1 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 1: From Mediators World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is 2 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 1: Cal's weekend review, presented by Steel. Steel products are available 3 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:15,160 Speaker 1: only at authorized dealers. For more, go to Steel Dealers 4 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:22,480 Speaker 1: dot com. Now here's your host, Ryan cal Callahan and 5 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:26,160 Speaker 1: elephant in India reportedly killed a seventy year old woman 6 00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:29,640 Speaker 1: last month and then returned during her funeral to trample 7 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:32,839 Speaker 1: her corpse. Can take it easy, rick, Let's start it 8 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:36,479 Speaker 1: kids darker morning. The story was first reported by India's 9 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:39,920 Speaker 1: largest news agency and then picked up in outlets around 10 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 1: the world. According to the account, the elephant escaped Dalma 11 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:48,240 Speaker 1: Wildlife Sanctuary and attacked the woman as she was collecting water. Then, 12 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:51,760 Speaker 1: as her family was performing her last rites, the same 13 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 1: elephant showed up, grabbed her body from the funeral pyre, 14 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 1: trampled it again and ran off. Elephants are intelligent, social 15 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:03,720 Speaker 1: creed cheers. They certainly live a long time. African elephants 16 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:07,400 Speaker 1: reportedly going up to seventy years, Asian elephants averaging about 17 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:10,560 Speaker 1: forty eight years of age, which only matters because I 18 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:12,960 Speaker 1: think the older you get, the more you're capable of 19 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:16,720 Speaker 1: holding a grudge. Now this story is contested. It could 20 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:21,040 Speaker 1: be totally fabricated for international attention. The world may never know. 21 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:25,399 Speaker 1: Different outlets reported different ages for the woman, which makes 22 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 1: one skeptical. Some claimed a pack of elephants attacked or 23 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:32,839 Speaker 1: rather than a single elephant, and the website Snopes pointed 24 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:36,680 Speaker 1: out that there haven't been any official statements of the incident, 25 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:40,119 Speaker 1: which may or may not be strange. Keep in mind, 26 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 1: India is not the United States. There were a reported 27 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 1: thirty three hundred human deaths and elephant related incidents in 28 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 1: India over just the last seven years. This could be 29 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:55,680 Speaker 1: a case of news or fake news, or it could 30 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 1: be a case of something that happens that wasn't really 31 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 1: news over there. This week, we've got bears, boars, wolves, 32 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 1: and legislation. But first, I'm gonna tell you about my week. 33 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:08,959 Speaker 1: And my week is brought to you by a Steel 34 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:12,519 Speaker 1: Power Equipment. Find an authorized steel dealer near you. They'll 35 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 1: get you set up with what you need and won't 36 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 1: send you home with what you don't. 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I'm not sure 46 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:52,000 Speaker 1: about wasting my life fly angling for trout, but I 47 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 1: will admit that the subtlety of the jigging motion is 48 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:59,799 Speaker 1: not something I've mastered. Despite this, we managed to get 49 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 1: a few and boating time for an Independence Day fish fry, 50 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 1: which turned out pretty darn good. I'm always changing up 51 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 1: I fried fish batter or breading, and I've yet to 52 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 1: find something that I like, really love enough to try 53 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:13,959 Speaker 1: to repeat the next time. Let me know if you 54 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:16,399 Speaker 1: have any killer mixes. I'm gonna make you a mix 55 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:19,760 Speaker 1: tape like Phil Collins. I've got two ears and a heart, 56 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 1: don't I. I basically only have one dedicated fishing trip 57 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 1: left this summer, which seems absolutely absurd, but heck, birds 58 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 1: are just around the corner. Moving on to the bear desk, 59 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 1: black bears are thriving across large portions of their historic 60 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 1: range in the United States. That's great news for the species, 61 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 1: but increasing bear populations often result in more conflicts with humans. 