Speaker 1: archery season and reduce the setback distance from buildings current 214 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:54,040 Speaker 1: law prohibits archery hunters from releasing an arrow within five 215 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:57,880 Speaker 1: hundred feet of a dwelling without permission, but Healey's legislation 216 00:12:58,280 --> 00:13:01,480 Speaker 1: would lower that number to two h fifty feet. This 217 00:13:01,559 --> 00:13:04,280 Speaker 1: is especially good news for bow hunters who chase deer 218 00:13:04,320 --> 00:13:09,640 Speaker 1: in urban or suburban environments. Here's BHAs Chris Borgatti speaking 219 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:11,880 Speaker 1: at the press conference announcing the legislation. 220 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:16,920 Speaker 2: I think of two members Boston residents, live work in Boston. 221 00:13:17,280 --> 00:13:22,160 Speaker 2: A couple that love to spend their time hunting. It's 222 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:25,120 Speaker 2: essentially impossible for them to get out in the field 223 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:29,600 Speaker 2: during the week traffic logistics, travel the race against the 224 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:33,600 Speaker 2: setting sun, so having the additional day is momentous and 225 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:35,080 Speaker 2: their ability to get in the field. 226 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:39,160 Speaker 1: It's worth pointing out that three Republican legislators have introduced 227 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:42,560 Speaker 1: similar legislation in the past without success. But it's an 228 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:45,200 Speaker 1: election year and Governor Healey would like to keep her job. 229 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:48,080 Speaker 1: I think it's a testament to the continued influence of 230 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:50,960 Speaker 1: hunters that are willing to show up that one of 231 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:54,280 Speaker 1: the ways she's hoping to beat her Republican opponents is 232 00:13:54,320 --> 00:13:56,679 Speaker 1: by appealing to those of us who like to spend 233 00:13:56,679 --> 00:13:59,319 Speaker 1: our sundays with a bow or a gun in hand. 234 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:04,640 Speaker 1: Speaking of sunday hunting, another state with restrictions is also 235 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:08,040 Speaker 1: considering a bill that would lift some of them. In Delaware, 236 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:11,120 Speaker 1: current law allows sunday hunting on private land and gives 237 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:14,360 Speaker 1: the Department of Natural Resources the latitude to open the 238 00:14:14,400 --> 00:14:17,680 Speaker 1: parcels it designates for deer hunting, but in order to 239 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:21,040 Speaker 1: do that, the Department is required to inform the public 240 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:25,600 Speaker 1: and provide quote adequate opportunity for public comment. House Bill 241 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:28,680 Speaker 1: two seven eight would remove that requirement, which should make 242 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:31,080 Speaker 1: it a lot easier to open new public land to 243 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:35,800 Speaker 1: sunday hunting. This legislation also expands public land sunday hunting 244 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:39,200 Speaker 1: to all game birds and animals, not just deer, which 245 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:43,560 Speaker 1: is how the current law is worded. In New York, 246 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:47,320 Speaker 1: the Department of Environmental Conservation announced several new rule changes 247 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:51,160 Speaker 1: aimed at increasing the antlerless deer harvest. Currently, less than 248 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:54,120 Speaker 1: fifteen percent of licensed hunters harvest one antler list deer 249 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:57,240 Speaker 1: per season, and only about three percent of hunters harvest 250 00:14:57,320 --> 00:15:00,400 Speaker 1: two or more. Those numbers aren't good enough to keep 251 00:15:00,440 --> 00:15:04,040 Speaker 1: the population in check, so wildlife managers are implementing new 252 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:08,840 Speaker 1: policies to make deer management permits, or DMPs, easier to obtain. 253 00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:13,600 Speaker 1: DMPs are permits for antler list deer, and these regulations 254 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:16,920 Speaker 1: would allow hunters to obtain up to four DMPs so 255 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:21,680 Speaker 1: long as you slide into the rnc's dms. That's just 256 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:25,160 Speaker 1: a joke, kids. Hunters would also be able to transfer 257 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:29,240 Speaker 1: an unlimited number of DMPs to and from other hunters, 258 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:32,000 Speaker 1: and the nine day antler list deer hunt in September 259 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:36,320 Speaker 1: would be expanded to ten additional wildlife management units. The 260 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:38,920 Speaker 1: biggest changes is what the department is calling the earn 261 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 1: a second buck system. Current rags allow hunters to harvest 262 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:44,920 Speaker 1: two bucks a year with a bow or muzzleloader tag 263 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:47,920 Speaker 1: and a regular season tag. This new rule would require 264 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:51,560 Speaker 1: hunters to harvest a dough before getting that second buck tag. 265 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:54,520 Speaker 1: That second buck tag could be used with any weapon, 266 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:57,320 Speaker 1: not just bows and muzzleloaders, but this will be an 267 00:15:57,320 --> 00:16:00,480 Speaker 1: adjustment for buck hunters used to the current system. If 268 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:03,040 Speaker 1: you live in New York and feel annoyed by this change, 269 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:07,040 Speaker 1: remember that hunters play an important role in wildlife management. 