1
00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:06,840
Speaker 1: From Mediators World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is

2
00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:11,360
Speaker 1: Cal's weekend review, presented by Steel Steel products are available

3
00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:15,160
Speaker 1: only at authorized dealers. For more, go to Steel Dealers

4
00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:22,319
Speaker 1: dot com. Now here's your host, Ryan cal Callahan. The

5
00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:26,800
Speaker 1: biotech company in Bio recently made headlines by announcing that

6
00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:31,320
Speaker 1: they are on the verge of creating hypoallergenic house cats.

7
00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:35,800
Speaker 1: Can you imagine? How do they do this? You ask?

8
00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:40,559
Speaker 1: By using Crisper gene editing technology. As you likely know,

9
00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:44,800
Speaker 1: cat allergies are triggered by a protein and a cat's saliva.

10
00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:48,880
Speaker 1: When the cat cleans itself, it spreads saliva a fancy

11
00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:52,080
Speaker 1: word for spit containing that protein all over its fur.

12
00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:55,520
Speaker 1: The saliva dries and flakes off, we breathe it in

13
00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:59,840
Speaker 1: and boom, sore throat and a stuffy knows. In Bio

14
00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:03,560
Speaker 1: demonstrated their ability to remove bits of DNA at the

15
00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:07,120
Speaker 1: site of production of this specific protein called f e

16
00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:11,160
Speaker 1: l D one. The scientists snipped out the genetic code

17
00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:14,560
Speaker 1: and the resulting DNA produced almost no f e l

18
00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:18,959
Speaker 1: D one. Now I'm amazed by this technology, and you know,

19
00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:23,880
Speaker 1: disappointed that its first application is for something as superficial

20
00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:27,560
Speaker 1: as itchy eyes. If you're allergic to cats, don't have

21
00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:31,080
Speaker 1: a cat. If we're already under the hood of cat

22
00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:34,319
Speaker 1: d NA, so to speak, how about we bust out

23
00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:38,280
Speaker 1: the bigger wrenches and make some more consequential changes. Can

24
00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:40,600
Speaker 1: we switch around some A S, C, S, G S

25
00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:43,800
Speaker 1: and T s and all of a sudden songbirds would

26
00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:49,000
Speaker 1: be on appetizing. Maybe cardinals taste like cardboard, and bluebells

27
00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:56,080
Speaker 1: like battery acid cat even better invasive species like iguanas,

28
00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:59,600
Speaker 1: Or how sparrows tastes like tuna fish to your outdoor cat.

29
00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:02,360
Speaker 1: Or if we really want to hit the nail on

30
00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:05,280
Speaker 1: the head, let's have them pass the ability to turn

31
00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:11,560
Speaker 1: other cats into vegans through their genes. Huh in bio, Hey,

32
00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:14,399
Speaker 1: I'm sure you've got some great funding, but let's set

33
00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:17,360
Speaker 1: your sights a little higher. All right, I'll find you

34
00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:21,360
Speaker 1: some more investors. I promise, just be better. This week.

35
00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:25,359
Speaker 1: We've got avian influenza, chernobyl Alaska, and so much more.

36
00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:28,840
Speaker 1: But first I'm gonna tell you about my week. And

37
00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:33,000
Speaker 1: my week well, it's been pretty snort focused. That little

38
00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:35,720
Speaker 1: yellow dog does a really good job of pointing out

39
00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:38,880
Speaker 1: where my training abilities have fallen short. I think like

40
00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:41,640
Speaker 1: most of us, we've kind of gotten in the trap

41
00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:45,040
Speaker 1: of not quite springing up with the spring. Little apathy

42
00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:49,160
Speaker 1: maybe well New Sheriff and Town little lady heel means

43
00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:52,840
Speaker 1: he'll one blast on the whistle means sit that bumper.

44
00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:56,400
Speaker 1: Better come to hand and not drop until I say drop.

