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 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 1: dot com. Now here's your host, Ryan cal callahan. Would 5 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:24,640 Speaker 1: you like to get your chicken thighs and beef steaks 6 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:32,400 Speaker 1: from a giant metal meat growing vat Good Meat thinks 7 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:35,480 Speaker 1: you would. Good Meat is a company that grows meat 8 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 1: in a lab or, in this case, a metal tube. 9 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:41,760 Speaker 1: They're working on installing the world's largest meat growing vats 10 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 1: at their new US facility, which they hope will be 11 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:48,440 Speaker 1: able to crank out over thousand tons of meat each 12 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:51,920 Speaker 1: year by two thousand thirty. They called these meat growing 13 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:56,279 Speaker 1: vats bioreactors, and Good Meat plans to construct ten of them. 14 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:59,280 Speaker 1: Each will stand four stories tall and hold about sixty 15 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:02,360 Speaker 1: six was in gallons of what I can only assume 16 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:05,560 Speaker 1: is some kind of meat sludge, which may be unfair, 17 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:08,640 Speaker 1: but I doubt what's in the that resembles a bone 18 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:12,640 Speaker 1: in ribby full of intermuscular fat. Proponents of lab grown 19 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:16,320 Speaker 1: meat argue that the process is more humane and environmentally 20 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:20,319 Speaker 1: friendly than traditional ways of killing and butchering animals. Good 21 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 1: Meats tagline, for example, is real meat made without tearing 22 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:27,800 Speaker 1: down a forest or taking a life. You've got to 23 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:31,400 Speaker 1: give them points for directness. Here's how good Meats top exact. 24 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 1: Josh Tetric put it, I think our grandchildren are going 25 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 1: to ask us about why we ate meat from slaughtered 26 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:42,319 Speaker 1: animals back in two thousand twenty two. Cultivated meat matters 27 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:44,960 Speaker 1: because it will enable us to eat meat without all 28 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 1: the harm, without bulldozing for uts, without the need to 29 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:51,279 Speaker 1: slaughter an animal, without the need to use antibiotics, without 30 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 1: accelerating zoonotic diseases. I do love the euphemism cultivated meat. 31 00:01:56,440 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 1: By the way, the meat is cultivated, but that word 32 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 1: comes from the Latin cultivat, meaning prepared for crops. That's 33 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 1: a pretty far cry from grown in a lab, but 34 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 1: that is part of the word cultivat, So I suppose 35 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 1: they have that going for them anyway. That grown meat 36 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:15,400 Speaker 1: isn't yet legal to sell in the US, though that 37 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:18,360 Speaker 1: day is coming soon. Good Meat is in talks with 38 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 1: the FDA, and Tetrick told The Guardian that the FDA 39 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:25,840 Speaker 1: has been fully engaged. You can probably deduce my stance 40 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:29,079 Speaker 1: on bagrown meat from my enthusiastic tone, but I'm curious 41 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:31,920 Speaker 1: what you think. Are you excited about eating meat from 42 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 1: a vap or do you see the potential unintended consequences? 43 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 1: Send me your thoughts at a s k c a L. 44 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:41,280 Speaker 1: That's asked cal at the Meat eater dot com and 45 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 1: let me know what you think. This week we've got 46 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 1: conservation wins, animal attacks, Stonehenge, and meat Fest. But first 47 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 1: I'm gonna tell you about my week, and my week 48 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 1: was and still is super fun. Loaded back into the 49 00:02:56,639 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 1: Black Series Camper, which is where I sit recording this episode. 50 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 1: Dogs Asleep in the Dirt and Ashville Bed. Started out 51 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:07,280 Speaker 1: doing some fishing this week, but the incessant rain has 52 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 1: the rivers on the rise, so I pivoted to Morrell 53 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 1: mushroom picking in a burn Now burn mushrooms aren't real 54 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:19,280 Speaker 1: hard to locate. Hunting isn't anywhere near as interesting as 55 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:22,800 Speaker 1: hunting up big shrooms and old growth, but it is 56 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:26,840 Speaker 1: still super fun. It's extremely dirty. The mushrooms are dirty. 