62 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:49,000 Speaker 1: There are about forty three thousand bear human conflicts per 63 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 1: year in the United States, according to a two thousand 64 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 1: seven study, and that number is only increasing. Recently, a 65 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 1: black bear died in Tennessee from heat aftergot trapped in 66 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:01,040 Speaker 1: a car that have been parked in front of a 67 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 1: rental cabin near the Great Smoky Mountains and National Park. 68 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:07,160 Speaker 1: Wildlife officials believe the bear could smell an empty soda 69 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:09,920 Speaker 1: can food packaging that had been left in the car. 70 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 1: The bear managed to open the door with its paws, 71 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 1: but couldn't figure out how to get back out when 72 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:17,840 Speaker 1: the door shut behind it. It died after being exposed 73 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 1: to temperatures in the car exceeding one and forty degrees. 74 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:23,839 Speaker 1: The car's owner was away from the cabin all day 75 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,279 Speaker 1: and returned to find the bear slumped over the center 76 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 1: console between the back and front seats. The Tennessee Wildlife 77 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:32,919 Speaker 1: Resource Agency pointed out in a Facebook post that a 78 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:36,320 Speaker 1: bare sense of smell is seven times stronger than a bloodhounds, 79 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:39,800 Speaker 1: which is a thousand times stronger than a humans. Empty 80 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:43,039 Speaker 1: food containers, candy rappers, fast food bags, and even air 81 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 1: fresheners can attract bears, so it's super important to lock 82 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 1: those items away or not bring them into the mountains 83 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 1: at all. Wildlife officials are also looking for another curious 84 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 1: black bear that's wiped out a family inside a tent. 85 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 1: Officials with Colorado Parks and Wildlife set a woman, her husband, 86 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:01,480 Speaker 1: and their young water. We're sleeping in a tent at 87 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:05,120 Speaker 1: the Monument Lake Resort near Trinidad around two am. The 88 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:07,560 Speaker 1: two year old woke up to a popping sound when 89 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:09,920 Speaker 1: the bear stepped on a beach ball outside her tent. 90 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:13,080 Speaker 1: The child started to cry, and when the mother sat up, 91 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:16,159 Speaker 1: she rubbed against the tent wall. The bear apparently swiped 92 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:18,240 Speaker 1: at the tent when it saw the mother's movement and 93 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:21,720 Speaker 1: left several minor scratches on the woman's head. Officials do 94 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 1: not believe the bear was acting aggressively or trying to 95 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:27,720 Speaker 1: harm the family, since it immediately wandered off, but any 96 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:30,799 Speaker 1: contact between a bear and a human is considered an 97 00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 1: attack and the bear must be captured and euthanized. If 98 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:36,560 Speaker 1: you think that's a bummer wait till you get a 99 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:41,719 Speaker 1: load of this story. On June nineteen, and Palm Beach County, Florida, 100 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 1: Sheriff's deputies were called when a juvenile male black bear 101 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 1: was spotted walking through a residential neighborhood. The deputies called 102 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:52,680 Speaker 1: conservation officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, 103 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:55,599 Speaker 1: and together they hazed the bear into a nearby tree. 104 00:05:56,279 --> 00:06:00,320 Speaker 1: Officers with the Florida Wildlife Commission contacted their supervisors, who 105 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:02,919 Speaker 1: eventually decided to let the bear climb down the tree 106 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:06,160 Speaker 1: and find better habitat on its own. The Palm Beach 107 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 1: County Sheriff's Office, however, begged to differ. They said the 108 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 1: bear presented a danger to the residents of the neighborhood 109 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:16,560 Speaker 1: and could disrupt traffic. They claim that the Florida Wildlife 110 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 1: Commission told them that they would send a trapper to 111 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:22,840 