1 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:06,880 Speaker 1: From Mediators World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is 2 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 1: Cal's weekend review, presented by Steel. Steel products are available 3 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 1: only at authorized dealers. For more, go to Steel Dealers 4 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 1: dot com. Now here's your host, Ryan cal Callahan. 5 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:25,520 Speaker 2: New hires in the Elee, Minnesota Police Department will get 6 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:33,480 Speaker 2: a brand new kevlar canoe. Similar to law enforcement departments nationwide, 7 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:36,919 Speaker 2: the Elee Minnesota Force is having a hard time recruiting 8 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:40,919 Speaker 2: new officers and filling old positions. So if you are 9 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:45,560 Speaker 2: currently a law enforcement officer elsewhere, perhaps you're feeling frustrated 10 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:48,920 Speaker 2: like you're stuck in the eddy of an unsatisfying job, 11 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:52,080 Speaker 2: or maybe you have a superior who makes you feel 12 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:55,360 Speaker 2: as if you're going against the flow. Or maybe you 13 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:59,480 Speaker 2: feel up a creek with no paddle in site. Join 14 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:03,280 Speaker 2: the e and you can be upcreek with a new canoe. 15 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 2: At the very least, paddles were not mentioned. Currently, four 16 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 2: spots on the forests are open. Eely is a gateway 17 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 2: to the famed Boundary Waters Canoe Area, where fantastic excursions 18 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:18,680 Speaker 2: into America's most visited wilderness area are provided for and planned. 19 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:22,520 Speaker 2: Most of these trips involve paddling multiple lakes which are 20 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 2: connected by small portages. That's how we say in Montana. 21 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 2: I'm not French, Canadian, or else, I'd say portage for anyway. 22 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:35,759 Speaker 2: A portage is where you empty your canoe of gear 23 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 2: and pack everything to the next lake, then reload everything 24 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:42,959 Speaker 2: in your gear in that canoe that you also had 25 00:01:42,959 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 2: to pack to the next lake. Which is why in Ely, Minnesota, 26 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 2: home to the Mighty Eely Timberwolves, police officers are incentivized 27 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:55,480 Speaker 2: with kevlar, making a nice, lightweight, durable canoe skin rather 28 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 2: than a vest. This week we've got fire bat damn 29 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 2: salmon legislation, and so much more. But first I'm going 30 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:05,760 Speaker 2: to tell you about my week. And my week has 31 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 2: been a wild road tour. Landed in Seattle where we 32 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:13,280 Speaker 2: joined the gridlock traffic and picked up parking ticket before 33 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 2: heading south to pl Washington, where I joined Jason Phelps. PL, 34 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:20,120 Speaker 2: if you don't know, is the world headquarters of Phelps 35 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 2: Game Calls. Met up with Jason just in time for 36 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 2: four inches of rain in a twenty four hour time period. 37 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 2: Our goal that week was not to remain dry, but 38 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 2: to try to kill a Roosevelt elk during the late 39 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 2: archery season. Killing elk with bo is not typically a gimme, 40 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:39,240 Speaker 2: so our hopes were higher than our actual expectations. And 41 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:42,520 Speaker 2: to make things even more difficult, we were actually trying 42 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:47,239 Speaker 2: to specifically target limping elk elk inflicted with hoof disease, 43 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 2: which is super nasty stuff. Now, the main reason that 44 00:02:51,919 --> 00:02:55,080 Speaker 2: I was targeting diseased elk was honestly to talk about 45 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 2: it more with all of you. Hoof disease is nasty. 