57 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 1: I am dirty, the dogs are, in their opinion, gloriously dirty. 58 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 1: And I will admit, on top of this filth, I 59 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 1: have come to really enjoy the shower in this damned 60 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 1: camper getting soft Here folks smelling good, getting soft, which 61 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 1: reminds me Father's Day is just around the corner. Check 62 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 1: out Steal USA. That's Steel s t I h L 63 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 1: USA for their Father's Day gift guide. I have with 64 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 1: me my ms A one twenty battery powered saw. I 65 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 1: used it to tip over two dead standing larch this weekend, 66 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 1: bucked him into rounds and kept the home fire burning 67 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 1: all through the wet, wet, muddy weekend. Didn't even disturb 68 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 1: all that nature because it's clean and quiet anyway. If 69 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:16,039 Speaker 1: you have not already, you can get some great Father's 70 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:19,320 Speaker 1: Day gift ideas by following Steel USA on the Instagram. 71 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:23,160 Speaker 1: June is after all, safety month, Helmets I and ear pro. 72 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:26,360 Speaker 1: Of course, your chainsaw chaps can all be found at 73 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 1: Steel USA. Moving on to the conservation desk. With one 74 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 1: third of all US wildlife species imperiled or vulnerable, it's 75 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:41,000 Speaker 1: easy to get down in the mouth about the future 76 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:44,480 Speaker 1: of conservation, but hunters and anglers no better than anyone 77 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:48,680 Speaker 1: else that threatened species can be saved today. I've got 78 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:52,360 Speaker 1: a roundup of conservations success stories to get you recharged 79 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 1: and back in the fight. Up in Maine, endangered New 80 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:58,960 Speaker 1: England cotton tail rabbits are making a comeback. The species 81 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,920 Speaker 1: was listed on Main's endangered list in two thousand seven 82 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 1: after development and changing landscapes decimated the young forest habitat 83 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 1: the rabbits need to thrive. There are only about three 84 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:12,039 Speaker 1: hundred individuals in the entire state, but thanks to the 85 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 1: efforts of conservationists, those numbers are on an upward trajectory. 86 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:19,600 Speaker 1: Biologists are focusing on restoring the small trees and shrubs 87 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:23,360 Speaker 1: the rabbits used for cover and reintroducing captive born rabbits 88 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:27,120 Speaker 1: to those protected areas. Rabbits aren't the only species on 89 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:29,600 Speaker 1: the rise in the Pine Tree State. A native fish 90 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:33,159 Speaker 1: species called ale wives are back in central mains China 91 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 1: Lake for the first time since the Revolutionary War. Main Rivers, 92 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 1: a conservation organization, has been working for nearly a decade 93 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:44,159 Speaker 1: to restore this native herring species to China Lake in 94 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 1: the southern part of the state. Ale wives are anadromus, 95 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:50,560 Speaker 1: which means they migrate from the sea to freshwater to spawn, 96 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:53,640 Speaker 1: but their path has been blocked by six dams along 97 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:57,160 Speaker 1: the Kennebec River. Main Rivers removed three of those dams 98 00:05:57,200 --> 00:06:00,200 Speaker 1: and added fish ladders to the other three. Now, for 99 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 1: the first time since George Washington cast a line into 100 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 1: the Potomac or spit slivers out of his wooden teeth, 101 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:10,760 Speaker 1: this gulf of main keystone species can migrate unobstructed to 102 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:14,760 Speaker 1: China Lake and back, moving to the other side of 103 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:18,360 Speaker 1: the country. California condors recently flew over the state's northern 104 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:20,719 Speaker 1: Redwood Forest for the first time and over a century. 