1 00:00:02,800 --> 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 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:15,160 Speaker 1: only at authorized dealers. For more, go to Steel Dealers 4 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 1: dot com. Now here's your host, Ryan cal Callahan. A 5 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:26,520 Speaker 1: lab grown meat company in Australia has resurrected what must 6 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:30,479 Speaker 1: have been a staple of ice age Italian restaurants, the 7 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 1: mammoth meatball. The company is called Forged, and they partnered 8 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:37,680 Speaker 1: with an R and D firm called vow To. As 9 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:41,519 Speaker 1: their website puts, it rewrite the rules of food. The 10 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 1: company grew the softball sized hunk of meat using the 11 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:48,440 Speaker 1: DNA sequence for mammoth myoglobin, a key muscle protein that 12 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:51,839 Speaker 1: gives the meat its flavor. They didn't have the full sequence, 13 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:55,360 Speaker 1: so they filled in the gaps with elephant DNA. Here's 14 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:58,680 Speaker 1: one of the meatball masterminds explaining to Good Morning Britain 15 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 1: why dodos wouldn't work. But mammoths and dinosaurs are literally 16 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:06,280 Speaker 1: on the table. It doesn't have to be from maoth. 17 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:08,560 Speaker 1: You could have chosen other extinct animals. I mean, for example, 18 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 1: we could be talking technically, we could be talking about 19 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:15,399 Speaker 1: I don't know, dodo drumsticks here, couldn't we absolutely? Yeah, absolutely, 20 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:18,240 Speaker 1: there's just not enough genetic information to make that work. 21 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:21,120 Speaker 1: Because Doda nuggets were actually when we set out them 22 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:23,240 Speaker 1: this journey, it was actually the first idea that we had. 23 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:27,120 Speaker 1: We pivoted to mammoth because there's just more information known 24 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:29,039 Speaker 1: about it, and could you go very quickly, could you 25 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 1: go even further back? Could could you create meat made 26 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:35,960 Speaker 1: from a t rex? A dinosaur? So finally enough, the 27 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 1: collagen sequence for t rex is actually quite well described, 28 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:45,120 Speaker 1: so you could in theory create a collagen based supplement 29 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 1: using ternass rex. No one has actually tasted the meatball yet. 30 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 1: According to the British newspaper The Guardian, one of the 31 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 1: scientists on the projects said that because this protein hasn't 32 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 1: been on earth for thousands of years, we have no 33 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:03,200 Speaker 1: idea how human immune system would react to it. Instead 34 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 1: of providing actual food, the meatball is meant to call 35 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:09,960 Speaker 1: attention to the infinite possibilities of lab grown meat and 36 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:15,920 Speaker 1: the problems with modern food production, because making food that's 37 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 1: a question mark that nobody should eat really helps with 38 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:23,239 Speaker 1: our food production problems. Wonder how many people the R 39 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:25,960 Speaker 1: and D budget for this publicity stunt could have fed. 40 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 1: All I can say is I hope they have a 41 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 1: foolproof plan for containing this thirty thousand year old protein strain. 42 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:35,880 Speaker 1: You know, are you either eating too much red meat? 43 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:39,760 Speaker 1: Spetfi quite unload a buck? I father at it every 44 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 1: day of its life. You looked at a right bold 45 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:45,800 Speaker 1: eight to thirty eight. This week we've got lions, legislation 46 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 1: and the dumps. But first I'm going to tell you 47 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:53,440 Speaker 1: about my week in My week has largely been spent 48 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:57,639 Speaker 1: cooking in reverse order. Calico bass from a southern California 49 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 1: spear fishing trip. Congrats on the new baby, Ryan Moore. 50 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:04,360 Speaker 1: Incredible fish. I baked this hole in the oven at 51 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:07,080 Speaker 1: four hundred and twenty five degrees with green onion, cilantro 52 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:10,639 Speaker 1: olive oil, lots of salt and pepper. Incredibly good eating. 