Ep. 28: Sturgeon in the 9th Circuit, the 1872 Mining Act, and One Big Rainbow
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🗓️ 11 November 2019
⏱️ 29 minutes
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This week, Cal talks about hovercraft access in Alaska, sulfide ore mining and the 1872 mining act, and so much more.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey folks, this is Brent Rees with me, the Ethers new podcast of this country live. |
| 0:05.0 | You ever wondered how to pick out a good dog, bowl up a mess of crawfish or catch cat fish |
| 0:09.3 | on a trot line? |
| 0:10.3 | Well, on this country life, I'm inviting you into my home, where in each episode I'll |
| 0:14.8 | be telling you the story of a good hunt, close call, a hard time, a good time, whatever. |
| 0:20.0 | And then we'll talk on some good country skills I think you ought to know. |
| 0:24.1 | Listen to this country life in the Bear Greece feed on the I Heart Radio F or wherever you |
| 0:29.3 | get your podcasts. |
| 0:36.3 | From me, Deter's world news headquarters in Boseman, Montana, this is Cal's We Can Review |
| 0:47.5 | with Ryan, Cal, Cal and now here's Cal. |
| 0:51.8 | What do a good moose hunting spot, the United States Supreme Court, sturgeon and a hovercraft |
| 0:56.9 | having common? |
| 0:57.9 | What? |
| 0:58.9 | If you've been paying attention, a man by the name of John Sturgeon took a case questioning |
| 1:03.5 | the legality of driving his hovercraft up a river to his favorite moose hunting spot |
| 1:08.8 | all the way up to the United States Supreme Court and one. |
| 1:12.1 | The ruling was handed down this past March. |
| 1:14.3 | I'm not sure why this story is popped up in the news recently, but I got several emails |
| 1:19.3 | on the subject just this week. |
| 1:21.1 | Here are the facts as I know them. |
| 1:23.7 | Sturgeon's root to his moose spot takes him through the Yukon Charlie Rivers National Preserve. |
| 1:28.7 | And he uses a small hovercraft to navigate shallow rivers. |
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