1 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 1: From Mediators World News Headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is 2 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:17,479 Speaker 1: Kel's We Can Review with Ryan kel Kell and now 3 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 1: here's kel Welcome to the Florida Desk food. The Florida 4 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:31,320 Speaker 1: Fish and Wildlife Commission has, for reasons unknown, banned the 5 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:36,840 Speaker 1: future ownership, importation, and sale of some sixteen snakes and reptiles. 6 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 1: Argentine black and white tegus, green iguanas, Indian and Burmese pythons, 7 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:48,000 Speaker 1: North African python, Southern African pythons, a methisteen python, scrub python, 8 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:52,400 Speaker 1: green anacondas, and nile monitors will be illegal to own 9 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 1: or breed without having the proper permit by two thousand 10 00:00:56,320 --> 00:01:00,400 Speaker 1: twenty four. Again, what do we have to oh to 11 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:05,320 Speaker 1: this prompt action. Burmese python started officially popping up and 12 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:09,160 Speaker 1: eating things in the Everglades in the nineteen seventies, which 13 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:12,720 Speaker 1: is fifty one years ago. Right now, If you aren't 14 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 1: scratching your heads, you should be. If you've been paying 15 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:19,720 Speaker 1: attention to this podcast, you know that rarely a week 16 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 1: goes by that some giant fourteen to sixteen foot python, 17 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 1: or rare songbird or endangered tortoise egg eating lizard doesn't 18 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 1: make the news in Florida. Green iguanas were first reported 19 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:36,120 Speaker 1: in Miami Dade County in the nineteen sixties. One of 20 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 1: the most destructive attributes of these invasives is their burrowing ability. 21 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 1: They undermine sea walls, foundation sidewalks, and when the temps dropped, 22 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 1: they freeze and fall frozen out of the trees onto 23 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 1: Governor de Santis's head, which is the only plausible explanation 24 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 1: of why there is any response from the state now. 25 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 1: Of are than millions of dollars spent on marketing the 26 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 1: Python Bowl, you know, the Super Bowl of python catching, 27 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:10,239 Speaker 1: the state of Florida has taken no statewide action as 28 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:13,119 Speaker 1: to the root of some of these issues. The new 29 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:17,240 Speaker 1: rule will allow for current tagou and green iguana pet 30 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 1: owners to keep their personal pets with a no cost permit. 31 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:23,679 Speaker 1: The breeding of tegoos and iguanas for commercial sale can 32 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:27,639 Speaker 1: continue until June thirty, two thousand twenty four, but will 33 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 1: be prohibited after that. The Nature Conservancy estimates that just 34 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 1: the cost of invasive plants hits the one million dollar 35 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 1: mark conservatively in Florida every year. In two thousand twenty, 36 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:43,240 Speaker 1: iguanas were listed as a contributing factor in the failure 37 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 1: of an earth and dam, which ended up costing taxpayers 38 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:50,080 Speaker 1: one point eight million dollars in just one incident. The 39 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 1: cost on Florida's native wildlife, both plant and animal, what 40 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 1: the iguanas displaced and eat our estimated far beyond that. 41 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:01,639 Speaker 1: According to the University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species 42 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:05,280 Speaker 1: and Ecosystem Health, invasives cost the state of Florida over 43 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 1: five hundred million dollars per year. Interestingly enough, the U 44 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 1: s d A, the University of Georgia, the University of Florida, 45 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:16,800 Speaker 1: the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission all say generally the 46 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:21,080 Speaker 1: same thing when it comes to harmful invasives. Early detection 47 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:25,920 Speaker 1: and rapid response is the second best option to prevention. 