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 --> 00:00:24,560 Speaker 1: cal Well. Last week news broke of a consequence of 4 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 1: a skunk run in a lot worse than getting covered 5 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:31,720 Speaker 1: in foul spray. In December of twenty twenty four, in Idaho, 6 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:34,720 Speaker 1: man was found dead in his home of a presumed 7 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:37,680 Speaker 1: heart attack. Because the man was an organ donor, his 8 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 1: heart and lungs went to a surgery training program, his 9 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:45,200 Speaker 1: corneas went three recipients, and his kidney was transplanted into 10 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:49,000 Speaker 1: an adult male patient from Michigan. For a month, that 11 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:52,280 Speaker 1: Michigan man's health was strong, but then he began to 12 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 1: suffer from tremors, weakness in the legs, and confusion, followed 13 00:00:56,520 --> 00:01:00,320 Speaker 1: by fever and inability to eat or drink. After a week, 14 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 1: he died and a case of rabies was determined to 15 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:06,200 Speaker 1: be the culprit. But the man's family confirmed that he 16 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:10,280 Speaker 1: hadn't had any risky contact with animals, and so investigators 17 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:13,959 Speaker 1: began looking into the history of the organ donor. Turns 18 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:16,560 Speaker 1: out the Idaho man had been flagged for an animal 19 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:20,399 Speaker 1: scratch during the organ donation intake, but doctors didn't connect 20 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:23,560 Speaker 1: it to rabies at the time. According to his family, 21 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:26,520 Speaker 1: weeks before his death, he had been holding a kitten 22 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 1: in his backyard when he was attacked by a skunk. 23 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 1: He assumed the striped scavenger wanted to make a meal 24 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 1: out of the kitten, so he fought off the skunk 25 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:38,120 Speaker 1: and knocked it unconscious, receiving a minor scratch in the process. 26 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 1: Recent tests of the man's archived tissue did in fact 27 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 1: discover a Rabi's infection, and the transmission via organ donation 28 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 1: was confirmed, only the fourth documented case ever of the 29 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:54,920 Speaker 1: disease being passed by this routine. Just another reason to 30 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 1: get yourself checked out anytime a claw or tooth happens 31 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 1: to break your skin out in the field, no matter 32 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 1: how minor it seems. And remember, in this case, the 33 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:07,680 Speaker 1: field could mean your backyard, either from that skunk prowling 34 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 1: around or maybe even that cute kitten you're holding in 35 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:17,359 Speaker 1: your arms. Don't let this be a warning against organ donation, however, 36 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:22,919 Speaker 1: that program saves untold lives enrich as many others. I'm 37 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 1: an organ donor, Why the heck not. By the time 38 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 1: somebody uses them, you know, I'll be done with them 39 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 1: for one reason or another. It's the giving season. Kids. 40 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:37,520 Speaker 1: Come on this week we've got international crime, CWD, Cougars, 41 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 1: water Wars, and beautiful BC. But first I'm going to 42 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:43,560 Speaker 1: tell you about my week, and my week is flying by. 43 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 1: I spent a few days in dark, gray, wet Missoula, Montana, 44 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 1: at BHA headquarters, trying to get up to date on, 45 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:55,799 Speaker 1: you know, office things, in preparation for my January one 46 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:59,919 Speaker 1: official start date as CEO. In fact, you may be 47 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 1: listening when I'm actually a CEO acronym chief executive officer. 48 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:08,960 Speaker 1: I'll just be straight with you, folks. My goal has 49 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:13,119 Speaker 1: never to been a chief or an executive or an officer, 50 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:17,200 Speaker 1: which I have no slight against any of those things. 