1 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:13,480 Speaker 1: From Mediator's World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is 2 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:17,479 Speaker 1: Kel's we can review with Ryan kel Kell in now 3 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:22,239 Speaker 1: Here's Kel. If you are in Iowa, you unfortunately have 4 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:28,080 Speaker 1: a lot to cry about, including spilt milk. A High 5 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 1: V employee reportedly dumped some eight hundred gallons of sour 6 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:36,519 Speaker 1: milk into a storm drain in Ankeny, Iowa, Iowa. DNR 7 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 1: was called to investigate an odd color in four Mile 8 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 1: Creek and reports of fish struggling to swim. D n 9 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:47,479 Speaker 1: R officers followed the discoloration from four Mile Creek to 10 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:50,600 Speaker 1: a small creek that connected to the storm drain, which 11 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 1: connected essentially to the High V in Ankeny. High v 12 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:59,280 Speaker 1: as responded by hiring a disaster mitigation company that is 13 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:02,840 Speaker 1: setting up dams to hold back the milk and vacuums 14 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 1: to literally suck it out of the stream where it 15 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 1: backs up at the dams. Careful, folks, those aren't cookies 16 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 1: in that milk, they're dead fish. This week, we've got 17 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 1: w P Squared, Alaska v Fed, and our first ever 18 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 1: Gator round Up. But first I'm gonna tell you about 19 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:27,560 Speaker 1: my week. My week, as you know, is sponsored by 20 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:32,720 Speaker 1: Steel Power equipment and on behalf of both steel and myself. 21 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:35,039 Speaker 1: I am taking my week to tell all of you 22 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:39,400 Speaker 1: folks who just experienced the oddly not all that talked 23 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:42,959 Speaker 1: about Dray Show that occurred to August seven. You know 24 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:46,960 Speaker 1: that we're thinking about you folks know about formed relief 25 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:49,840 Speaker 1: efforts and where to send aid. Please let me know 26 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: and I'll make sure folks know about it. A Dray Show, 27 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 1: for you folks who don't know, is an inland hurricane. 28 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 1: People in the Midwest experience sustained winds of one miles 29 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 1: per hour. They're still facing horrific crop and personal property damage, 30 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:11,239 Speaker 1: and as I write this, they're an estimated seventy thousand 31 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 1: people without power. That is a full ten days without 32 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 1: a fan or swamp cooler and the humid Midwest August 33 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:22,640 Speaker 1: heat again, and I feel for you. A rough estimate 34 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:25,800 Speaker 1: of about fourteen million acres of crop damage has occurred. 35 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 1: Iowa alone is seeking four billion in disaster relief. Speaking 36 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:34,800 Speaker 1: of crops and getting back here to home, my crops 37 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 1: have struggled as well as you long time listeners know. 38 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:41,680 Speaker 1: I have a deck top garden, which is all I 39 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 1: can muster in my highly urban living situation. I use 40 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 1: earth boxes, little mobile raised beds. Last year they kicked, 41 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:53,800 Speaker 1: but this year it's been tough. I just whipped up 42 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:56,240 Speaker 1: the first batch of pesto out of the garden and 43 00:02:56,360 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 1: I'm hoping to get one really good haul of tomatos 44 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 1: over the next week or so, you know. And and 45 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:04,520 Speaker 1: here in Montana it's kind of back to win her 46 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:10,240 Speaker 1: from there. Lots of folks have written in asking for 47 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:12,360 Speaker 1: a puppy update. I'm not sure if you can hear 48 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 1: her in the background, but she's raising. Holy hell. I 49 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 1: picked up a new puppy eight or nine weeks ago, 50 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:19,280 Speaker 1: and it took me a while to figure out a 51 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 1: name that I liked. I learned in the interim that 52 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 1: people will not stand will not stand for an unnamed 53 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 1: puppy anyway. Her name is Snort. Snort is in the 54 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:39,600 Speaker 1: children's book Are You My Mother, which is by P. D. Eastman, 55 