46 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:02,520 Speaker 2: Like I said, it's very sad to see in real life. 47 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:06,360 Speaker 2: And the reality is that it's creeping from west to 48 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:11,639 Speaker 2: east western Washington, and really the pl region is the epicenter, 49 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 2: but cases have been confirmed in Idaho, California, and Oregon 50 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 2: just so far. Typically starting as a small red bump 51 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:23,960 Speaker 2: blister lesion in the interdigital space, interdigital being a great 52 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:27,520 Speaker 2: word for between the toes, hoof disease eventually causes the 53 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:30,680 Speaker 2: keratin on the hoof to malform into what the locals 54 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:33,920 Speaker 2: call an elfshoe. Imagine the curly toe on buddy of 55 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:37,760 Speaker 2: the elf. Anyway, this breaks off and nothing is left 56 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 2: for the elk to walk on but exposed bone. During 57 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:45,120 Speaker 2: the progression of this disease, the hoof foot and leg 58 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 2: gets progressively more painful. The elk don't walk or stand 59 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 2: on the affected limb to the point where that limb 60 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 2: becomes paralyzed. It also stinks. We watched ravens continually harass 61 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 2: infected animals by nipping at the stinking hoofs. This is 62 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 2: another fatal disease. So why again would you try to 63 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 2: kill an animal that you want to eat with this infection? Well, 64 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 2: a couple reasons. As far as we know, hoof disease 65 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 2: is transmitted animal to animal, so by removing an infected 66 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:18,599 Speaker 2: animal from a herd, we may be breaking the chain 67 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 2: of transmission. And as an additional incentive, Washington Department of 68 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:26,160 Speaker 2: Fish and Wildlife has created a special drawing for hunters 69 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 2: who harvest infected animals, in which special tags can be 70 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 2: drawn for trophy opportunities. So you win twice. Man more 71 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:36,360 Speaker 2: to come on this one, lots more. Who's a real 72 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:38,240 Speaker 2: eye opener. We got to talk with a lot of 73 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:41,120 Speaker 2: the people involved in the research. It was amazing. In 74 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:43,839 Speaker 2: the meantime, if you want to help with this, be 75 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:47,719 Speaker 2: on the lookout for lesions, blisters, and red spots in 76 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 2: that space between your elk toes, you know, the inner 77 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:59,720 Speaker 2: digital zone, moving on to the conflagration desk. Two hunters 78 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:02,840 Speaker 2: died this month and separate incidents involving propane heaters and 79 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 2: hunting blinds, and Pennsylvania's seventy six year old Raymond Seville 80 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 2: Junior died from smoke inhalation after the propane heater he 81 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:13,480 Speaker 2: was using leaked the flammable liquid and caught on fire. 82 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 2: The Fulton County coroner told local media he believes an 83 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 2: animal had chewed the hose that connected the heater to 84 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 2: the propane tank, and the fuel spread to Seville's clothes. 85 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 2: Seville's wife tried to get her husband out of the blind, 86 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 2: but he had mobility issues and she wasn't able to 87 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 2: overcome the smoke and the heat. In a separate incident, 88 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:33,800 Speaker 2: this one in Michigan, a seventy five year old man 89 00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 2: died in a similar accident. He and his grandson were 90 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:40,160 Speaker 2: hunting on the opening day of white tail rifle season 91 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:43,719 Speaker 2: in Sanilac County. The grandson was hunting in a different 92 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:45,920 Speaker 2: part of the property when he heard popping sounds he 93 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,800 Speaker 2: thought were rifle shots, but then he saw smoke, so 94 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 2: he hurried over to the blind where his grandfather was hunting. 95 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:54,479 Speaker 2: He found his grandfather lying dead outside the blind while 96 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:57,920 Speaker 2: the structure was still on fire. An investigation is ongoing, 97 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:00,880 Speaker 2: but authority say a propane heater likely cause the blaze. 98 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:03,279 Speaker 2: If you plan to use a propane heater in a 99 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:06,600 Speaker 2: hunting blind or ice fishing shack, here's a couple of tips. First, 100 00:06:06,839 --> 00:06:09,839 Speaker 2: brand new can of propane. Check all the connections for leaks. 101 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 2: Use little soapy water. Splash it on there. If it 102 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:16,359 Speaker 2: makes bubbles, tighten up those connections or start all over again. 