45
00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:59,440
Speaker 1: And when I slap my chest, you better sprint over

46
00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:01,959
Speaker 1: to me and jump into my arms because it makes

47
00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,840
Speaker 1: me feel good and it's really freaking cute. We got

48
00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:11,960
Speaker 1: big bird season plans ahead. Training starts now. As far

49
00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:15,480
Speaker 1: as other updates go, the Meat Eater land Access Initiative,

50
00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:18,080
Speaker 1: we have over a hundred thousand dollars in the bank

51
00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:20,800
Speaker 1: right now. That is a big chunk of change and

52
00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:23,480
Speaker 1: we're gonna do some good with it, So keep sending

53
00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:26,840
Speaker 1: in submissions. We've received a few for boat ramps and

54
00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:32,080
Speaker 1: landlocked parcels, some lonely places, some popular ones. Very exciting stuff.

55
00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:35,120
Speaker 1: So keep those eyeballs peeled. And if you happen to

56
00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:38,240
Speaker 1: have an old granny or granddad who happens to have

57
00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:42,360
Speaker 1: obnoxious children that want to split up the farm or ranch,

58
00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:45,840
Speaker 1: see it all developed for condos or something terrible, But

59
00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:48,720
Speaker 1: you'd rather see something for the greater good. Happen with

60
00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:51,840
Speaker 1: it right in and if we can't help, I'm more

61
00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:54,800
Speaker 1: than happy to point you in the right direction. Now

62
00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:58,360
Speaker 1: in pure entertainment news, if you've been falling along with

63
00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:00,920
Speaker 1: the meat eat or YouTube channel, you notice we're dropping

64
00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:03,800
Speaker 1: the Cow in the Field series along with Clay Newcome's

65
00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:07,240
Speaker 1: new series. Every week. Tune in and let me know

66
00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:11,080
Speaker 1: what you think. Alright, Moving on to the pandemic desk,

67
00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:14,360
Speaker 1: and no, not that pandemic. There's plenty of others to

68
00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:19,560
Speaker 1: go around. Researchers and government officials are keeping their collective

69
00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:23,280
Speaker 1: eye on an outbreak of avian influenza otherwise known as

70
00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:28,159
Speaker 1: bird flu. Bird flu has affected poultry facilities, backyard flocks,

71
00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:31,120
Speaker 1: and wild game populations in twenty two states from Maine

72
00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:34,479
Speaker 1: to Wyoming. The Centers for Disease Control is assuring the

73
00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:37,880
Speaker 1: public that the threat to humans is extremely low. Humans

74
00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:41,120
Speaker 1: can contract the virus, but cases are rare and properly

75
00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:43,960
Speaker 1: cooked meat and eggs are safe to eat. However, the

76
00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,720
Speaker 1: current outbreak, which the U s d A says has

77
00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:50,520
Speaker 1: affected more than twenty two million birds, has chicken farms

78
00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:53,800
Speaker 1: on the edge. In fact, you could say they're close

79
00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:57,359
Speaker 1: to cracking. The bird flu outbreak in two thousand fourteen

80
00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:00,279
Speaker 1: and two thousand fifteen killed more than fifty mi onion

81
00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:04,800
Speaker 1: domestic birds and led to approximately three billion in agricultural

82
00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:08,719
Speaker 1: related damages. Right now, it looks like the latest outbreak

83
00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:12,000
Speaker 1: has spread across a larger geographic area than the epidemic

84
00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:16,920
Speaker 1: last decade. Bird flu doesn't just affect livestock, waterfowl, raptors

85
00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:19,760
Speaker 1: and wild turkeys can also carry the disease. In the

86
00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:21,760
Speaker 1: last few months, the U. S d A has found

87
00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:25,039
Speaker 1: bird flu and wild birds all over the country. Snow

88
00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:28,520
Speaker 1: Geese have tested positive in North Dakota, Colorado, Iowa, and

89
00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:31,919
Speaker 1: New York. Ducks have tested positive in New York, Tennessee

90
00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:34,880
Speaker 1: and North Carolina, and if you can believe it, Canada.

91
00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:38,680
Speaker 1: Geese have tested positive far outside of Canada, in states

92
00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:42,839
Speaker 1: such as Illinois, South Dakota, and Nebraska. In response, the

93
00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:45,479
Speaker 1: U s d A announced on February eleven that it

94
00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:49,839
Speaker 1: plans to increase its surveillance efforts on all four migratory flyways.