53 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:13,760 Speaker 1: Mixed up a batch of white tail mule deer sausage 54 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 1: which had to get done before our weather gets warm. 55 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:20,840 Speaker 1: Cold temps make for a better sausage bind. Use salt, pepper, garlic, onion, 56 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:24,360 Speaker 1: and gallatin Valley pale ale makes a nice all around sausage, 57 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 1: not too rich but plenty of flavor. White tail neck 58 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:31,799 Speaker 1: sandhill crane and sharp tail grouse bosam, which is a killer, 59 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:35,160 Speaker 1: super simple David Chang recipe dug out of the New 60 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 1: York Times about five years ago. Bosam is something you 61 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 1: need to track down and add to your repertoire. Just 62 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 1: remember to double up on the scallion pancakes and sauces. 63 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 1: Big batch of fried rice with all the leftovers, plus 64 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:51,600 Speaker 1: another big batch of mule deer bolonaise, which I divided 65 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 1: into separate meals for turkey camp later this spring. On 66 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 1: top of that, and mucked out the garage, fixed a 67 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 1: toilet that I should just replace, got my axes finished, 68 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:05,119 Speaker 1: and walked through the typical Montana March April snowstorms, wondering 69 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 1: where the hecked turkeys are going to be on a 70 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 1: year like this one. We met some friends for a 71 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:14,240 Speaker 1: little hike and possible shed hunting expedition. Afterwards, we hit 72 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 1: the new Bridger Brewing location out in Three Forks. You 73 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 1: know that place where the headwaters of the Missouri, the 74 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 1: Jefferson and the Madison, the Gallatin, those rivers come together. 75 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 1: We sat next to a row of windows overlooking the patio, 76 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:29,839 Speaker 1: which was not remarkable other than through those windows and 77 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:33,159 Speaker 1: beyond the patio, a helicopter was parked on the lawn, 78 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:37,040 Speaker 1: which I suppose is a fine lawn ornament. And I 79 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:39,920 Speaker 1: wouldn't be telling you this if that helicopter had stayed 80 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:43,400 Speaker 1: that way an ornament. It was a big scene as 81 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 1: the chopper took off, Patrons, beer drinkers, lunch eaters, including 82 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:51,720 Speaker 1: my table, quit their conversations and filmed the ordeal. One 83 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:54,680 Speaker 1: of the helicopter passengers was filming the people in the bar, 84 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:58,920 Speaker 1: filming them. Like I said, big scene. So for all 85 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:02,400 Speaker 1: you folks who watched god awful portrayal of Montana the 86 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:07,719 Speaker 1: TV show Yellowstone, It's true. People fly helicopters all around 87 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 1: Los Angeles, even for a Sunday beer at the brewery. 88 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 1: This scene got me thinking, is taking your helicopter to 89 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 1: the bar different than someone driving let's say, brand new 90 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:26,240 Speaker 1: f three fifty into any depressed little town in America? Yes, 91 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:29,919 Speaker 1: it is, because helicopter commuting isn't common, but a brand 92 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:33,320 Speaker 1: new truck is a big price tag. Or you know, 93 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:36,440 Speaker 1: thinking a little further, just having the ability to jump 94 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:39,479 Speaker 1: on a plane to hunt, fly to Texas or wherever 95 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 1: and hunt like I just did, and what I plan 96 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:45,719 Speaker 1: to do more of that economic freedom is likely the 97 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:48,720 Speaker 1: same as a helicopter trip to the brewery. For many 98 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:52,080 Speaker 1: of my fellow hunters. Here in America, the wealth gap 99 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:55,880 Speaker 1: is relative, right, Zero is a long ways from anything 100 00:05:55,920 --> 00:06:00,159 Speaker 1: other than zero, depending on your situation. That's what I 101 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 1: objectively thought as I drove my aged Toyota back into town. 102 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:10,280 Speaker 1: Objectivity aside, though in a Norman McLane the Montana of 103 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:13,839 Speaker 1: my youth sort of way. That post hike fun lunch 104 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 1: with friends interrupted by a helicopter, you know, honestly made 105 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 1: me a little sad. Moving on to the waste management desk. 106 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:27,279 Speaker 1: A wild game processing facility in North Memphis is getting 107 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:30,800 Speaker 1: hammered in the media for dumping hundreds of deer carcasses 108 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:34,440 Speaker 1: between a neighborhood and a lake. Local media reports that 109 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:37,799 Speaker 1: the owner of Dino's Meets hasn't used a carcass removal 110 00:06:37,839 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 1: dumpster for the past two years. Instead, he's been loading 111 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:44,520 Speaker 1: up the carcasses in pickup trucks and dumping them on 112 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 1: another property owns. That property, according to the report, is 113 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:51,680 Speaker 1: part of a public right of way. More recently, Dinos 114 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:54,839 Speaker 1: has just been dumping the carcasses right outside their facility 115 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:58,680 Speaker 1: in an industrial lot. Local residents have complained about the 116 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:01,840 Speaker 1: smell to the Tennessee Department of Agriculture, which for weeks 117 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:05,720 Speaker 1: was unable to make Dinos move the carcasses, even though 118 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:10,080 Speaker 1: they found multiple unsanitary conditions inside and outside the facility. 