1 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:13,480 Speaker 1: From Mediators World News Headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is 2 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:18,320 Speaker 1: Cal's wee Can Review with Ryan cal Callahan. Now Here's Cal. 3 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 1: South Dakota debates cutting back on spring non resident turkey 4 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 1: licenses or hunting opportunity. The Black Hills zone has been 5 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 1: a hot spot for the traveling turkey hunter, and residents 6 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 1: say the pressure is too much. States like Colorado and 7 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:38,559 Speaker 1: Wyoming that have long been high on non resident opportunity 8 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:42,560 Speaker 1: are starting to respond to an increasing resident hunter request 9 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:47,360 Speaker 1: for fish and Game agencies to provide for quality hunting opportunity, 10 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:52,840 Speaker 1: not just opportunity. Non residents accounted for sixty nine percent 11 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:55,320 Speaker 1: of the turkey harvest in the Black Hills last spring. 12 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:58,440 Speaker 1: There were also three hundred and forty six fewer in 13 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 1: state resident license wholes in the Black Hills than non residents. 14 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:07,959 Speaker 1: Non residents purchased three thousand, one hundred and seventy of 15 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:12,440 Speaker 1: the unlimited licenses. Among others, the Black Hills Sportsmen's Club 16 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:15,480 Speaker 1: in the South Dakota Wildlife Federation petitioned the state to 17 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 1: use their standard method of tag allocation, which is a 18 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:22,959 Speaker 1: cap of twenty two percent of available tags made available 19 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 1: or set aside for non residents, which would have created 20 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:30,360 Speaker 1: a cap of less than seven hundred tags for non residents. 21 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 1: Although that was the want, the Commission voted seven to 22 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:38,479 Speaker 1: one in favor of establishing a non resident license cap 23 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 1: at two thousand, two hundred and twenty five. As they say, 24 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 1: it's not a compromise unless everyone is unhappy. But I 25 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 1: see this as a win for residents as the region 26 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:53,200 Speaker 1: has a lot of access turkeys and until now didn't 27 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 1: have a tag cap of any kind for non residents. 28 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:59,320 Speaker 1: South Dakota residents will have to see what the turkey 29 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 1: season brings next season, and be sure to send your 30 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 1: comments into South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks and let 31 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 1: them know about your experience, as well as the Black 32 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 1: Hills Sportsman's Club and the South Dakota Wildlife Federation. Non 33 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 1: residents who draw tags in the Black Hills for the 34 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 1: twenty twenty five season, keep in mind you represent the 35 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:21,880 Speaker 1: rest of us non South Dakota license plated vehicles, so 36 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 1: mind your manners. Pick up trash even if it's not yours, 37 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:31,040 Speaker 1: Be courteous and kill that bird, don't just educate them. 38 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:35,000 Speaker 1: This week, we've got Public Lands BLM Crime Desk and 39 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 1: the Right whale goes to Ireland. But first I'm going 40 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:41,640 Speaker 1: to tell you about my week, and my week well 41 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 1: you know a ton about it. If you listened to 42 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 1: our last drop with Massachusetts Fishery, safe to say we 43 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:50,160 Speaker 1: got down deep on stripe bass on that last episode. 