95
00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:53,479
Speaker 1: Wild Birds often do not show symptoms of bird flu,

96
00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:56,960
Speaker 1: but they can carry it to areas that are currently unaffected.

97
00:05:57,360 --> 00:05:59,360
Speaker 1: To help reduce the spread. The U s d A

98
00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:02,599
Speaker 1: encourages hunters to wear gloves, wash hands, and dress game

99
00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:05,840
Speaker 1: birds in the field. Scientists have also been worrying that

100
00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:11,480
Speaker 1: wild animals will also spread another highly contagious disease, COVID nineteen.

101
00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:13,920
Speaker 1: We've covered how white tail deer appeared to be a

102
00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:17,720
Speaker 1: reservoir for COVID, but researchers believe other wild animals could

103
00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:20,960
Speaker 1: perform the same function. That's why biologists working on a

104
00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:25,039
Speaker 1: Native American reservation in Minnesota are testing bears, moose, and

105
00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:29,560
Speaker 1: wolves for COVID nineteen. According to the Associated Press, scientists

106
00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:33,200
Speaker 1: are concerned that COVID could evolve in wild populations and

107
00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:36,320
Speaker 1: jump back to humans in a much more contagious or

108
00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:38,800
Speaker 1: deadly form. Much like the U. S d A is

109
00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:41,640
Speaker 1: tracking bird flu to keep it in check, scientists are

110
00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:45,240
Speaker 1: working to find and stop at COVID nineteen outbreak before

111
00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:48,520
Speaker 1: it makes the jump to humans. That work involves a

112
00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:52,679
Speaker 1: certain amount of risk. Researchers have collected samples by sticking

113
00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:55,000
Speaker 1: a swab up the nose of a hibernating black bear,

114
00:06:55,160 --> 00:06:58,120
Speaker 1: and one biologist told the AP he was almost bitten

115
00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:01,080
Speaker 1: trying to perform the same task on a wolf wait

116
00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:04,000
Speaker 1: till you try a badge your buddy. And as you know,

117
00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:06,839
Speaker 1: if you've ever had one of those COVID swaves shoved

118
00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:10,680
Speaker 1: way up your nose, possibly into your brain, then you

119
00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:15,320
Speaker 1: understand how the wolf feels. Moving on to the Ukraine, Desk,

120
00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:20,360
Speaker 1: Russian troops rolled into the Chernobyl Nuclear Research Facility on

121
00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:24,120
Speaker 1: February and after a brief scare about a fire and

122
00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:27,520
Speaker 1: a nuclear reactor, the invading force seemed content to stay

123
00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:32,280
Speaker 1: put and hold about one researchers hostage. Also held hostage

124
00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:35,600
Speaker 1: all the wildlife research being conducted at the site. Thanks

125
00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:38,640
Speaker 1: to Cole Saucaby from the University of Georgia for bringing

126
00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:42,760
Speaker 1: this story to our attention. For decades, scientists have conducted

127
00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:46,040
Speaker 1: studies in the Chernobyl exclusion zone to investigate how the

128
00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:49,480
Speaker 1: ecosystem has survived and evolved since the nuclear disaster. In

129
00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:55,040
Speaker 1: those studies are used to inform forest management and environmental policies,

130
00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:58,760
Speaker 1: as well as how animal populations respond to radiation. A

131
00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:02,400
Speaker 1: University of Georgia scientists named James Beasley had a trip

132
00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:05,680
Speaker 1: plan for March to investigate the ways wildlife responded to

133
00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:09,720
Speaker 1: large scale ecological disasters. As you can imagine that trips

134
00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:13,280
Speaker 1: on hold. While you've probably seen stories about animals with

135
00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:17,920
Speaker 1: extra appendages or large tumors, those serious mutations were largely

136
00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:21,440
Speaker 1: only seen in the years directly after the disaster. One

137
00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:24,840
Speaker 1: of the most interesting things scientists have discovered about Chernobyl

138
00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:28,120
Speaker 1: is the extent to which animals have not been affected.