Speaker 1: capture the bear and relocate it. When no trapper showed up, 112 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:25,440 Speaker 1: the powers that be at the Sheriff's office directed their 113 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:28,480 Speaker 1: deputies to shoot the bear if it climbed down from 114 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:32,440 Speaker 1: the tree. The Wildlife Commission officers, un scene, tried to intervene, 115 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:36,039 Speaker 1: and apparently both the deputies and the officers did everything 116 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:39,680 Speaker 1: they could dissuade the bear from climbing down, but you know, 117 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:43,599 Speaker 1: what goes up must come down. Four hours in a tree, 118 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:47,279 Speaker 1: people yelling at it, flashing lights, sirens, the bear decided 119 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:49,280 Speaker 1: it was time to get the heck out of dodge. 120 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 1: It climbed down the tree, and the moment all four 121 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:55,479 Speaker 1: paws touched the ground, multiple deputies shot at with twelve 122 00:06:55,520 --> 00:07:00,960 Speaker 1: gage shotguns. The incident has understandably sparked controversy and Floridians 123 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:04,280 Speaker 1: and the Florida Wildlife Commission is reviewing what happened. This 124 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:07,520 Speaker 1: shouldn't come as much of a surprise to Floridians. Florida 125 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 1: has far and away the most reported human bear conflicts 126 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 1: per year. According to a two thousand eighteen study by 127 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:18,600 Speaker 1: Utah State University, Florida reports over five thousand conflicts per year, 128 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 1: while the next highest state, New Jersey, only reports about hundred. Now, 129 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:26,440 Speaker 1: the definition of conflict only gets more broad when it 130 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:29,280 Speaker 1: comes to bears, so those numbers have to be taken 131 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 1: with a grain of salt. A person getting their heads 132 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:35,320 Speaker 1: scratched while inside a tent is a conflict, but according 133 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:38,240 Speaker 1: to the Sheriff's Department in Palm Beach County. So is 134 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 1: a bear in a tree moving on to the python desk, 135 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:47,200 Speaker 1: or we'll name this one the records desk. Two animals 136 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:50,440 Speaker 1: broke records last month after living thirty thousand years apart 137 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 1: in Florida. A team of python researchers and now the 138 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:57,240 Speaker 1: largest python ever captured in the state. The giant snake 139 00:07:57,280 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 1: tipped the scale at two d and fifteen pounds, well 140 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:03,880 Speaker 1: above the previous record of one forty pounds. The female 141 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:06,680 Speaker 1: had grown to be nearly eighteen feet long, and she 142 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 1: was carrying one and twenty two eggs to Scientists and 143 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:14,040 Speaker 1: an intern from the Conservancy of Southwest Florida made the 144 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:17,600 Speaker 1: discovery while tracking a male python in the Florida Everglades. 145 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:20,720 Speaker 1: The Conservancy is working on ways to remove the invasive 146 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:23,960 Speaker 1: species from the ecosystem, and one of their methods involves 147 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:28,880 Speaker 1: inserting GPS tracking devices into male pythons. They release those 148 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 1: pythons onto the landscape and tracked them until they find 149 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:35,360 Speaker 1: a female. One of those snakes, this one named Dion, 150 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:38,560 Speaker 1: led them to this enormous reptile, which, as far as 151 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:41,360 Speaker 1: I know, has not been given a name. I think 152 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 1: BFP for Big Female python would be appropriate, but by 153 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 1: the time this story circulates it will undoubtedly be something 154 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:53,000 Speaker 1: more catchy like, I don't know, extreme snake asaurus. Whatever 155 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:55,840 Speaker 1: you call her, this is a big mama. The scientists 156 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:59,320 Speaker 1: wrestled with the BFP for about twenty minutes before subduing her. 157 00:08:59,679 --> 00:09:02,439 Speaker 1: When they performed in neck cruptcy, they found not only 158 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:05,199 Speaker 1: the eggs, but also a white tailed deer in their stomach. 