Taking Away Public Ownership of Fish And Wildlife? |Fresh Tracks Weekly Ep. (70)
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This week, we’re talking about how there’s a potential threat to the public’s ownership of fish and wildlife as the Georgia Legislature passed a bill that stripped language from a law that had to do with the public trust doctrine.
A few news stories that we also cover include;
The Alaska Governor recently announced new appointments to the Board of Fisheries and Board of Game, which included Fresh Tracks regular Jim Baichtal!
A study in Michigan has been trying to figure out if they can vaccinate wild deer for bovine tuberculosis via an edible bait.
In Grand Teton National Park it was reported that the removal of mountain goats has continued with 15 were killed within the park in 2023 and they estimate around 10-20 goats remain in the Teton Range.
A Dairy worker in Texas recently contracted the bird flu, making him the 2nd person in the United States to be reported.
In Wyoming, a man has been accused of running down a wolf with a snowmobile, catching it while still alive, taping its mouth shut and then bringing it home with him, and then bringing it to a bar before finally killing it.
The first large-scale wildlife overpass in Idaho was finished last year and the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership published an article detailing the project and initial success.
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