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 1: which could have been where I dusted the name off from. 56 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 1: But it is also what my old outfit or buddy 57 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:48,640 Speaker 1: used to call all of his grandkids. So maybe that's it. 58 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 1: Unless you're just a twisted son of a gun, you 59 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 1: fall in love with these dogs so fast it's wild. 60 00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:58,720 Speaker 1: I was just sitting on the floor the other day 61 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:02,560 Speaker 1: and Snort walked over and dropped almost on top of me. 62 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 1: We're still in that phase of like being full go 63 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 1: or full stop energy uncontained or asleep. And her head 64 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 1: was in my lap, and it dawned on me that 65 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 1: this was exactly how I spent the last night with 66 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 1: my last lab the Big Fish, five or six years ago, 67 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:24,599 Speaker 1: when she was going through the process of dying, which 68 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:27,719 Speaker 1: kind of makes you think, like man, just a glutton 69 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:33,040 Speaker 1: for punishment, or you know, I'm stupid. I guess we're 70 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 1: working together, very slowly down the path towards bird dog. 71 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 1: She has the look. I can see the traits. It's 72 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 1: just kind of up to me now to bring those 73 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:46,120 Speaker 1: out and balance the discipline and fun and know what 74 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 1: the appropriate level of demand is. She's got a lot 75 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 1: to live up to. I have just met you, and 76 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:55,599 Speaker 1: I love you. Moving on to the politics and policy desk. 77 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 1: In a surprising move, that Trump administration pulled their official 78 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:04,520 Speaker 1: nomination of William Perry Pendley, or as I like to 79 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:08,560 Speaker 1: call him WP squared. His nomination was for the position 80 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:11,320 Speaker 1: of Director of the Bureau of Land Management, you know 81 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 1: that agency that oversees two million surface acres and some 82 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:20,240 Speaker 1: seven hundred million subsurface acres of our public lands. If 83 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:24,000 Speaker 1: you're thinking, but wait a minute, isn't w P Squared 84 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:27,599 Speaker 1: to already the director of the BLM, Well, you're not 85 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:31,360 Speaker 1: technically right. He's only the acting director, as he had 86 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 1: never been nominated until just a couple of weeks ago. 87 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:37,839 Speaker 1: This is a move the Trump administration has been using 88 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 1: for some of their controversial figures in a high office, 89 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 1: put them in the role unofficially in order to avoid 90 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:48,240 Speaker 1: the potential speed bump of a Senate confirmation hearing. The 91 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 1: Senate confirmation hearing is essentially an open to the public 92 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:55,880 Speaker 1: job interview, something you should want out of your officials 93 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 1: if you, as I do, spend an incredible amount of 94 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:03,880 Speaker 1: time on BLM round. W P Squared has an interesting background, 95 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:07,239 Speaker 1: as he has been an open opponent to federal land 96 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:11,839 Speaker 1: and federal land agencies and an open proponent of folks 97 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:16,359 Speaker 1: like the Bundy's whose steel resources and services from public land. 98 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 1: That makes sense to me. All that aside, Let's say, 99 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:23,800 Speaker 1: for argument's sake that he's got a great head on 100 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:27,719 Speaker 1: his shoulders, smart as a will, and he's willing to 101 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:32,279 Speaker 1: put his outspoken personal agenda to the side in order 102 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 1: to answer his president and his nation's call to manage 103 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:40,320 Speaker 1: one of the things we increasingly hold dear our public lands. 