119 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:13,400 Speaker 1: They gave the outfit a passing grade back in December. 120 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 1: Another inspection last month also wasn't enough to force the 121 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 1: processor to properly dispose of its waste. Last week, however, 122 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:24,280 Speaker 1: Dinos was cited by Memphis code enforcement and forced to 123 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:27,920 Speaker 1: clear the carcasses. Local residents claim that the animals were 124 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 1: buried nearby, while DINOS says they had the carcasses removed. 125 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 1: City officials have asked for proof that the bodies were removed, 126 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:38,320 Speaker 1: and there will be another court hearing in May. No 127 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 1: word yet on whether they planned to recruit Colombo to 128 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:43,960 Speaker 1: take the case. Thanks to Tad Rodgers for sending that 129 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:46,160 Speaker 1: one in. You know, there's only one thing that I'm 130 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 1: not clear about. In another case of improper waste disposal, 131 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:55,320 Speaker 1: residents of a town in Ontario are allegedly dumping piles 132 00:07:55,320 --> 00:07:58,080 Speaker 1: of meat in a local park to attract wild animals. 133 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:02,520 Speaker 1: Listener Camille grew in the town of Mississauga. That's my 134 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:05,400 Speaker 1: best shot. If you want to write in with a correction, 135 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:10,800 Speaker 1: it's askcal at the meat eater dot com. Anyway, Camille 136 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:14,040 Speaker 1: sent me a report of beef ros, ground beef, pulled pork, 137 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 1: and piles of chicken being dumped in Settler's Green Park. 138 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:20,800 Speaker 1: Animal control officials believe someone is leaving the meat to 139 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:25,080 Speaker 1: attract wild animals like coyotes, foxes, raccoons, and turkeys. It's 140 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:28,000 Speaker 1: unclear whether these individuals are doing this to observe the 141 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:31,440 Speaker 1: animals or feed them during the winter. Hunting doesn't seem 142 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:33,720 Speaker 1: to be a motive, at least not so far as 143 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:37,320 Speaker 1: I've seen. Whatever the reason, city officials say they've never 144 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 1: seen so much meat dumped in so short a time frame. 145 00:08:40,679 --> 00:08:43,640 Speaker 1: They say some people are encouraging the behavior on social media, 146 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 1: and they're doing everything they can to dissuade the residence 147 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:50,080 Speaker 1: from copying the behavior. As we've covered many times on 148 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:53,520 Speaker 1: this podcast, wild animals can become dangerous and aggressive when 149 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:56,319 Speaker 1: they see people as a source of food. It's one 150 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:59,040 Speaker 1: thing when it's squirrels or birds, but coyotes can be 151 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:01,640 Speaker 1: dangerous to dog and small children. As we saw in 152 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:05,080 Speaker 1: last week's coyote attack on a toddler in Arizona. If 153 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:08,400 Speaker 1: you live in Mississauga and you know anything about this issue, 154 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:13,160 Speaker 1: give Animal Services a call. In our final story at 155 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:16,559 Speaker 1: the Waste Management Desk, archaeologist announced last week that they 156 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:20,439 Speaker 1: had found two thousand mummified ramheads at the temple of Ramsey's, 157 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:24,120 Speaker 1: the second in the ancient Egyptian city of Bidos. They 158 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:29,600 Speaker 1: also found mummified us dogs, wild goats, cow's, gazelles, and mongooses, or, 159 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:33,920 Speaker 1: as some might say, mongeese. Researchers believe the rams were 160 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:37,120 Speaker 1: sacrificed as a votive offering to the famous pharaoh of 161 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 1: Egypt a thousand years after his death around two hundred BC, 162 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:46,040 Speaker 1: A thousand years after his death. I don't care how 163 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:49,720 Speaker 1: famous Brad Pitt is. Nobody's gonna lay a thousand dead 164 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 1: sheep at his grave a thousand years after he's gone. Okay, 165 