51 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 1: Just just wasn't in my plan, which was only to 52 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:24,960 Speaker 1: spend a lot of time outside. But you know, life 53 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:28,520 Speaker 1: throws some curveballs at you, and here we go. I 54 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:33,120 Speaker 1: am insanely excited to be in this position, very very 55 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 1: fortunate that, you know, my passion for the outdoors somehow 56 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:41,839 Speaker 1: lined up with this gig. Yeah. Crazy, how the old 57 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:48,200 Speaker 1: world spends. And now, despite Missoula weather being atmospheric river conditions, 58 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 1: the BHA crew is always sunny and if you are 59 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: interested in checking out that crew and becoming one of us. 60 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 1: Right now, we have three positions open, one of which 61 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 1: is for all you service members out there. There's a 62 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 1: DoD Skills Bridge positions open. You'll be working directly with 63 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:15,320 Speaker 1: our Armed Forces Initiative a bunch of awesome folks over there. 64 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 1: They are quote looking for active duty soldiers, sailors, marines, 65 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 1: or airmen who want to spend their DoD Skills Bridge 66 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:26,919 Speaker 1: internship as a project manager to support the growth of 67 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:30,720 Speaker 1: the Armed Forces Initiative. This individual will work with an 68 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:34,839 Speaker 1: AFI coordinator in AFI Advisory Board to support and implement 69 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 1: AFI projects. If this sounds like something you dig and 70 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:42,520 Speaker 1: be interested in, head on over to Backcountry Hunters dot org. 71 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 1: In addition, we have a controller position open for those 72 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:51,280 Speaker 1: with the financial chops and fun. Fact, while looking at 73 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:54,719 Speaker 1: our careers page at Backcountry Hunters dot org, I saw 74 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:58,039 Speaker 1: that our website is down once again, as many of 75 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:00,680 Speaker 1: you have also noticed because you wrote to tell me, 76 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:04,280 Speaker 1: we have just been like getting like strung out and 77 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:08,000 Speaker 1: taken to the cleaners by this web development company who 78 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:11,640 Speaker 1: promised so much for this brand spank and new website. 79 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 1: So if you have the programming skills and would like 80 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:18,920 Speaker 1: to donate some hours and expertise, we could sure use 81 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:23,200 Speaker 1: that too. And for you loyal and longtime listeners. I 82 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 1: promise this is not going to be the tenor of 83 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 1: the podcast from here on out, but you know this 84 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:31,039 Speaker 1: stuff is top of mind in me my week section. 85 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 1: I'm sure you can tell. Like last week, I would 86 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 1: like to bring up the new potential director of the BLM, 87 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:44,120 Speaker 1: mister Steve Pierce. Once again, I am just convinced that 88 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 1: this is an excellent area for all of us to 89 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:49,320 Speaker 1: weigh in. I want to know what you think. This 90 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:53,560 Speaker 1: is a big job. So what question would you ask 91 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:58,159 Speaker 1: or want your senator to ask during mister Pierce's confirmation hearing, 92 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 1: which is like a very public job interview. Mister Pierce 93 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:06,040 Speaker 1: will be the top dog overseeing two hundred and forty 94 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 1: million acres of our shared public lands. Let's take this 95 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:14,799 Speaker 1: seriously right in to askcl that's Ascal at the meteater 96 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:17,719 Speaker 1: dot com. Let me know what you would ask the 97 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 1: candidate for this office. A lot of hunting and fishing 98 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 1: and outdoor freedom happens on those two hundred and forty 99 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:29,440 Speaker 1: million acres of Bureau of Land Management Land. Moving on 100 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:34,479 Speaker 1: to the international crime desk, two South African men have 101 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 1: been sentenced to lengthy stays in the Slammer for murdering 102 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:42,359 Speaker 1: an abalone poacher. Prosecutors said Paul Adams and Ishmael Khan 103 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 1: planned and carried out the murder of Cameron Mark Padeachi 104 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 1: after Cameron refused to pay extortion money to a gang 105 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:52,279 Speaker 1: called the Junior Mafia. Believe it or not, the Junior 106 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:54,800 Speaker 1: Mafia is pretty much what it sounds like. They're not 107 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:57,320 Speaker 1: Italian as far as I'm aware, but they are a 108 00:06:57,360 --> 00:07:00,440 Speaker 1: youth gang that operates in the central Cape Town area. 109 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:03,520 Speaker 1: Abaloni poaching is one of their rackets, and they force 110 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:07,559 Speaker 1: other poachers to give them a percentage of their earnings. Well, 111 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:11,000 Speaker 1: Cameron refused to pay the extortion fee, so Adams told 112 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 1: Khan and another Junior Mafia member, Ronaldo Vanderberg, to kill Cameron. 