104 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:46,560 Speaker 1: Wouldn't you, as an employer want and expect that the 105 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 1: person that you put in this position your number one pick? 106 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 1: Wouldn't you expect them to stand up in front of 107 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:58,680 Speaker 1: a Senate confirmation hearing and prove that you were right 108 00:06:58,839 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 1: for selecting them, prove that they are not only the 109 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:06,039 Speaker 1: right person for the job, but the best. I sure 110 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:11,360 Speaker 1: Wood instead, though in a truly bizarre move, WP squared 111 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 1: has been stripped of his nomination but retains the role 112 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:20,120 Speaker 1: of acting director. Not exactly a straightforward move and not 113 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 1: exactly a move that would inspire confidence as an employee, 114 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:28,240 Speaker 1: big title or not. It's almost like William Perry Pendley's 115 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:32,440 Speaker 1: role as acting director is a reflection of the BLM itself. 116 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 1: What he's doing there may be represented more in subsurface 117 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:41,880 Speaker 1: acreage than surface acreage. Moving on, but sticking with the 118 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:47,360 Speaker 1: BLM kind of or in part I guess right now, 119 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:51,480 Speaker 1: there is quite the fit going on in Alaska. Alaska 120 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 1: is an oddball state when it comes to how state 121 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:58,040 Speaker 1: regulation and federal regulations overlap. In part because Alaska is 122 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 1: a giant chunk of America, some six hundred and sixty 123 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:07,440 Speaker 1: three thousand, three hundred square miles. According to Alaska dot org, 124 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 1: you can fit the square mileage of Texas, California, and 125 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:15,760 Speaker 1: Montana into Alaska and still have room left over all 126 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 1: that room, and the population is still less than a 127 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:22,320 Speaker 1: million people. In order to even get relatively so few 128 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:26,440 Speaker 1: people to relatively so much of Alaska, the US government 129 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 1: found ways to promote the homesteading of Alaska and provided 130 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:33,320 Speaker 1: several concessions to those brave and lucky souls that live there, 131 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:38,480 Speaker 1: subsistence living being one of them, allowing the population of 132 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:42,400 Speaker 1: your state the right to live off the land. Every 133 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:46,280 Speaker 1: resident in the state of Alaska, according to their state constitution, 134 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:50,880 Speaker 1: is entitled to subsistence rights to hunt and fish. Furthermore, 135 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:55,920 Speaker 1: all citizens are to be treated equally. Imagine that novel concept. 136 00:08:56,520 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 1: Quick example, I just ate a one quart bag of 137 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:03,439 Speaker 1: spot crawn tails from southeast Alaska, delivered me by one 138 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:08,439 Speaker 1: Stephen Ronnella. A nonresident is allowed to harvest three quarts 139 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:11,920 Speaker 1: of shrimp per day, So, in other words, I ate 140 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:15,840 Speaker 1: a third of a daily limit, whereas a resident is 141 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:21,840 Speaker 1: allowed to harvest for personal consumption without limit. In nineteen eighty, 142 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:25,640 Speaker 1: something called a NILKA was passed, which is Alaska National 143 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:30,439 Speaker 1: Interest Lands Conservation Act, and NILKA created the Federal Subsistence 144 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:35,520 Speaker 1: Board and tasked it that board rather with protecting subsistence 145 00:09:35,559 --> 00:09:41,400 Speaker 1: opportunities for federally qualified kind of like rural subsistence users. 146 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:47,480 Speaker 1: All sound well and good, all right, So here's the rub. 147 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:52,520 Speaker 1: The Subsistence Board for the first time just mandated that 148 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 1: all BLM land and Unit thirteen will be closed to 149 00:09:56,559 --> 00:10:00,800 Speaker 1: those that do not qualify under the federal subsistence designation, 150 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:04,440 Speaker 1: which is a murky definition in itself. Murky as it 151 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:08,400 Speaker 1: may be, it will still effectively close hunting on BLM 152 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:12,560 Speaker 1: lands in Unit thirteen to non locals, keeping in mind 153 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:16,480 Speaker 1: that non locals would include the vast majority of Alaska's 154 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:20,520 Speaker 1: population folks that live in Anchorage, was Stilla, Palmer, etcetera. 