48 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:30,079 Speaker 1: Which again, how long ago we're breose pythons found in 49 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 1: the Everglades green iguanas well, I mean green iguanas. The 50 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 1: sixties were a different time anywhere. And speaking of time, 51 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 1: we do know time is relative, and if we were 52 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 1: working on geologic time, the state of Florida is in 53 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 1: fact moving lightning fast and responding to harmful invasives. The 54 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 1: welcome sign with the neon vacancy flashing underneath well, don't 55 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 1: worry about that. It'll rest itself off the post by 56 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 1: two thousand twenty four. No need to walk all the 57 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 1: way over there and turn it off. In an effort 58 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 1: to be somewhat fair, it is not legal to release 59 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 1: your unwanted pets or those you cannot care for into 60 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 1: the wild, which there is no doubt contributes to some 61 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:18,480 Speaker 1: of these invasive populations. What this bill is not exactly 62 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 1: a dressing head on is it has always been illegal 63 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 1: in the state of Florida to breed thousands of these 64 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:27,720 Speaker 1: animals for sale. The Florida weather is kind of perfect 65 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:32,080 Speaker 1: for them, obviously, but they do get hurricanes and tropical 66 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 1: storms and floods from time to time. Animals go missing. 67 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:39,479 Speaker 1: You ever seen the size of a baby green iguana 68 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:44,120 Speaker 1: or a freshly hatched burmese python. They don't exactly stick out, 69 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 1: almost as if nature intended them to blend in. But 70 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 1: that's neither here nor there. Better start packing your bags. Invasives, 71 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 1: green muscles, iguanas, tegos, brown and knoles, cane toads, water hyacinth, 72 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 1: lion fish, arapaima to lappy a nile monitors, indian pythons, 73 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:06,720 Speaker 1: burmese pythons, North African pythons, South African pythons. I messed 74 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 1: the teen python, scrub pythons, green anacondas uh. To be fair, 75 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:15,840 Speaker 1: some of these invasives aren't even on the list. But 76 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 1: you know, with such a strong message being sent by 77 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:23,479 Speaker 1: the State of Florida, clock is ticking is just shy 78 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 1: A three years away done in a flat circle. This 79 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:33,919 Speaker 1: week we've got crime, good Bill, bad Bill, see cucumbers, 80 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:36,080 Speaker 1: and so much more. But first, I'm going to tell 81 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:40,000 Speaker 1: you about my week. In my week as well as 82 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 1: this podcast is brought to you by Steel Power Equipment. 83 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:46,240 Speaker 1: The more the snow recedes, the more stuff you forgot 84 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:48,960 Speaker 1: about last year is exposed, and the more you are 85 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:53,839 Speaker 1: going to want reliable, clean, quiet tools from Steel to 86 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:56,919 Speaker 1: get after that mess. The only problem is by the 87 00:05:56,960 --> 00:05:59,039 Speaker 1: time you commit to going down to one of Steel's 88 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 1: ten thousand dependent dealers, they're gonna be sold out. Most 89 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:06,360 Speaker 1: of you are driving while listening, altercourse and get ahead 90 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:08,280 Speaker 1: of spring with the new chain for the saw and 91 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:13,280 Speaker 1: a fresh jug bio plus bar and chain. If nothing else. Hey, 92 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:16,320 Speaker 1: whatever you heard it here, I'm not your mother. I 93 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:20,160 Speaker 1: uh fished Pyramid Lake for a quick afternoon, caught one 94 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:22,960 Speaker 1: La haunt and cut throat and broke another off. Our 95 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:26,280 Speaker 1: group of five anglers all touched fish and three hours 96 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:29,920 Speaker 1: of fishing, which I call very good. If you're not 97 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 1: familiar with Pyramid Lake is a classic Cinderella story and 98 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:37,159 Speaker 1: one we shouldn't be too comfortable with getting used to 99 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:42,120 Speaker 1: over exploitation. The commoditization of wildlife leads to a full 100 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:45,480 Speaker 1: collapse of a fishery and the eradication of a species. 101 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:49,159 Speaker 1: Fast forward, darn near three quarters of a century and 102 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 1: someone finds the lost now near mythical fish. Mythical because 103 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:57,560 Speaker 1: La haunt and cut throat grow huge. A recent catch 104 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:02,279 Speaker 1: went towards the thirty pound category. She is insane landlocked 105 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:06,839 Speaker 1: England high desert cutthroat trout that miners and ranchers mistook 106 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:10,240 Speaker 1: for salmon and sold by the barrel to fancy restaurants 107 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 1: over the mountains in San Francisco. The pie You tribe 108 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:17,080 Speaker 1: manages the fishery and a hatchery program have repopulated the 109 