139
00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:31,240
Speaker 1: Humans haven't been allowed to live in the exclusion zone

140
00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:35,719
Speaker 1: since n and the animals have moved in. Today, the

141
00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:40,720
Speaker 1: zone is home to bison, boars, badgers, wolves, foxes, ravens, swans,

142
00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:45,160
Speaker 1: and wild horses, among many other species. One scientist told

143
00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:48,400
Speaker 1: National Geographic in two thousand sixteen that there's a higher

144
00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:52,240
Speaker 1: density of wolves in Chernobyl than in yellow Stone? Did

145
00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:55,760
Speaker 1: you hear that a higher density of wolves in Chernobyl

146
00:08:56,080 --> 00:09:00,520
Speaker 1: than in yellow Stone? For you, highly vocal, poorly informed

147
00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:03,760
Speaker 1: Yellowstone wolf folks, have I got a destination for you.

148
00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:08,319
Speaker 1: Not all animals are thriving. Studies of bees, butterflies, grasshoppers,

149
00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:12,120
Speaker 1: and other invertebrates have shown harmful effects of radiation on reproduction.

150
00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:15,800
Speaker 1: It's also true that even larger animals may be suffering

151
00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:19,720
Speaker 1: from certain genetic abnormalities, but overall, it's safe to say

152
00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:23,640
Speaker 1: that there's more biodiversity in the Chernobyl exclusion zone now

153
00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:27,400
Speaker 1: than when people live there before the accident. Russian troops

154
00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:30,160
Speaker 1: left Chernobyl at the end of March, but it's unclear

155
00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:34,120
Speaker 1: how they've impacted the surrounding area or when scientists will

156
00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:36,600
Speaker 1: be able to re enter and scope out the extent

157
00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:39,920
Speaker 1: of the damage. The war in Ukraine is also impacting

158
00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:43,400
Speaker 1: wildlife research here at home. The Bureau of Land Management

159
00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:46,320
Speaker 1: has partnered with the Utah Department of Natural Resources to

160
00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:49,600
Speaker 1: conduct a really cool study on a threatened bird species

161
00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:52,480
Speaker 1: called the pinion j This little bird is part of

162
00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:55,720
Speaker 1: the crow family, and it's currently being petitioned for listing

163
00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:59,640
Speaker 1: under the Endangered Species Act. Pinion jays are smart, social

164
00:09:59,679 --> 00:10:02,319
Speaker 1: bird and their calls sound like laughing in the woods.

165
00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:10,160
Speaker 1: Jordan McMahon, one of the BLM researchers on the pinion

166
00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:13,120
Speaker 1: j project, told me that the bird population has declined

167
00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:16,160
Speaker 1: about eight five in the last one hundred years, which

168
00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:20,240
Speaker 1: is the steepest decline of any woodland bird species. Listing

169
00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:22,920
Speaker 1: under the ESA may be necessary, but it would have

170
00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:26,760
Speaker 1: a significant impact on industries across the Western United States.

171
00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:30,680
Speaker 1: Since the pinion juniper habitat comprises a major portion of

172
00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:34,400
Speaker 1: public land. To gather as much information as possible about

173
00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:37,960
Speaker 1: the Pinion J population, researchers have fitted seven of these

174
00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:41,400
Speaker 1: birds with little GPS backpacks. For the first time ever,

175
00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:44,480
Speaker 1: researchers will be able to track bird movement in real

176
00:10:44,559 --> 00:10:49,040
Speaker 1: time to determine habitat, use and requirements. Here's where Ukraine

177
00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:52,800
Speaker 1: comes in. According to McMahon, the GPS data is routed

178
00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:56,480
Speaker 1: through the International Space Station by a contract between Russia

179
00:10:56,520 --> 00:11:00,800
Speaker 1: and Germany. That contract has been suspended to the conflict

180
00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:04,320
Speaker 1: and it's unclear when it will be reinstated. For now,

181
00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:08,160
Speaker 1: researchers have stopped fitting pinion j's with GPS tags because

182
00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:11,920
Speaker 1: they aren't sure whether they'll be able to access the data. Basically,