44 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:52,200 Speaker 1: Be sure to write in and let me know what 45 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:54,399 Speaker 1: you think. I want to throw out a couple more 46 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 1: points on top of what you've already heard. There are 47 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:00,400 Speaker 1: a lot of factors in any conservation story. It's not 48 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 1: just one thing that creates an issue, in this case, 49 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 1: a questionable stripe maass future. If I had to condense 50 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:11,079 Speaker 1: my week in Massachusetts as tightly as possible, I'd knock 51 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 1: it down to this. The mass shoreline is super impressive, 52 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:19,799 Speaker 1: the traffic roundabouts not so much. Stripe bass is an 53 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:25,680 Speaker 1: incredibly awesome and accessible species. We talk about how hunting, 54 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:29,959 Speaker 1: like for big game loses, like our community loses as 55 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 1: more people become separated from game meet or separated from 56 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 1: hunters by more degrees of separation like that. You know 57 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 1: how many degrees from Kevin Bacon game right well on 58 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:45,160 Speaker 1: the mass coast, it seems that everyone couldn't be more 59 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 1: than one or two degrees of separation from a stripe 60 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 1: bass angler or a stripe bass file. If they are 61 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:54,880 Speaker 1: separated by more than two degrees of separation, it's by choice. 62 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 1: This is an amazing fish, very accessible. Like I said, 63 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 1: people like to eat them to catch them. That fish 64 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 1: itself eats a variety of things that most anglers have 65 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 1: access to. The elite live bait, cut bait, soft plastics, 66 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 1: where Paula's jigs, top water plugs. You name it as such. 67 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:15,760 Speaker 1: You have a ton of interested parties involved in the fisheries, 68 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:19,600 Speaker 1: all of which want a part of stripe bass charter captains, 69 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:22,839 Speaker 1: commercial anglers, the surfcast or so on. What the state 70 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 1: of Massachusetts, or if you want me to be like 71 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 1: more pointed the state fisheries folks. I worked with Matt 72 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 1: the diver ben Gehegen Bill Hoffman. They are all very 73 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:36,960 Speaker 1: interested in striper too. They want without a doubt striper 74 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:41,120 Speaker 1: for everyone. But what the data both from Mass Fish 75 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:45,119 Speaker 1: and the anecdotal data or good old regular folk data, 76 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:47,760 Speaker 1: i e. The crowd that goes into the bait and 77 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:51,720 Speaker 1: tackle shops like Surfland on Plum Island, or the sports 78 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:53,479 Speaker 1: that are head out on a charter with the boys 79 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:56,479 Speaker 1: at Mass bay guides and situate or the cottagers down 80 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 1: on the cape who are looking for slot fish, you know, 81 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:02,919 Speaker 1: during their Setaturday to Saturday vacation rental. What those folks 82 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:06,040 Speaker 1: are all saying is that there are some age classes 83 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 1: of fish that just are not out there. They're not 84 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:11,600 Speaker 1: showing up on the end of the hook. Those annoying 85 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:15,039 Speaker 1: tiny stripe bass that attack everything you throw out, which 86 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:17,279 Speaker 1: are great for kids, but they steal your bait and 87 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:20,240 Speaker 1: can prevent you from getting through to the big boys 88 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:23,720 Speaker 1: and girls. Where are they? Are you noticing a lot 89 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:26,760 Speaker 1: of fish that are about the exact same size right 90 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:30,599 Speaker 1: now From this anecdotal angler's perspective, stripe bass fishing is 91 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:34,080 Speaker 1: absolutely fantastic. I'd say ninety two percent of the fish 92 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:37,719 Speaker 1: caught over five days of hard fishing. We're over twenty 93 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:40,599 Speaker 1: five inches, and we fish deep, we fish shallow. We 94 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:43,560 Speaker 1: fish in the bays and the estuaries, tidal rips, on 95 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:47,320 Speaker 1: the rocks, in the spray open ocean. Everything we could 96 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:50,960 Speaker 1: think of throwing, we threw, and we essentially caught the 97 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 1: same fish, some fish between forty five and forty eight inches, 98 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 1: some fish in the low thirty inch range, some fish 99 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:01,919 Speaker 1: in the high twenty inch range, but nothing strikingly different, 100 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 1: and therein lies the threat to this every angler's fish 101 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:09,840 Speaker 1: being available for every angler in the future. If the 102 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:13,000 Speaker 1: striper don't show up when they're small, they aren't going 103 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 1: to show up when they are big, and they aren't 104 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 1: going to go up the Chesapeak or the Hudson to spawn. 