105 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:24,279 Speaker 1: Two captive bread male birds were released in Redwood National 106 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:26,800 Speaker 1: Park on May three as part of a new Pacific 107 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:31,039 Speaker 1: Northwest reintroduction program led by the Yurok Tribe with assistance 108 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:34,320 Speaker 1: from federal and local wildlife agencies. The project aims to 109 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:37,440 Speaker 1: release more birds that they hope will disperse across northern 110 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 1: California and southern Oregon. The statewide recovery of the California condor, 111 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:45,400 Speaker 1: started in the nineteen eighties, went forward thinking biologists captured 112 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:48,479 Speaker 1: the last twenty two remaining birds in the wild from 113 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 1: those captive individuals. The program has increased the wild population 114 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:57,279 Speaker 1: to over three hundred birds, and another first in a 115 00:06:57,360 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 1: century event, dozens of lake sturgeon were seen last month 116 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:03,919 Speaker 1: spawning in the otter Tail River in Central Minnesota. Thanks 117 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 1: to listener Kevin Moore for calling this to our attention. 118 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 1: Once an abundant species in the Red River Basin, lake 119 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:13,560 Speaker 1: sturgeon were mostly extirpated from the riparian areas in western 120 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:17,320 Speaker 1: Minnesota and eastern North Dakota. The recovery efforts began in 121 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:20,000 Speaker 1: the nineteen nineties, but it wasn't until two thousand eight 122 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:24,600 Speaker 1: that Minnesota voters adopted a constitutional amendment that provided dedicated 123 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 1: funding for clean water, wildlife and parks. Thanks to this funding, 124 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:31,920 Speaker 1: wildlife officials have been able to modify dams to allow 125 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:35,960 Speaker 1: for fish passage and engage in aggressive stocking. According to 126 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 1: a great report in north Land Outdoors, there's still more 127 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:41,440 Speaker 1: work to be done, but this large spawning event is 128 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:44,600 Speaker 1: a great sign for lake sturgeon in the Red River basin. 129 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:48,840 Speaker 1: North of the border, in British Columbia, chinook salmon have 130 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:51,640 Speaker 1: been stocked in the Columbia River for the first time 131 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:55,800 Speaker 1: since nineteen National, state, and provincial governments in the US 132 00:07:55,960 --> 00:07:59,280 Speaker 1: and Canada joined with indigenous groups in two thousand nineteen 133 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:03,760 Speaker 1: to launch the Columbia River Salmon Restoration Initiative. This initiative 134 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:07,240 Speaker 1: has released thousands of juvenile salmon into various lakes and 135 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 1: rivers in the area, which will hopefully give the population 136 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:13,680 Speaker 1: a boost until we can figure out a real solution. 137 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:19,160 Speaker 1: Moving on to the cat desk, the German town of 138 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 1: Waldorf has issued an order that residents must keep all 139 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:26,520 Speaker 1: cats indoors until the end of August. The order aims 140 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:30,119 Speaker 1: to protect ground nesting bird species known as the crested lark. 141 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:33,120 Speaker 1: The crested lark is not listed as a species of 142 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:36,080 Speaker 1: concern by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, 143 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:39,960 Speaker 1: but its population in Europe has declined sharply in recent decades. 144 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:42,679 Speaker 1: Cat owners risk a fine of a little more than 145 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:45,960 Speaker 1: five dollars if their cat is found wandering around outside, 146 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:50,560 Speaker 1: and a whopping fifty dollars if their cat injures or 147 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:53,760 Speaker 1: kills a crested lark. I'm not sure what kind of 148 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 1: evidence you need to convict a cat, but I'd love 149 00:08:56,320 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 1: to be there for the trial. You want answer, look 150 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:04,600 Speaker 1: the truth, you've cat handled it. German animal welfare organizations 151 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:09,360 Speaker 1: blasted the order as misguided. These organizations apparently are concerned 152 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 1: about animals other than the crested lark. One group worried 153 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:17,840 Speaker 1: that these immense restrictions would cause cats stress and criticize 154 00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:22,319 Speaker 1: the order for treating cats as second class citizens. Here's 155 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:26,880 Speaker 1: how their statement concludes. Defining domestic cats as culprits for 156 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:30,360 Speaker 1: the endangerment of certain bird species also means letting them 157 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 1: take the blame for the fact that humans have destroyed 158 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:36,520 