183
00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:14,160
Speaker 1: the only way these tags can work is is through

184
00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:17,400
Speaker 1: the current system that's set up, which is completely choked

185
00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:20,679
Speaker 1: off at the moment. It is a sensitive species, so

186
00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:24,080
Speaker 1: we don't want to cause any undue stress to those

187
00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:27,160
Speaker 1: animals if we don't have to. The people of Ukraine

188
00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:29,559
Speaker 1: have more important things to worry about than the opinion

189
00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:32,679
Speaker 1: J population in Utah. In the list of reasons to

190
00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:35,520
Speaker 1: end the war, this is, you know, towards the bottom

191
00:11:35,559 --> 00:11:38,800
Speaker 1: for some. Still, it's another reminder that what we do

192
00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:42,600
Speaker 1: as humans can have far reaching and unpredictable effects on

193
00:11:42,679 --> 00:11:50,080
Speaker 1: wildlife and the wild places we explore. Next up, on

194
00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:54,600
Speaker 1: March thirty, the Federal Subsistence Board voted on a proposal

195
00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:58,280
Speaker 1: to close hunting of moose and caribou by non subsistence

196
00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:02,760
Speaker 1: hunters into area is Management Units twenty three and twenty

197
00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:06,319
Speaker 1: six A and Northwest Alaska, a total area the size

198
00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:10,200
Speaker 1: of the state of Michigan. The top line takeaway is

199
00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:13,880
Speaker 1: not great, despite a wide majority of public comments at

200
00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:17,600
Speaker 1: the public hearing opposing the closures. Millions of acres will

201
00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:21,440
Speaker 1: be closed to non subsistence hunters without any clear relationship

202
00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:25,160
Speaker 1: between that hunting and the health of moose and caribou populations.

203
00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:29,040
Speaker 1: But the details of the final determination are more involved

204
00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:33,040
Speaker 1: and tell a slightly more encouraging story. The original proposal

205
00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:36,160
Speaker 1: was titled ws A twenty one DASH zero one, but

206
00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:40,000
Speaker 1: the final decision split the ruling into two parts wus

207
00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:43,760
Speaker 1: A twenty one DASH zero one A for caribou and

208
00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:48,280
Speaker 1: Dash zero one B for moose Dash zero one A.

209
00:12:48,679 --> 00:12:52,520
Speaker 1: The caribou side of things closes the No Attack National Preserve,

210
00:12:52,679 --> 00:12:55,920
Speaker 1: which is almost entirely in Unit twenty three, but also

211
00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:59,520
Speaker 1: includes a small stretch of land along the Nagou River.

212
00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:03,080
Speaker 1: Remember A S K C A L at the meat

213
00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:07,440
Speaker 1: eat dot com. You can correct that pronunciation anyway. It's

214
00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:12,280
Speaker 1: in Unit. Also close is BLM managed land between the

215
00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:15,199
Speaker 1: No Attack and Kobuk rivers, which is also entirely in

216
00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:19,280
Speaker 1: Unit twenty three. The closure to non federally qualified users

217
00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:22,360
Speaker 1: will run from August one to September for the two

218
00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:25,800
Speaker 1: thousand two through twenty three and twenty three through twenty

219
00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:30,079
Speaker 1: four seasons. Zero one B covering the moose hunt closes

220
00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:32,240
Speaker 1: all of Unit twenty three for the same period of

221
00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:35,920
Speaker 1: time for the same two upcoming seasons. Moose hunting will

222
00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:39,240
Speaker 1: still be allowed by non federally qualified users in Unit.

223
00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:43,480
Speaker 1: So that's the bad news. The good news is, even

224
00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:46,880
Speaker 1: though restrictions did pass, they are much less sweeping than

225
00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:50,360
Speaker 1: what we had originally been proposed, much less land, almost

226
00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:54,160
Speaker 1: none of unity, and a much shorter period during the season.