113 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:20,000 Speaker 1: Vanderberg and Khan found Cameron as he was fixing his vehicle. 114 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 1: They shot him eight times as Cameron's children watched from 115 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 1: inside the car. All three were convicted and sentenced for 116 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 1: the murder. Vanderberg, who was the one who pulled the trigger, 117 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:33,880 Speaker 1: will serve thirty years con will serve twenty Adams sixteen. 118 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:38,120 Speaker 1: If you're wondering why anyone would commit murder over some abaloni, 119 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 1: you should know that the Junior Mafia isn't the only 120 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:44,840 Speaker 1: criminal operation making an honest day's work from illegally harvesting 121 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 1: the little mollusk. One report found that as many as 122 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 1: eighteen eight hundred and twenty five metric tons of illegally 123 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:56,120 Speaker 1: harvested abalony were shipped out of the country between twenty 124 00:07:56,200 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 1: eighteen and twenty twenty three. Poaching has decimated the popular 125 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:04,120 Speaker 1: and legal commercial harvesters struggle to make a living. A 126 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:07,520 Speaker 1: dwindling supply means that the competition for the remaining abaloni 127 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 1: is fierce, so it's no surprise that someone would want 128 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 1: to kill over it. At least that's what it looks 129 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 1: like from where I'm sitting ten thousand miles away. If 130 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 1: you live in South Africa and want a way in, 131 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:20,160 Speaker 1: happy to hear from you, you don't where to ride in. 132 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:24,720 Speaker 1: A man in Northern Ireland has been accused of abusing 133 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 1: a yellow lab while at a pheasant shoot in January 134 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:30,120 Speaker 1: of this year. Witnesses say they saw a twenty nine 135 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 1: year old Kieran McCafferty kick his dog in the stomach, 136 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:35,640 Speaker 1: pull sharply on its leash, and even pick up the 137 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:38,000 Speaker 1: pooch and swing it around in a full circle by 138 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:41,079 Speaker 1: its leash. The dog, whose name is Lily, yelped in 139 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:43,720 Speaker 1: paying as McCafferty struck her with the butt of his shotgun. 140 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 1: Another witness said they saw McCafferty shoot a pheasant and 141 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:49,760 Speaker 1: Lily bring it back to him, but when Lily ran 142 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:53,200 Speaker 1: off into the undergrowth, McCafferty quote became angry and was 143 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:57,119 Speaker 1: shouting and goldering at the dog until it returned. Goldering 144 00:08:57,520 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 1: is a colloquial word in Northern Ireland that means to 145 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:06,600 Speaker 1: shout loudly, yell or bellow, often expressing anger. Lily eventually returned, 146 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:10,199 Speaker 1: but rather than praise the dog for obeying, McCafferty punched 147 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:13,440 Speaker 1: the dog multiple times with the closed fist. Witnesses say 148 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:17,000 Speaker 1: the dog couldn't stand and McCafferty had to carry it away. 149 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:20,640 Speaker 1: All his behavior was reported to the local animal control 150 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:23,160 Speaker 1: and they discovered that Lily sustained a broken hip from 151 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:26,920 Speaker 1: the abuse. When they visited McCafferty's home, they found that 152 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:30,079 Speaker 1: Lily was malnourished and there was another dog, a black 153 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:32,960 Speaker 1: lab named Flow, who was also in a sad state 154 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:36,800 Speaker 1: of affairs. Both dogs have since been taken from McCafferty 155 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:40,240 Speaker 1: and re homed, and McCafferty has pled guilty to some 156 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:43,120 Speaker 1: of the accusations. He admits to striking Lily, but he 157 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:45,640 Speaker 1: says he never swung her around by the leash. Due 158 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:50,240 Speaker 1: to this discrepancy, the judge ordered another evidentiary hearing before 159 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:53,640 Speaker 1: handing down a sentence. The prosecutor said they would be 160 00:09:53,679 --> 00:09:56,920 Speaker 1: applying for McCafferty to be banned from ever owning an 161 00:09:56,960 --> 00:09:59,640 Speaker 1: animal again. And I think I speak for many a 162 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 1: dog owner, especially the yellow labrador type, when I say 163 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:06,840 Speaker 1: that McCafferty sentence should be a bit more medieval. Maybe 164 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:11,880 Speaker 1: the stocks down Times Square jokes aside. This is not 165 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:15,280 Speaker 1: the kind of behavior that exists in isolation. If you're 166 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:17,160 Speaker 1: willing to do that to a dog, what else are 167 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:19,000 Speaker 1: you willing to do to the people in your life? 168 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:23,599 Speaker 1: Law enforcement over in Randallstown take note of mister McCafferty. 