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This week we’re talking about a few recent headlines concerning public land and public access.

We give a quick update from a weekend of paddlefish fishing along with picking up a few catfish.

For news we have updates on the Wyoming corner crossing case and how Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks reacted to the ruling of the case.

An update on the Colorado court case concerning an angler suing a private landowner in hopes to improve public water access in the state and potential change stream access laws.

Montana Wildlife Federation, Montana Wild and Montana Association of Counties are suing in an attempt to let lawmakers vote to override Governor Greg Gianforte’s veto of SB 422.

Waterfowl hunting has been suspended at Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge due to staffing shortages.

Ticks may be a disease vector for Chronic Wasting disease, a new research study finds.

For the Deeper Dive we discuss the recent announcement of a potential change to Federal Land leasing that would put conservation organizations on a level playing field for bidding on leases such as oil, gas, wind, solar, and cattle grazing. We also touch on the new ruling where the EPA no longer has jurisdiction over certain waters.

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Randy Gives an update on what the crew has been up to. Michael has a fishing report from Fort Peck. Marcus is back from his bear hunt and Randy gives some news updates. This week for the deeper dive, the crew discusses the recent ruling in the Wyoming corner crossing case.

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Randy Newberg gives an update on his Black Bear hunt in Alaska! A man mistakenly kills a grizzly bear thinking it was a black bear in Wyoming... Marcus and Kara are digging up clams and catching crabs with their friends! And Michael is fishing during spring runoff!

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Big news. Marcus drew a bighorn sheep tag in Montana.

A lot of excitement and plans going into the upcoming season but also reeling back and talking about the status of bighorn sheep in Montana along with Shiras moose and mountain goat. s

Many people wait a lifetime to draw one of these tags and unfortunately in Montana, populations are trending down while applications are trending up.

We ponder what we can do and what research has been done and will hopefully be done in the future to help conserver and build back moose, sheep and goat herds.

A few news items this week include Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks messing up the moose and sheep draw, a bill in Nevada to make the “wild mustang” the Nevada State Horse and a new elk research project that examined different migration tactics used by elk in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

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After a few week break we're back with some turkey hunting and fishing stories.

A little news concerning SB 442 in Montana where Governor Gianforte vetoed a popular bill concerning the marijuana tax revenue that was supposed to go to Habitat Montana.

Some news concerning new gun laws in Washington, an update on Colorado's supreme court case that could affect stream access and a new paper that claims wild burros and mountain lions are great for desert ecosystem but has been met with a lot of skepticism from biologists.

For the deeper dive we discuss various non-native wildlife species, are they good? bad? neutral?

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Montana turkey season started out great ,filling a couple tags on opening day! We cooked one of the birds in a couple different ways to make some office lunches this week.

Michael finally got his boat out so gives us the fishing update in which he landed a few nice walleye, bass, trout and pike.

The snow keeps coming in the western United States, with the majority of the Snotel sites measuring over 150% snow water equivalent. Arizona Game and Fish sent out an email warning turkey hunters areas are inaccessible due to high snowpack.

In Idaho a Fish and Game officer shot and killed a domestic dog for chasing and killing mule deer.

Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks announced that they will embark on new mule deer monitoring, research and outreach initiatives in response to the long-term decline in mule deer numbers.

The Wyoming corner crossing case is back in the news after both sides have filed for summary judgment wanting the judge to rule before going to trial.

For the deeper dive, we talk about a few hunting myths and pet peeves that drive us crazy.

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It's Spring in Montana! By "Spring" I mean it's turkey and bear season!

Michael fills us in with all things fishing as he's been getting more excited about gear for walleye and bass than he is fly fishing for trout.

For news, we have an update on the two Montana bills that are competing over the marijuana tax revenue that was supposed to go to Habitat Montana.

John Meyer was arrested for Criminal Trespass for collecting water samples Yellowstone Club property.

A wildlife crossing film shows how well they work both ecologically and economically. (RE)CONNECTING WILD - RESTORING SAFE PASSAGE: https://youtu.be/NK-mvhPMokY

In North Dakota a bill has been stopped that would have restricted the Game and Fish's ability to prohibit baiting for deer.

Jim Heffelfinger and Paul Krausman just finished up editing the new Mule Deer bible that covers the ecology of the species across their range.

You can pre-order the book at a discount here.

https://www.routledge.com/Ecology-and-Management-of-Black-tailed-and-Mule-Deer-of-North-America/Heffelfinger-Krausman/p/book/9781032407609

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This week Randy is taking over Fresh Tracks Weekly to give his thoughts on a few things going on in the legislative world.

There has been a movement to add the right to hunt, fish and trap to state's constitutions to try and ensure these activities can continue into the future. Randy gives an update on states that have already achieved this along with a few more currently trying.

Randy also talks about how to gain access primarily in the form of getting hunting access on state trust lands. Each state is different in whether or not you can recreate, hunt, fish or camp on state land.

For the deeper dive the crew discusses online learning and Randy's new in depth pronghorn course on OutdoorClass.

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Two new national monuments have been designated. What does that mean for public access and management?

A grizzly bear reintroduction is back on the table for the Northern Cascades mountains in Washington.

Three different bills have been introduced before congress to delist wolves nationwide and two different grizzly bear populations.

An interesting study looked at artificial water sources and whether or not they serve as ambush sites for mountain lions to prey on mule deer.

For the deeper dive, Randy and Marcus discuss the recent weather in the western U.S. what it means for wintering wildlife and the tag reduction that is following in several states.

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We start off with a quick story and recap of our freezer dying and needing to process 200 lbs of meat into pre-made meals, jerky, and summer sausage.

We catch up with Michael in the fishing corner with some good times on some Montana rivers.

Results from new research on Chronic Wasting Disease shows different methods of detection which could lead to management implications.

Alaska's Willow Project was recently been approved opening up oil drilling on millions of acres of land on the North Slope.

Utah now has year round mountain lion hunting despite pushback from hunting conservation groups.

A new bill in Idaho would allow the Fish and Game Commission to set shed antler hunting seasons.

South Dakota has now placed caps on non-resident archery deer and pronghorn tags after years of allowing unlimited tags on public land.

A new bill in Montana aims to phase out the largely unsuccessful pen raised pheasant program that started last year.

For the deeper dive we discuss different private land public access programs in the western united states, what we like and what we don't like.

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