105 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:21,360 Speaker 1: Anglers who are chasing stripers in the late nineteen eighties 106 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 1: and early nineteen nineties know what it's like to experience 107 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:28,040 Speaker 1: a bus cycle or near fishery collapse, which is why 108 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:31,840 Speaker 1: when we all collectively deal with limited resources, we need 109 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:36,240 Speaker 1: to understand how our collective actions affect that resource. How 110 00:06:36,279 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 1: we hook, fight, and handle a fish, and in what 111 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:43,280 Speaker 1: temperature of water will determine if that fish swims beyond 112 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:45,919 Speaker 1: that day whether it can be caught by another angler 113 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:49,359 Speaker 1: in Massachusetts or in another state or another province. We 114 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 1: all have a hand in this. Check out mass Division 115 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:54,880 Speaker 1: of Fisheries for more info and how you can get 116 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:58,840 Speaker 1: involved in ongoing citizen science that will help preserve striper. 117 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:01,680 Speaker 1: This is all go into a future episode of cal 118 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:04,440 Speaker 1: in the Field. Check out the meat Eater YouTube channel 119 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:07,840 Speaker 1: for all sorts of good stuff. Long winded I know 120 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:12,280 Speaker 1: believe it or not anyway, a couple more housekeeping things 121 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:17,880 Speaker 1: Western ware not pearl buttons, but the first light Western 122 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:21,680 Speaker 1: hunting lineup is rolling out on the website, including the 123 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:24,600 Speaker 1: new flash Storm jacket and three to eight pant, plus 124 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:28,400 Speaker 1: a bunch of other great stuff. Also, if you're interested 125 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:31,000 Speaker 1: in joining us the Meat Eater Crew on a couple 126 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:34,360 Speaker 1: of adventures this fall, like fishing in Louisiana or duck 127 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 1: hunting in Kansas, hit up the website and look for 128 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:40,560 Speaker 1: Meat Eater excursions. A bunch of great gear comes with 129 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:43,160 Speaker 1: each trip and we'll learn a bunch about the fishery 130 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:47,400 Speaker 1: or flyway as well as preparation, packaging and cooking. And 131 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 1: best part is we'll do it all together. Now. Super 132 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:53,720 Speaker 1: special way to get out there and join us is 133 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 1: by going to our conservation partners like TRCP, Backcountry Hunters 134 00:07:57,840 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 1: and Anglers, Delta Waterfowl Howl Dot Coloradoms for Responsible Wildlife 135 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:05,280 Speaker 1: Management and throwing your hat in the ring for the 136 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 1: sweepstakes those orgs are conducting. You could win a trip 137 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:13,680 Speaker 1: for two while supporting groups that are moving the needle 138 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:17,840 Speaker 1: on access, habitat, conservation, and our ability to hunt and fish. 139 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:21,520 Speaker 1: They also have an individual code that you can use 140 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 1: that will donate five hundred dollars from each trip purchase 141 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 1: directly at the meatieater dot com to that organization. For example, 142 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 1: if you were to buy a trip from US and 143 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:36,240 Speaker 1: to use the code five hundred dash BHA DASH donation 144 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 1: at checkout, BHA would then get five hundred bucks from 145 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:43,960 Speaker 1: that trip, which they'll use to expand and preserve hunting 146 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:48,479 Speaker 1: fishing access across this great nation of ours, North America. 