227
00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:57,959
Speaker 1: Our calls, emails, and testimony didn't get us the whole loaf,

228
00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:01,520
Speaker 1: but they got us like a partial, or rather whatever

229
00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:03,800
Speaker 1: part of a loaf sits outside the No Attack in

230
00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:07,880
Speaker 1: Kobuk rivers during August and September. Two years from now,

231
00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:10,840
Speaker 1: the same decision is going to come up again. We're

232
00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:14,360
Speaker 1: again going to testify according to science and good management

233
00:14:14,559 --> 00:14:17,360
Speaker 1: and maybe we get you know, some more of that loaf.

234
00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:21,200
Speaker 1: And speaking of science, as we covered back in episode on,

235
00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:24,680
Speaker 1: the real threat to cariboo and moose in this area

236
00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:29,000
Speaker 1: isn't the negligible impact of non subsistence hunters, but rather

237
00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:33,240
Speaker 1: the dramatic delay in the onset of winter weather over

238
00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:36,000
Speaker 1: two months over the last ten years. According to the

239
00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:40,440
Speaker 1: U S Parks Service, winter has been delayed. So instead

240
00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:42,920
Speaker 1: of a lot of hand waving about this or that hunt,

241
00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:46,560
Speaker 1: how about the subsistence board doesn't work figuring out how

242
00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:50,000
Speaker 1: to help the herds contend with that issue. Send your

243
00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:53,560
Speaker 1: thoughts on the matter to the Federal Subsistence Board Policy Coordinator,

244
00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:57,200
Speaker 1: Robin Levine at nine zero seven seven eight six three

245
00:14:57,280 --> 00:15:03,560
Speaker 1: three or Robin to be underscore Levine at FWS dot

246
00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:08,280
Speaker 1: g o V. Last episode, we singled out the town

247
00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:11,240
Speaker 1: of Cape Coral, Florida for a little ribbing about the

248
00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:15,800
Speaker 1: Ordnance Pass. They're recently outlying fishing under bridges, So on

249
00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:19,200
Speaker 1: this episode we thought we'd give you something positive. The

250
00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:23,200
Speaker 1: State of Florida has done the acquisition of seven parcels

251
00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:26,920
Speaker 1: of land covering over seventeen thousand acres to become part

252
00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:30,479
Speaker 1: of the Florida Wildlife Corridor, a series of linked easements

253
00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:34,240
Speaker 1: and protected lands that allow for wildlife migration across the state.

254
00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:38,120
Speaker 1: The total thirty two million dollars for this recent purchase

255
00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:41,360
Speaker 1: was put up by a combination of several state, federal,

256
00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:46,280
Speaker 1: and nonprofit entities, including the Florida Department of Environmental Protection,

257
00:15:46,480 --> 00:15:49,560
Speaker 1: the U. S Forest Services Forest Legacy Program, the U

258
00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:52,400
Speaker 1: S d A, and the United States Air Force Readiness

259
00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:57,600
Speaker 1: and Environmental Protection Initiative, as well as private foundations. The

260
00:15:57,680 --> 00:16:01,280
Speaker 1: larger Florida Wildlife Corridor is an atwork of over seventeen

261
00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:04,640
Speaker 1: points seven million acres of land, nine point six million

262
00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:08,360
Speaker 1: of which is already conserved. The remaining eight point one

263
00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:13,000
Speaker 1: million acres has been identified as key opportunity for future conservation,

264
00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:16,800
Speaker 1: and these latest seven parcels add to that protected habitat.

265
00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:21,200
Speaker 1: Similar patchworks are being identified and conserved piece by piece

266
00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:25,320
Speaker 1: elsewhere in the country, for instance, the Staying Connected Initiative

267
00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:29,320
Speaker 1: or SCI, which is creating a migration corridor across the

268
00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:33,080
Speaker 1: northern apple Achians, an Acadian area of New York, New England,

269
00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:37,240
Speaker 1: and Canada. One highlight of these recent Florida acquisitions is

270
00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:40,320
Speaker 1: the Wolf Creek Forest in Santa Rosa County, almost all

271
00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:43,640
Speaker 1: the way west in the Florida Panhandle. This seven thousand,

272
00:16:43,680 --> 00:16:46,320
Speaker 1: eight hundred and sixty eight acre tract will span a

273
00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:50,000
Speaker 1: current gap in the largest contiguous long leaf pine landscape

274
00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:53,480
Speaker 1: in the world, home to nine hundred species found nowhere

275
00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:58,080
Speaker 1: else on earth, including thirty federally threatened and endangered species

276
00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:02,640
Speaker 1: such as the Eastern in Go snake, the red cockaded woodpecker,

277
00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:07,080
Speaker 1: and the Panhandle lily and the primrose flowered butter wark.