103 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:20,479 Speaker 2: Don't leave the heater in the blind unattended, especially not 104 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 2: for an extended period of time. Also, be sure the 105 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:26,480 Speaker 2: blind is properly ventilated. Dying in a fire will get 106 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:28,560 Speaker 2: you on the news, but the real threat from propane 107 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:32,359 Speaker 2: heaters is carbon monoxide poisoning. Heaters designed for hunting blind 108 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:36,280 Speaker 2: still produce carbon monoxide, which is a poisonous, odorless gas 109 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 2: that can kill you in minutes. Be sure your blind 110 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 2: has a window or roof vent You can also install 111 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 2: a carbon monoxide detector to make sure the levels don't 112 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 2: get too high. For more on this story, check out 113 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:51,320 Speaker 2: the article on the meat eater dot com. Moving on 114 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 2: to the Damn Desk, a document recently leaked by Republican 115 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:59,679 Speaker 2: members of Congress reveals that the Biden administration would support 116 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:03,160 Speaker 2: tearing down the Lower Snake River dams in eastern Washington. 117 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:07,120 Speaker 2: The proposed agreement between four native tribes, Washington, Oregon, and 118 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:09,960 Speaker 2: the federal government would spend more than one billion dollars 119 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 2: to prepare for breaching the four hydro electric dams and 120 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 2: to promote fish populations. The agreement does not go so 121 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:19,000 Speaker 2: far as to approve the removal of these dams, but 122 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:22,360 Speaker 2: it does propose ways to replace the services they provide 123 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 2: and a plan to restore salmon and steelhead populations. The 124 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:28,480 Speaker 2: four hydro electric dams along the Lower Snake River have 125 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:32,280 Speaker 2: been a source of controversy for years. Anglers and conservationists 126 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:34,960 Speaker 2: have called for their removal in order to save dwindling 127 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:37,480 Speaker 2: numbers of salmon and steelhead that make their way up 128 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:41,560 Speaker 2: the river into Idaho. In twenty eighteen, the Idaho Department 129 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 2: of Fishing Game temporarily close their popular and economically important 130 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 2: steelhead fishery across the entire state due to small runs 131 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 2: coming up the Snake. In twenty nineteen, they closed the 132 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:54,600 Speaker 2: entire Clearwater River basinto Chinook Salmon fishing, and a few 133 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 2: months later they closed it to steelheading as well. While 134 00:07:57,840 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 2: the state used to see more than one hundred thousand 135 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:02,960 Speaker 2: wild steelhead every year, these days the figures are closer 136 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:06,080 Speaker 2: to ten thousand. The dams aren't the only reason for 137 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:11,120 Speaker 2: this decline. Pollution, overfishing, ocean conditions, and growing predator populations 138 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 2: have also played a role, but a lot of those 139 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:17,600 Speaker 2: issues are exacerbated by the dams being there. Those who 140 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 2: argue for the removal of the dam say the structures 141 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 2: do far more harm than good. Stagnant water raises the 142 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:27,040 Speaker 2: water temperature, and predators like smallmouth bass and northern pike 143 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 2: minto have proliferated. Native tribes in the area have been 144 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 2: requesting for decades that the dams be removed, and as 145 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:37,360 Speaker 2: the fish populations continue to decline, anglers have joined the call. 146 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:40,880 Speaker 2: But removing the dams is much more difficult than it sounds. 147 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:44,439 Speaker 2: For one thing, these dams produce an enormous amount of electricity, 148 00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:46,760 Speaker 2: enough to power a city about the size of Seattle. 