00:09:53,400 --> 00:10:01,000 Speaker 1: so your Brad Pitt. That don't anyway, In case you're wondering, 166 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:03,480 Speaker 1: because I know you are, There doesn't appear to be 167 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:07,600 Speaker 1: any relationship between the name Ramsey's and the English word ram. 168 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:11,480 Speaker 1: The word comes from the Old English ram with two ms, 169 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:14,040 Speaker 1: and is also related to the Old High German word 170 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:17,840 Speaker 1: ram with one m. The first instances of word use 171 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:21,200 Speaker 1: occurred around the twelfth century, a solid twenty five hundred 172 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:25,920 Speaker 1: years after the pharaoh's death. You're welcome. Still, it's fascinating 173 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:29,359 Speaker 1: that ancient worshippers believe that Ramsey's the second would appreciate 174 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:32,520 Speaker 1: a whole pile of ram skulls in the afterlife. One 175 00:10:32,559 --> 00:10:35,240 Speaker 1: of the researchers told CBS News that all of the 176 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:38,080 Speaker 1: skulls were likely offered at the same time instead of 177 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:41,080 Speaker 1: over many years. They were killed and brought from somewhere 178 00:10:41,080 --> 00:10:43,800 Speaker 1: else and then deposited in a storage building in the 179 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:46,600 Speaker 1: northern part of the temple. Some of the skulls were 180 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:49,960 Speaker 1: still mummified, but money had decomposed down to the bone 181 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:53,560 Speaker 1: euro Mount style or in this case, Cairo Mount style. 182 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:55,800 Speaker 1: If you've been wondering what to do with your tax 183 00:10:55,920 --> 00:10:59,160 Speaker 1: germy collection after your passing, I'd say this is an option. 184 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:02,080 Speaker 1: Get your self one of those big mausoleums, you know, 185 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 1: a big, fancy house for dead people, and fill it 186 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:08,560 Speaker 1: up with animal skulls. Maybe archaeologists will discover it in 187 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:11,679 Speaker 1: three thousand years and assume you were a healthy and wealthy, 188 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:15,200 Speaker 1: powerful ruler, wouldn't that be nice for your dead self? 189 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:18,560 Speaker 1: Big thanks to Sebastian Balsam for sending this one. In 190 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:27,520 Speaker 1: moving on to the legislative desk. In Virginia, residents have 191 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:30,880 Speaker 1: until May tenth to comment on proposed game and fish 192 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:35,560 Speaker 1: regulations for the upcoming season. Most states have similar comment periods, 193 00:11:35,679 --> 00:11:38,480 Speaker 1: but I really like the way Virginia set up its website. 194 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:42,160 Speaker 1: Each new or amended regulation is listed with a clear 195 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:45,079 Speaker 1: explanatory title, and you can click on each to get 196 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:47,760 Speaker 1: a longer description. There's a link to comment at the 197 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:50,800 Speaker 1: end of each description, which you can do online. There 198 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:54,240 Speaker 1: are REGs covering deer, elk, bear, turkey, fur bearer, small 199 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:57,640 Speaker 1: game waterfowl in boats, so everyone should find something that 200 00:11:57,720 --> 00:12:01,400 Speaker 1: suits their fancy. Three new regulations that jumped out at 201 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:04,160 Speaker 1: me would create a gray fox hunting season in January 202 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:08,800 Speaker 1: and February, prohibit non riparian stationary blinds adjacent to select 203 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:13,520 Speaker 1: national Wildlife refuges, and standardized reporting regulations for all big 204 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:17,080 Speaker 1: game animals. Visit the meat eater dot com forward slash 205 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:19,839 Speaker 1: Cow for a link to the comment page, or just 206 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:27,079 Speaker 1: google Virginia two twenty three wildlife regulations. The Minnesota Department 207 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:30,199 Speaker 1: of Natural Resources has reached a settlement with the Center 208 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:34,480 Speaker 1: for Biological Diversity to tighten trapping regulations in the state. 209 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:38,680 Speaker 1: The protectionist group had sued the DNR in twenty twenty 210 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:43,240 Speaker 1: over the accidental take of endangered Canadian links. The DNR 211 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:46,400 Speaker 1: pointed out that on average, only one links was caught 212 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:50,200 Speaker 1: every two years, and that this accidental take was not 213 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:54,080 Speaker 1: the leading cause of human related links mortality. It also 214 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 1: didn't threaten the sustainability of the population, but the Center 215 00:12:57,280 --> 00:13:01,040 Speaker 1: for Biological Diversity sued anyway, and now how Minnesota trappers 216 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:04,800 Speaker 1: will be saddled with additional trapping regulations. You can check 217 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:07,320 Speaker 1: them out for yourself at the d and r's website, 