270 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:10,400 Speaker 1: It's one of the reasons the non hunting public continues 271 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:14,120 Speaker 1: to support US bagging a few extra dos, keeps them 272 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:17,160 Speaker 1: off the roads and flower beds, and keeps the public 273 00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:20,160 Speaker 1: on our side. It also gives us another reason to 274 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:22,760 Speaker 1: get out into the woods, so I'd say that's not 275 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:27,720 Speaker 1: a bad gig. Up In DC, some in Congress are 276 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:30,040 Speaker 1: trying to pass a bill that would prohibit federal land 277 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:33,800 Speaker 1: managers from banning lead tackle and ammunition. HR five to 278 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:36,400 Speaker 1: five six would bar the Fish and Wildlife Service, the 279 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:40,120 Speaker 1: Bureau of Land Management, and the Forest Service from prohibiting 280 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 1: or regulating the use of lead ammunition or tackle on 281 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:47,120 Speaker 1: federal land or water. This prohibition would not apply to 282 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:49,720 Speaker 1: the lead shot ban for migratory game birds, but it 283 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 1: would end many of the lead ammo bands currently in 284 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:56,080 Speaker 1: place on national wildlife refuges. The only way federal land 285 00:16:56,080 --> 00:16:58,720 Speaker 1: managers would be able to impose such a ban is 286 00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:01,880 Speaker 1: proving that lead ammo or tackle is the primary cause 287 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:05,359 Speaker 1: of a decline in a wildlife population in that particular 288 00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:08,359 Speaker 1: unit of public land. That's a high bar, but it 289 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:11,720 Speaker 1: gets even higher. The led ammoban would also have to 290 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:13,639 Speaker 1: be consistent with the law of the state where the 291 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:16,159 Speaker 1: federal land is located, and it would have to be 292 00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:19,720 Speaker 1: improved by the state's Fish and Wildlife Department. Opponents of 293 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:23,160 Speaker 1: this legislation argue that lead AMMO and tackle has been 294 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:27,840 Speaker 1: proven dangerous to individual animals, especially raptors and scavenging birds, 295 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:31,800 Speaker 1: which supporters say these harms do not have a population 296 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:35,359 Speaker 1: level effect. We've covered these arguments many times before, but 297 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:37,679 Speaker 1: now this policy actually has a shot at becoming law. 298 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:40,600 Speaker 1: The US House passed the bill largely along party lines, 299 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:44,200 Speaker 1: but it got support from seven Democrats. When this legislation 300 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:46,040 Speaker 1: goes to the Senate, I'll be watching to see if 301 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:49,280 Speaker 1: some of those Democrat senators consider pulling the trigger on HR. 302 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:51,960 Speaker 1: Five to five six to get that sixty vote threshold. 303 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:55,240 Speaker 1: If you have an opinion one way or another, be 304 00:17:55,359 --> 00:17:58,680 Speaker 1: sure to send a note to your United States senators. 305 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:01,920 Speaker 1: You know my opinion on this one is I want 306 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:04,639 Speaker 1: all my land managers to have all the tools in 307 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:10,200 Speaker 1: their tool belt, So legislating how and when our wildlife 308 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:14,199 Speaker 1: managers restrict lead right and keep in mind, like the 309 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:17,919 Speaker 1: migratory bird, led restriction is a huge reason as to 310 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:20,679 Speaker 1: why we have migratory birds to hunt right now, so 311 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:24,240 Speaker 1: we know it is effective in certain use cases. The 312 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:27,080 Speaker 1: fear is it will just be rampantly banned and will 313 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:31,080 Speaker 1: have negative effects on hunting. Lead is a largely like 314 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:33,760 Speaker 1: renewable resource when it's shot in places that we can 315 00:18:33,760 --> 00:18:35,960 Speaker 1: harvest it, and then you know, we turn it right 316 00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:39,480 Speaker 1: back into lead shot. So anyway, you know the deeo. 317 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:42,680 Speaker 1: The scary language in this one for me is your 318 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:46,960 Speaker 1: wildlife managers can't make any moves until