149 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:49,760 Speaker 2: The dams were originally built to allow barge traffic from 150 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:53,960 Speaker 2: Lewiston that's Lewiston, Idaho, to reach the Pacific Ocean, and 151 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:57,480 Speaker 2: they still perform that function. They also provide irrigation for 152 00:08:57,559 --> 00:09:00,960 Speaker 2: farmers and ranchers. The Leaked plan poses to answer some 153 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 2: of these objections by setting aside money to identify the 154 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:06,280 Speaker 2: best ways to meet the region's energy resource needs and 155 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:09,760 Speaker 2: clean energy goals. The Department of Energy would, for example, 156 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:12,720 Speaker 2: pay for the four Lower Columbia River tribes to develop 157 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 2: clean and renewable energy projects. The Pacific Northwest Tribal Energy 158 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:20,680 Speaker 2: Program would theoretically replace the power lost by the removal 159 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:24,560 Speaker 2: of the dams. On the conservation side, salmon would be 160 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:28,320 Speaker 2: reintroduced into the Upper Columbia River basin, and improvements would 161 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:31,120 Speaker 2: be made in the basins to support lamprey, white sturgeon, 162 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:35,040 Speaker 2: bowl trout, and other native fish and shellfish. It's unclear 163 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:38,480 Speaker 2: what affects this Leak proposal will have if any legal 164 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 2: experts disagree about whether the dams can be removed by 165 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:44,920 Speaker 2: federal agencies or whether it requires an Act of Congress. 166 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:47,800 Speaker 2: So it's not like the Biden administration can move forward 167 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:50,080 Speaker 2: with their plan immediately, but it does give us a 168 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:53,640 Speaker 2: window into what they're thinking. If control of Congress changes, 169 00:09:53,679 --> 00:09:56,400 Speaker 2: but the White House doesn't, the Lower Snake River dams 170 00:09:56,400 --> 00:10:03,120 Speaker 2: may not be around much longer. Moving on to the 171 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:07,400 Speaker 2: corner crossing desk, the landowner at the center of the 172 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:10,320 Speaker 2: corner crossing controversy in Wyoming says the judge got it 173 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:12,719 Speaker 2: wrong when he sided with the four hunters who had 174 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:16,120 Speaker 2: the temerity to cross into his airspace. In our last 175 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:19,760 Speaker 2: update on this case, Judge Scott Skovdahl ruled that there 176 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:23,160 Speaker 2: is no civil liability if someone crosses from public land 177 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:26,000 Speaker 2: to public land at the corners where the parcels meet, 178 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:28,240 Speaker 2: as long as they do not touch the surface of 179 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 2: private land or damage private property. This was a big 180 00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:34,480 Speaker 2: win for public land users in Wyoming, but we always 181 00:10:34,559 --> 00:10:37,960 Speaker 2: knew the landowner, a fellow named Fred Eshlman, would likely 182 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:41,720 Speaker 2: appeal the ruling. Letting the public access their own property 183 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:44,880 Speaker 2: would likely diminish the value of Eshlman's ranch because he 184 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:48,880 Speaker 2: purchased the property with the understanding that he'd have exclusive 185 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:53,160 Speaker 2: access to those public parcels. Now he's filed an appeal 186 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:55,240 Speaker 2: with the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. 187 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:58,840 Speaker 2: Eshlman argues that the judge relied on bad precedent when 188 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:02,120 Speaker 2: he made his decision. If you read Judge Gobdal's ruling, 189 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:04,480 Speaker 2: which I encourage you to do. It's great. You'll notice 190 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:06,680 Speaker 2: that he faces much of his argument on a nineteen 191 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:11,280 Speaker 2: fourteen case called Macki v. Yuinta development company. In that case, 192 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:13,960 Speaker 2: a federal appeals court ruled that a sheep farmer could 193 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:17,120 Speaker 2: graze his sheep across private land in order to access 194 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:20,120 Speaker 2: public property. If the court sided with the sheep farmer 195 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:23,160 Speaker 2: in that case, surely a few hunters who never even 196 00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:26,520 Speaker 2: touched private property should be allowed to corner cross. But 197 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:30,160 Speaker 2: Eshlman's lawyers called that line of reasoning an error. McKay 198 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:33,280 Speaker 2: is not binding, persuasive, or