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Speaker 1: From Mediators World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is

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Speaker 2: Folks, as you know, this show must go on and

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Speaker 2: it gets recorded all over the place. And once again

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Speaker 2: I'm on the long and lonesome Well not that lonesome,

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Speaker 2: because I got the old Chester Floyd, a guy named Chili,

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Speaker 2: and a dog named Snort, and we're road tripping to

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Speaker 2: Pheasant Fest. It's who Falls South Dakota. Now by the

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Speaker 2: time you hear this, you know it'll be done. But

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Speaker 2: you know I'll get to that later on. So I

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Speaker 2: excuse the background noise. That's just America in the background.

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Speaker 2: I said, the cap is really A New York man

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Speaker 2: was cited last month for hoarding more than one hundred

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Speaker 2: animals inside his Nassau County home. Conservation officers received a

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Speaker 2: tip from the local SPCA, and sure enough, they found

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Speaker 2: a menagerie inside his residence. He was keeping several regulated species,

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Speaker 2: including an endangered tiger salamander, two monitor lizards, and a

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Speaker 2: protected diamondback terrapin, which is a kind of turtle or

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Speaker 2: is it pop quiz or rather help for your next

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Speaker 2: round of meat eat or trivia? Is it a turtle,

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Speaker 2: a terrapin, or a tortoise. No matter what, it is

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Speaker 2: a Chelonian, which is the name of the group of

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Speaker 2: shelled reptiles. Tortoise are land based with domed shells, sticking

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Speaker 2: to almost an exclusively plant based diet. Terrapin is a

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Speaker 2: freshwater aquatic Chelonian with feet and a varied diet, and

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Speaker 2: turtles are primarily saltwater flippered Chilonians, unless, of course, you

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Speaker 2: live in the United States, where we shun the metrics

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Speaker 2: system and a lot of general naming convention. In fact,

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Speaker 2: here in the United States, we call everything a turtle,

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Speaker 2: even if it's a teenaged mutant and gifted in martial arts.

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Speaker 2: What's even more fun here in the United States. The

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Speaker 2: terrapin in question, the diamondbacked terrapin, is the only terrapin

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Speaker 2: that inhabits brackish and saltwater coastal marshes. Their native range

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Speaker 2: So to recap the diamondback could be a turtle because

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Speaker 2: of its living in salt water, but it has feet,

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Speaker 2: not flippers, which makes it a terrapin. If it were

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Speaker 2: land based with a dome shell, you'd more than likely

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Speaker 2: call it a tortoise. Anyway, this animal horder in Nassau.

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Speaker 2: He had a possum in a cage in his bedroom

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Speaker 2: and various other animals throughout the house, including prairie dogs, tarantulas, snakes, tortoises, chickens,

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Speaker 2: addition to numerous cats and dogs. Conservation officers seized all

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Speaker 2: of endangered, protected, and dangerous wildlife. I don't know what

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Speaker 2: his bookshelf looked like, but i'd bet money he had

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Speaker 2: at least one copy of Doctor Seuss's classic if I

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Speaker 2: ran the zoo. He was probably upset when law enforcement

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Speaker 2: seized his wildlife park, but he should count his blessings.

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Speaker 2: A Colorado man died last week after being bitten by

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Speaker 2: one of his two pet HeLa monsters. HeLa monsters are

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Speaker 2: venomous reptiles native to parts of the southwestern US and

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Speaker 2: neighboring areas of Mexico. This particular HeLa monster was named Winston,

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Speaker 2: and the victim's girlfriend said she walked into the bedroom

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Speaker 2: to find Winston latched onto the man's hand, and not

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Speaker 2: in a good way. Monitor lizards, like the ones owned

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Speaker 2: by the New York Man don't have enough venom to

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Speaker 2: of a man in two thousand and two after a

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Speaker 2: and police found him with reptiles feasting on his dead body.