218 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:09,880 Speaker 1: but they include a minimum loop stop of three and 219 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:14,000 Speaker 1: one quarter inches, restrictions on snare location in a maximum 220 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:21,040 Speaker 1: length snare. In Colorado, wildlife officials are considering cutting deer, elk, 221 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:24,400 Speaker 1: and pronghorn licenses in the northwestern part of the state 222 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:27,600 Speaker 1: by more than forty percent as populations struggle through a 223 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:31,280 Speaker 1: rough winter. The drought last summer, combined with record amounts 224 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:34,840 Speaker 1: of snowfall, have likely killed thousands of game animals. According 225 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:38,640 Speaker 1: to Colorado Parks and Wildlife to avoid starvation. Those that 226 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:41,760 Speaker 1: are still alive are migrating further west than they usually 227 00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:44,960 Speaker 1: do to find food. Some are grazing along roadways as 228 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:48,120 Speaker 1: they travel, which is increasing the risk of vehicle collisions. 229 00:13:48,679 --> 00:13:51,440 Speaker 1: Semi trucks have killed more than ten pronghorn on at 230 00:13:51,520 --> 00:13:56,120 Speaker 1: least four occasions. That's ten or more pronghorn killed in 231 00:13:56,360 --> 00:14:00,920 Speaker 1: four or more different incidents, not in total. In one 232 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:04,480 Speaker 1: accident in January, a semi going eastbound from Utah on 233 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:07,880 Speaker 1: Highway forty hit thirty five pronghorn on the road. In 234 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:11,520 Speaker 1: another incident, a pickup truck hit eighteen pronghorn on a 235 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:15,200 Speaker 1: county road near Craig. Biologists have worked with ranchers to 236 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:18,840 Speaker 1: create feeding sites for struggling animals, and conditions will improve 237 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:22,560 Speaker 1: as the snow melts this spring, but Colorado Parks and 238 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:26,000 Speaker 1: Wildlife says they still plan to take a conservative approach 239 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:31,000 Speaker 1: to this year's license recommendations. They are recommending significant reductions 240 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:33,200 Speaker 1: in the number of licenses for elk and deer in 241 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:36,720 Speaker 1: the Bear's Ears and White River daus and pronghorn in 242 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 1: the Great Divide DAU for the two twenty three Big 243 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:43,960 Speaker 1: Game season. These recommendations won't be finalized until the Parks 244 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:46,800 Speaker 1: and Wildlife Commission meeting in May. If you like to 245 00:14:46,880 --> 00:14:50,720 Speaker 1: hunt deer, elk, or pronghorn in northwestern Colorado, now's the 246 00:14:50,760 --> 00:14:53,560 Speaker 1: time to get involved. Take the time to get educated 247 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:56,880 Speaker 1: on this issue, and send a note to your wildlife commissioners. 248 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:01,840 Speaker 1: There's quite a bit happening over in Washington, DC these days. 249 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:05,680 Speaker 1: In the US Senate, the Congressional Sportsman's Caucus introduced the 250 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:10,480 Speaker 1: Duck Stamp Modernization Act of twenty twenty three. Under current law, 251 00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:14,160 Speaker 1: when a hunter purchases an electronic federal duck stamp, the 252 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:17,120 Speaker 1: E stamp is only valid for forty five days to 253 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:20,160 Speaker 1: allow for a physical stamp to be mailed. Once the 254 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 1: forty five day period has passed, the E stamp is 255 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:26,080 Speaker 1: no longer valid, and a hunter must have a signed 256 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:30,400 Speaker 1: physical stamp in their possession while hunting. This legislation will 257 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:33,720 Speaker 1: modernize this process by allowing hunters to have a permanent 258 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:36,640 Speaker 1: E stamp on their cell phone while afield and will 259 00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:40,280 Speaker 1: send the physical stamp after the latest waterfowl season has closed. 260 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:43,440 Speaker 1: Whether you like or hate this idea, send your US 261 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:47,880 Speaker 1: senators a note over at the Department of the Interior, 262 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:50,680 Speaker 1: the Bureau of Land Management has proposed a new rule 263 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:53,640 Speaker 1: that would make it easier for conservation groups to protect 264 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:57,080 Speaker 1: large parcels of public land. Most people know that the 265 00:15:57,160 --> 00:16:00,560 Speaker 1: BLM operates under a multiple use mission, which was laid 266 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:03,040 Speaker 1: out by the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 267 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 1: nineteen seventy six. The BLM manages the two hundred and 268 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:10,360 Speaker 1: forty five million acres under its control to balance resources 269 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:15,080 Speaker 1: and uses and allow for recreation, mining, timber harvest, grazing, 270 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:18,880 