even good law, they say 199 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:36,200 Speaker 2: in their appeal. The reason gets a little complicated, but 200 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:39,800 Speaker 2: basically it comes down to jurisdiction. US appeals courts all 201 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:43,240 Speaker 2: have jurisdiction over different regions of the country. McKay was 202 00:11:43,240 --> 00:11:45,480 Speaker 2: decided by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, but in 203 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:48,880 Speaker 2: nineteen twenty nine, Congress split the Eighth Circuit Court into 204 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:52,600 Speaker 2: two courts to create the new Tenth Circuit. The Tenth Circuit, 205 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:55,360 Speaker 2: according to Eshlman, has never held that rulings of the 206 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:59,640 Speaker 2: former Eighth Circuit are controlling. There's just one problem. The 207 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:04,239 Speaker 2: case originated in Wyoming. At the time of McKay, Wyoming 208 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:08,040 Speaker 2: was part of the Eighth Circuit. Scobdahll wrote, because McKay 209 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:11,640 Speaker 2: originated from the district of Wyoming, this court can find 210 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:14,520 Speaker 2: no reasonable basis to believe it is not bound by 211 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:18,320 Speaker 2: McKay's decision. We'll see whether the Tenth Circuit Court buys 212 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 2: Eshelman's argument. If they don't, and they decide to uphold 213 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:24,920 Speaker 2: Scobdall's ruling, it could remove civil liability for corner crossing 214 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:28,880 Speaker 2: in even more western states. Scobdall's decision only applies to Wyoming, 215 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:33,280 Speaker 2: but the full Tenth Circuit governs Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Kansas, 216 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:36,120 Speaker 2: and Oklahoma. A win at the Tenth Circuit might open 217 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:39,560 Speaker 2: up landlocked public land in those states as well, if 218 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:41,679 Speaker 2: the good Lord's willing and the creek don't rise, as 219 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:46,880 Speaker 2: they say. Moving on to the mistaken identity desk or 220 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 2: is it you be the judge? A sixty two year 221 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:53,800 Speaker 2: old hunter in Wisconsin shot a woman during deer season 222 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:56,319 Speaker 2: this year because he thought her dog was a doe. 223 00:12:56,720 --> 00:12:59,120 Speaker 2: The Wisconsin d and R reports that his forty seven 224 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:01,760 Speaker 2: year old woman was walking her dog on private property 225 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:04,720 Speaker 2: in Big Flats Township on the opening weekend of rifle 226 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:07,640 Speaker 2: deer season. The woman was struck in the abdomen and 227 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:10,079 Speaker 2: had to be transported to the hospital in a helicopter. 228 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:12,439 Speaker 2: I haven't been able to get an update on her condition, 229 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 2: but media reports at the time indicated she was receiving treatment. 230 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:18,680 Speaker 2: The DNR is investigating the incident, and no charges have 231 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:21,800 Speaker 2: been filed as of yet. A DNR official said the 232 00:13:21,880 --> 00:13:25,120 Speaker 2: hunter was disabled and mentioned that some disabled hunters are 233 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:28,080 Speaker 2: allowed to hunt from their vehicles. It's unclear whether that's 234 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:30,920 Speaker 2: what's happened in this case, and the DNR hasn't named 235 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:35,440 Speaker 2: either individual. The DNR also recommended that non hunters wear 236 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:40,840 Speaker 2: bright colors during gun season. I'm sure better safe than sorry, 237 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:44,600 Speaker 2: but we know hunting is a responsibility game, and we 238 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:48,040 Speaker 2: id our target. We know what we're shooting at always 239 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:53,680 Speaker 2: and what's beyond. Another case of mistaken identity unfolded this 240 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:56,439 Speaker 2: month in Pennsylvania, where a hunter was shot by another 241 00:13:56,520 --> 00:13:59,559 Speaker 2: hunter who mistook him for a coyoke. Officials with the 242 00:13:59,559 --> 00:14:02,080 Speaker 2: Pennsylvany Any Game Commission say the victim had wrapped up 243 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:04,200 Speaker 2: an evening of deer hunting and was packing things in 244 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 2: his car when he heard a rifle shot. He walked 245 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:08,560 Speaker 2: back into the field to see if the deer were 246 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:11,079 Speaker 2: being pushed his way, but the shot he heard had 247 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:14,000 Speaker 2: been made by another hunter who had fired at a coyote. 