278
00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:10,400
Speaker 1: The Wolf Creek Forest parcel will be managed as part

279
00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:13,080
Speaker 1: of the Blackwater River State Forest, where you can fish

280
00:17:13,080 --> 00:17:17,480
Speaker 1: for largemouth bass, spotted bass, bluegills, sunshine bass, ripe bass,

281
00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:21,320
Speaker 1: black croppie, and channel catfish. Oh that's a lot of

282
00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:23,760
Speaker 1: species and a lot of fun. Let's hope that at

283
00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:27,800
Speaker 1: least partially makes up for the loss of underbridge fishing

284
00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:32,800
Speaker 1: opportunity elsewhere in the state. Moving on to the legislation

285
00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:35,199
Speaker 1: round up, and we're just going to focus on two bills,

286
00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:39,320
Speaker 1: So breathe easy. First up, in New York, a lad

287
00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:42,280
Speaker 1: AMMO BAM on state land as well as any land

288
00:17:42,359 --> 00:17:46,200
Speaker 1: contributing to surface water in New York City passed the Assembly,

289
00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:49,880
Speaker 1: and the companion bill S. Five zero five eight, seems

290
00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:53,200
Speaker 1: close to passing the Senate. As we've covered in the past,

291
00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:57,600
Speaker 1: we support limiting lead on the landscape, especially with waterfowl

292
00:17:57,760 --> 00:18:00,800
Speaker 1: and in areas where raptors and just lead for gut piles,

293
00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:04,240
Speaker 1: but imposing a ban in this area, where the effects

294
00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:07,920
Speaker 1: are less well established, puts an undue burden on hunters,

295
00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:12,680
Speaker 1: especially those with lower incomes, especially during the current AMMO shortage.

296
00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:15,720
Speaker 1: For many, this would be a de facto hunting ban

297
00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:20,400
Speaker 1: or an irresistible invitation to break the law. New Yorkers,

298
00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:23,760
Speaker 1: call your senator to oppose S. Five zero five eight,

299
00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:26,679
Speaker 1: and while you're at it, called the Department of Environmental

300
00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:30,240
Speaker 1: Conservation and register your opposition there as well. The bill

301
00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:33,239
Speaker 1: may already be headed to the Governor Hutchell's desk by

302
00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:36,040
Speaker 1: the time you hear this, and you know she's likely

303
00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:38,240
Speaker 1: not to pick up the phone and get advice on

304
00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:40,520
Speaker 1: whether to sign it from the d e C. So

305
00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:43,000
Speaker 1: let's make sure they know how you feel about it

306
00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:46,480
Speaker 1: and finally, just call the governor herself. She's been willing

307
00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:50,920
Speaker 1: to veto bad bills before. Next up is Delaware, where

308
00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:53,760
Speaker 1: SP four three zero eight seems likely to come to

309
00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:58,240
Speaker 1: a floor vote soon. Known as the Comprehensive Conservation Finance Act,

310
00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:01,760
Speaker 1: this bill would allow private investors to pay for conservation

311
00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:06,320
Speaker 1: projects and be compensated by greenhouse gas markets, carbon credits,

312
00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:10,439
Speaker 1: or soil carbon programs. These investors could also enter into

313
00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:14,000
Speaker 1: pay for success state contracts that would turn a profit

314
00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:19,240
Speaker 1: when projects they financed reach certified environmental outcomes. You might ask,

315
00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:21,760
Speaker 1: why should I support a bill that could let people

316
00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:26,119
Speaker 1: get rich off of conservation. The climate researcher and engineers

317
00:19:26,119 --> 00:19:29,680
Speaker 1: saw Griffith's explains through an analogy to cars and houses.