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:21,120 Speaker 1: lahunt and cut throat to Pyramid Lake. From conservation failure 110 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 1: comes conservation success. Can't have just a boring old giant 111 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:31,120 Speaker 1: fish story, now, can we snort? Report I'm working on 112 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:35,920 Speaker 1: snort on whistle commands and multiple dummies. Turns out she 113 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:40,360 Speaker 1: is a puppy after all, not necessarily the Prodigy had 114 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:43,440 Speaker 1: crept her up to be. She knows exactly what I'm doing, 115 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:47,120 Speaker 1: challenging her mentally, mixing the game up with multiple dummies 116 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 1: on the ground, et cetera. Eventually she just takes off, 117 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:53,240 Speaker 1: ignores me, rounds everything up, and looks at me like, 118 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:57,680 Speaker 1: why make this so complicated? As with all training, the 119 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 1: failures that we have in the field are largely due 120 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 1: to the human and not the dog. Got a crawl 121 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:06,960 Speaker 1: before we can walk. Thank you to everyone who keeps 122 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:10,520 Speaker 1: sending in simple recipes for waterfowl so we can teach 123 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 1: these waterfowl wasters how to cook. Michael Mancini writes in 124 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 1: with maple bourbon glaze. Dis glaze can be added to anything, 125 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:22,760 Speaker 1: but I really like it on cubed duck breast served 126 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:26,920 Speaker 1: on a skewer. Maple syrup, good quality bourbon, black peppercorns, 127 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 1: and bacon to hold duck breasts. Chris the bacon sear 128 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:35,800 Speaker 1: the duck breast medium rare cube wrap with crisp bacon 129 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:39,480 Speaker 1: skewer set aside. Add the maple syrup and bourbon and 130 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:42,560 Speaker 1: peppercorn to a saucepan. Bring the sauce to a roll, 131 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:46,080 Speaker 1: Let it cook until thickened and the alcohol has burned off. 132 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:51,920 Speaker 1: Coat the skewers and the glaze, and serve. Now, the 133 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:54,840 Speaker 1: original intent of this segment was for college kids who 134 00:08:54,880 --> 00:08:57,840 Speaker 1: wasted a bunch of waterfowl outside of boise. So the 135 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:01,200 Speaker 1: bourbon may not make it through to the recipe, but 136 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:05,400 Speaker 1: thank you anyway, Michael. Here's a quick one from yours, 137 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:09,520 Speaker 1: truly beer butt goose or fat Mallard. I have a 138 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:13,040 Speaker 1: trigger like you know, pellet grill, not just name dropping. 139 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:15,840 Speaker 1: I've been using them for a long time. Indirect heat 140 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 1: with lots of air circulation is great for like making 141 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:21,080 Speaker 1: crispy skin and rendering fat, and it's just good for 142 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:25,559 Speaker 1: wild game for fat birds like ducks and geese. Get 143 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:30,720 Speaker 1: the blackened Saskatchewan rub from trigger, then score you're plucked 144 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:33,719 Speaker 1: fat duck or goose with a sharp knife wherever it's 145 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:37,160 Speaker 1: super fatty. Tried just to cut the skin without exposing 146 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:40,920 Speaker 1: the meat. Rubbed liberally with the black and Saskatchewan rub, 147 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:44,240 Speaker 1: which contains enough salt d ice I ninety here in 148 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:48,200 Speaker 1: the Montana winter. Let it sit uncovered and well circulated, 149 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:50,600 Speaker 1: like on a cooling rack and the refrigerator for an 150 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:54,200 Speaker 1: hour or two, not much longer than that. Get your 151 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:56,959 Speaker 1: pellet grill up to three fifty Put a beer can 152 00:09:57,040 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 1: in the cavity of the bird. This is, in my opinion, 153 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 1: and a kickstand for the bird and does nothing really 154 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:06,920 Speaker 1: for flavor. However, the bird standing upright with no real 155 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:11,680 Speaker 1: contact points gets maximum air circulation. Ducks will take anywhere 156 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 1: from fifteen to twenty five minutes, geese anywhere from forty 157 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:18,199 Speaker 1: five to an hour, maybe an hour and fifteen. Get 158 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:21,200 Speaker 1: him to medium rare. Use an instant read thermometer right 159 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:24,480 Speaker 1: next to the bone center of the brass thickest part. 160 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:28,199 Speaker 1: You should be pulling that bird off at one thirty 161 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:31,720 Speaker 1: one thirty five degrees and letting it rest. I should 162 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:34,440 