155 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 1: That's a bum deal for you, folks, but a real 156 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:26,560 Speaker 1: good deal for you folks who live in or right 157 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:30,120 Speaker 1: near the nel China Basin. The State of Alaska has 158 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:32,880 Speaker 1: filed suit against the U. S Government for what it 159 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:36,560 Speaker 1: sees as an overstep. Here is a statement made from 160 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:40,600 Speaker 1: a Commissioner on the Alaska Ficient Game and the Anchorage 161 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:44,440 Speaker 1: Daily News quote the state believes that actions of the 162 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:50,120 Speaker 1: Federal Subsistence Board represent an unnecessary and unjustified bureaucratic intrusion 163 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:53,920 Speaker 1: into state management that is providing for the subsistence needs 164 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:58,080 Speaker 1: of both local and non local Alaskans. Now doing my 165 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:01,520 Speaker 1: own research using my handy day the on X mapping software, 166 00:11:01,880 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 1: I found that there is an absolute gobsmacking amount of 167 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:08,800 Speaker 1: state land in the Nel China Basin, some of which 168 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:13,319 Speaker 1: I assume holds some game, and all of which remains 169 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:16,800 Speaker 1: open despite this closure, both to those who do not 170 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:20,559 Speaker 1: fall under the federal subsistence designation and those that do. 171 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:23,760 Speaker 1: The state land will just need to be accessed in 172 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:27,400 Speaker 1: a lot of cases via BLM ground, which is legal 173 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:29,400 Speaker 1: as the state ground does not touch a lot of 174 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:33,560 Speaker 1: roads or rivers despite it being legal. I know Alaska hiking, 175 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 1: and this option can be very tough going. The other 176 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 1: point I would like to make is it seems the 177 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:45,720 Speaker 1: Subsistence Board was petitioned to make this change. They were 178 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:48,120 Speaker 1: petitioned to make this change in spite of the fact 179 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:51,280 Speaker 1: that moose numbers are at objective in the area, meaning 180 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:55,280 Speaker 1: there are plenty of moose and caribou numbers are over objective. 181 00:11:56,000 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 1: Important to note that the Subsistence Board has been petition 182 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:02,880 Speaker 1: and in the past, yet this is the first time 183 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:07,760 Speaker 1: they have ever taken this type of exclusionary action. So 184 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:11,280 Speaker 1: while we all are very tempted to participate in the 185 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:15,480 Speaker 1: ever popular game of blaming things on the FEDS, I 186 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:17,600 Speaker 1: need to ask the question as well as you will 187 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:22,320 Speaker 1: ask your residence due too, who petitioned the Subsistence Board 188 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:26,319 Speaker 1: in the first place, and why, for the first time ever, 189 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:31,199 Speaker 1: has the Subsistence Board chosen to listen to that petitioning group. 190 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:34,680 Speaker 1: If you live in Alaska, it's a neighbor of yours. 191 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:38,120 Speaker 1: I know we all hate to hear this, but when 192 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:41,719 Speaker 1: we talk about the FEDS, we're kind of talking about ourselves. 193 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:52,719 Speaker 1: Onto the responsible recreation desk. Remember all those times that 194 00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:56,440 Speaker 1: I've told you to get outside more often, appreciate those 195 00:12:56,480 --> 00:13:01,320 Speaker 1: wild places well as you know you can appreciate those 196 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:05,719 Speaker 1: places to death commonly referred to as loving a place, sir, 197 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:09,280 Speaker 1: our parks or trails to death. Canada right now is 198 00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:14,199 Speaker 1: experiencing just that, as mandated lockdowns have driven Canucks to 199 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:18,360 Speaker 1: camp browns beaches and back country trails at an alarming rate. 200 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 1: Vacationers are booking campsites solid from Quebec to British Columbia, 201 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:27,640 Speaker 1: and the overflow is causing major concerns. Side country or 202 00:13:27,679 --> 00:13:31,479 Speaker 1: back country scenes are seeing keg parties, weddings and barbecues. 203 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:35,400 Speaker 1: Hard to reach spots have suddenly been inundated with tents 204 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:39,440 Speaker 1: and you know, folks probably drinking lebat blue or moose head. 205 00:13:40,679 --> 00:13:43,200 Speaker 1: The victims in this scenario are the things that we 206 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:47,199 Speaker 1: claim to love, right the wild flowers, the vegetation, the shoreline, 207 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:51,040 Speaker 1: all of which is getting trampled and destroyed. Chris Ludwig, 208 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:56,440 Speaker 1: president of back Country BC, said, the wildlife, black bears, wolverines, deer, 209 00:13:56,760 --> 00:14:00,360 Speaker 1: they're getting displaced and bothered by these large numbers of people. 