147 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:54,079 Speaker 1: In fact, again, hit up those orgs I mentioned TRCP, BHA, 148 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:58,640 Speaker 1: Howl dot Org, Coloradoms for Responsible Wildlife Management, Delta Waterfowl. 149 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 1: Get in on those sweet stakes and try to win 150 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:11,960 Speaker 1: the trip. Be awesome. Lastly, how about that Houndations podcast 151 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:16,520 Speaker 1: with Tony Peterson. Good stuff. I hope you're listening all right. 152 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:19,560 Speaker 1: Moving on to the Montana desk, and don't worry. I'm 153 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:22,600 Speaker 1: not just bitching about outrageous taxes and out of state 154 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:26,840 Speaker 1: license plates. This is just a reminder from Montana Fish, 155 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:29,120 Speaker 1: Wildlife and Parks. If you're going to use a state 156 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:32,480 Speaker 1: fishing access site for anything, you need to purchase a 157 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:35,360 Speaker 1: conservation license. It's fine with me if you want to 158 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:37,760 Speaker 1: pop your inner tube and protest and stay at home, 159 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:42,040 Speaker 1: but you do hear this correctly. State fishing access sites 160 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:45,640 Speaker 1: are funded by conservation dollars directly through the sale of 161 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:49,040 Speaker 1: licenses and tags. As these boat launches fill with non 162 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:52,360 Speaker 1: anglers who like to park and more importantly, poop and 163 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:54,360 Speaker 1: throw things in the trash and a lot of times 164 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:57,800 Speaker 1: just throw shit on the ground, our angler dollars cannot 165 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:01,760 Speaker 1: keep up with your demands, so you must legally purchase 166 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:07,800 Speaker 1: a conservation license to play at these sites. Speaking of rivers, 167 00:10:07,880 --> 00:10:10,080 Speaker 1: the water temps are rising in many of our rivers 168 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:13,719 Speaker 1: and streams are heading into seasonal fishing closures referred to 169 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 1: as hoot owl closures. These temporary restrictions limit fishing to 170 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:20,439 Speaker 1: the cool hours of the day, no fishing between two 171 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:23,760 Speaker 1: pm and midnight as temperatures rise, catch it and release 172 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:27,440 Speaker 1: fishing turns into wanton waste unless you're planning on taking 173 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:31,440 Speaker 1: the daily creole. Limit home. Low oxygen warm water stresses 174 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:34,439 Speaker 1: the fish and they will not live after the release, 175 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:37,360 Speaker 1: so give them a break. You can read up on 176 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:43,199 Speaker 1: these restrictions at FWP dot Montana dot gov. Beaverhead River, 177 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:45,520 Speaker 1: the Big Hole River, the Bitter at the Blackfoot, the 178 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:48,680 Speaker 1: Clerk Fork, the East Gallaton, the Gallatin, the Jefferson, the Madison, 179 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:50,960 Speaker 1: the Ruby, the Silver Boat Creek, Smith River, and the 180 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:55,840 Speaker 1: Sun River all have restrictions currently in place. Check that 181 00:10:56,080 --> 00:11:01,760 Speaker 1: website before you go. Next up, it's fire season. Don't 182 00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:04,200 Speaker 1: be a knucklehead. Keep your trailer chains high so they 183 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:07,080 Speaker 1: don't make sparks on the road while dragon. Don't pitch 184 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:10,120 Speaker 1: cigarettes out the window. Pay attention to fire restrictions on 185 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:13,000 Speaker 1: state and federal lands, and better watch where you light 186 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:17,320 Speaker 1: your tpe on fire. Digging a hole is mandatory, kids, 187 00:11:19,160 --> 00:11:21,840 Speaker 1: And last one for the Montana desk. I was lucky 188 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:24,200 Speaker 1: enough to come across a rubber boa on the trail 189 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:27,560 Speaker 1: the other day. Yes, it sounds fake, but Montana is 190 00:11:27,640 --> 00:11:30,720 Speaker 1: home to a native and real life boa constrictor that 191 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:32,920 Speaker 1: looks and feels kind of like rubber Where it got 192 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:37,199 Speaker 1: its name, so I get the confusion. The rubber boa 193 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:41,920 Speaker 1: isn't super well studied. It is native to predominantly west 194 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:45,040 Speaker 1: and southwest Montana. The one I found was about two 195 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:48,480 Speaker 1: feet long and they apparently max out right around there. 