Speaker 1: mention you'll need to pull the beer can from the 163 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:39,920 Speaker 1: bird cavity, use the thermometer. Nobody likes overcooked duck. It 164 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:43,000 Speaker 1: will look awesome, it will taste awesome. It is all 165 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 1: us carnivorous folks really want fat and salt. Word of caution, 166 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:50,560 Speaker 1: don't salt any of the other side dishes. You may 167 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:56,080 Speaker 1: come up with that RUBB will carry over. Moving on 168 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:02,839 Speaker 1: good bill Good the state of Wyoming, House Bill zero 169 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:05,840 Speaker 1: one to two would create an account to fund the 170 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:09,840 Speaker 1: Access YES Program, which is a private land public access 171 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:15,120 Speaker 1: program more access to quality opportunity. Landowners who would like 172 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:18,880 Speaker 1: to participate can get some cash for doing so. I 173 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:21,600 Speaker 1: hunt a ton of this type of stuff. The funds 174 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:25,000 Speaker 1: would be provided for by an increase of nine dollars 175 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:28,719 Speaker 1: to the state Conservation Stamp, of which somewhere in the 176 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:32,079 Speaker 1: neighborhood of one and eighty five thousand stamps are sold 177 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:35,440 Speaker 1: each year. The price of the conservation stamp has not 178 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:39,240 Speaker 1: seen an increase in more than a decade, meaning it 179 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:42,840 Speaker 1: isn't even keeping up with inflation. This is a good bill. 180 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:45,320 Speaker 1: If you recreate in the state of Wyoming, it would 181 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:48,240 Speaker 1: be great to tell folks you do and would love 182 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:51,920 Speaker 1: to see HB zero one to two pass without amendment. 183 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:57,000 Speaker 1: Resident or nonresident would benefit from more access to quality ground. 184 00:11:57,320 --> 00:12:00,280 Speaker 1: If you need a helping hand on who to contact ACT, 185 00:12:00,559 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 1: go to Wyoming Wildlife dot org. You'll find it there 186 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:09,120 Speaker 1: because it is so easy to find. Balance This legislative 187 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:13,040 Speaker 1: session s F zero one zero three, also in the 188 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:16,520 Speaker 1: state of Wyoming, would increase the cost of nonresident tags 189 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:19,200 Speaker 1: to the point where instead of pickup trucks heading for 190 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:22,839 Speaker 1: the Cowboys state, you'd only see Bentley's and Rolls Royces. 191 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:26,320 Speaker 1: That's right, the whole damn state would turn into Jackson Hole. 192 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:34,080 Speaker 1: Just get SFO one zero three would further limit the 193 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:37,240 Speaker 1: ability for non residents to draw coveted tags like moose, goat, 194 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:41,560 Speaker 1: and sheep by providing zero nonresident opportunities in units that 195 00:12:41,679 --> 00:12:45,760 Speaker 1: have ten tags or less and the aforementioned price increase 196 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 1: six hundred bucks for an antelope tag, which, Hey, if 197 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:53,320 Speaker 1: I'm a resident in the state of Wyoming, I'm thinking, 198 00:12:53,559 --> 00:12:55,760 Speaker 1: you know this is great for me. But if you 199 00:12:55,840 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 1: expand your circle out beyond yourself, let's say, to your brother, 200 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:02,920 Speaker 1: your sister, cousin, or somebody who lives out of state, 201 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:08,320 Speaker 1: this is very, very limiting. Moving on to the state 202 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:11,400 Speaker 1: of Iowa, if you are a law abiding citizen, doesn't 203 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:15,280 Speaker 1: matter if you fish or hunt. Senate File four six four, 204 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:18,880 Speaker 1: introduced by Senator Ken Rosenboom, is something you should pay 205 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:22,760 Speaker 1: attention to. If enacted by the General Assembly, Senate File 206 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 1: four six four would reimburse poachers for any fines they 207 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:31,439 Speaker 1: paid for illegally killing white tailed does it doesn't matter 208 00:13:31,640 --> 00:13:34,079 Speaker 1: if they were killed from a road, across a road 209 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:37,720 Speaker 1: at night with the spotlight over bait or over your gate. 210 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:42,040 Speaker 1: If Senate File four six four were successful, poachers would 211 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:46,760 Speaker 1: be reimbursed for any fines they received and would receive 212 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:50,920 Speaker 1: no fines in the future if caught killing for whatever 213 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:56,920 Speaker 1: reasons poachers kill. Most importantly that meat that delicious Iowa 214 00:13:57,120 --> 00:14:01,080 Speaker 1: GMO corn fed whitetail can just along the road. We're 215 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:05,240 Speaker 1: in the field with no restitution to the state. This 216 00:14:05,320 --> 00:14:08,480 Speaker 1: is great, makes total sense, and is even less work 217 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:11,640 Speaker 1: for us. We fully support four or six four said 218 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:16,760 Speaker 1: poachers has Senator Rosenboom seriously never heard of crime doesn't pay. 219 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:19,880 Speaker 1: I guess to be fair, four or six four would 220 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:23,480 Speaker 1: be crime gets reimbursed. I didn't see in the bill 221 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:27,040 Speaker 1: anywhere where it tells you to submit for reimbursement. Hey, 222 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:29,480 Speaker 1: you remember me, that guy in the paper killing all 223 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:32,120 Speaker 1: the deer. Yeah, I need to get reimbursed for that. 224 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:35,200 Speaker 1: Is there a poacher's lobby or caucus in the state 225 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:38,000 Speaker 1: of Iowa that I'm just not aware of, or any 226 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:41,960 Speaker 1: law enforcement for that matter. Yes, lawmakers of the State 227 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:45,440 Speaker 1: Iowa I'm representing the Poacher's Caucus today. Have you heard 228 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:49,760 Speaker 1: of crime doesn't pay? Well, I'm here to ask what 229 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:52,840 Speaker 1: if it did? No, you guys don't like that one. 230 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 1: How about crime breaks? Even? Really, you want to give 231 00:14:56,680 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 1: us poachers who are criminals, our money back for breaking 232 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:04,080 Speaker 1: the law on stealing from you? This has been a 233 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:07,680 Speaker 1: great day, a historic day for the Poacher's Caucus in Iowa. 234 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:12,800 Speaker 1: If you believe in law and order and visit the 235 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:16,840 Speaker 1: state of Iowa, I would consider giving Senator Rosen Boom 236 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:26,880 Speaker 1: a call. Moving on South Dakota, Bill hbo we mentioned 237 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:29,120 Speaker 1: here at the weekend review that would restrict a game 238 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:33,760 Speaker 1: warden's ability to observe or enter private land has been squashed. 239 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:37,000 Speaker 1: Well done, South Dakota. Now, I did have a few 240 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:40,520 Speaker 1: folks right in questioning my values in regards to private 241 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:44,760 Speaker 1: property and illegal search and seizure. Wildlife in America belongs 242 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 1: to all of us. It is managed in trust by 243 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:49,920 Speaker 1: the states. There are a ton of examples that make 244 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:54,680 Speaker 1: this difficult. One is, how do you police an animal 245 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:58,520 Speaker 1: that has no respect for private property? Now we can, 246 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:01,000 Speaker 1: for the sake of argument, even though I don't like 247 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:04,960 Speaker 1: to call that animal an asset it is unfortunate, but 248 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:09,000 Speaker 1: we do put price tags on animals. A trophy bull elk, 249 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:12,200 Speaker 1: for instance, has a dollar value assigned to it. When 250 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:16,320 Speaker 1: taken illegally. A trophy bull in the state of Montana 251 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:20,000 Speaker 1: is an eight thousand dollar bill. Now eight thousand dollar 252 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:22,440 Speaker 1: bills I don't believe exists. If they do, haven't seen one. 253 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:24,480 Speaker 1: But let's call an elk and eight thousand dollar bill 254 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:27,560 Speaker 1: walking around, right, that we all own that eight thousand 255 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:29,960 Speaker 1: dollar bill can jump from your place to the neighbor's 256 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:33,600 Speaker 1: place back again, and then onto public land whenever it 257 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:37,520 Speaker 1: so chooses. So imagine that we collectively own this eight 258 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:40,920 Speaker 1: thousand dollar bill, and we only get to keep people 259 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:44,640 Speaker 1: who want to steal it for themselves accountable on one 260 00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:48,360 Speaker 1: side of the fence. In this little make believe scenario 261 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:50,400 Speaker 1: I brought up would be one third of the time. 262 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:54,040 Speaker 1: That'd be pretty unsettling, right. You gotta keep in mind, 263 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:57,400 Speaker 1: right the context of wildlife in America, like most of 264 00:16:57,400 --> 00:16:59,360 Speaker 1: these elk that we're hunting in the state of Montana, 265 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:03,720 Speaker 1: we're gone from the state of Montana. The aforementioned Jackson 266 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:07,920 Speaker 1: Hole supply to elk just about everywhere we hunt them today. 