Speaker 1: habitats and food supplies for wild species over a long 159 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:40,560 Speaker 1: period of time. It's true that humans have contributed to 160 00:09:40,559 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 1: biodiversity laws, and yes, I think it dangerous to point 161 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 1: the finger at a singular culprit in the world of conservation, 162 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:49,720 Speaker 1: because I'll tell you right now, I have never personally 163 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:53,320 Speaker 1: seen a silver bullet. But that fact doesn't give cat 164 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:56,960 Speaker 1: owners the right to let their cats wander around unsupervised, 165 00:09:57,080 --> 00:10:02,320 Speaker 1: which absolutely does contribute to more loss of biodiversity. They'll 166 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:05,800 Speaker 1: survive a few months indoors. Heck, your castle survive a 167 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:10,560 Speaker 1: few months indoors, even if the owners don't. Moving on 168 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:13,360 Speaker 1: to our last piece of good news, the Interior Department 169 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:17,240 Speaker 1: announced recently it plans to distribute thirty three million dollars 170 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:20,120 Speaker 1: to two and seventy seven projects that will clean up 171 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:23,480 Speaker 1: orphaned oil and gas wells on public land. The money 172 00:10:23,559 --> 00:10:26,480 Speaker 1: is just the first installment of the two fifty million 173 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:30,960 Speaker 1: dollars total provided in the Infrastructure bill Congress pass last year. 174 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:34,200 Speaker 1: Cleaning up these old oil and gas wells will cut 175 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:38,280 Speaker 1: back on methane emissions and reduce contaminants leaked into the groundwater. 176 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 1: Too great things to keep our public lands clean and healthy. 177 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:46,960 Speaker 1: And speaking of public lands in New Mexico, the Trust 178 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:50,520 Speaker 1: for Public Land just purchased a fifty four thousand acre 179 00:10:50,679 --> 00:10:53,600 Speaker 1: ranch that is slated to become publicly accessible in the 180 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:56,960 Speaker 1: coming years. Two thirds of that parcel has already been 181 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 1: conveyed to the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish 182 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:03,280 Speaker 1: at in addition to the adjacent fifteen thousand acre Marquees 183 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:06,360 Speaker 1: Wildlife Area. The addition of the ranch will more than 184 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:10,000 Speaker 1: quadruple the wildlife area and become the largest state owned 185 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:14,080 Speaker 1: recreation property in New Mexico. The area will protect habitat 186 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:17,400 Speaker 1: and Native American archaeological sites, but it will also give 187 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:21,520 Speaker 1: New Mexicans more opportunities to hunt, camp, and fish. It's 188 00:11:21,559 --> 00:11:24,959 Speaker 1: located only about forty five miles from Albuquerque and one 189 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:28,760 Speaker 1: hundred miles from Santa Fe. The existing wildlife area is 190 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:32,160 Speaker 1: difficult to access, but the addition of these acres will 191 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:35,880 Speaker 1: improve access to the property and support elk, turkey and 192 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:39,120 Speaker 1: small game hunting. Funding for the purchase came from a 193 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:43,120 Speaker 1: variety of state, federal, and nonprofit sources and total thirty 194 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:46,280 Speaker 1: four point one million dollars. If you're trying to work 195 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:49,319 Speaker 1: out that math in your head, that's only six hundred 196 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 1: and thirty one dollars per acre, which is a huge 197 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:57,120 Speaker 1: conservation win. Rumor has it that when this project is 198 00:11:57,120 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 1: fully complete, it will be the third largest state wildlife 199 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:04,960 Speaker 1: management area in the country. Lots of people worked on this, 200 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:07,440 Speaker 1: and I'll tell you a lot of people thought it 201 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:10,160 Speaker 1: was impossible to get done. But where there's a will, 202 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:14,120 Speaker 1: there's a way. These folks raised thirty four million dollars 203 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 1: in thirteen months and made it happen. Well done to 204 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:20,040 Speaker 1: the Trust for Public Lands, and got to give a 205 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:23,640 Speaker 1: good shout out to Senator Martin Heinrich who pushed this 206 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:27,760 Speaker 1: thing along. Everybody needs advocates. It helps when they're a 207 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:34,079 Speaker 1: U S. Senator. In Wyoming and Colorado, the Bureau of 208 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:37,640 