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Speaker 2: Not the way I'd want to go, but I don't

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Speaker 2: keep one hundred animals inside my house either. This week,

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Speaker 2: we've got the Conservation Wins legislation, a rare stop at

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Speaker 2: the psychology desk, plus so much more. But first, I'm

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Speaker 2: gonna tell you about my week. In My week was

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Speaker 2: super cool because I got to hang out with my buddy,

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Speaker 2: Jesse Griffiths, who has a beautiful, super cool book coming

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Speaker 2: out called The Turkey Book. We made a couple of

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Speaker 2: his recipes on camera, so you'll be able to see

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Speaker 2: those for yourselves in the not too distant future. Save

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Speaker 2: your turkey, gizzards, livers, and hearts. You'll be glad you did,

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Speaker 2: and pick up Jesse's new book, The Turkey Book. It's

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Speaker 2: wonderful in so many ways, great thing for turkey hunters,

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Speaker 2: even if they don't cook. Other than that, like I said,

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Speaker 2: and then pheasant Fest all week long. Pheasant Fest is

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Speaker 2: Next up, after that, we'll be heading to Minneapolis for

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Speaker 2: Backcountry Hunters and Anglers Rendezvous. If you're in the southeast,

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Speaker 2: there's another big BHA get together called the Black Bear

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Speaker 2: Bonanza in Bentonville, Arkansas, that's on March ninth. Clay Newcombe

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Speaker 2: It's sure to be a great time. And then on

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Speaker 2: top of that, Ed Anderson and I are auctioning off

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Speaker 2: a three day Florida fishing trip for two people, full

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Speaker 2: of great food, great people, scenery, and Ed and myself.

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Speaker 2: So head over to Backcountry Hunters dot org for more

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Speaker 2: info on the fishing trip of a lifetime. Ol Ed

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Speaker 2: Anderson is going to throw in some custom art for

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Speaker 2: you too. Moving on to the conservation desk, Florida Governor

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Speaker 2: seen the lowest rate of manatee mortality since twenty seventeen.

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Speaker 2: I know what you're gonna say, Okay the manatee. Longtime

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Speaker 2: how Florida manatees experienced a massive die off. In twenty

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Speaker 2: twenty one. Nine hundred and twenty manatees died that year,

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Speaker 2: due largely to a reduction in good manatee habitat that

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Speaker 2: the sea cow's favorite meal, seagrass. Governor DeSantis, along with

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Speaker 2: twenty nineteen to improve sea grass growth. That investment looks

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Speaker 2: this is definitely a good flipper in the right direction.

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Speaker 2: Michigan's Department of Natural Resources is reporting that the black

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Speaker 2: which is good news for Minton State bear hunters. Expect

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Speaker 2: after this mild winter. Big thanks to listener Austin Frank

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Speaker 2: for sending us that story. The Bureau of Land Management

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Speaker 2: the Royal Gorge region in eastern Colorado. This is good

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Speaker 2: news for anglers and outdoor recreators in the region because

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Speaker 2: the plan will safeguard nearly three hundred thousand acres of

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Speaker 2: recreation economy, the region's current and past culture, as well

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Speaker 2: as wildlife. Public land can be conserved by a government order,

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Speaker 2: That's why Arkansas just rolled out a new program that

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Speaker 2: will incentivize landowners to protect natural ecosystems and open their

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Speaker 2: acreage to public use. The Conservation Incentive Program allows landowners

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Speaker 2: to partner with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission to

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Speaker 2: hogs and invasive plant species. The program offers monetary incentives

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Speaker 2: for various habitat improvement work. For example, landowners can earn

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Speaker 2: Conservation Incentive Program also includes landowner benefits for public access.

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Speaker 2: Landowners can earn up to ten thousand dollars per year

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Speaker 2: Game and Fish Commission will provide signs and trash pickup

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Speaker 2: If you own property in Arkansas, you can learn more

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Speaker 2: about this program by looking up the Conservation Incentive Program.

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Speaker 2: Applications are now open. Moving on to the legislative desk

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Speaker 2: legislation this week, we're bringing you a rapid fire round

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Speaker 2: of legislation. It's like speed dating, but instead of awkward

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Speaker 2: eye contact and sweaty palms, we're serving up ways to

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Speaker 2: the future of hunting and fishing. The Florida legislature just

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Speaker 2: passed SB six thirty two, which allows people to kill

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Speaker 2: Governor Ron De Santis to become law. In South Dakota,

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Speaker 2: Senate Bill one seventy three would create extra licenses for

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Speaker 2: South Dakota landowners and their leases to hunt a female

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Speaker 2: land in the Prairie Elk units. The bill has passed

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Speaker 2: The Mississippi House of Representatives recently passed HB one two

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Speaker 2: nine eight, which would require hunters sixteen years in older

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Speaker 2: to purchase a turkey stamp to hunt turkeys. Residents would

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Speaker 2: again setting its sights on firearms with a new bill

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Speaker 2: that would require annual registration of all firearms in the state.