159 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:08,880 Speaker 1: This is an unusual Pythons often eat white tail, and 160 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:11,480 Speaker 1: the number of servants in the Everglades has dropped so 161 00:09:11,559 --> 00:09:14,720 Speaker 1: much that the Florida panther population is starting to suffer, 162 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:19,880 Speaker 1: not to mention Florida deer hunters. Speaking of giant animals, 163 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:24,160 Speaker 1: scientists working in Canada's Ukon Territory just unearthed the first 164 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:28,360 Speaker 1: near complete and best preserved mummified mammoth remains ever found 165 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:31,520 Speaker 1: in North America. The mammoth calf was discovered by a 166 00:09:31,559 --> 00:09:34,280 Speaker 1: gold miner working in the Klondike gold fields, and it 167 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:38,360 Speaker 1: still had its skin, hair toenails, trunk and intestines attached. 168 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:40,319 Speaker 1: The animal looks to be about the size of a 169 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:44,080 Speaker 1: large dog, and it was named non Choga, which means 170 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:48,040 Speaker 1: big baby animal. Scientists believe it died and was mummified 171 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:51,120 Speaker 1: in the permou frost about thirty thousand years ago. The 172 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:54,920 Speaker 1: DNA scientists recover from non Choga will give scientists an 173 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:58,080 Speaker 1: extremely detailed glimpse into the time when she roamed the 174 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:00,960 Speaker 1: planes of northern Canada. I encourage you to go check 175 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:03,480 Speaker 1: out the photos of this ancient animal. They're really cool 176 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:06,520 Speaker 1: and in no way should resemble any meat in your freezer. 177 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:08,960 Speaker 1: You can see a few shots over the meat eater 178 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:16,319 Speaker 1: dot Com. Moving on to the artificial intelligence desk, scientists 179 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:19,480 Speaker 1: in the Everglades aren't the only researchers using technology to 180 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:23,439 Speaker 1: conserve wildlife and habitat. A team of mountain lion biologists 181 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:26,680 Speaker 1: and Yellowstone are using specialized camera traps to monitor the 182 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:30,600 Speaker 1: big cats more closely than ever before. What scientists call 183 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:33,960 Speaker 1: camera traps and hunters called game cams have been used 184 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:37,080 Speaker 1: for many years to find and track animal species. The 185 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:40,040 Speaker 1: problem with mount lions is that many of them look identical, 186 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:43,600 Speaker 1: especially from the side. However, mount lions do have one 187 00:10:43,679 --> 00:10:48,440 Speaker 1: distinguishing feature their faces. Eye size, whisker placement, and ear 188 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:52,520 Speaker 1: shape can all help scientists identify individual cats. Working on 189 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:56,840 Speaker 1: this assumption, Peter Alexander Research biologists based in Kelly, Wyoming, 190 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 1: developed a special kind of camera trap that plays a 191 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:03,160 Speaker 1: kitten noise when the cat walks by. The noises designed 192 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:05,400 Speaker 1: to make the cat look towards the camera and get 193 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:08,680 Speaker 1: a good clear image of its face. Humans are the 194 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:12,240 Speaker 1: same way. One kid yells mom at a busy park, 195 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:15,440 Speaker 1: and all the moms within earshot look up and scan 196 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:20,600 Speaker 1: quickly for blood and broken bones. Anyway, Alexander's strategy worked. 197 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:24,160 Speaker 1: According to this paper published in the journal Ecology and Evolution, 198 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:28,680 Speaker 1: five independent reviewers were able to identify individual lions with 199 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:33,559 Speaker 1: a greater accuracy using photos from his camera traps than 200 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:37,960 Speaker 1: from traditional cameras. What's more, in an interview with Scientific America, 201 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:41,720 Speaker 1: Alexander said these images could be fed through facial recognition 202 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:45,440 Speaker 1: software to quickly comb through photos looking for matching faces. 