To Be Taken With A Grain Of Salt -- March 4, 2016

Wow, talk about influence.

Within days after winning the Oscar for best actor, Leo DiCaprio got his revenge on that grizzly bear that was supposed to have either mauled him or raped him (I am not making that up).

From the AP:

The federal government is proposing to lift threatened-species protections for hundreds of Yellowstone-area grizzlies, opening the door to future hunts for the fearsome bears across parts of three states for the first time since the 1970s.

The proposal caps a four-decade, government-sponsored effort to rebuild the grizzly population and follows the lifting of protections in recent years for more than a dozen other species, including the gray wolf, brown pelican and flying squirrel.

Hunting within Yellowstone National Park would still be prohibited. But the proposal could allow animals to be taken in surrounding parts of Montana, Idaho and Wyoming.

Since one still won't be able to hunt inside Yellowstone NP, I assume that dentist from Minnesota will strew salmon along trails just outside the park to attract the bears.

Not a good idea any more, trying to escape Yellowstone NP:



Also, the tragic death of famous wildcatter Aubrey McClendon has folks checking their automobile brakes this week. The US is investigating 420,000 F-150's for brake failure. That's the fastest I've ever seen the US government react to a vehicular mishap.