169 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 1: Moving on to the cougar desk, This one from listener 170 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:32,160 Speaker 1: Bob Nielsen, who is clearly angling for a job as 171 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:35,760 Speaker 1: a writer around Cal's Weekend Review. Nielsen reports. Just two 172 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:38,080 Speaker 1: weeks after a group of British Columbia school kids were 173 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:41,199 Speaker 1: accosted by a grizzly bear. A mountain lion caused concern 174 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:45,200 Speaker 1: for school officials earlier this month in Duluth, Minnesota. Duluth 175 00:10:45,559 --> 00:10:48,880 Speaker 1: d Duluth is on fire. As the kids say, the 176 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:51,720 Speaker 1: two year old male catamount was wearing a collar, which 177 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:55,199 Speaker 1: is how we know it hiked up to Minnesota from Nebraska. 178 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:57,640 Speaker 1: It eventually made its way within a half mile of 179 00:10:57,920 --> 00:11:02,160 Speaker 1: Ordyon East Middle School and Calmingdon Park Elementary School, forcing 180 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 1: officials to cancel afternoon recess. This seemed a reasonable response since, 181 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:11,840 Speaker 1: unlike highly publicized instances of bears entering convenience stores to 182 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:15,520 Speaker 1: stock up on highly processed foods and African lions entering 183 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:19,160 Speaker 1: grass huts to dine on construction workers, pumas are not 184 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:23,480 Speaker 1: particularly prone to breaking and entering. Thanks to good intel 185 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:26,000 Speaker 1: on the panther's path, the all clear was given at 186 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:29,679 Speaker 1: two pm. Nonetheless, the sudden appearance of the painter pos's 187 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:36,120 Speaker 1: perplexing questions great alliteration. Jordan sillers, what's behind this sudden 188 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:39,680 Speaker 1: assault on school children? Our North American apex predators planning 189 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:42,480 Speaker 1: more attacks. Is it safe to go over the river 190 00:11:42,679 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 1: and through the woods this Christmas an excellent question there, Bob. 191 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:49,720 Speaker 1: Christmas will be over by the time you hear this, 192 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:52,760 Speaker 1: but when schools reopen in the new year, you might 193 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:55,280 Speaker 1: want to start sending kids to school with bear spray. 194 00:11:55,559 --> 00:11:58,040 Speaker 1: It's a great conversation started at the lunch table and 195 00:11:58,080 --> 00:12:02,480 Speaker 1: a guaranteed a plus during show and hell. Moving on 196 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:08,080 Speaker 1: to the CWD desk, the Missouri Conservation Commission voted earlier 197 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:10,200 Speaker 1: this month to approve a plan that would end the 198 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:13,640 Speaker 1: state's CWD hunt. This five day hunt was part of 199 00:12:13,679 --> 00:12:16,640 Speaker 1: Missouri's firearm deer season, and it gave hunters in the 200 00:12:16,679 --> 00:12:20,959 Speaker 1: CWD management zone and extra opportunity to harvest a deer. 201 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:23,800 Speaker 1: The idea is to increase the deer harvest in areas 202 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 1: with the high prevalence of the disease and hopefully remove 203 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:31,280 Speaker 1: more CWD positive deer from the landscape, but the Conservation 204 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:36,160 Speaker 1: Commission found that the special hunt hadn't effectively increased deer harvest. 205 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:40,080 Speaker 1: They also say hunters had complained about the complexity of 206 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:43,439 Speaker 1: all the different hunting seasons, and this decision was designed 207 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:47,640 Speaker 1: to simplify those regulations. Along those lines, the Commission also 208 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:51,920 Speaker 1: decided to eliminate the state's CWD management zone. Hunters within 209 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:54,599 Speaker 1: this zone were required to have their deer tested for 210 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:59,160 Speaker 1: CWD and were prohibited from feeding deer year round. They 211 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:02,559 Speaker 1: were also not required to abide by Antler point restrictions 212 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:04,959 Speaker 1: that were in place in other portions of the state. 