203 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:48,720 Speaker 1: So far, the animal rights crowd has remained silent on 204 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 1: how these technologies will violate the privacy and personal liberties 205 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:58,440 Speaker 1: of mountain lions. But I'll keep you posting. Souped up 206 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:01,600 Speaker 1: camera traps are a reasonable and targeted solution to a 207 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:05,560 Speaker 1: wildlife management problem. A new proposal in Rome might need 208 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:08,959 Speaker 1: a little work. Regular listeners to col's we can review 209 00:12:09,040 --> 00:12:12,280 Speaker 1: know that Rome has a pig problem. Wild boars have 210 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:15,360 Speaker 1: descended on the city by the thousands, stealing food and 211 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:19,040 Speaker 1: harassing citizens. Fences have been erected around the city's Ring 212 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:22,360 Speaker 1: Road and hunters have been given extra permits, but the 213 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:26,440 Speaker 1: problem persists. Some wildlife experts are pinning their hopes on 214 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:31,280 Speaker 1: another wild animal, wolves. In two thousand thirteen, researchers found 215 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:33,800 Speaker 1: evidence that wolves had returned to Rome for the first 216 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:36,760 Speaker 1: time and over a century now, many hope that they 217 00:12:36,760 --> 00:12:41,360 Speaker 1: can help control the wild boar population. Maurizio Gubiati, the 218 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:44,160 Speaker 1: head of Rome's Parks and Nature Reserves, told the British 219 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:47,320 Speaker 1: newspaper that boar remains have been found in wolf feceas 220 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 1: in a reserve near the city. The equilibrium is coming, 221 00:12:51,320 --> 00:12:55,160 Speaker 1: he said, Which is a line straight out of Into 222 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:58,040 Speaker 1: the World. Thriller, isn't it. In fact, I said the 223 00:12:58,080 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 1: same thing to the bucket of leeches I had in 224 00:12:59,880 --> 00:13:02,720 Speaker 1: the boat this weekend. I'd be happy to hear that 225 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:05,360 Speaker 1: nature was solving this problem on its own. But this 226 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:07,800 Speaker 1: kind of language sounds a little too similar to the 227 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:12,440 Speaker 1: trophic cascade attributed to Yellowstone wolves. According to this theory 228 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:16,080 Speaker 1: Yellowstone wolves are responsible for everything from resurrecting the beaver 229 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 1: population to regrowing aspen trees, to changing the course of 230 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:23,040 Speaker 1: the rivers, and much more importantly, the bottom lines of 231 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 1: park based wolf guiding tours. The problem is that that 232 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:30,840 Speaker 1: theory doesn't really hold water. Wolves did contribute to declining 233 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:34,600 Speaker 1: elk numbers, and that decline did have certain positive effects, 234 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:37,640 Speaker 1: but no one has been able to definitively quantify the 235 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:41,000 Speaker 1: role that wolves played. As one scientist put it in 236 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:45,160 Speaker 1: an article for National Geographic Quote, it's an unproven theory 237 00:13:45,360 --> 00:13:48,520 Speaker 1: that gets undue attention in the quest to have wolves 238 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:52,199 Speaker 1: shine rainbows out of their asses. Don't get me wrong, 239 00:13:52,559 --> 00:13:55,480 Speaker 1: I like having wolves on the landscape, and if Italian 240 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:59,000 Speaker 1: wolves help reduce board numbers, that's great. But let's not 241 00:13:59,080 --> 00:14:01,959 Speaker 1: forget the lessons we learned in that children's book about 242 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:04,520 Speaker 1: the king who wanted to get rid of mice. You 243 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:06,840 Speaker 1: remember that one he brings in cats to get rid 244 00:14:06,840 --> 00:14:08,560 Speaker 1: of the mice, but then he has too many cats, 245 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:11,760 Speaker 1: so he brings in dogs and lions than elephants. The 246 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:14,760 Speaker 1: elephants are way bigger problem than just mice, so then 247 00:14:14,760 --> 00:14:18,200 Speaker 1: he goes back to mice. Chase way elephants. Eventually he 248 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:21,000 Speaker 1: just learns to live with mice. And I think it's 249 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:24,120 Speaker 1: important to note here that in the context of asses 250 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:28,840 Speaker 1: and rainbows, if you really like being outside, rainbows are everywhere. 251 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:32,680 Speaker 1: It's not a market reserved only for the romanticized wolf. 252 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:39,000 Speaker 1: Moving on to the legislative desk. In episode one six two, 253 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:41,400 Speaker 1: we covered the fight in South Dakota between the folks 254 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:44,440 Speaker 1: who support hunting pheasants using pen raised birds and those 255 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:47,840 Speaker 1: who opposed the practice. South Dakota isn't the only state 256 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:50,960 Speaker 1: having this debate. In New Hampshire, the Fish and Game 257 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:54,360 Speaker 1: Commission is discussing whether to continue to maintain their public 258 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:58,320 Speaker 1: pheasant stocking program. At their meeting last month, they debated 259 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:02,200 