they see a 319 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:53,040 Speaker 1: population decline, which is reactive, not proactive. Think it over. 320 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:57,399 Speaker 1: The heat wave out west is everyone worried about this 321 00:18:57,480 --> 00:19:01,520 Speaker 1: year's fire season, and fires have already hit Nebraska especially hard, 322 00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:04,919 Speaker 1: where an unprecedented eight hundred and thirty thousand acres have 323 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:08,879 Speaker 1: now burned. Although those fires have mostly been contained, they 324 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:12,240 Speaker 1: burned huge expanses of the state's grasslands at a critical 325 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:15,199 Speaker 1: time of the season when grazing animals are pregnant and 326 00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:18,640 Speaker 1: need as many calories as possible to deliver healthy young. 327 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:22,719 Speaker 1: Anticipating its own hot, dry summer, the Aspen Fire Protection 328 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:25,600 Speaker 1: District is taking a bold step that I have mixed 329 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:29,040 Speaker 1: feelings about. They're going to put fire extinguishing drones up 330 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:32,119 Speaker 1: in the air. As reported in ArsTechnica, a Bay Area 331 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:35,120 Speaker 1: startup called Seneca has signed a contract with the town 332 00:19:35,160 --> 00:19:38,120 Speaker 1: of Aspen to supply a so called fire strike team 333 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:41,080 Speaker 1: ahead of the summer dry season. The strike team consists 334 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:43,720 Speaker 1: of five foam spring drones with a trailer to haul 335 00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:45,960 Speaker 1: them around in The drones have a range of three 336 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:48,199 Speaker 1: to five miles, and they can carry enough water to 337 00:19:48,280 --> 00:19:51,959 Speaker 1: create fifty gallons of fire suppressing foam, which, to be honest, 338 00:19:52,119 --> 00:19:54,919 Speaker 1: sounds like more than your kitchen fire extinguisher, but not 339 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:58,320 Speaker 1: all that much more. The idea here isn't to throw 340 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:01,679 Speaker 1: things at a fully estabi alish fire, but instead to 341 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:04,400 Speaker 1: spot new fires as soon as possible and control them 342 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:08,320 Speaker 1: before they grow. Aspen fire Chief Jake Anderson said, quote, 343 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:11,399 Speaker 1: we have panoramic AI cameras that are very good at 344 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:14,679 Speaker 1: rapidly detecting a fire. What we're not always good at 345 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:18,400 Speaker 1: is getting people there immediately. Aspen also doesn't have its 346 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:21,679 Speaker 1: own manned firefighting aircraft, and it can take hours for 347 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:25,360 Speaker 1: neighboring jurisdictions to send those aircraft to help out, especially 348 00:20:25,359 --> 00:20:27,720 Speaker 1: when they might be busy with their own fires. I 349 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:31,399 Speaker 1: don't see these drones making the fire crews themselves obsolete. 350 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:34,639 Speaker 1: They could possibly prevent small blazes from getting out of 351 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:37,680 Speaker 1: control by the time firefighters are able to reach them. 352 00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:41,480 Speaker 1: If this pilot list program is successful, ASPEN will consider 353 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:45,000 Speaker 1: buying more of the drones and establishing permanent bases throughout 354 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:48,200 Speaker 1: the region. Another tool in the tool belt. I suppose 355 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:52,600 Speaker 1: when we talk about rapid response to fire, that's great 356 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:56,280 Speaker 1: in like the wildland urban interface, But keep in mind 357 00:20:56,760 --> 00:20:59,440 Speaker 1: our critters love fire when they're in the right spots, 358 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:03,520 Speaker 1: So hopefully our land managers are still recognizing when to 359 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:08,600 Speaker 1: let things run and guiding those drones appropriately. Speaking to drones, 360 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:11,679 Speaker 1: and I'm not talking about Iran or Ukraine, I'm talking, 361 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:17,199 Speaker 1: of course about ishuin Omaki, Japan. The northeastern municipality on 362 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:19,720 Speaker 1: the coast of the Pacific Ocean, is planning to deploy 363 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:24,360 Speaker 1: bear spray wielding drones now that Japan's grizzlies are beginning 364 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 1: to emerge from their winter dents. According to the Japanese 365 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:32,480 Speaker 1: bear statistics mapping website kumamap dot com, Ishinomaki had twenty 366 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:35,720 Speaker 1: bear sightings last November, and despite a drop off during 367 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:39,240 Speaker 1: the winter, they still had nine sightings in January. Anticipating 368 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:42,399 Speaker 1: a spike in activity, the city has bought several units 369 00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:45,840 Speaker 1: from a company called Terra Drone, which demoed their product 370 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:48,639 Speaker 1: in a video posted to YouTube. In the segment, an 371 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:51,160 Speaker 1: actor dressed in a light brown Teddy bear suit crouches 372 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:53,919 Speaker 1: on an airport Timac while a drone hovers overhead and 373 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:57,679 Speaker 1: miss him with an aerosol canister pointing straight down. You 374 00:21:57,720 --> 00:22:00,560 Speaker 1: got to ask yourself, is it an actor who wears 375 00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:04,240 Speaker 1: the bear suit in these demonstrations? Where's that career going? 