Speaker 1: Land Management just purchased over thirty five thousand acres to 209 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:41,359 Speaker 1: provide access to an additional forty thousand acres of previously 210 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:44,960 Speaker 1: inaccessible public land. Using funds from the Land and Water 211 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:48,760 Speaker 1: Conservation Fund, the BLM purchase thirty five thousand, six hundred 212 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:52,800 Speaker 1: seventy acres of private lands southwest of Casper, Wyoming. This 213 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:56,040 Speaker 1: land previously belonged to the Morton family, and its purchase 214 00:12:56,120 --> 00:12:59,760 Speaker 1: will create a one eighteen square mile contiguous block of 215 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:03,240 Speaker 1: black land and improve public access to the North Platte River. 216 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:06,840 Speaker 1: The Conservation Fund and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation acquired 217 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:11,080 Speaker 1: the property, then transferred it to the BLM for permanent protection. 218 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:13,760 Speaker 1: The property is bordered to the north by eight point 219 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:17,280 Speaker 1: eight miles of the North Platte River, a fantastic trout 220 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:20,640 Speaker 1: fishery boasting more pounds per mile of fish than any 221 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:24,199 Speaker 1: other stream in Wyoming. The property will initially be managed 222 00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:28,480 Speaker 1: under the same regulations and protections as adjoining BLM managed 223 00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:32,559 Speaker 1: lands in Colorado. The BLM purchased a much smaller, one 224 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:35,840 Speaker 1: d sixty acre private parcel, but it could have big 225 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:39,839 Speaker 1: benefits for sensitive fish species. The property is located along 226 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:43,440 Speaker 1: Escalante Creek, which is home to several chubs, sucker, and 227 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:47,840 Speaker 1: trout species that only occupy fractions of their historic range, 228 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:51,640 Speaker 1: but that doesn't mean recreation won't be allowed. The BLM 229 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:55,480 Speaker 1: reports that camping, fishing, and kayaking will be permitted. The 230 00:13:55,600 --> 00:13:59,160 Speaker 1: area is also important habitat for desert bighorn sheep and 231 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:03,839 Speaker 1: mule deer. Over to the east Coast, a new state 232 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:07,120 Speaker 1: natural area in North Carolina is officially open following a 233 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:11,440 Speaker 1: Thursday ribbon cutting attended by Governor Roy Cooper. The Foothills 234 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:14,640 Speaker 1: Conservancy and the State Division of Parks and Recreation made 235 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:18,360 Speaker 1: three separate purchases to acquire more than six thousand acres 236 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:21,360 Speaker 1: of land in McDowell County. These acres are now part 237 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:25,440 Speaker 1: of Bob's Creek State Natural Area. Hiking, mountain biking, wildlife 238 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:28,040 Speaker 1: viewing will be permitted on the new acres, but they 239 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:31,200 Speaker 1: will not be open to other forms of recreation. The 240 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:34,560 Speaker 1: North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources believed it 241 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:37,880 Speaker 1: was important to protect terrestrial and aquatic habitats that are 242 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:41,320 Speaker 1: home to fourteen species of rare plants and animals. Now, 243 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:44,080 Speaker 1: it's disappointing that hunters and anglers aren't a big part 244 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:46,800 Speaker 1: of this one, but keep in mind that the conservation 245 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:49,880 Speaker 1: success stories we just talked about are made possible by 246 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:53,320 Speaker 1: all types of protected land. It's a myth that hiking 247 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:56,880 Speaker 1: and biking are passive outdoor activities. The game animals we 248 00:14:56,960 --> 00:15:00,720 Speaker 1: love to pursue do benefit from protected habitats, even if 249 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:04,680 Speaker 1: we can't directly access that habitat. The good news here 250 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 1: is that the vast majority of public land is open 251 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:10,520 Speaker 1: to hunters and anglers, and state and federal agencies added 252 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:13,400 Speaker 1: nearly one hundred thousand acres in three states in just 253 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:16,160 Speaker 1: the last few weeks. If that doesn't put a smile 254 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:18,360 Speaker 1: on your face and a spring in your step, I 255 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:23,800 Speaker 1: don't know what will. Moving on to the animal attack desk, 256 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:28,040 Speaker 1: it's been a busy week over at the animal attack desk. 257 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:31,520 Speaker 1: We're feeding wild animals is almost never a good idea. 258 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:34,400 Speaker 1: In North Carolina, a husband and wife were attacked by 259 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:36,920 Speaker 1: a black bear recently after it broke through a window 260 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:40,000 Speaker 1: and into their house. They had spied the bear eating 261 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:43,080 Speaker 1: from their bird feeder around eleven PM and yelled for 262 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:45,800 Speaker 1: it to go away and leave the bird feed alone. 