210 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:04,600 Speaker 1: In Quebec's Gasp Region, out of town campers have piste 211 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:07,240 Speaker 1: off the locals and left beaches full of trash and 212 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 1: human feces. In Alberta, the Big Horn, over three thousand 213 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:15,160 Speaker 1: square miles of wilderness, has been hit really hard. Tens 214 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:17,920 Speaker 1: of thousands of campers are suddenly pouring into the area 215 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:20,840 Speaker 1: and are ending up literally on top of each other, 216 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:24,800 Speaker 1: some even putting up tents and roadside ditches. Hundreds of 217 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:27,840 Speaker 1: cars can be seen circling trying to find a parking spot. 218 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:30,800 Speaker 1: New trails are being cut, old ones are getting spread 219 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:34,440 Speaker 1: out and braided, left over, fire pits doped the landscape. 220 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:38,160 Speaker 1: Bags of trash you're piling up, and animals are enjoying 221 00:14:38,280 --> 00:14:42,200 Speaker 1: the new found meals. This isn't only happening in Canada either, 222 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:47,320 Speaker 1: takes Santa Paulitcanyon and Ventura County, California. The popular spot, 223 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:50,200 Speaker 1: just ninety minutes outside of l A, was hit hard 224 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 1: this spring as coronavirus raged, trash piled up, rocks were 225 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:58,320 Speaker 1: covered in graffiti, and hundreds of people swam in nearby pools. 226 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:02,280 Speaker 1: I can't tell you how much p and feces were 227 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:06,920 Speaker 1: littered along the trail. Frequent visitor Ellie Mora told Time, Oh, 228 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:13,640 Speaker 1: it's everywhere. Ah, it's in my raccoon wounds. It's disgusting. 229 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:17,000 Speaker 1: It got so ridiculous that the U. S. Forest Service 230 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:19,800 Speaker 1: shut down the trail in mid May. There are reports 231 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:23,680 Speaker 1: of similar closings from across the country. It turns out 232 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:27,200 Speaker 1: if you lock people indoors, their natural reaction will be 233 00:15:27,240 --> 00:15:31,120 Speaker 1: to get out of doors, which is not surprising. Nobody 234 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:33,600 Speaker 1: in this country wants to tell anyone to stay inside, 235 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:36,200 Speaker 1: whether it's because of a pandemic or because we just 236 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:39,120 Speaker 1: can't keep our wild places clean. We all want to 237 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:42,320 Speaker 1: enjoy the great privilege of our parks and forests, canyons 238 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:45,000 Speaker 1: and rivers, but if you're gonna be a hosier about it, 239 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:47,600 Speaker 1: we'd all prefer you to screw up your own backyards 240 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:51,440 Speaker 1: and not the back country. It seems like common sense 241 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:54,360 Speaker 1: not to trash a place or be so lazy as 242 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:57,440 Speaker 1: to leave baby diapers and broken glass behind after a 243 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:01,800 Speaker 1: camping trip. However, this type of ants isn't as common 244 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:04,880 Speaker 1: as you'd think. With an influx of visitors to these 245 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:09,000 Speaker 1: fragile environments, They're simply needs to be an adjustment. We 246 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:11,920 Speaker 1: need to hold each other accountable and practice what is 247 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:17,400 Speaker 1: essentially basic human decency as although Leopold once said, don't 248 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 1: freaking litter. Okay, I'm making that one up, but I 249 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:25,200 Speaker 1: believe he'd appreciate the sentiment. Moving on to the don't 250 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:30,960 Speaker 1: at the animal's desk. Iowa the Hawkeye state. Everyone knows 251 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 1: Iowa not because of the aforementioned racho, but because it 252 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 1: ranks number one nationwide and beef, pork, soybean, corn, and 253 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:41,520 Speaker 1: grain production. If that's not enough, it's our only state 254 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:45,800 Speaker 1: bordered by not one, but two navigable rivers, the Missouri 255 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:48,480 Speaker 1: on its west side the Mississippi on the east. Not 256 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:51,880 Speaker 1: to mention, Iowa has a population of three million people 257 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:55,880 Speaker 1: and over twenty one million hogs, meaning they're about four 258 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:58,600 Speaker 1: pigs to every person. And one of those persons is 259 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:03,120 Speaker 1: Ashton Kutcher. This is Iowa. They should put that