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Speaker 2: SB one one six zero would require all gun owners

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Speaker 2: Thanks to Daniel Hernandez for sending that one. In In Idaho,

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Speaker 2: House Bill four sixty nine would prohibit the Department of

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Speaker 2: to use two to nine primers, pelletize powder, or sabbots,

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Speaker 2: and a muzzloder only season. Senate Bill one three to

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Speaker 2: four zero would require the Fishing Game Commission to give

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Speaker 2: outfitters who fill a wolftag the opportunity to purchase an

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Speaker 2: additional big horn, sheet, mountain, goat, or moose tag. Thanks

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Speaker 2: to listener Robert Poe for making me aware of those

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Speaker 2: bills just jackassery. The Minnesota legislature is considering a bill

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Speaker 2: that would ban lead ammo for hunting and competition, including

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Speaker 2: high school clay shooting teams. For more on that, check

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Speaker 2: similar vein Maryland, Bill HB one four seven three would

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty six. The Oregon legislature is considering an omnibus

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Speaker 2: at Wildlife Bill aimed at combating CWD, expanding wildlife crossings,

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Speaker 2: reducing wildlife human conflicts, and combating invasive species. The bill

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Speaker 2: is being supported by outdoor groups like backcountry hunters and anglers.

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Speaker 2: which would create separate seasons for whitetail and mule deer.

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Speaker 2: Here's a reminder about vermont S two five eight. We

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Speaker 2: This piece of legislation would eliminate the Citizen Fish and

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Speaker 2: Senate Bill sixteen oh five would remove the authorization of

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Speaker 2: Senate Bill one eighty five to one, would limit deer

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Speaker 2: Many thanks to listener Matt Gamble for sending us those bills.

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Speaker 2: The Iowa legislature is considering a bill that would give

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Speaker 2: There isn't a bill related to this issue yet, but

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Speaker 2: similar to what's in place in other states. Virginia legislators

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Speaker 2: Here's an update from Wisconsin. The state Assembly approved two

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Speaker 2: The other will increase non resident deer hunting licenses by

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Speaker 2: ban here in the age of chronic wasting disease. But

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Speaker 2: moving on to the national stage, Public Lands and Public

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Speaker 2: by public waterway. Get in touch with the US congress

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Speaker 2: people about that one. I personally like that one. That's

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Speaker 2: makes us think a little bit harder about ditching our

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Speaker 2: the flag pole. Moving on to the psychology desk. If

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Speaker 2: The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society,

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Speaker 2: more likely to move to areas with better yield. Of course,

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Speaker 2: Being distractable and impulsive isn't great if you work in

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Speaker 2: they're always willing to change it up. And ADHD isn't

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Speaker 2: the only disorder that some scientists believe can be an

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Speaker 2: journal Frontiers of Psychiatry argues that negative traits like neuroticism, psychopathy,

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Speaker 2: and narcissism can have positive evolutionary functions. Neuroticism, what you

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Speaker 2: might call having a hyperfunctional alarm system, can keep people

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Speaker 2: The desire to tell everybody how great yard while climbing

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Speaker 2: And the last, but not least, the mail bag, I

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Speaker 2: received an email from a listener named Colton Boom Garden

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Speaker 2: as in Boom, there goes the Garden, asking for help

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Speaker 2: horseback riders. I have witnessed them firsthand, while sitting in

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Speaker 2: Shame works. Now if you are in Illinois and you

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Speaker 2: garden right in to ask a cl Let's askcal at

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Speaker 2: the meeteater dot com will get you all in touch

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Speaker 2: and you can do some trail cleanup. Also, if you're

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Speaker 2: covered a lot of legislation today, some good, some bad.

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Speaker 2: If we did not get to your state, it does

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Speaker 2: not mean it's not happening in your state. The point

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Speaker 2: you got to get involved. Sign up for Roden gun clubs,

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Speaker 2: get their newsletters, be informed, and take action, right emails,

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Speaker 2: make phone calls. Heck, go testify on behalf of good

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