213 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:08,200 Speaker 1: But what started as a six county zone in twenty 214 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:11,760 Speaker 1: twelve has expanded to eighty two counties in twenty twenty five, 215 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:15,120 Speaker 1: the entire state only has one hundred and fourteen counties, 216 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:18,720 Speaker 1: which means the CWD zone stretched across more than half 217 00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:23,400 Speaker 1: the state. Eliminating the CWD zone presumably eliminates some of 218 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:26,920 Speaker 1: the hunting restrictions as well. However, the Commission will still 219 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:30,920 Speaker 1: publish a list of counties each year where testing is mandatory. 220 00:13:31,559 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 1: These moves are understandably concerning to those who want to 221 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:38,360 Speaker 1: see Missouri continue its fight to slow the spread of CWD. 222 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:43,560 Speaker 1: Jason Summers, the director of the Missouri Department of Conservation, quote, 223 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:46,640 Speaker 1: some will say CWD is simply a political disease that 224 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:50,240 Speaker 1: has not impacted deer populations, but this couldn't be farther 225 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:54,120 Speaker 1: from the truth. Scientific studies have continued to demonstrate that 226 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:58,760 Speaker 1: CWD is a fatal disease that, if left unchecked, will 227 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:04,040 Speaker 1: increase in prevalence, resulting in increased mortality on local populations 228 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:07,920 Speaker 1: that significantly alter buck age structure and the ability of 229 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:12,160 Speaker 1: the population to recover from other natural factors like extreme 230 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:17,720 Speaker 1: droughts and other disease outbreaks like EHD. Others recognize that 231 00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:21,440 Speaker 1: CWD is a serious threat, but disagree with the approach 232 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:25,360 Speaker 1: we have implemented to address the disease. Regardless of where 233 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:28,560 Speaker 1: you stand on the issue of CWD, most share the 234 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:32,680 Speaker 1: same goal a healthy, sustainable population of deer in Missouri 235 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 1: that can be appreciated and utilized by future generations. That 236 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:39,480 Speaker 1: is a fine sentiment, but it's clear that the state 237 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:43,120 Speaker 1: is changing how it manages the always fatal disease. In 238 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:46,560 Speaker 1: this same letter, Summers announced that his agency is pausing 239 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:51,400 Speaker 1: the post season targeted deer removal program. Like the CWD hunt, 240 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:54,840 Speaker 1: this program was designed to remove potentially infected deer from 241 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:58,760 Speaker 1: the landscape. Now, Summer says the agency will work with 242 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:03,000 Speaker 1: hunters and land owners to quote adapt and identify a 243 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:06,120 Speaker 1: more sustainable path forward. At the end of the day, 244 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:09,520 Speaker 1: wildlife management is determined by the people who show up 245 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:12,720 Speaker 1: and speak loudly. The contingent of hunters who don't see 246 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:15,960 Speaker 1: CWD as a threat has always been allowed, but now 247 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:18,680 Speaker 1: they appear to be growing in influence. Only time will 248 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:21,680 Speaker 1: tell if Missouri's moves represent a larger shift in the 249 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:25,240 Speaker 1: way states manage CWD, But in the meantime, Missouri deer 250 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:28,080 Speaker 1: hunters have a job to do. Members of the public 251 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:32,240 Speaker 1: can submit comments on the proposed regulation changes starting January 252 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:36,640 Speaker 1: sixteen and running through February fourteen. The Missouri Conservation Commission 253 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:39,360 Speaker 1: will then have a final review on the changes, and 254 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:43,520 Speaker 1: if approved, will go into effect on June thirtieth. You 255 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:46,640 Speaker 1: can head on over to MDC dot MO dot gov 256 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:52,600 Speaker 1: to find out more. Moving over to the water war desk, 257 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:57,520 Speaker 1: you know how they say there's only two certainties in life, 258 00:15:57,760 --> 00:16:02,920 Speaker 1: death and taxes. Well is water should be in there too, 259 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:07,840 Speaker 1: as it is a limited and much needed resource. There 260 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:10,520 Speaker 1: are new developments in the story of the Crazy Mountain 261 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:13,720 Speaker 1: Ranch the ultra luxury Montana golf course. We told you 262 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:17,120 Speaker 1: about this summer that had been illegally irrigating its greens, 263 