267 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:10,840 Speaker 1: We're just like spitting distance from a time, we're just 268 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:15,400 Speaker 1: seeing an elk was something extraordinary because they just did 269 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:20,159 Speaker 1: not exist. But anyway, the Fourth Amendment has an exception 270 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:24,040 Speaker 1: called the open field Doctrine, which in a very general 271 00:17:24,080 --> 00:17:28,040 Speaker 1: interpretation means open fields. Not your house yard, behind the 272 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:31,919 Speaker 1: picket fence, truck, or even detached garage, but the private 273 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:35,399 Speaker 1: property beyond that the open field, which is where you 274 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:38,639 Speaker 1: would more than likely be hunting, fishing, and engaging with 275 00:17:38,720 --> 00:17:42,200 Speaker 1: the state's wildlife, which it manages in trust for us. 276 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:45,280 Speaker 1: And when we talk about these bills that would limit 277 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:50,920 Speaker 1: state wildlife officers from entering property with do cause right 278 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:56,119 Speaker 1: with the intention of protecting this public trust, that is 279 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:59,920 Speaker 1: what we are referring to the open field. It's trick, 280 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:04,480 Speaker 1: he isn't it? Alright? One last bad bill, this one 281 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:07,680 Speaker 1: sponsored by one Wiley Galt here in the state of Montana. 282 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:11,040 Speaker 1: I had previously mentioned this one, but it was not 283 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:14,199 Speaker 1: an actual bill yet, and all I could do was 284 00:18:14,280 --> 00:18:16,919 Speaker 1: just hope it would die before it came out of 285 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:23,920 Speaker 1: the shadows. I am inevitable. H B five zero five 286 00:18:24,440 --> 00:18:27,720 Speaker 1: would up the anti for land owner either sex elk 287 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:32,399 Speaker 1: tags from a possible two per sixty contiguous acres to 288 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:36,959 Speaker 1: a possible ten and give five bonus points to landowners 289 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:40,119 Speaker 1: sponsored cow elk tag holders. If we want to be 290 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:43,040 Speaker 1: old timey here, I think we could safely call this 291 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:46,240 Speaker 1: bill crony is m he who has the gold makes 292 00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:49,520 Speaker 1: the rules. Only in this case, if you control the elk, 293 00:18:49,600 --> 00:18:52,879 Speaker 1: you make the rules. HB five oh five is turning 294 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:56,680 Speaker 1: the public's elk into future favors or compensation. Here is 295 00:18:56,760 --> 00:18:59,360 Speaker 1: just one for instance for you if you have been 296 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:03,000 Speaker 1: wanting to get a special draw permit and saving those 297 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:06,040 Speaker 1: bonus points of which you get one per year, for 298 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:09,679 Speaker 1: ten or fifteen years, to make that dream of you know, 299 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:13,320 Speaker 1: some super hard to draw bulltag happen. If HP five 300 00:19:13,359 --> 00:19:16,600 Speaker 1: oh five were to be successful in pass, what took 301 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:20,879 Speaker 1: you ten years would only take someone else with landowner 302 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:25,080 Speaker 1: cow elk sponsorship two years. What took you fifteen years 303 00:19:25,359 --> 00:19:29,919 Speaker 1: would take somebody with landowner cow elk sponsorship three years 304 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:33,680 Speaker 1: to achieve. Meanwhile, they get to hunt cow elk on 305 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:37,240 Speaker 1: private ranches. Now I just want to ask the question, 306 00:19:37,359 --> 00:19:41,480 Speaker 1: do you think this is to incentivize cow elk cutters 307 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:49,040 Speaker 1: or maybe certainly makes my imagination run wild. If you 308 00:19:49,119 --> 00:19:52,040 Speaker 1: live in Montana or recreating the state of Montana. I'd 309 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:54,840 Speaker 1: call your duly elected officials and let them know this 310 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:58,440 Speaker 1: is not the way you want your wildlife managed. This 311 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:00,760 Speaker 1: bill goes in front of the Fish, Wildlife and Parks 312 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:03,560 Speaker 1: Committee March nine, which means you need to pull over 313 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:06,040 Speaker 1: and make a phone call to all members of the committee, 314 00:20:06,119 --> 00:20:08,920 Speaker 1: who can be found at four zero six four four 315 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:13,560 Speaker 1: four to five five four. You can always contact Wiley 316 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:17,720 Speaker 1: Gult directly four oh six to two zero zero or 317 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:22,000 Speaker 1: email at Wiley w y L I G A L 318 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:26,399 Speaker 1: T F O R M T at gmail dot com. 319 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:30,080 Speaker 1: I'd probably just start by asking how is this supposed 320 00:20:30,119 --> 00:20:34,199 Speaker 1: to benefit the state of Montana. Moving on to the 321 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:41,280 Speaker 1: monumental digestion desk, the lowly c cucumber that unglamorous hose 322 00:20:41,359 --> 00:20:45,240 Speaker 1: like bottom feeder. Listen, we've moved off politics, I swear, 323 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:50,160 Speaker 1: just pay attention. The c cucumber, that hose like bottom 324 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:54,240 