Speaker 1: whether inflation and wayne hunter interest will make the program 260 00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:06,880 Speaker 1: and solvent moving forward. Wildlife officials in Montana are thinking 261 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:10,080 Speaker 1: about launching their own pen raised pheasant hunting program, and 262 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:13,400 Speaker 1: the idea has sparked a healthy debate. The program is 263 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:16,640 Speaker 1: designed to recruit new pheasant hunters by offering an easier, 264 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:20,760 Speaker 1: more accessible hunting experience, but opponents of the program, which 265 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:24,840 Speaker 1: include Pheasants Forever, b h A and the Montana Wildlife Federation, 266 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:28,480 Speaker 1: argue that at risks spreading disease among wild pheasants and 267 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:32,560 Speaker 1: departs from ethical fair chase practices. They also worry that 268 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:36,680 Speaker 1: biologists haven't sufficiently studied how releasing pen raise birds will 269 00:15:36,720 --> 00:15:39,920 Speaker 1: affect wild populations. And that's just the tip of the 270 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:42,920 Speaker 1: rooster spur. But we'll leave that for now and over 271 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:47,600 Speaker 1: to dip into the ocean. Over in New Jersey, environmental 272 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:50,480 Speaker 1: groups are pushing to designate the Hudson Canyon as a 273 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:55,200 Speaker 1: National Marine sanctuary. Hudson Canyon is a rich marine ecosystem 274 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:58,080 Speaker 1: that starts about ninety miles off the coast of New Jersey. 275 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:01,600 Speaker 1: It's a popular spot for recreation fishermen to target tuna, 276 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:04,680 Speaker 1: bill fish, and tile fish, but making it a marine 277 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:09,440 Speaker 1: sanctuary would give the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or NOAH, 278 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:14,120 Speaker 1: more leverage to protect the canyon's resources or possibly prohibit 279 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:19,160 Speaker 1: fishing altogether. NOAH is currently accepting public comments on the designation, 280 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:22,240 Speaker 1: and the comment period will be open until August eight. 281 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:26,440 Speaker 1: To learn more and submit a comment, visit Sanctuaries dot 282 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:31,040 Speaker 1: NOAH dot gov. Hudson Canyon that Sanctuaries dot n o 283 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:35,920 Speaker 1: A A dot g O V slash Hudson Dash Canyon 284 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:42,000 Speaker 1: in Pennsylvania. State Senator Dan Laughlin recently introduced Senate Bill 285 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:45,280 Speaker 1: for thirty one, which would authorize the sale of antlerless 286 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:48,440 Speaker 1: deer licenses through the Commons Wealth New Hunt Fish p 287 00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:52,440 Speaker 1: A website. The current licensed system requires hunters to purchase 288 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:56,360 Speaker 1: their antlerless tags through county treasurers via mail and pay 289 00:16:56,400 --> 00:17:00,760 Speaker 1: by check. Last year, multiple applications were law or damage 290 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:04,600 Speaker 1: without ever being processed, according to Don Rank of Pennsylvania 291 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:08,280 Speaker 1: back Country Hunters and Anglers. Furthermore, one dollar from each 292 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:11,040 Speaker 1: license goes to the county treasurer instead of to the 293 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:15,919 Speaker 1: Game Commission. This year, eight thousand tags were approved with 294 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,639 Speaker 1: one dollar taken out of each tag. That is a 295 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:22,320 Speaker 1: lot of revenue lost. You Pennsylvania folks. Please let me 296 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:24,800 Speaker 1: know if the county throws a big party or does 297 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:27,720 Speaker 1: some sort of habitat work we're missing out on. Senate 298 00:17:27,720 --> 00:17:31,040 Speaker 1: Bill for one would modernize this process and make it 299 00:17:31,119 --> 00:17:34,000 Speaker 1: easier and cheaper for Pennsylvania deer hunters to get their 300 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:37,159 Speaker 1: antlerless tags. This bill should be a no brainer, but 301 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:40,080 Speaker 1: it never hurts to give our duly elected a little encouragement, 302 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:42,600 Speaker 1: So get on the phone today and tell your state 303 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:49,560 Speaker 1: legislators you support sbe up. In Washington, the spring two 304 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:52,600 Speaker 1: thousand twenty three black bear season might be acts before 305 00:17:52,760 --> 00:17:56,080 Speaker 1: it's even proposed. On July fifteen, the Fish and Wildlife 306 00:17:56,080 --> 00:17:59,360 Speaker 1: Commission will consider a proposal that would require the Commission 307 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:02,400 Speaker 1: to rewrite the state's policy on the bear hunt before 308 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:06,639 Speaker 1: setting permit levels for the upcoming spring season. Rewriting state 309 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:09,399 Speaker 1: policy can take months, so this proposal would all but 310 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:12,199 Speaker 1: guarantee that there won't be a black bear hunt this spring. 