248 00:14:14,400 --> 00:14:17,400 Speaker 2: When the coyote hunter saw the victim in the field, 249 00:14:17,679 --> 00:14:20,320 Speaker 2: he thought it was the coyote, so he pulled the 250 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:23,400 Speaker 2: trigger and hit the victim in the shoulder. The coyote 251 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:25,960 Speaker 2: hunter rendered aid and called nine to one one around 252 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:29,680 Speaker 2: five thirty pm. The incident is still under investigation. It 253 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:32,040 Speaker 2: occurred on private land, but it's unclear if the men 254 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:35,080 Speaker 2: knew each other. The Pennsylvania Game Commission notes that the 255 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:37,720 Speaker 2: man had taken off his hunter's orange vest when he 256 00:14:37,760 --> 00:14:40,480 Speaker 2: went back to his vehicle. I'm sure wearing orange would 257 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:42,920 Speaker 2: have helped prevent the incident, but if you mistake a 258 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:45,920 Speaker 2: person for a coyote, it means you're shooting at movement 259 00:14:46,160 --> 00:14:50,720 Speaker 2: or shadows. Let's not do that, Okay, Moving on to 260 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:56,320 Speaker 2: the legislative desk. We'll start this legislative update in Washington. 261 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:56,200 Speaker 1: D C. 262 00:14:56,360 --> 00:14:59,160 Speaker 2: Where the House Natural Resources Committee is considering a bill 263 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:02,920 Speaker 2: that would digitize information on federal waterways. The bill is 264 00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:06,440 Speaker 2: called the Map Waters Act, which should sound familiar. In 265 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:09,800 Speaker 2: twenty twenty two, Congress passed and the President signed the 266 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:13,640 Speaker 2: Map Land Act, which required federal agencies to digitize public 267 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:16,760 Speaker 2: land mapping data so it could be accessed on apps 268 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:20,160 Speaker 2: like on x. The Map Waters Act does exactly the 269 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:23,640 Speaker 2: same thing. The Act directs federal agencies to digitize water 270 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:27,840 Speaker 2: and fishing, access and recreational use information on federal waterways 271 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 2: and make those resources readily available to the public. This 272 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:35,040 Speaker 2: information would include things like which waterways are open to watercraft, 273 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:39,120 Speaker 2: watercraft restrictions, the location and boundaries of fishing zones, and 274 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:42,800 Speaker 2: fishing restrictions on tackle. If the waterway is controlled by 275 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:45,680 Speaker 2: the Bureau of Reclamation, the National Park Service, the Bureau 276 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:48,480 Speaker 2: of Land Management, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 277 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:51,800 Speaker 2: or the Forest Service, the federal government would be required 278 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:56,080 Speaker 2: to digitize this information. Obviously, this is a great piece 279 00:15:56,120 --> 00:15:59,360 Speaker 2: of legislation. We should know about all the waterways we 280 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:02,320 Speaker 2: have accessed, and it should be easy to find information 281 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 2: about rules and regulations on those bodies of water. The 282 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:09,160 Speaker 2: Map Waters Act takes advantage of modern technology to make 283 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:11,680 Speaker 2: it easier for anglers to do what they love safely 284 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 2: and legally, and that sounds like a great idea to 285 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:19,480 Speaker 2: me sticking around in our nation's capital. Leaders of the 286 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:23,680 Speaker 2: House Natural Resources Committee recently unveiled a bipartisan bill intended 287 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:27,480 Speaker 2: to support the outdoor recreation movement that's been going gangbusters 288 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:31,880 Speaker 2: since the pandemic. Republican Bruce Westerman joined forces with Democrat 289 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:35,240 Speaker 2: Raoul Raalva to write the bill, and it includes fifteen 290 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 2: proposals from both sides of the aisle. These proposals would 291 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:42,080 Speaker 2: do everything from build more adaptive trails for disabled people 292 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:47,360 Speaker 2: to require agencies to identify opportunities for target shooting. Other 293 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:50,640 Speaker 2: proposals would try to address overcrowding at national parks by 294 00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:54,360 Speaker 2: creating a pilot program to track visitation data in real 295 