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:21,520 Speaker 1: golfing greens with water it didn't have permits for Back then, 264 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:25,920 Speaker 1: the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservations sued CMR 265 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:29,120 Speaker 1: Crazy Mountain Ranch to stop its bad behavior, and when 266 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 1: the club continued to use water illegally, the state shut 267 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:36,640 Speaker 1: off supplies entirely. Soon, the two parties entered into a 268 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:40,400 Speaker 1: consent decree where the state would review the club's standing 269 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:44,040 Speaker 1: permit applications and the club would cease illegal water use 270 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:47,760 Speaker 1: in absence of those permits. If everything went according to plan, 271 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:51,400 Speaker 1: the club could avoid fines for its past indiscretions. In 272 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:54,440 Speaker 1: the meantime, the club began trucking one hundred and ten 273 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:57,320 Speaker 1: thousand gallons of water in a week, or thirty five 274 00:16:57,400 --> 00:17:01,640 Speaker 1: round trip tanker rides every day. Before too long, investigators 275 00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:03,800 Speaker 1: followed the trucks and found that some of them were 276 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:07,159 Speaker 1: coming from the nearby city of Boulder. The DNRC quickly 277 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:10,120 Speaker 1: discovered that Boulder was selling the water to CMR from 278 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:12,879 Speaker 1: a well for which there was no water right, in 279 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:16,840 Speaker 1: violation of the Montana Water Use Act. This was also 280 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:20,480 Speaker 1: a violation of the consent decree that CMR had signed, 281 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:23,439 Speaker 1: and so the DNRC find the club eight thousand dollars. 282 00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:26,320 Speaker 1: This week, the state announced that they are suing the 283 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 1: club again over a refusal to pay the fine. Crazy 284 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:32,800 Speaker 1: Mountain ranch is arguing that it wasn't their responsibility to 285 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:36,720 Speaker 1: ensure that Boulder could legally sell them the water. You've 286 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:40,840 Speaker 1: almost got to admire the boldness here. After regulators extended 287 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:44,560 Speaker 1: the club an amazing amount of grace for passed intentional violations. 288 00:17:44,880 --> 00:17:47,840 Speaker 1: You'd think that CMR would then do careful, due diligence 289 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:50,439 Speaker 1: to make sure they were following every last one of 290 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:54,000 Speaker 1: the rules. And as they say, ignorance of the law 291 00:17:54,359 --> 00:17:57,639 Speaker 1: is no defense. We're gonna keep following this one to 292 00:17:57,760 --> 00:18:02,680 Speaker 1: see if exclusive golf courses and Western water law can 293 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:07,760 Speaker 1: get along or not. Now, this is the beginning of 294 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 1: a new year here at the Week in Review, so 295 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:13,760 Speaker 1: we're going to serve up some positivity here to lead 296 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:20,200 Speaker 1: in to January of twenty twenty six. Out in Nevada, 297 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:24,320 Speaker 1: a former industrial mineral processing site has been acquired by 298 00:18:24,359 --> 00:18:27,679 Speaker 1: the Conservation Fund. They intend to transfer the parcel to 299 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:31,600 Speaker 1: the surrounding Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, which lies sixty 300 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 1: five miles northwest of Las Vegas. Although this site is small, 301 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:38,840 Speaker 1: just eighteen acres, it contains the source of a spring 302 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:42,640 Speaker 1: which feeds a nearby desert oasis. Wetlands that had been 303 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:45,760 Speaker 1: threatened by a pollution from the plant for nine hundred 304 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:48,199 Speaker 1: thousand bucks. The mineral company is selling the land and 305 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:52,000 Speaker 1: removing all buildings and equipment from the site. This oasis 306 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:56,480 Speaker 1: is home to several hyperlocal endangered species, including fauna such 307 00:18:56,520 --> 00:19:00,520 Speaker 1: as the ash Meadows speckled dace and the ash Meadows upfish, 308 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:03,800 Speaker 1: as well as flora like the ash Meadows gum plant. 