196 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:51,920 Speaker 1: They eat small mammals, as one would expect. They can 197 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:55,720 Speaker 1: also be found in Washington, Oregon, California, Utah, Nevada, and Idaho. 198 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:58,960 Speaker 1: If you aren't sure about a strange snake you found. 199 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:02,199 Speaker 1: The most promi features of the reverer Boa are the rounded, 200 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:05,839 Speaker 1: blunt tail eyes that are unlike any other snake you're 201 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:08,680 Speaker 1: going to find in the state, and they have nine 202 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:13,240 Speaker 1: to eleven upper lip scales, So get real close and count. 203 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:19,480 Speaker 1: Moving on to the public land desk, the BLM is 204 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:22,120 Speaker 1: considering the sale of twenty acres of public land in 205 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:26,040 Speaker 1: order to fulfill affordable housing needs in Las Vegas, Nevada. 206 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:30,200 Speaker 1: According to BLM dot gov, a notice of realty action 207 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:33,280 Speaker 1: will publish in tomorrow's Federal Register to open a public 208 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:36,640 Speaker 1: comment period that will close August thirtieth, twenty twenty four. 209 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:40,480 Speaker 1: Written comments can be delivered to BLM Las Vegas Field office. 210 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:44,000 Speaker 1: Biggest surprise here is that this proposal does not involve 211 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:49,000 Speaker 1: Utah Senator Mike Lee, the pragmatist, the pragma test. That's 212 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:53,280 Speaker 1: a tough word. I'm a pragmatic guy and a public landowner, 213 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:56,920 Speaker 1: and I can see how this particular sale could be 214 00:12:57,080 --> 00:13:00,440 Speaker 1: a reasonable action. After all, we're not talking about a 215 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:04,280 Speaker 1: pristine piece of hunting and ankling ground or bird watching ground, 216 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:07,640 Speaker 1: but the slippery slope. Guy in me says, where is 217 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:12,079 Speaker 1: the report that shows this is necessary right now? Are 218 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:16,480 Speaker 1: there acres of underutilized infrastructure currently in place in Las 219 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:20,320 Speaker 1: Vegas that couldn't fulfill the need for affordable housing? What 220 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:23,600 Speaker 1: are the ordinances in place that promote affordable housing over 221 00:13:23,679 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 1: short term rentals? Are there incentives in place to construct 222 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:30,760 Speaker 1: actual affordable housing in Las Vegas currently? Why do we 223 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:33,840 Speaker 1: have to use public land? In other words, feel free 224 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:35,320 Speaker 1: to write in on that one. Let me know what 225 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:39,720 Speaker 1: you think. The BLM released a new management plan in 226 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:43,080 Speaker 1: Colorado that would align with Colorado State's current oil and 227 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:46,600 Speaker 1: gas management plan. Most notably, the new plan would set 228 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:50,120 Speaker 1: a density limitation for greater than one active oil and 229 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:53,800 Speaker 1: gas location per square mile in big game high priority 230 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:57,880 Speaker 1: habitat and would require operators to develop and implement mitigation 231 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:03,319 Speaker 1: plans to minimize an offset, direct, indirect, and cumulative adverse impacts. 232 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:06,560 Speaker 1: In theory, this plan will be better for wildlife and 233 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:10,320 Speaker 1: better for companies looking to lease ground for withdrawal. As previously, 234 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:14,120 Speaker 1: federal and state policies differed district by district, which would 235 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:19,160 Speaker 1: you know, create some paperwork nightmares for folks in that industry. 236 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 1: If you live in Colorado, then you know this is 237 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:27,400 Speaker 1: only part of the puzzle. Recreational demand is also taxing wildlife. 