Speaker 1: and other activities. The agency's task not only with ensuring 271 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:22,160 Speaker 1: these multiple uses can take place now, but also that 272 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:25,080 Speaker 1: future generations will be able to enjoy them as well. 273 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:29,040 Speaker 1: This new rule would add conservation to that list of uses. 274 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:32,600 Speaker 1: According to a draft of the rule, quote to support 275 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:36,160 Speaker 1: efforts to protect and restore public lands. The proposed rule 276 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:40,160 Speaker 1: clarifies that conservation is a use on par with other uses. 277 00:16:40,560 --> 00:16:44,520 Speaker 1: The proposed rule does not prioritize conservation above other uses. 278 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:48,520 Speaker 1: It puts conservation on an equal footing with other uses. 279 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:51,960 Speaker 1: Under the rule, conservation groups would be able to lease 280 00:16:52,160 --> 00:16:55,720 Speaker 1: BLM land, much like livestock grazers do right now. The 281 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:59,200 Speaker 1: BLM will identify range lands that need this restoration work 282 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:03,160 Speaker 1: and offers of no more than ten years. These conservation 283 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:06,320 Speaker 1: leases could also be purchased by mining or timber companies 284 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:09,400 Speaker 1: to offset their impact on the landscape as a condition 285 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 1: of permit approval. E a E News called this a 286 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:16,720 Speaker 1: fundamental shift in how the agency manages its lands. The 287 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:20,840 Speaker 1: Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership and backcountry Hunters and Anglers praised 288 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:24,040 Speaker 1: the rule, while the Center for Biological Diversity criticized it 289 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:27,000 Speaker 1: for not going far enough. It looks like mining and 290 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:30,280 Speaker 1: livestock organizations are waiting to comment until they have a 291 00:17:30,359 --> 00:17:33,520 Speaker 1: chance to review the rule in more detail. There will 292 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:36,160 Speaker 1: be a seventy five day comment period once the draft 293 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:38,840 Speaker 1: of the rule is published on the Federal Register, and 294 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:41,200 Speaker 1: it's safe to say that this is a long way 295 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:44,880 Speaker 1: from being finalized. It likely won't be completed until next 296 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:50,360 Speaker 1: year as the agency reviews feedback from stakeholders. You may 297 00:17:50,359 --> 00:17:53,879 Speaker 1: have also seen that the Recovering America's Wildlife Act or RAWA, 298 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:57,320 Speaker 1: has been officially reintroduced in the US Senate. We had 299 00:17:57,320 --> 00:17:59,680 Speaker 1: hoped that this legislation would be included in the last 300 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:03,320 Speaker 1: year omnibus spending bill, but that didn't happen. But hope 301 00:18:03,359 --> 00:18:06,600 Speaker 1: springs Eternal and now we have another chance to codify 302 00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:11,280 Speaker 1: generational conservation funding for threatened species and habitats. The bill 303 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:16,040 Speaker 1: hasn't changed substantially since last December, but Congress has Republicans 304 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:18,639 Speaker 1: now control the House while the Democrats control the Senate 305 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:22,920 Speaker 1: and the White House. Fortunately, our elected officials are still negotiating. 306 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:26,440 Speaker 1: One of the biggest hangups continues to be funding. How 307 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:28,720 Speaker 1: are we going to pay for a one point four 308 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:33,600 Speaker 1: billion annual investment in this proactive conservation work. I'm told 309 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:36,360 Speaker 1: that the bill sponsors are very aware of this challenge, 310 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:39,199 Speaker 1: and they're working on a solution that can make everyone happy, 311 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:42,480 Speaker 1: or at least enough people happy to get it across 312 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:45,800 Speaker 1: the finish line in both chambers. For now, keep up 313 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:49,080 Speaker 1: those calls and emails to your US senators and representatives. 314 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:52,639 Speaker 1: Protecting and restoring habitat is good for all species, and 315 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 1: we should make sure our wildlife agencies have the resources 316 00:18:56,119 --> 00:19:00,480 Speaker 1: they need to do that. Moving on to the Day Desk, 317 00:19:02,359 --> 00:19:05,199 Speaker 1: the largest dam removal project in US history and the 318 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:10,320 Speaker 1: largest salmon restoration project ever officially began last month. Crews 319 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:13,040 Speaker 1: broke ground as they began work on removing the four 320 00:19:13,119 --> 00:19:17,159 Speaker 1: dams that constitute the lower Klamath Hydropower Project on the 321 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:20,440 Speaker 1: Lower Klamath River. This portion of the river is located 322 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:23,680 Speaker 1: in southern Oregon and northern California, and proponents say the 323 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:27,800 Speaker 