309 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:07,760 Speaker 1: To cope a birdbeak in the spring, loving century hunters 310 00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:11,600 Speaker 1: may pursue quail, geese, ducks, coots, more hand snipe dove, 311 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:15,040 Speaker 1: and rabbits at ash Meadows. If you're tired of playing 312 00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:17,800 Speaker 1: the slots on the Las Vegas Strip, sounds like a 313 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:23,240 Speaker 1: restorative place to go down. In South Carolina, the city 314 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:25,919 Speaker 1: of Charleston is spending three million dollars to put the 315 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:30,000 Speaker 1: five hundred and eighty acre Dill Sanctuary property on James 316 00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:34,520 Speaker 1: Island into a permanent conservation easement. Land is controlled by 317 00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:38,880 Speaker 1: the Charleston Museum and has existing limited protections, but those 318 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:41,600 Speaker 1: were set to expire in twenty twenty six. Now the 319 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:45,240 Speaker 1: land will be protected in perpetuity and public access will 320 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:48,720 Speaker 1: be protected even if the museum were to sell the land. 321 00:19:49,359 --> 00:19:51,719 Speaker 1: The Dill Sanctuary is a great example of the kind 322 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:55,719 Speaker 1: of incremental improvements that make a huge difference to conservation. 323 00:19:56,119 --> 00:19:59,600 Speaker 1: In the nineteen nineties, looking to improve wading bird habitat, 324 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:03,359 Speaker 1: Sanctuary worked with the Charleston County to have Phill for 325 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:07,000 Speaker 1: a construction project dug out of their property, creating a 326 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:10,320 Speaker 1: man made spring fed lake. Three islands were designed with 327 00:20:10,359 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 1: the right amount of cover for nesting birds, and the 328 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:17,000 Speaker 1: pond was made deep enough to keep bobcats and raccoons out. Today, 329 00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:19,920 Speaker 1: the site is essential habitat for the wood stork, which 330 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:22,720 Speaker 1: was listed as endangered in nineteen eighty four but then 331 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:27,080 Speaker 1: moved to just threatened in twenty fourteen. The Dill Sanctuary 332 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:30,159 Speaker 1: is now home to around fifteen hundred pairs of wading 333 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:33,639 Speaker 1: birds and boasts around one hundred wood stork nests, so 334 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:35,840 Speaker 1: it's a great thing that this spot is going to 335 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:40,359 Speaker 1: be around for the long haul. Over in Michigan, the 336 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:44,120 Speaker 1: Department of Natural Resources has purchased eight eight thousand, eight 337 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:46,879 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty acre property to add to the Pigeon 338 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:50,760 Speaker 1: River County State Forest, also known as the Big Wild. 339 00:20:51,359 --> 00:20:53,600 Speaker 1: The new parcel is home to Black River Ranch, one 340 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:56,760 Speaker 1: of the last large tracks of forest on the lower peninsula, 341 00:20:56,840 --> 00:21:00,359 Speaker 1: and it's just lousy with waterways, including the east branch 342 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:03,640 Speaker 1: of the Black River, Stuart Creek, and the Black River itself, 343 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:05,919 Speaker 1: which is the only river in the Lake Huron basin 344 00:21:06,040 --> 00:21:09,760 Speaker 1: managed for native brook trout. This spot is absolutely teeming 345 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:13,159 Speaker 1: with animals, including bear, white tails and as many as 346 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:16,280 Speaker 1: eleven hundred elk that have thrived there since a reintroduction 347 00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:20,320 Speaker 1: of Rocky Mountain elk in nineteen eighteen. Several organizations came 348 00:21:20,359 --> 00:21:23,720 Speaker 1: together to raise the seventeen million dollars for the property purchase, 349 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:27,840 Speaker 1: including the Forest Legacy Program, the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund, 350 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:31,800 Speaker 1: the Little Traverse Conservancy, the Rock Mountain Elk Foundation, and 351 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:35,359 Speaker 1: the Nature Conservancy. The hunting, fishing, and trapping are about 352 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:37,280 Speaker 1: as good as it gets in the Pidgin River Forest, 353 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:41,320 Speaker 1: along with camping, hiking, birdwatching, cross country skiing, and deep 354 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:48,520 Speaker 1: breath taking up in southeastern BC. The Nature Conservancy of Canada, 355 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:51,840 Speaker 1: the Canadian government, and the subsidiary of the coal mining 356 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:55,480 Speaker 1: company Glencore, as well as a number of smaller organizations, 357 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:59,040 Speaker 1: have purchased forty five thousand hectares that's about one hundred 358 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:01,680 Speaker 1: and seventy five square miles to US Yankees down here 359 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:05,680 Speaker 1: of high elevation grasslands and put it into conservation management 360 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 1: as the Cootney forest Lands. The land is entirely within 361 00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:14,440 Speaker 1: the Tunaha Nation and touches forty two watersheds and conserves 362 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:17,960 Speaker 1: almost six hundred miles of rivers and streams, as well 363 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:21,480 Speaker 1: as habitat for grizzlies, badger, white bark, pine bowl trout, 364 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:24,560 