238 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:31,520 Speaker 1: The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership released a study in twenty 239 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:35,040 Speaker 1: twenty two stating that forty percent of critical elk habitat 240 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 1: in Colorado is already impacted and possibly fragmented by recreational 241 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 1: use trails. Colorado BLM manages eight point three million acres 242 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:50,640 Speaker 1: for multiple use in Colorado. Jumping over to Indiana and 243 00:14:50,760 --> 00:14:54,640 Speaker 1: public Land expansion where Willow Slew, Fish and Wildlife Area 244 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:57,640 Speaker 1: gains one hundred and seventy two plus acres from our 245 00:14:57,720 --> 00:15:01,400 Speaker 1: friends at Pheasants and Quail Forever. The additional acreage brings 246 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:06,160 Speaker 1: Willow Slough up to ten thousand acres. Pfqf's contribution here 247 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:09,080 Speaker 1: is through the Build a Wildlife Area program, which is 248 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:11,840 Speaker 1: the same program we put our cash into for the 249 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:16,920 Speaker 1: acquisition of Wildcat Bend here in Montana. Indiana DNR was 250 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 1: able to use matching funds through Pittman, Robertson and Dingle 251 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:23,880 Speaker 1: Johnson dollars. Great example of hunter and Angler dollars providing 252 00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:29,160 Speaker 1: more wildlife habitat for wildlife and access for all non 253 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:33,440 Speaker 1: hunters included. If you are in the greater Chicago land area, 254 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:36,080 Speaker 1: be aware that there are a couple of volunteer field 255 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:39,680 Speaker 1: days for habitat improvement coming up. For more info, go 256 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:46,120 Speaker 1: to on dot im dot gov Willow Slough FWA, and 257 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:48,480 Speaker 1: thank you to listener Matt from Indiana for bringing this 258 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:51,680 Speaker 1: one up. I will omit all of the details Matt 259 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:54,760 Speaker 1: provided in his email as to how special this place is, 260 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:58,040 Speaker 1: but I got the impression you should sign up for 261 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:02,160 Speaker 1: a volunteer day and get to know Willow Sleugh FWA. 262 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:06,160 Speaker 1: He'll be glad you did. FWAs are a great place 263 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:09,240 Speaker 1: to get access to the outdoors for anyone, but they 264 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:12,920 Speaker 1: also have enough infrastructure to make it easier to start out. 265 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:16,840 Speaker 1: Speaking to you beginners. While some of us crusty old 266 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:20,760 Speaker 1: farts may see parking areas and bathrooms as established people 267 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:24,120 Speaker 1: attractions to avoid, they also ensure you are in the 268 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:27,040 Speaker 1: right place, which is a huge hurdle to getting into 269 00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:30,120 Speaker 1: hunting and angling. If you're looking for some mentorship and 270 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:32,960 Speaker 1: a confident hunting partner to show you how to be 271 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:36,640 Speaker 1: safe and yes, ensure you are in the right legal spot, 272 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:39,640 Speaker 1: head over to the back country Hunters and Angler's website 273 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:42,720 Speaker 1: and look for state chapter events near you. My buddy 274 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:44,920 Speaker 1: kan Yang just shot me a note on a learned 275 00:16:44,920 --> 00:16:48,680 Speaker 1: to Hunt grouse hunting event in Minnesota. Deadline to sign 276 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:51,840 Speaker 1: up for that one is August eighth, so sign up now. 277 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:58,280 Speaker 1: Moving on to the law enforcement desk, Owner captain and 278 00:16:58,360 --> 00:17:00,760 Speaker 1: crew of the Western Sea out of Portland, Maine have 279 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:05,280 Speaker 1: pled guilty to fish fraud herring specifically kind of red 280 00:17:05,320 --> 00:17:08,639 Speaker 1: herring h no not. In this case. The fraud occurred 281 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:11,760 Speaker 1: when this group allegedly conspired to submit false reports of 282 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:15,639 Speaker 1: their herring catch and sale of Atlantic herring. The herring 283 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:18,600 Speaker 1: fishery is closely monitored as it is a species that 284 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:21,879 Speaker 1: is eaten by all other things in the sea which 285 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:26,560 Speaker 1: also have commercial markets like bluefin, tuna, and lobster. Probation 286 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:30,120 Speaker 1: and ninety five hundred dollars fines were dispersed for the misdemeanors. 