318
00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:33,199
Speaker 1: Americans were able to afford these major purchases for the

319
00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:35,960
Speaker 1: first time because of the invention of the auto loan

320
00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:39,480
Speaker 1: and the mortgage. Programs like this one in Maryland are

321
00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:42,360
Speaker 1: sort of like a mortgage to pay for big climate

322
00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:46,399
Speaker 1: change solutions. Right now, a state like Maryland puts out

323
00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:49,840
Speaker 1: an RFP too. Let's say, restore a certain patch of

324
00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:54,679
Speaker 1: wetlands to protect habitat and suck carbon. Different providers. Bid

325
00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:58,080
Speaker 1: one is selected after a long assessment process, the money

326
00:19:58,119 --> 00:20:00,920
Speaker 1: goes out the door, and maybe the project works, maybe

327
00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:04,120
Speaker 1: a dozen't. But what if private money could be applied

328
00:20:04,119 --> 00:20:07,320
Speaker 1: to the problem right away, even combine lots of different

329
00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:10,240
Speaker 1: projects and funding sources, and then the state would pay

330
00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:14,679
Speaker 1: only if the project worked and at significant savings. We're

331
00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:17,200
Speaker 1: gonna need all the speed and resources we can get

332
00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:21,280
Speaker 1: to pay for big climate solutions fast. Maryland is also

333
00:20:21,359 --> 00:20:24,080
Speaker 1: ground zero for the effects of climate change, so the

334
00:20:24,119 --> 00:20:28,200
Speaker 1: state is especially motivated to find new strategies to combat it.

335
00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:31,360
Speaker 1: For fantastic deep dive into the effects of rising sea

336
00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:34,080
Speaker 1: levels on the del Marva Peninsula, a key piece of

337
00:20:34,119 --> 00:20:36,800
Speaker 1: habitat in the chess Peak Bay region, as well as

338
00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:40,600
Speaker 1: efforts to save it, including this piece of legislation, go

339
00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:43,679
Speaker 1: check out the article Rise of Ghosts the Fight to

340
00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:47,080
Speaker 1: save the East Coastal Forest by John Barone on the

341
00:20:47,119 --> 00:20:50,760
Speaker 1: Meat Eater website. And while you're at it, Marylanders, call

342
00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:56,640
Speaker 1: your senators and support of SP four three zero eight One.

343
00:20:56,760 --> 00:21:01,240
Speaker 1: Last reminder, the comment period ends April fifteen for Amendment

344
00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:04,720
Speaker 1: seven to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Stripe Bass

345
00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:07,880
Speaker 1: Management Plan, So this week will be your last chance

346
00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:12,160
Speaker 1: to weigh in right to comments at a s m

347
00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:16,600
Speaker 1: FC dot org urging the Commission to recover and maintain

348
00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:20,200
Speaker 1: the Atlantic stripe bass stock. Back Country Hunters and Anglers

349
00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:23,040
Speaker 1: also has a feedback form ready to go on its

350
00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:26,760
Speaker 1: take action page, so you know, go take some action.

351
00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:29,520
Speaker 1: That's all I've got for you this week. Thank you

352
00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:33,119
Speaker 1: so much for listening. Remember to write in to a

353
00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:35,679
Speaker 1: s k C A L that's asked how at the

354
00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:38,000
Speaker 1: Meat Eater dot com and let me know what's going

355
00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:40,600
Speaker 1: on in your neck of the woods. And if you've

356
00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:43,359
Speaker 1: noticed that your woods are starting to look pretty poor,

357
00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:46,200
Speaker 1: should probably go pick up a brand new steel chainsaw.

358
00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:51,320
Speaker 1: Start by heading to www dot steel dealers dot com

359
00:21:51,359 --> 00:21:55,040
Speaker 1: to find a local, knowledgeable steel dealer near you. They'll

360
00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:57,159
Speaker 1: be happy to see you. They'll set you up with

361
00:21:57,200 --> 00:21:59,119
Speaker 1: what you need, and they won't try to send you

362
00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:02,200
Speaker 1: home with what you don't. Thanks again and I'll talk

363
00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:05,480
Speaker 1: to you next week. M