1: dam's removal will help struggling salmon populations by allowing them 324 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:31,640 Speaker 1: access to four hundred stream miles of historic spawning habitat 325 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:35,399 Speaker 1: upstream of the dams. Here's Dave Kaufman, a director at 326 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:38,760 Speaker 1: Resource Environmental Solutions and one of the folks responsible for 327 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:42,439 Speaker 1: the rivers restoration. We're gonna unlock an amount of salmon 328 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:45,119 Speaker 1: habitat I quality habitat that, like I mentioned, hasn't been 329 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:48,639 Speaker 1: available to these fish for over one hundred years. Hopefully 330 00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:50,440 Speaker 1: they're as excited as we hard to get back in there. 331 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:53,000 Speaker 1: The campaign to remove these dams has been in the 332 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:56,000 Speaker 1: works for decades. The Department of the Interior released a 333 00:19:56,040 --> 00:19:59,080 Speaker 1: study all the way back in twenty thirteen highlighting the 334 00:19:59,119 --> 00:20:02,800 Speaker 1: benefits of moving the dams. Advocates also point out the 335 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:07,120 Speaker 1: importance of salmon restoration projects given California's decision this year 336 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:11,520 Speaker 1: to close the entire ocean's salmon fishery. Not everyone supports 337 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:15,320 Speaker 1: the project, of course. Republican Congressman Doug LaMalfa and Cliff 338 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:17,840 Speaker 1: Bentz said in a press release that other factors like 339 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:21,440 Speaker 1: overfishing and disease are more to blame for poor salmon numbers. 340 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:24,480 Speaker 1: They also point out that the dams offer benefits like 341 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:28,000 Speaker 1: groundwater recharge and flood control, and they generate power for 342 00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:31,399 Speaker 1: about seventy thousand homes. The company that owns the dams, 343 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:35,000 Speaker 1: Pacific Corps, says that power generation will be replaced with 344 00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:39,120 Speaker 1: wind turbines so residents won't be without electricity. The Klamath 345 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:42,480 Speaker 1: River Renewal Corporation also points out that a mitigation fund 346 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:45,119 Speaker 1: has been created to help any homeowners who may be 347 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:48,000 Speaker 1: affected by flooding due to the removal of the dams. 348 00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:51,880 Speaker 1: Whatever the arguments are for or against the project, these 349 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:55,359 Speaker 1: dams are slated to be gone next year between June 350 00:20:55,359 --> 00:20:58,160 Speaker 1: and September of this year. The first and smallest dam, 351 00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:02,120 Speaker 1: cop COO Number two will come out in January twenty four. 352 00:21:02,359 --> 00:21:04,960 Speaker 1: Draw Down of the reservoirs will begin. By the end 353 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:08,280 Speaker 1: of two twenty four, all four dams will be removed 354 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:11,879 Speaker 1: and restoration work will begin and continue well in the future. 355 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:15,680 Speaker 1: Removing the dams is only the first and probably easiest 356 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:18,399 Speaker 1: step in this process. If the river is going to 357 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:20,680 Speaker 1: be a good place for salmon to spawn, there's still 358 00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:23,440 Speaker 1: a lot of work left to do. Dam removal can 359 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:25,720 Speaker 1: be a little bit of a messy business, so we're 360 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:31,520 Speaker 1: here to get reservoir sediments stabilized through re establishment a 361 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:36,760 Speaker 1: native vegetation provide some immediate, high quality habitat for returning 362 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:39,920 Speaker 1: cell monits as they make their way through former dam 363 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:43,159 Speaker 1: footprints and into river channels really have been in over 364 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:48,600 Speaker 1: one hundred years, and really jump start the recovery of 365 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:52,399 Speaker 1: this landscape. They're off to a good start. Restoration groups 366 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:55,840 Speaker 1: have already collected nineteen billion seeds of native plants they'll 367 00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:58,120 Speaker 1: be using to get the Lower Klamath looking like it 368 00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:01,360 Speaker 1: was before the first dam went in in nineteen oh eight. 369 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:07,720 Speaker 1: Moving on to the urban wildlife desk, mountain lions have 370 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:11,320 Speaker 1: reportedly moved into a small town in western Idaho. Idaho 371 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:13,840 Speaker 1: Fishing Game reports that at least two lions have been 372 00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:17,080 Speaker 1: captured on camera in the town of McCall, including areas 373 00:22:17,119 --> 00:22:20,400 Speaker 1: near residential neighborhoods. The majority of the photos have come 374 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:25,520 Speaker 1: from doorbell security cameras, though fortunately most from unoccupied residences. 