Speaker 1: feeder has been getting some richly deserved attention recently. A 325 00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:56,960 Speaker 1: study published in the journal Coral Reefs puts it in 326 00:20:57,040 --> 00:21:00,840 Speaker 1: perspective just how much the c cucumber attributes to its 327 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:04,480 Speaker 1: overall ecosystem. Now, fans of the Mediator TV show will 328 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:07,679 Speaker 1: be familiar with the red sea cucumber, which Steve Ronnella 329 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:10,919 Speaker 1: is very fond of diving up in Alaska. The study 330 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:14,679 Speaker 1: in question, however, looks at a different c cucumber species, 331 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:18,520 Speaker 1: Hollotheria atra, which is native to the Harron Island Reef 332 00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:22,440 Speaker 1: in Queensland, Australia. If the variety of in Alaska resembles 333 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:25,640 Speaker 1: at Kilbasso with radioactive spikes growing out of it, then 334 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:29,160 Speaker 1: Hallotheriatra is much more plain. It looks like an enormous 335 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:33,119 Speaker 1: black earthworm, and the resemblance to the earthworm is not coincidental. 336 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:37,480 Speaker 1: Both c cucumbers and earthworms carry out something called bioturbation, 337 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:40,480 Speaker 1: which is like the million dollar word of the day. 338 00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:43,720 Speaker 1: You guys remember Peewee's Playhouse. You all remember what to 339 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:50,440 Speaker 1: do whenever anyone says the seca word, right right anyway. 340 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:58,280 Speaker 1: Bioturbation is the turning over or beneficial disruption of soil 341 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:02,240 Speaker 1: in an ecosystem. The sea cucumber and just sediment along 342 00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:05,439 Speaker 1: the ocean floor, drawing out nutrients and then poops that 343 00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:09,640 Speaker 1: sediment out. Here's where it gets fun. The papers authors 344 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:12,520 Speaker 1: calculate that all the sea cucumbers on the Harron island 345 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:16,080 Speaker 1: reef generate over sixty four thousand metric tons of poop 346 00:22:16,119 --> 00:22:19,919 Speaker 1: per year, the equivalent of five Eiffel towers, That is 347 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:24,440 Speaker 1: just in one particular seven square mile reef. To be clear, 348 00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:28,480 Speaker 1: this is a metaphor, right, a poop metaphor for quantity. 349 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:32,560 Speaker 1: They didn't actually eat a Niffel tower. Interestingly enough, the 350 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:36,000 Speaker 1: literal eating of objects is a condition known as pika, 351 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:42,040 Speaker 1: not that cute little high alpine squirrel. One particularly ambitious 352 00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:46,800 Speaker 1: man afflicted with pika. Michael Lotito once eight and excreted 353 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:49,600 Speaker 1: an entire Cessina one fifty airplane over the course of 354 00:22:49,640 --> 00:23:00,360 Speaker 1: two years. That's just a fun side fact for you. Now, 355 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:04,119 Speaker 1: the sheer scale of the excretory accomplishment should be given 356 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:06,639 Speaker 1: its due. And I'm back to sea cucumbers here. To 357 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:10,600 Speaker 1: be clear, If sea cucumbers poop out five Eiffel towers 358 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:14,480 Speaker 1: a year, just on this one small reef, think of 359 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:19,160 Speaker 1: the turnover or bioturbation that is happening across the ocean. 360 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:26,920 Speaker 1: The ocean floor is estimated at one forty million square 361 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:31,919 Speaker 1: miles multiplied by sixty four thousand metric tons. Hold the 362 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:36,440 Speaker 1: one uh by By Eiffel tower uh that's a lot 363 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:40,600 Speaker 1: of sea cucumber poop kids. By turning over that much earth, 364 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:44,679 Speaker 1: the sea cucumber makes nutrients available to a huge number 365 00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:49,560 Speaker 1: of other species in the ecosystem. Bioturbation allows oxygen to 366 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:52,840 Speaker 1: penetrate the sediment, and it makes the ocean floor less dense, 367 00:23:53,160 --> 00:24:00,679 Speaker 1: allowing burrowing fish and crustaceans to find shelter. Charles Darwin 368 00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:05,040 Speaker 1: himself knew the importance of this dynamic in transforming the landscape. 