376 00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:08,600 Speaker 1: Are we having fun yet? Anyway? You might remember from 377 00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:10,639 Speaker 1: last year that the bear problem in Japan got so 378 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:14,000 Speaker 1: bad that the military was deployed to assist with culling operations. 379 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:16,680 Speaker 1: In the US State Department issued a notice to American 380 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:20,600 Speaker 1: travelers to Japan warning them of the threat of bears. Also, 381 00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:23,440 Speaker 1: nobody reached out and took me up on my offer 382 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:27,040 Speaker 1: to come over there and hunt bears. They're delicious and 383 00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:30,399 Speaker 1: it would just be so fricking cool to see the 384 00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:35,480 Speaker 1: Japanese cuisine take on the brown bear. Moving on over 385 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:40,520 Speaker 1: to the Rhode Island Shoreline Access issue, huge shout out 386 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:43,240 Speaker 1: to the New England Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers 387 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:46,960 Speaker 1: along with the Surf Rider Foundation, who submitted an amicus 388 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:49,439 Speaker 1: brief to the Rhode Island Supreme Court as the judges 389 00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:52,720 Speaker 1: consider a legal challenge to the twenty twenty three law 390 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:57,600 Speaker 1: that improved shoreline access in the Ocean State. That's right, 391 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:03,239 Speaker 1: Hoa's development are trying to privatize the frickin beach and 392 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:06,879 Speaker 1: the ocean. Until that law passed, you could legally at 393 00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:10,959 Speaker 1: high tideline, which sounds pretty generous, but in practice no 394 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:13,280 Speaker 1: one could actually see where that was on the beach, 395 00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:17,080 Speaker 1: and so all kinds of disputes arose. The twenty twenty 396 00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:20,560 Speaker 1: three law moved the boundary to ten feet inland of 397 00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:24,720 Speaker 1: the quote unquote recognizable high tideline. So that means just 398 00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:27,040 Speaker 1: look for the dried band of seaweed along the beach, 399 00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:29,760 Speaker 1: stay within ten feet of that, and you can pick 400 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:32,239 Speaker 1: up seashells, or stroll along or put out, you know, 401 00:23:32,359 --> 00:23:36,800 Speaker 1: your your lawn chair. I suppose well sounds good, but 402 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:39,960 Speaker 1: beachfront land owner David Welch sued the state with the 403 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:43,400 Speaker 1: support of the Pacific Legal Foundation, saying that the law 404 00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:47,120 Speaker 1: encroached on his private property rights by allowing people much 405 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:51,119 Speaker 1: closer to his house without so called just compensation. A 406 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:54,399 Speaker 1: superior court judge ruled in his favor, saying that the 407 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:58,679 Speaker 1: law was quote unquote unconstitutional, taking critically. The law was 408 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:01,480 Speaker 1: actually not taking anything new. It is, in fact re 409 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:06,200 Speaker 1: establishing historical shore access in Rhode Island that existed before 410 00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:09,160 Speaker 1: nineteen eighty two, when the State Supreme Court handed down 411 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:13,520 Speaker 1: a decision establishing the mean high tide definition. We don't 412 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:15,600 Speaker 1: know when the State Supreme Court will try the case, 413 00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:18,719 Speaker 1: but the Amykus brief will remind that court that public 414 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:22,280 Speaker 1: access and private property rights can be balanced in a 415 00:24:22,359 --> 00:24:26,160 Speaker 1: sane and open way. Let's hope they agree, or else 416 00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:29,359 Speaker 1: roadies will need to bring survey equipment with them every 417 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:32,760 Speaker 1: time they want a surf cast for bluefish. That's all 418 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:35,840 Speaker 1: I got for you this week, right in to askcl 419 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:39,199 Speaker 1: that's Ascal at the meaeater dot com. You know we 420 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:42,119 Speaker 1: want to hear from you and we appreciate you. Thanks again. 421 00:24:42,359 --> 00:24:43,400 Speaker 1: We'll talk to you next week.