263 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:49,120 Speaker 1: The female bear had a cub running around and apparently 264 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:52,640 Speaker 1: didn't appreciate the couple's tone. It charged the open window, 265 00:15:52,760 --> 00:15:56,320 Speaker 1: broke through and attacked. The man and woman fought the bear, 266 00:15:56,560 --> 00:15:58,600 Speaker 1: and at one point one of them stabbed it with 267 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:01,800 Speaker 1: a kitchen knife. The husband eventually retrieved a gun and 268 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:05,880 Speaker 1: shot the bare dead. Both occupants had numerous bites and injuries, 269 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:09,520 Speaker 1: but both were treated and released that night. Their children 270 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:12,920 Speaker 1: were asleep in their bedrooms and were unharmed. I bet 271 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 1: that was an interesting discussion at the breakfast table the 272 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:20,040 Speaker 1: next morning. Rough night. Huh, Now, in hindsight, is it 273 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:23,440 Speaker 1: better to protect a bird feeder or not put a 274 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:27,480 Speaker 1: bird feeder out in bear country? At all? Over? In 275 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:31,000 Speaker 1: Yellowstone National Park, a year old woman from Ohio was 276 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:34,160 Speaker 1: gored by a bison and tossed ten feet into the air. 277 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 1: According to the National Park Service. We all know that 278 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 1: the Park Service prohibits visitors from getting within twenty five 279 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:43,920 Speaker 1: yards of any large animals, but when this woman spied 280 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 1: a bison near the boardwalk on black sand Basin, she 281 00:16:46,920 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 1: just couldn't resist. She got within ten feet of the 282 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:57,840 Speaker 1: giant horned animal before it decided it was tired of 283 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:01,800 Speaker 1: being on Instagram. It urged the woman and executed the 284 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:06,040 Speaker 1: aforementioned tossing. The woman sustained a puncture wound and other injuries, 285 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:09,360 Speaker 1: but was transported to a nearby hospital and is expected 286 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:13,040 Speaker 1: to survive. Here's a fun fact. Bears, wolves, and other 287 00:17:13,080 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 1: predators aren't the biggest perpetrators of human injuries and Yellowstone. 288 00:17:17,080 --> 00:17:20,280 Speaker 1: The Park Service report that bison have injured more Yellowstone 289 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:23,600 Speaker 1: visitors than any other animal. Think of bison as a 290 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:26,240 Speaker 1: teenager with the learners permit behind the wheel of a 291 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:31,560 Speaker 1: Chevy suburban. They're large, fast, and unpredictable. Bison can run 292 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:34,159 Speaker 1: three times faster than a human. They weigh as much 293 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:36,840 Speaker 1: as two thousand pounds. But since they eat grass and 294 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:39,840 Speaker 1: not elk or deer, people assume it's safe to move 295 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:42,520 Speaker 1: in for a quick selfie. Here's a question for you. 296 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:45,119 Speaker 1: Would you file this story under things we do for 297 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:50,240 Speaker 1: the Graham or TikTok trouble? One more for you? A 298 00:17:50,359 --> 00:17:53,240 Speaker 1: nine year old girl in Washington State was recently attacked 299 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:55,879 Speaker 1: on May by a mountain lion as she was playing 300 00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:58,880 Speaker 1: hide and seek at a campground. The lion attacked as 301 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:01,520 Speaker 1: she jumped out to as her friends. According to the 302 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:05,960 Speaker 1: Washington Department of Fishing Wildlife, it's unclear exactly what happened next. 303 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:09,240 Speaker 1: Washington Fish and Wildlife officials have said the lion was 304 00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:11,600 Speaker 1: young and male and that it was killed at the scene, 305 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:13,960 Speaker 1: but they haven't yet said why they believed the lion 306 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:18,000 Speaker 1: attacked or how it was convinced to leave the girl alone. Fortunately, 307 00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:21,200 Speaker 1: the story does not end there. The