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:57,320 Speaker 2: time for the most used areas. The bill would also 296 00:16:57,400 --> 00:17:00,720 Speaker 2: modernize the process for obtaining permits to act says federal 297 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:03,480 Speaker 2: lands and declare that it is the policy of the 298 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:08,120 Speaker 2: federal government to quote, foster, and encourage recreation on federal 299 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:11,600 Speaker 2: recreational lands and waters. The bill has been dubbed the 300 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:17,200 Speaker 2: Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Experiences or EXPLORE Act. Its 301 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:19,280 Speaker 2: authors hope to pass it by the end of the year. 302 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:24,639 Speaker 2: In North Carolina, the Wildlife Resource Commission is asking for 303 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:27,480 Speaker 2: public comment on a raft of new rules and regulations 304 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:30,880 Speaker 2: for hunting and fishing. Most of the regulations only impact 305 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:34,320 Speaker 2: certain game lands or recreation areas, but some apply to 306 00:17:34,359 --> 00:17:38,520 Speaker 2: the entire state. One regulation, for example, would prohibit hunting 307 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:42,440 Speaker 2: under the influence of quote and impairing substance. The current 308 00:17:42,520 --> 00:17:45,520 Speaker 2: REGs prohibit hunting under the influence of alcohol or a 309 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:49,560 Speaker 2: narcotic drug, but marijuana doesn't fall into either of those categories, 310 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:54,119 Speaker 2: and wildlife enforcement officers routinely encounter individuals high on the 311 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:57,199 Speaker 2: herb as they say, how do you do, fellow kids? 312 00:17:57,520 --> 00:18:01,560 Speaker 2: What the new regulation would prohib at that activity. Another 313 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:04,320 Speaker 2: proposal would move the Western black powder and gun season 314 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:07,080 Speaker 2: until later in the year, while another would remove certain 315 00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:10,879 Speaker 2: bear baiting restrictions during the second segment of Mountain bear season. 316 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:13,159 Speaker 2: For a full list of all the eggs and how 317 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:15,879 Speaker 2: to weigh in, visit the meat eater dot com forward 318 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:18,560 Speaker 2: slash col and for everyone who doesn't live in the 319 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:21,640 Speaker 2: tire Heel state, be looking for similar proposals in your 320 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:24,000 Speaker 2: neck of the woods. It's the time of the year 321 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:27,560 Speaker 2: when game commissions start identifying things they'd like to change 322 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:32,919 Speaker 2: before next season rolls around. In Utah, for example, the 323 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:35,800 Speaker 2: Wildlife Board just voted on several new changes to the 324 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:39,080 Speaker 2: state's big game hunting rules. First, they remove the length 325 00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:42,399 Speaker 2: restrictions on arrows and bolts for air gun archery and 326 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:46,280 Speaker 2: crossbow hunting. Second, they prohibited the use of scope stronger 327 00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:50,000 Speaker 2: than one power on muzzleloaders for all muzzleloader hunts. Hunters 328 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:53,880 Speaker 2: can use greater magnification on muzzleloaders during general gun season, 329 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:57,760 Speaker 2: but during muzzleloader season they can only use iron sights 330 00:18:57,800 --> 00:19:01,359 Speaker 2: or red dots and scopes with a one x magnification. 331 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:07,280 Speaker 2: Moving on to the wolverine desk, the US Fish and 332 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:10,160 Speaker 2: Wildlife Service issued a final rule last month that adds 333 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:13,800 Speaker 2: wolverines to the endangered Species list. The agency says that 334 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:18,200 Speaker 2: the species warrants listing quote due primarily to the ongoing 335 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:22,520 Speaker 2: and increasing impacts of climate change and associated habitat degradation 336 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:26,840 Speaker 2: and fragmentation. They're an estimated three hundred wolverines across the 337 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:30,040 Speaker 2: Northwest and Northern Rockies, though the animals are so elusive 338 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:33,320 Speaker 2: and widely dispersed and exact number is hard to pin down. 339 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:37,200 Speaker 2: The decision to list wolverines as endangered has been finalized, 340 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:40,359 Speaker 2: but the regulations and restrictions that result from that listing 341 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:43,600 Speaker 2: have not. The Fish and Wildlife Service also issued an 342 