369 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:09,760 Speaker 1: The last book Darwin wrote was about worms, whose bioturbation 370 00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:16,800 Speaker 1: allows grasses to grow, animals to graze, soils to be 371 00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:19,400 Speaker 1: produced from the bodies of those animals once they die, 372 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:24,640 Speaker 1: and on and on on worms. Darwin wrote, It may 373 00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:27,879 Speaker 1: be doubted whether there are many other animals which have 374 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,719 Speaker 1: played so important a part in the history of the 375 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:36,320 Speaker 1: world as have these lowly organized creatures. And so is 376 00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:38,840 Speaker 1: not much of an overstatement to say that if the 377 00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:42,400 Speaker 1: sea cucumbers were gone, the reef itself would be gone too. 378 00:24:43,119 --> 00:24:46,119 Speaker 1: And this is what the scientists want to emphasize with 379 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:49,480 Speaker 1: this study. Even though the sea cucumber might not look 380 00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:52,000 Speaker 1: like it's doing much, and even though it's starting to 381 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:55,800 Speaker 1: get more popular as seafood. Keeping its numbers healthy is 382 00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:59,120 Speaker 1: an absolute necessity. So no more making fun of sea 383 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:03,000 Speaker 1: cucumbers by calling them the ocean's cola. No more jokes 384 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:06,080 Speaker 1: about five Eiffel towers worth poop, And no more giggling 385 00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:09,080 Speaker 1: when you find out that another species, the eel like 386 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:13,040 Speaker 1: pearl fish, often takes shelter by slithering into the sea 387 00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:16,800 Speaker 1: cucumber's rectum. This is serious stuff here, It's the future 388 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:24,320 Speaker 1: of the planet. Good screaming, everybody moving on. Alligators handle 389 00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:28,760 Speaker 1: the cold tamps experienced in the Gulf surprisingly well. As 390 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:33,480 Speaker 1: reported in the Oklahoma newspaper, several eyewitnesses reported alligators snouts 391 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:36,399 Speaker 1: poking up through ice in the Red Slew wetlands in 392 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:39,720 Speaker 1: the southeast part of the state. These weren't scenes of 393 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:43,280 Speaker 1: alligators tragically frozen while trying to escape the water, but 394 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:46,919 Speaker 1: rather a strategy by alligators to calmly wait out the cold. 395 00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:51,359 Speaker 1: It is a phenomenon known as broomation, in which reptiles 396 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:54,920 Speaker 1: slow their metabolism in order to conserve energy and survive 397 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:59,280 Speaker 1: the cold. In this state, reptiles don't need to eat, defecate, 398 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:02,840 Speaker 1: or move, and their oxygen intake and heart rate plunge 399 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:06,920 Speaker 1: This is similar to hibernation in mammals, but in hibernation 400 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:10,439 Speaker 1: a mouse or a bear will become fully unconscious for 401 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:14,600 Speaker 1: the duration of the period of slow metabolism during broomation. 402 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:18,720 Speaker 1: In contrast, reptiles are still conscious and continue to drink, 403 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:20,920 Speaker 1: and they will begin to move to find food if 404 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:25,160 Speaker 1: the temperature around them increases. A third kind of metabolism, 405 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:30,720 Speaker 1: slow down estivation, takes place in extreme heat. Reptiles, insects, 406 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:33,720 Speaker 1: and mammals will bring their heart rate and breathing to 407 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:36,760 Speaker 1: a near stand still in order to remain cool while 408 00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:40,840 Speaker 1: saving energy. And so our Oklahoma alligators with their snouts 409 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:43,919 Speaker 1: through the ice, we're just setting themselves up with everything 410 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:47,199 Speaker 1: they needed for broomation, a little bit of oxygen, in 411 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:51,760 Speaker 1: a stable place to rest in less extreme cold. Alligators 412 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:55,520 Speaker 1: typically broomate in dens or burrows, but during a hard 413 00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:58,080 Speaker 1: freeze like this one, that would put them at risk 414 00:26:58,119 --> 00:27:01,080 Speaker 1: of being frozen in place, so they set up an 415 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:05,439 Speaker 1: open water and snorkele their snouts through the ice. Another 416 00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:09,840 Speaker 1: advantage alligators have their exteriors are made of cartilage, which 417 00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:13,760 Speaker 1: requires much less blood flow than skin, so there are 418 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:17,280 Speaker 1: no danger of frostbite, which kind of makes me jealous. 419 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:20,239 Speaker 1: It also makes me ask the question, if you had 420 00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:24,600 Speaker 1: to identify as one, would you be a broomader, a hibernator, 421 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:28,240 Speaker 1: or a estivator. I have fancy myself kind of an 422 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:31,800 Speaker 1: estivation type of guy. That's all I've got for you 423 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:35,440 Speaker 1: this week. Thank you so much for listening. We're almost 424 00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:38,320 Speaker 1: through with this legislative session and we'll get back to 425 00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:42,320 Speaker 1: fun facts and bad criminals. I swear thanks again. I'll 426 00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:53,480 Speaker 1: talk to you next week