girl, whose name 308 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:24,080 Speaker 1: is Lily, was rushed to the hospital, where she underwent 309 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:26,359 Speaker 1: several hours of surgery and a brief stay in the 310 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:29,280 Speaker 1: intensive care unit. As of May thirty, she was out 311 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:32,320 Speaker 1: of the i c U expected to recover. Her mother 312 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:35,840 Speaker 1: described her recovery so far as amazing and said that 313 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:39,320 Speaker 1: Lily wants everyone to know that she was quote very 314 00:18:39,359 --> 00:18:44,879 Speaker 1: brave and tough. Quick stop at the fishing desk, a 315 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:49,040 Speaker 1: team of English biologists recently discovered by accident that scallops 316 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:52,119 Speaker 1: are attracted to led disco lights. Of course, we all 317 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:54,840 Speaker 1: knew that scallops were party animals from that scene and 318 00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:58,199 Speaker 1: the Little Mermaid. You know what I'm talking about? What 319 00:18:58,359 --> 00:19:00,880 Speaker 1: do They got a lot of s and we got 320 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:04,200 Speaker 1: a hot crustache in ben. Each little clam here knows 321 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:08,040 Speaker 1: how to jam here under the sea. Oh, come on, 322 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:17,120 Speaker 1: you knew the words, don't pretend you don't. The team 323 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:19,760 Speaker 1: had been trying to develop a special crab pots that 324 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:23,320 Speaker 1: could attract crabs using light rather than fish. They soon 325 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:27,159 Speaker 1: realized that while crabs can take or leave disco scalops 326 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:32,959 Speaker 1: love it. Scallops or saltwater bivalve mollusks in the Pectinidae family, 327 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:36,600 Speaker 1: and you've probably eaten them at seafood restaurants covered in garlic, 328 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:39,879 Speaker 1: lemon and butter. They have up to two hundred eyes, 329 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:44,520 Speaker 1: and those eyes love an underwater light show. This discovery 330 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:47,400 Speaker 1: is interesting, but it's also a potential win for conservation. 331 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:51,120 Speaker 1: Scallops are the most valuable fishery in England, but they're 332 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:54,919 Speaker 1: usually caught by dredging. Dredging is when a boat drags 333 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:57,160 Speaker 1: along the bottom of the ocean a big steel net 334 00:19:57,200 --> 00:19:59,600 Speaker 1: in the shape of a scoop. When done on an 335 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:02,439 Speaker 1: indust st real scale, this method can damage reefs and 336 00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:06,280 Speaker 1: other marine environments. Lighted pots won't be able to replace 337 00:20:06,359 --> 00:20:09,119 Speaker 1: all forms of dredging, but they can give fishermen a 338 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:13,640 Speaker 1: way to supplement their income without potentially damaging inshore ecosystems. 339 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:17,880 Speaker 1: As researchers describe in their recently published study, nine eighty 340 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:21,760 Speaker 1: five lighted pots caught five hundred eighteen scallops, while nine 341 00:20:21,880 --> 00:20:26,360 Speaker 1: hundred one control pots without lights caught only two. If 342 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:29,439 Speaker 1: scientists can perfect this light system, they believe they can 343 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:33,280 Speaker 1: catch scallops at scale. If you're surprised that scallops see 344 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:37,160 Speaker 1: at all, join the club. Turns out, scalops have hundreds 345 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:39,800 Speaker 1: of eyes along the inner edge of their shell openings, 346 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:43,000 Speaker 1: and they have two retinas, one to sense darker things 347 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:46,399 Speaker 1: and one to sense lighter things. Scientists who spoke with 348 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:49,359 Speaker 1: the Guardian believe the scallops are attracted to led lights 349 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:52,879 Speaker 1: because they provide safety from predators, or because it's easier 350 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:56,240 Speaker 1: to find the plankton they eat. Whatever the reason, next 351 00:20:56,240 --> 00:20:59,399 Speaker 1: time you dig into a plate of scallops fried sautet, 352 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:05,160 Speaker 1: maybe humble little Bjs, it'll be an appropriate send off 353 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:09,959 Speaker 1: for those delicious five outs. Moving on to the Ancient 354 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:15,640 Speaker 1: History Desk, archaeologists working near Stonehenge have discovered what they 355 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:19,280 Speaker 1: believed to be thousands of ancient hunting pits. Some of 356 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:21,960 Speaker 1: the pits are ten thousand years old, and the entire 357 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:25,359 Speaker 1: site dates from between eighty two hundred BC and seventy 358 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:28,920 