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:47,280 Speaker 2: interim rule that spells out those regulations, and they're accepting 343 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:51,160 Speaker 2: comments on that interim rule through January twenty ninth, twenty 344 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:55,159 Speaker 2: twenty four. Of particular concern to outdoorsmen is how this 345 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:59,920 Speaker 2: new designation will impact legal trapping. Wolverines were already protect 346 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:02,400 Speaker 2: on the state level, but adding them to the Endangered 347 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:07,320 Speaker 2: Species list increases federal protections and penalties. Fortunately, the proposed 348 00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:10,800 Speaker 2: rule does contain some exceptions. Wolverines can be trapped by 349 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:14,239 Speaker 2: state and federal biologists for conservation purposes, as well as 350 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:17,320 Speaker 2: by legal trappers who are targeting other animals and are 351 00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:21,399 Speaker 2: following restrictions designed to minimize wolverine take. Those sound like 352 00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:25,800 Speaker 2: reasonable exceptions, but the rule also contains a qualifier. Incidental 353 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:28,360 Speaker 2: take will only be allowed if it occurs quote at 354 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:33,000 Speaker 2: minimal levels not likely to impact the species conservation right now. 355 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:36,439 Speaker 2: The agency says that incidental take is minimal. Wolverines are 356 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:40,280 Speaker 2: usually taken by wolf trappers. There have been ten wolverines 357 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:44,680 Speaker 2: taken in Montana since twenty twelve, which resulted in three mortalities. 358 00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:48,320 Speaker 2: In Idaho. Between November of twenty seventeen in August of 359 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:52,080 Speaker 2: twenty twenty two, there were nine wolverines trapped, which resulted 360 00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:55,800 Speaker 2: in two mortalities. All states have regulations that seek to 361 00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:58,520 Speaker 2: prevent the incidental trapping of wolverines, and the Fish and 362 00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:02,080 Speaker 2: Wildlife Service says that incidtident take that does occur isn't 363 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:06,400 Speaker 2: likely to impact conservation efforts. However, anti trapping groups will 364 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:09,600 Speaker 2: almost certainly use this new designation to argue that all 365 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:12,639 Speaker 2: wolf trapping should be prohibited. As we covered in a 366 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:15,359 Speaker 2: recent episode, several of these groups are suing to stop 367 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:18,840 Speaker 2: wolf trapping because they say it endangers grizzly bears. The 368 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:21,680 Speaker 2: grizzly bear population in the Northern Rockies is far more 369 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:25,359 Speaker 2: robust than the wolverine population. If animal rights groups can 370 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:28,600 Speaker 2: argue that trapping threatens the grizzly population, you can bet 371 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:32,200 Speaker 2: that they'll say the same about wolverines. In fact, they 372 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:36,879 Speaker 2: already are. Bethany Cotton, conservation director at Cascadia wild Lands, 373 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:40,120 Speaker 2: told Utah Public Radio that she doesn't think trapping should 374 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:42,840 Speaker 2: be allowed in the new rule. She called the trapping 375 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:46,080 Speaker 2: exceptions quote unfortunate and wants to see a rule that 376 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:51,320 Speaker 2: quote really protects wolverines. Wolverine trapping is already illegal and 377 00:21:51,359 --> 00:21:54,679 Speaker 2: the current incidental take is minimal. I can only assume 378 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:56,560 Speaker 2: that the kind of rule Cotton would be happy with 379 00:21:56,840 --> 00:22:00,520 Speaker 2: is one that outlaws all trapping. If wolverines are in dangered, 380 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:02,679 Speaker 2: they should be added to the list. But there's a 381 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:05,600 Speaker 2: way to protect wolverines as well as our outdoor heritage. 382 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:09,720 Speaker 2: Hopefully the Fish and Wildlife Service understands that if you'd 383 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:11,640 Speaker 2: like to weigh in on this new rule, we'll post 384 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:13,960 Speaker 2: a link at the meteater dot com forward slash col. 385 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:16,600 Speaker 2: That's all I've got for you this week. Thank you 386 00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:19,159 Speaker 2: so much for listening, and remember to write in to 387 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:22,000 Speaker 2: a s K C A L. 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