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[Danielle Franz @DanielleBFranz]

Republicans control the White House, the Senate, and the House.

$736 million cut from the National Parks.

$832 million still flowing to Planned Parenthood.

What exactly are we conserving?

[RodeoProfessor @RodeoProfessor]

The massive immigration surge during the Biden admin is and will be the defining challenge in conservation law enforcement for the next two decades. This is the only thing my game warden partners want to talk about (game wardens with last names like Hernandez and Martinez mind you), the scope and scale of the problem is absolutely massive.

They describe to me a two tiered system of public land and wildlife access, where Americans need stickers for the OHVs and snowmobiles, Americans need hunting and fishing licenses, Americans wouldn’t dream of poaching. People here as “refugees” or as catch and release, who don’t even possess American IDs or a permanent address are not the same to interact with as you are. It’s very similar to the illegals who cause car accidents and local cops do little about it. They don’t even have processes in place for how to ticket these people, let alone educate them in fair chase, anti poaching, conservation and so on.

This isn’t just a land issue either. The idea of using the honor system, and placing your tag on your one bull redfish for the season *does not translate* to someone from a country where they shoot dolphins from shrimp boats with a shot gun.

[RodeoProfessor @RodeoProfessor]

One of the most important things America ever did in the field of conservation was recover the bison back from the brink of extinction, but people who want you to hate your country and yourself never tell the second half of that story.

We established the world’s first National Park to prevent out of control poaching, Congress passed laws specifically banning poaching and selling of wildlife, Roosevelt established one of the first single species groups (American Bison Society), several national parks and national wildlife refuges were established specifically to save the bison. That built serious momentum to set aside big tracts of public land, and simultaneously one of the first captive breeding programs (partnered with zoos) all combined to bring the bison back. All these efforts formed the cornerstone of the North American model of wildlife conservation, one of the most widely mimicked conservation models in the world.

[RodeoProfessor @RodeoProfessor]

>Federal public land is just barren scrubland?
-Sagebrush scrub steppe is an iconically North American biome. It has thousands of plant and animal species in it, it makes us who we are. The smell after a rain is like nothing in the world, it is uniquely American. And it is yours! It serves the entire country by regulating soil and water systems, and provides habitat for the largest herds of elk, deer, and antelope in America. It's what your ancestors saw when they came out here in wagon trains to cut civilization out of the vines.
-Federal land managers are innovating close relationships with private industry (oil & gas, mining) to prevent species like the sagegrouse from being listed under strict conservation laws like the ESA.
-Robust, capitalistic competition occurs between private companies for leasing rights. This means big oil & gas companies and small family ranching outfits can operate on this land, and pay YOU the owner direct into the U.S. treasury. You can still go access BLM land throughout America because you own it, not the government.
-They've recovered countless species from endemic cutthroats in Nevada, to the desert tortoise of Arizona and California, to Colorado cactus species, and list is long.

[Gretchen Ronnevik @garonnevik]

Me: if there’s anything you learn from this kitchen, son, it’s that you measure garlic with your heart.

16 yo: with my heart.

Me: yes. Some recipes will tell you some nonsense of “1 clove of garlic minced” and that is a cold-hearted person.

16 yo: they do not understand the lavishness of God’s grace.

Me: no they do not.

[Tottenham Hotspur @SpursOfficial]

WE'VE DONE IT!!!!! 🏆

[Keith Woods @KeithWoodsYT]

People that complain about religion slowing down scientific progress are strangely silent about Australia tossing hundreds of ultra-rare archaic human fossils in the dirt to satisfy aboriginal superstitions.

[Roy Drones Jr @chiweethedog]

that’s one of my dreams right there good lord

[TUCKER @JERICHO]

if I’m elected president, I’ll force the NBA to give Baltimore a team so whenever they play the Kings, the scoreboard will say BAL SAC. Vote for me.

[Leonarda Jonie @Leonardaisfunny]

Hellen Keller was fake. She mysteriously stopped writing books after Ann Sullivan died. The only way they could get us to believe that a blind and deaf ret^rd wrote books was by indoctrinating us with this bit of “history” since we were kids. Pretty sure everything is a lie.

[Cookie Monster @MeCookieMonster]

There is more to life than cookies, but cookies are still big part of it.

[Dave Portnoy @stoolpresidente]

I love Eric Dier. Eric Dier loves me 🎵

[Riggs @RiggsBarstool]

Winning from here is unbelievable.

[Ben Ferry @benferry99]

RocK chalK sucK KocK #farewelltour

[Flavortown @flavortown]

The spin-off we need

[James @CaucasianJames]

new socks just came in to kick off the weekend. i’ve never felt a vibe quite like this