Speaker 1: and bighorn sheep. This is still a new project and 365 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:27,440 Speaker 1: exactly what hunting and fishing might be possible there is 366 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:31,120 Speaker 1: hard to determine, but public access as part of the purchase, 367 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:33,199 Speaker 1: and the fly fishing on the Elk River in this 368 00:22:33,359 --> 00:22:39,320 Speaker 1: area is world famous. Finally, through Acres for America, a 369 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:42,640 Speaker 1: partnership between Walmart and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, 370 00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:45,280 Speaker 1: a group of projects totaling one hundred and forty five 371 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:49,680 Speaker 1: thousand acres will be conserved across five states. In Florida, 372 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:52,679 Speaker 1: six hundred and thirty six acres will be added to 373 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:56,959 Speaker 1: the Lochloosa Wildlife Corridor in Maine, Seventy eight thousand acres 374 00:22:56,960 --> 00:23:00,640 Speaker 1: will be protected in the Rangeley Lakes area North Carolina. 375 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:03,560 Speaker 1: Twelve thousand acres will be conserved in the Blue Ridge 376 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:07,320 Speaker 1: Mountains and South Mountains. This partnership was also one of 377 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:10,200 Speaker 1: the groups putting its shoulder to the wheel to buy 378 00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:14,359 Speaker 1: the Black River Ranch property up in Michigan. So even 379 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:16,840 Speaker 1: with all the grim news out there these days, there 380 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:20,439 Speaker 1: are some bright spots. Let's keep lighting those candles. And 381 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:23,479 Speaker 1: if you know about any acquisition of land for public 382 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:27,600 Speaker 1: use or expansion of existing park, wildlife refuge, national forest, 383 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:29,720 Speaker 1: or similar area in your neck of the woods, right 384 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:32,679 Speaker 1: in to ask cal at the meat Eater dot Com 385 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:35,680 Speaker 1: or call our darn number four oh six two two 386 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:39,280 Speaker 1: zero six four four one to shout it from the rooftops. 387 00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:42,480 Speaker 1: We can help in a number of ways, like raising 388 00:23:42,520 --> 00:23:48,320 Speaker 1: awareness or the Meat Eater Land Access Initiative. Remember, all 389 00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:51,199 Speaker 1: the good stuff that we have right now is not 390 00:23:51,359 --> 00:23:55,280 Speaker 1: here by chance or luck or happenstance. It's here because we, 391 00:23:55,440 --> 00:24:00,560 Speaker 1: gosh darn demanded that it be here. Okay, it was 392 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:04,199 Speaker 1: not that long ago that we didn't have the geese 393 00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:07,240 Speaker 1: or the ducks, or the shore birds, or the elk 394 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:09,960 Speaker 1: or the big horn sheep where they exist right now. 395 00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:14,119 Speaker 1: That stuff is only here because people said, hey, this 396 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:17,840 Speaker 1: is important, let's make it happen. Same goes for national 397 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:22,960 Speaker 1: parks and national forests. You got to weigh in gang 398 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:27,440 Speaker 1: right now. We are at an inflection point in this country. 399 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:32,760 Speaker 1: If you don't stand up and demand it, we're gonna lose. Remember, 400 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:35,959 Speaker 1: you can have your guns and your public lands, and 401 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:38,200 Speaker 1: if somebody tells you how you gotta make a decision 402 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:42,080 Speaker 1: between the two, you know that they're full of it. Okay, 403 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:45,359 Speaker 1: this is America. We can have it all, so long 404 00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:49,800 Speaker 1: as you demand. That's all I got for you this week. 405 00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:53,040 Speaker 1: Have a wonderful new year, Get out there on your 406 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:57,159 Speaker 1: public lands, fill your bucket full of appreciation so you 407 00:24:57,240 --> 00:24:59,680 Speaker 1: have a deep well to dig into for the rest 408 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:02,800 Speaker 1: of the year. Thank you so much for listening. Right in. 409 00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:07,000 Speaker 1: Ask c A L. That's Askcal at themeeater dot com. 410 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:10,080 Speaker 1: Call me four oh six two two zero six four 411 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:13,080 Speaker 1: four one. I want to hear from you and have 412 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:18,040 Speaker 1: a wonderful, wonderful new year. Big huge thanks to Jordan 413 00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:22,320 Speaker 1: Sillers and Alex Tilney, Phil and Reva. Those are the 414 00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:25,919 Speaker 1: folks carrying the heavy load over here at Cal's weekend review. 415 00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:29,760 Speaker 1: Can't wait to see what this new year brings. Thanks again, 416 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:39,080 Speaker 1: We'll talk to you next week.