311 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:15,199 Speaker 1: If you live in Washington State, get in touch with 312 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:17,480 Speaker 1: your commissioners and ask them to go ahead and set 313 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:21,280 Speaker 1: the permit levels and then worry about the larger hunt policies. 314 00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:26,359 Speaker 1: The last one for you. You may have seen rumblings 315 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:29,480 Speaker 1: about animal rights groups trying to block the expansion of 316 00:18:29,560 --> 00:18:33,080 Speaker 1: hunting and fishing on national wildlife refuges. Some of those 317 00:18:33,119 --> 00:18:37,400 Speaker 1: reports have been, shall we say, hyperbolic. The refugees are 318 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:40,440 Speaker 1: still on track to open, though new hunting lands might 319 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:44,399 Speaker 1: have restrictions on lead ammunition. Here's the important part. I 320 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:46,919 Speaker 1: have it on good authority that the Department of the 321 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:49,879 Speaker 1: Interior is very interested in what people say in the 322 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:53,959 Speaker 1: public comments they'll be reviewing those comments closely as they 323 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:56,640 Speaker 1: make their decisions. So now is the time to let 324 00:18:56,680 --> 00:19:00,720 Speaker 1: your voice be heard. To submit comments type two zero 325 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:05,439 Speaker 1: too too, dash to zero to three station specific hunting 326 00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:10,000 Speaker 1: and sports fishing regulations into the Google machine, or just 327 00:19:10,119 --> 00:19:13,440 Speaker 1: click the link in this podcast description at the meat 328 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:15,600 Speaker 1: eater dot com, which will take you to where you 329 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:20,639 Speaker 1: can leave a comment. Be proactive, leave a comment Moving 330 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:25,760 Speaker 1: on the Pipeline fire has burned nearly thirty acres of 331 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:29,600 Speaker 1: the Coconino National Forest in central Arizona, and officials believe 332 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:33,680 Speaker 1: they know what caused it, burning toilet paper. Fifty seven 333 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:36,359 Speaker 1: year old Matthew Riser was arrested in connection with the 334 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:39,680 Speaker 1: fire and charged with building a fire during restrictions, residing 335 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:43,639 Speaker 1: on the national forest, and marijuana possession. As first hearing, 336 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:46,600 Speaker 1: a U S attorney said that Riser placed burning toilet 337 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:49,480 Speaker 1: paper under a rock and returned to his campsite, which 338 00:19:49,520 --> 00:19:52,159 Speaker 1: was about eight yards from where the fire began. He 339 00:19:52,320 --> 00:19:55,480 Speaker 1: told investigators he didn't believe the paper would smolder all night, 340 00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:57,679 Speaker 1: and when he realized he had started to fire, he 341 00:19:57,720 --> 00:20:00,199 Speaker 1: attempted to put it out with his sleeping bag. It 342 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:03,119 Speaker 1: didn't take long for riser to realize that sleeping bags 343 00:20:03,119 --> 00:20:06,240 Speaker 1: don't make great fire extinguishers. His pickup truck was seen 344 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:09,320 Speaker 1: driving quote rapidly away from the fire, and he was 345 00:20:09,359 --> 00:20:13,480 Speaker 1: soon stopped and identified. If convicted, he's looking at finds 346 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:19,399 Speaker 1: jail time or both and speak in a poop. About 347 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:21,960 Speaker 1: fifty thousand fish are thought to have died in Marley 348 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:25,159 Speaker 1: Creek near Baltimore after a sewage pipe leaked human waste 349 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:28,159 Speaker 1: into the river. The fish were mainly Atlantic man haden, 350 00:20:28,359 --> 00:20:32,280 Speaker 1: but Maryland Department of Environment officials identified eight other species. 351 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:35,200 Speaker 1: According to the Baltimore Sun, the fish didn't die just 352 00:20:35,359 --> 00:20:38,240 Speaker 1: from swimming in people's poop. They believe the fish died 353 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:42,159 Speaker 1: due to a phenomenon called an oxic bottom water intrusion. 