375 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,760 Speaker 1: Idaho Fishing Game says, the lions are likely there to 376 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:31,840 Speaker 1: stay for the winter. The deer herd that also lives 377 00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:35,080 Speaker 1: in town offers an ample food supply, and the surrounding 378 00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:38,760 Speaker 1: areas have deep snow and no prey. It's uncommon for 379 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:41,879 Speaker 1: towns to have resident deer herds, even in Idaho. A 380 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:44,680 Speaker 1: biologist over there tells me that some residents feed the 381 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:47,760 Speaker 1: local mule deer, which has kept them from migrating. Thanks 382 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:51,240 Speaker 1: to this kindhearted but ill advised habit, residents must now 383 00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:53,480 Speaker 1: deal with a pair of live mountain lions that have 384 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:56,000 Speaker 1: moved in to eat the thing that they were trying 385 00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:59,800 Speaker 1: to feed. It's like a college friend who overstays as welcome, 386 00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:03,359 Speaker 1: except instead of eating your leftovers, he stalks he to 387 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:05,879 Speaker 1: the bathroom at night and pounces on your back from 388 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:09,920 Speaker 1: an elevated position. Jokes aside, mountain lion attacks aren't all 389 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:13,439 Speaker 1: that common. MOUNTA lion researcher told Deseret News in twenty 390 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:16,040 Speaker 1: twenty one that there have been less than two dozen 391 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:19,000 Speaker 1: people killed by lions in North America in the last 392 00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:22,080 Speaker 1: one hundred years. But Idaho Fishing Game is still advising 393 00:23:22,119 --> 00:23:24,679 Speaker 1: residents to keep pets on a leash while walking and 394 00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:28,200 Speaker 1: to bring them inside at night. Residents are also advised 395 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:31,399 Speaker 1: not to walk or run at night, at dawn or 396 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:34,440 Speaker 1: at dusk, and to block access to areas under decks 397 00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:37,600 Speaker 1: or homes. If you ever encounter a lion, don't run, 398 00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:40,800 Speaker 1: make eye contact, make noise, and try to look as 399 00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:45,240 Speaker 1: big and scary as you can. In another story of 400 00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:47,840 Speaker 1: wild animals who can't take a hint, a herd of 401 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:50,080 Speaker 1: elk has found their way back to Salt Lake City 402 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:53,399 Speaker 1: one month after being relocated. This herd is set up 403 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:55,760 Speaker 1: camp in the grassy medians at the intersection of I 404 00:23:55,960 --> 00:24:00,000 Speaker 1: eighty and two fifteen, which presents a real problem for motorists. 405 00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:02,719 Speaker 1: I don't know from personal experience, but I imagine an 406 00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:06,280 Speaker 1: elk in the windshield can really ruin your afternoon. On 407 00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:10,040 Speaker 1: March nineteen, highways were closed as wildlife officials herded the 408 00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:13,120 Speaker 1: animals off the mediums and back into the mountains. They 409 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:15,520 Speaker 1: even used a helicopter to convince the eighty or so 410 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:18,879 Speaker 1: servits that highways aren't a great place to raise your kids. 411 00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:22,200 Speaker 1: But just one week later, local media reported that about 412 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:24,840 Speaker 1: forty of those elk had wandered back down the mountain 413 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:28,239 Speaker 1: and taken up residence along the medium. City officials say 414 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:30,400 Speaker 1: they don't plan to move the elk again, but they're 415 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:34,200 Speaker 1: developing a new strategy for when it stops snowing. That's 416 00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:36,000 Speaker 1: all I've got for you this week. Thank you so 417 00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:40,479 Speaker 1: much for listening. Remember to write in to ask c Al. 418 00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:43,240 Speaker 1: Let's Askcal at the Meat Eater dot com and let 419 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:45,199 Speaker 1: me know what's going on in your neck of the woods. 420 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:48,639 Speaker 1: On top of that, as the snow starts to recede, 421 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:51,359 Speaker 1: you're gonna have a bunch of nasty branches and dirty 422 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:55,080 Speaker 1: lawns poking through. Head on down to your local steel 423 00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:59,320 Speaker 1: dealer or dial up www dot steel dealers dot com 424 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:02,240 Speaker 1: who and tell you who your local steel dealer is. 425 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:04,240 Speaker 1: They're going to get set up with what you need. 426 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:06,440 Speaker 1: You're gonna be looking like a pro and they won't 427 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:09,440 Speaker 1: try to send you home with what you don't. Thanks again, 428 00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:10,640 Speaker 1: and i'll talk to you next week.