on 260 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:06,080 Speaker 1: a bumper sticker. But what you probably don't know is 261 00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 1: Iowa has alligators. Well they could have alligators, as reported 262 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:15,760 Speaker 1: in the Daily Non Perreal Andrew O'Dell listen if I 263 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:18,720 Speaker 1: messed up that name, probably not you, Andrew, but the 264 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:22,439 Speaker 1: Daily Non Perreal right into ask cal at the meteor 265 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:26,680 Speaker 1: dot Com. Anyway, Andrew is a Florida native who's calling 266 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:30,600 Speaker 1: Iowa home these days. He just recently also called the 267 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:33,760 Speaker 1: Iowa Department of Natural Resources to report a sighting of 268 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:37,600 Speaker 1: not one, but possibly as many as six, several babies 269 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:41,920 Speaker 1: and a big mama. According to Odell, alligators Iowa d 270 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:45,200 Speaker 1: and our officials investigated but couldn't turn anything up other 271 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:49,080 Speaker 1: than some good looking semi submerged logs. Of course, gators 272 00:17:49,080 --> 00:17:51,359 Speaker 1: in Iowa are not the norm, but this is a 273 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:55,480 Speaker 1: good opportunity to recap some notable gator sightings and captures 274 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:59,119 Speaker 1: from other places where alligators do not live. Two thousand 275 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:02,480 Speaker 1: thirteen alligator shot and killed in Goose Lake outside of 276 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:07,080 Speaker 1: Scandy in Minnesota. Two thousand sixteen. Alligator found in Brainerd, Minnesota. 277 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:11,359 Speaker 1: Two thousand nineteen alligator found in Prior Lake, Minnesota. Two 278 00:18:11,359 --> 00:18:15,400 Speaker 1: thousand nineteen. Alligator spotted wandering down side of road near 279 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:20,560 Speaker 1: Osceola Township, Michigan. That was one of six gators sided 280 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:24,520 Speaker 1: in two thousand nineteen. That's right, six gators spotted in 281 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:29,280 Speaker 1: just July of two thousand nineteen in Michigan. Ultimately, seven 282 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:32,160 Speaker 1: gators were captured in Michigan, one of which was shot 283 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:35,160 Speaker 1: by a landowner when the gator lunged at him. We'll 284 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:39,000 Speaker 1: jump one more border to Illinois gator Bob, the Humbolt 285 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:42,720 Speaker 1: Lake alligator Chicago police attempted to capture for quite some time, 286 00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:46,600 Speaker 1: also made headlines in two thousand nineteen. And that's in Chicago, 287 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:52,800 Speaker 1: and that is also where I'm stopping. Rest assured the 288 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:57,280 Speaker 1: list does not so when Iowa d n R says, 289 00:18:57,440 --> 00:19:00,600 Speaker 1: a gator in the lake is highly unlikely. You don't 290 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:04,280 Speaker 1: take that with a grain of salt. O'Dell had this 291 00:19:04,359 --> 00:19:08,000 Speaker 1: to say, quote, and now everything is blowing up, and 292 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:10,000 Speaker 1: now they are saying it's a hoax and that we 293 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:12,840 Speaker 1: saw a log and all this other crap. I'm gonna 294 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:15,280 Speaker 1: try and get two of them, but usually when you 295 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:18,080 Speaker 1: catch one with the mama around, she'll come after you, 296 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:22,119 Speaker 1: so hopefully I can get at least one of them. Uh. 297 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:25,840 Speaker 1: From Cow's we can review good luck. Mr Odell looking 298 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:28,920 Speaker 1: forward to adding Iowa to the two thousand twenty gator 299 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:31,960 Speaker 1: round up. For those of you considering an alligator as 300 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:35,800 Speaker 1: a pet, don't They are expensive, they are a liability, 301 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:39,679 Speaker 1: and eventually they grow to an unmanageable size. If you 302 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:42,320 Speaker 1: happen to have one on your hands, don't release it 303 00:19:42,359 --> 00:19:46,240 Speaker 1: into the nearest lake or parking lot or roadside eat it. 304 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:53,400 Speaker 1: Next up from the Wildlife Encounters Desk, a fifty four 305 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:56,600 Speaker 1: year old Iowa woman was gored by a cow bison. 