287 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:34,679 Speaker 1: Three four hundred and four hollowed out bird eggs have 288 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:37,800 Speaker 1: been seized at a property in grant And, Tasmania. The 289 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:40,399 Speaker 1: eggs are blown by creating two small holes in the 290 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:44,159 Speaker 1: shell and literally blowing the contents out to prevent the 291 00:17:44,359 --> 00:17:48,959 Speaker 1: decorative egg from becoming a decorative ticking stink bomb. This 292 00:17:49,080 --> 00:17:51,760 Speaker 1: haul in the black market is worth roughly four hundred 293 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:55,000 Speaker 1: thousand Australian dollars or two hundred and sixty eight thousand 294 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:59,280 Speaker 1: US dollars, and these are obviously not plain white chicken eggs, 295 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:02,000 Speaker 1: as already four hundred of those would only run a 296 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:05,439 Speaker 1: guy maybe fifteen hundred bucks. If you aren't picky about price. 297 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:08,679 Speaker 1: I wouldn't pay that, as you know, I've got an 298 00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:12,000 Speaker 1: egg guy anyway. The sixty two year old egg blowing 299 00:18:12,040 --> 00:18:14,919 Speaker 1: Perp is alleged to have been involved in the collection 300 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:17,600 Speaker 1: and harvest of bird eggs from the wild and trading 301 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:21,199 Speaker 1: of both Australian native and sightis listed bird eggs with 302 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:25,080 Speaker 1: people overseas. According to a spokesman from the Federal Department 303 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:29,320 Speaker 1: of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, the interference 304 00:18:29,359 --> 00:18:32,240 Speaker 1: of threatened and migratory birds can carry a penalty of 305 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:35,560 Speaker 1: seven years imprisonment, a fine of one hundred and thirty 306 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:38,520 Speaker 1: eight thousand, six hundred dollars, or both. The export of 307 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:42,400 Speaker 1: Australian native specimens including eggs, and the export or import 308 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:45,719 Speaker 1: of specimens including eggs on the site's list as a 309 00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:48,680 Speaker 1: maximum penalty of ten years imprisonment, a fine of three 310 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:51,960 Speaker 1: hundred and thirty thousand dollars or both. The possession of 311 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:55,480 Speaker 1: SITI's listed specimens, including eggs, can carry a penalty of 312 00:18:55,520 --> 00:18:58,440 Speaker 1: five years imprisonment, a fine of three hundred and thirty 313 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:03,240 Speaker 1: thousand dollars, or both. Identification of species is ongoing, but 314 00:19:03,359 --> 00:19:07,040 Speaker 1: eggs from the forty spotted partiloat, swift parrot, and shy 315 00:19:07,119 --> 00:19:11,000 Speaker 1: albatross are likely amongst them. The swift parrot and chy 316 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:15,600 Speaker 1: albatross are real birds, not characters on an afternoon kids show. 317 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:19,440 Speaker 1: While it's likely that this particular egg blower will get 318 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:24,200 Speaker 1: an actual punishment, wildlife crime does quite unfortunately slip through 319 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:27,320 Speaker 1: the cracks. Here is a cold case example that a 320 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:33,720 Speaker 1: listener sent in. David Lyle, a self proclaimed naturalist, cat 321 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:37,760 Speaker 1: enthusiast and lighthouse keeper, took a new position on Stephen's Island, 322 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:39,840 Speaker 1: which is located in the Cook Strait off the coast 323 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:43,040 Speaker 1: of New Zealand. During the lighthouse keeper's time there, he 324 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:46,800 Speaker 1: was able to identify a small, flightless songbird with big feet, 325 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:50,840 Speaker 1: a short tail, and mouselike behavior, which, with the help 326 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:55,399 Speaker 1: of professionals, he named Lyle's wren. That bird was also 327 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:59,040 Speaker 1: quickly identified by Lyle's cat, which happened to be pregnant, 328 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:02,720 Speaker 1: and so within a year David Lyle was able to 329 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:05,879 Speaker 1: identify a new species as well as the extinction of 330 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:09,280 Speaker 1: an entire species. And even though this story happened in 331 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:12,520 Speaker 1: eighteen ninety five, there should have been some sort of 332 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:16,439 Speaker 1: consequence for this guy. This story has been reprinted in 333 00:20:16,520 --> 00:20:19,560 Speaker 1: a bunch of different publications, and in no version of 334 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:23,520 Speaker 1: this story does David Lyle, self proclaimed naturalist, ever kill 335 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:28,040 Speaker 1: a cat. But as they say, time heals all. I 336 00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:30,680 Speaker 1: think that's