354 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:45,560 Speaker 1: This is not a fancy term for colonoscopy, though I 355 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:48,720 Speaker 1: know it sounds like it could be. Instead, it describes 356 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:52,640 Speaker 1: what happens when water devoid of oxygen, rises to the surface, 357 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:57,240 Speaker 1: especially in low tide, and suffocates aquatic life. The sewage 358 00:20:57,280 --> 00:20:59,840 Speaker 1: spill caused the river algae to bloom, and as the 359 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:03,960 Speaker 1: as blooms decayed, they starved the water of oxygen. Quick 360 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:08,000 Speaker 1: side note, an unnatural algae bloom can kill fish, but 361 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:13,399 Speaker 1: Mobile Bay, Alabama, deoxygenated water causes annual events known as jubilees. 362 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:17,560 Speaker 1: Jubilee occurs when a pocket of oxygen poor bottom water 363 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:21,000 Speaker 1: gets pushed towards shore and drives bottom dwelling creatures like 364 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:24,119 Speaker 1: crabs and flounder in front of it start of of oxygen. 365 00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:27,560 Speaker 1: These creators are easy pickings for Mobile Bay residents, and 366 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:31,320 Speaker 1: in past decades somewhat harvest dozens of flounder and hundreds 367 00:21:31,359 --> 00:21:34,960 Speaker 1: of crabs in one jubilee. But if the animals aren't harvested, 368 00:21:35,119 --> 00:21:37,560 Speaker 1: many are able to survive in the surf until the 369 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:40,840 Speaker 1: weather changes and allows them back into the bay. As 370 00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:43,439 Speaker 1: far as we know, Mobile Bay is the only place 371 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:46,760 Speaker 1: in the world where this phenomenon occurs with any frequency. 372 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:49,280 Speaker 1: It's hard to know how many happen each summer, but 373 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:52,920 Speaker 1: residents usually report seeing four or five. To learn more 374 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:57,000 Speaker 1: about this unique natural phenomenon, just search for Jubilee at 375 00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:01,240 Speaker 1: the meat eater dot com. Anyway back Baltimore poop Rivers 376 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:04,680 Speaker 1: Local news reports that the sewage leaked into Marley Creek 377 00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:08,040 Speaker 1: after a twelve inch suwermain burst and released nearly eleven 378 00:22:08,119 --> 00:22:11,600 Speaker 1: thousand gallons of waste repair crews fixed the eight foot 379 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:14,840 Speaker 1: section of pipe, and health officials advised residents who may 380 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:17,280 Speaker 1: have been in contact with the sewage to wash well 381 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:19,879 Speaker 1: with soap and water. They failed to advise the fish 382 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:23,400 Speaker 1: on what kinds of precautions they should take. Baltimore residents 383 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:25,399 Speaker 1: are in this one up to their ears, as a 384 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:29,399 Speaker 1: recently released state report on two water treatment facilities, the 385 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:33,959 Speaker 1: Black River and Patapsco and the area detail quote failures 386 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:37,280 Speaker 1: at nearly every level. Problems that the plant first came 387 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:40,359 Speaker 1: to light in August, when water quality monitoring from local 388 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:45,000 Speaker 1: nonprofit Blue Water Baltimore flagged high bacteria levels outside baltimore 389 00:22:45,040 --> 00:22:49,199 Speaker 1: City second plant along the Patapsco River. After the group's finding, 390 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:54,480 Speaker 1: State environmental regulators conducted increasingly frequent inspections at both plants 391 00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:57,919 Speaker 1: and soothed the city over the plant's environmental woes in January. 392 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:00,800 Speaker 1: What that means for us in the angle and recreating 393 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:04,439 Speaker 1: side of things, No swimming, especially with open cuts, no 394 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:07,720 Speaker 1: matter how minor, and boop lots of boop in the river. 395 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:10,960 Speaker 1: I think it's also worth noting that the then Secretary 396 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:14,280 Speaker 1: of Maryland Environmental Services who made the emergency order to 397 00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:18,920 Speaker 1: inspect the treatment facilities is named Grumbles, which I can 398 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:23,280 Speaker 1: only assume is very appropriate for the situation. Nothing to 399 00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:28,359 Speaker 1: do and no hope of things getting better. Sounds like 400 00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:32,760 Speaker 1: Saturday night at my house. That's all I've got for 401 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:35,199 Speaker 1: you this week. Thank you so much for listening, and 402 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:37,720 Speaker 1: as per usual, please right in and let me know 403 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:39,720 Speaker 1: what's going on in your neck of the woods by 404 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:42,720 Speaker 1: writing in to A s K C A L. That's 405 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:46,240 Speaker 1: ask Cal at the meat Eater dot com. Thanks again 406 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:55,399 Speaker 1: and I'll talk to you next week.