306 00:19:57,160 --> 00:19:59,639 Speaker 1: One of the bison's horns hooked the woman's pants and 307 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:03,000 Speaker 1: she is flung about until her pants ripped off. The 308 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:06,879 Speaker 1: incident occurred in Custer State Park, South Dakota. The woman 309 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:10,879 Speaker 1: was returning from attending the annual and infamously rowdy biker 310 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:15,439 Speaker 1: rally in Sturgis, South Dakota. The Iowa biker said, wouldn't 311 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:17,720 Speaker 1: you know what, the first time I wore pants in 312 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:21,440 Speaker 1: four days and this happens. I'm just kidding about that. 313 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:23,960 Speaker 1: But how often do you need to hear me say 314 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:28,920 Speaker 1: don't approach the wildlife? The biker's injuries were considered non 315 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:33,480 Speaker 1: life threatening. She got lucky, moving on to our seldom 316 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:40,680 Speaker 1: visited Australia desk. A beautiful and welcoming place is Australia. However, 317 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:45,760 Speaker 1: it sometimes wants to kill you. From saltwater crocs, two 318 00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:50,280 Speaker 1: great white sharks to one of the world's most deadliest snakes. 319 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:53,040 Speaker 1: It could be pretty nerve racking down Under if you 320 00:20:53,119 --> 00:20:55,680 Speaker 1: think about that stuff. But here's some things that you're 321 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:59,600 Speaker 1: probably not even considering. The stinging stone fish found on 322 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:03,040 Speaker 1: us I'll use reefs. The stone fish produces a sting 323 00:21:03,119 --> 00:21:07,640 Speaker 1: that comes with unbelievable agony, shock, and eventual death. I'd 324 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 1: also guess you haven't thought of the southern blue lined octopus. 325 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:14,520 Speaker 1: The octopus doles out one of the most toxic venoms 326 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:18,840 Speaker 1: in the world. It bites you and within minutes causes paralysis, 327 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:22,920 Speaker 1: leading to respiratory issues and heart failure. But anyway, let's 328 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:26,760 Speaker 1: talk about the real dangerous stuff, snakes and spiders. Thanks 329 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:30,600 Speaker 1: to the wonders of artificial intelligence, a new Australian app 330 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:34,679 Speaker 1: called critter Pedia allows anyone with a smartphone to identify 331 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:38,360 Speaker 1: the slithery or creepy crawley. The app will also make 332 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:41,600 Speaker 1: it easy to learn which species live where, and even 333 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:45,440 Speaker 1: how to take precautions against unwanted run INDs. It's even 334 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:48,920 Speaker 1: equipped with emergency services and some soon to be revealed 335 00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:52,040 Speaker 1: virtual reality elements. I knew we were living in the 336 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:54,919 Speaker 1: future when I found out about Shazam, an app that 337 00:21:55,119 --> 00:21:59,200 Speaker 1: identifies any music playing around you in seconds, or Cuddler, 338 00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:03,560 Speaker 1: a day eating app in which folks meet up to cuddle. Well, 339 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:07,159 Speaker 1: this tech might help anyone who simply can't stomach walking 340 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:10,000 Speaker 1: around in a place that has two thousand species of 341 00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:13,560 Speaker 1: spiders and a hundred and seventy species of snakes. It's 342 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:17,680 Speaker 1: important to remember the reality here in Australia anyway, there 343 00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:20,520 Speaker 1: are only two types of spider and twelve species of 344 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:24,080 Speaker 1: snakes that are venomous enough to kill humans, and there 345 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:28,040 Speaker 1: are only one hundred reported snake bite cases in Australia 346 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:32,439 Speaker 1: each year that actually require anti venom. Furthermore, only are 347 00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:36,119 Speaker 1: reported two people die from snake bites every year, So 348 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:40,679 Speaker 1: be cautious, get educated, and use your smartphone if you must. 349 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:44,399 Speaker 1: But you know, just remember this. If you have time 350 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:46,480 Speaker 1: to open an app and take a picture of a 351 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:50,000 Speaker 1: snake or spider, it's not that dangerous. But if you 352 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:53,359 Speaker 1: feel like touching something in that same situation, touch your 353 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:59,440 Speaker 1: phone or get on cuddler. I guess that's all I've 354 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:02,920 Speaker 1: got for you this week. Thanks for listening as per usual, 355 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:05,440 Speaker 1: let me know how I'm doing, what I got right, 356 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:08,439 Speaker 1: what I got wrong, and more importantly, what's going on 357 00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:10,680 Speaker 1: in your neck of the woods. By writing in to 358 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:14,400 Speaker 1: a s k C. A L. Let's ask Cal at 359 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:17,600 Speaker 1: the meat Eater dot com. If you're loving what you're hearing, 360 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:20,600 Speaker 1: tell a couple of friends. I'll talk to you next week.