Speaker 1: eight hundred BC. One of the pits measures thirteen feet 359 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:31,159 Speaker 1: wide and six and a half feet deep, making it 360 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:34,040 Speaker 1: the largest of its kind in northwestern Europe. According to 361 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:37,399 Speaker 1: the BBC, no one knows for sure why ancient people 362 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:40,480 Speaker 1: built Stonehenge or what it was used for, but this 363 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:44,119 Speaker 1: new discovery reinforces the fact that this area was highly 364 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:48,359 Speaker 1: important to ancient people's Stonehenge was built from three thousand 365 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:51,639 Speaker 1: BC to two thousand BC, which means the oldest hunting 366 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:56,080 Speaker 1: pits around are about five thousand years older than Stonehenge. However, 367 00:21:56,359 --> 00:21:59,840 Speaker 1: some of the earliest pits date from hundred BC. Me 368 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:03,639 Speaker 1: people were hunting in the area before and after the 369 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:07,359 Speaker 1: famous Megalists were constructed. The holes cluster on the higher 370 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:10,080 Speaker 1: ground to the east and west of Stonehenge, in parts 371 00:22:10,119 --> 00:22:14,120 Speaker 1: of the landscape that were repeatedly visited over millennia. According 372 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 1: to archaeologists, the early pits were dug by hunter gatherers 373 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:20,280 Speaker 1: who were roaming the landscape during the early Mesolithic period 374 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:23,919 Speaker 1: when Britain was reinhabited after the Last Ice Age. The 375 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:27,640 Speaker 1: later pits were dug by Bronze Age inhabitants of farms 376 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:30,919 Speaker 1: and field systems. The pits were used to trap large 377 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:34,760 Speaker 1: animals like red deer, wild boar, and an extinct species 378 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:38,720 Speaker 1: of wild cattle called oros Rex were among the largest 379 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:42,480 Speaker 1: herbivores in Holocene Europe. They were all black, stood about 380 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:45,000 Speaker 1: six ft high at the shoulders, and bowls could weigh 381 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:48,200 Speaker 1: as much as three thousand pounds. For a little context, 382 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:51,240 Speaker 1: the average weight of an angus bull is about nineteen 383 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:55,040 Speaker 1: hundred pounds. If ancient Stonehenge inhabitants were trying to trap 384 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:57,120 Speaker 1: an orec, you can see why they needed to pit 385 00:22:57,280 --> 00:23:00,640 Speaker 1: thirteen feet wide. That's a lot of beef. When these 386 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:03,760 Speaker 1: ancient hunters killed an animal, they ate every part of it. 387 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:07,639 Speaker 1: According to a sister study of a settlement near Stonehenge, 388 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:11,440 Speaker 1: researchers came to this conclusion by studying human and dog 389 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:15,880 Speaker 1: copper lights. That's right, fossilized poop. Based on their findings 390 00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:19,679 Speaker 1: from nineteen of these partially mineralized specimens, they determined that 391 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:23,760 Speaker 1: Stonehenge builders should have used a meat thermometer. They found 392 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:27,359 Speaker 1: parasite eggs and five of the samples, which suggests that 393 00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:30,800 Speaker 1: the people ate animal organs that they hadn't cooked properly. 394 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:34,120 Speaker 1: They likely ate these organs during large feasts that were 395 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:37,120 Speaker 1: held in the region. Farmers herded cattle from as many 396 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:40,280 Speaker 1: as sixty miles away so folks could participate in what 397 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:44,320 Speaker 1: one researcher, with obviously no working knowledge of internet search 398 00:23:44,359 --> 00:23:49,920 Speaker 1: engines called a quote meat fest Extravaganza end quote. Don't 399 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:54,760 Speaker 1: type that into your search bar, kids, but do keep 400 00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:58,520 Speaker 1: in mind that your poop tells people a whole lot 401 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:02,000 Speaker 1: about you, and that's something you should remember when you 402 00:24:02,119 --> 00:24:05,640 Speaker 1: feel like you don't need to bury your poop. That's 403 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:07,520 Speaker 1: all I've got for you this week. Thank you so 404 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:10,600 Speaker 1: much for listening. Remember to let me know what's happening 405 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:13,000 Speaker 1: in your neck of the woods by writing in to 406 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:16,240 Speaker 1: a s k C. A L. Let's ask Cal at 407 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:19,520 Speaker 1: the meat eater dot com. Thanks again, and I'll talk 408 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:29,720 Speaker 1: to you next week. Yeah.