wrong for this instance. Maybe it's something about 337 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:33,679 Speaker 1: just desserts is more fitting. I don't know, but I 338 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:36,119 Speaker 1: do know. This year's Feral Cat Killing Contest and New 339 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:39,399 Speaker 1: Zealand produced a record number of dead cats, just like 340 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:42,439 Speaker 1: in eighteen ninety five, Feral cats or a disaster for 341 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:45,760 Speaker 1: native wildlife, birds, small mammals, reptiles, et cetera. In New 342 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:49,919 Speaker 1: Zealand and elsewhere, over fifteen hundred participants took part in 343 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:53,520 Speaker 1: the annual Feral Cat Killing competition, which has prizes for 344 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 1: largest and most cats killed. This year, one participant was 345 00:20:57,119 --> 00:21:00,240 Speaker 1: able to bag sixty five cats during the tournament, which 346 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:03,040 Speaker 1: isn't as much of a nod to this person's hunting ability, 347 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:05,920 Speaker 1: as it is a nod to the fact that there's 348 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:07,760 Speaker 1: just way too many stinking cats if you can kill 349 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:11,360 Speaker 1: sixty five in one day. Event organizer Matt Bailey defended 350 00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:15,040 Speaker 1: the tradition, calling the country's feral cat population possessed by 351 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:17,840 Speaker 1: the devil. And you know, I think he's right if 352 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:21,639 Speaker 1: the devil is just pure natural cat instinct. In the 353 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:24,720 Speaker 1: United States, there are sixty million to one hundred million 354 00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:28,440 Speaker 1: free ranging feral cats that conservatively kill one point three 355 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:32,760 Speaker 1: to four billion with a bee, birds and six point 356 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:37,880 Speaker 1: three to twenty two point three billion mammals each year, 357 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:44,080 Speaker 1: so much blood on those paws. There are fewer than 358 00:21:44,119 --> 00:21:47,040 Speaker 1: four hundred North Atlantic right whales left in the world. 359 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:50,480 Speaker 1: The right whale gets its name from it being the 360 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:53,760 Speaker 1: right whale to kill as it would float, making for 361 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:57,280 Speaker 1: easier recovery. The right whale was so heavily targeted by 362 00:21:57,320 --> 00:22:00,480 Speaker 1: whalers that it was almost extinct by the eighteen nineties. 363 00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:04,000 Speaker 1: No Offisheries list the one hundred and forty thousand pound 364 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:08,440 Speaker 1: fifty two foot whale as critically endangered. Since nineteen seventy 365 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:13,359 Speaker 1: there could be as few as seventy reproductively active females 366 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:17,359 Speaker 1: left worldwide as a bright spot of news. One of 367 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:21,160 Speaker 1: these incredibly rare miracles of nature was just spotted off 368 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:23,919 Speaker 1: the northwest coast of Ireland for the first time in 369 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:28,520 Speaker 1: one hundred and fourteen years. Locals there must be incredibly excited, 370 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:31,000 Speaker 1: as the home range of the Atlantic right whale is 371 00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:33,520 Speaker 1: typically off the coast of New England, which is there 372 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:36,720 Speaker 1: like their foraging area on down to the southeast US 373 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:40,560 Speaker 1: coast from Cape Fear, North Carolina to below Cape Canaveral, Florida, 374 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:43,480 Speaker 1: which is a calving area. So let's jump on over 375 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:46,200 Speaker 1: to Ireland, where the people are known for their gift 376 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:49,359 Speaker 1: of gab, and see what a real life Irishman has 377 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:54,479 Speaker 1: to say. North Atlantic right Whale, keep your Republican wales 378 00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:57,640 Speaker 1: over your side of the pond, please. Well that's all 379 00:22:57,640 --> 00:22:59,600 Speaker 1: I've got for you this week. Thank you so much 380 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:02,280 Speaker 1: for listening, and remember to write in to A s 381 00:23:02,359 --> 00:23:05,560 Speaker 1: K C. A L. That's Ascal at the meemeeater dot 382 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:07,440 Speaker 1: com and let me know what's going on in your 383 00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:09,879 Speaker 1: neck of the woods. Thanks again, and I'll talk to 384 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:19,840 Speaker 1: you next week.