as a wildlife manager, sometimes dead fall and understory is a good thing for wildlife management, but in some cases, managing forests, as senator merkley knows in the pacific northwest, we are working together with our state and federal colleagues on ecological forestry which involves many of the principles you're speaking of, which is get in, do thinning, do understory management. i think good, improved forest management is an important aspect of wildlife management and providing the habitat our game species are going to need in the future. i agree with you that that is an important adaptation for us to take. and we need better capacity to do that in knowing what we now know about climate change and what the future is going to look like. >> the chair agreed into indulge me on one other question. there is a strategic plan to responding to climate change that includes increased data collection, initiatives to increase awareness and habitat conservation programs. how much money and how many employees is this going to take? and will this negatively impact other fish and wildlife service

national wildlife refuge, national park, state park or state wildlife management area, fire management is a challenge for any land manager. i would say the greatest need in that regard is funding for preventative management. in this year's budget, the president has proposed a so-called fire fix that allows us to begin to treat fires like other natural disasters. and gives us more flexibility to do what you're calling for is to do printive management of our nation's forests. >> part of that would be removing the fallen trees and the underbrush that amounts to fuel for forest fires? >> in some cases. as a wildlife manager, sometimes dead fall and understory is a good thing for wildlife management, but in some cases, managing forests, as senator merkley knows in the pacific northwest, we are working together with our state and federal colleagues on ecological forestry which involves many of the principles you're speaking of, which is get in, do thinning, do understory management. i think good, improved forest management is an important aspect of our adaptation to changing climate. it's an

as a wildlife manager, sometimes dead fall and understory is a good thing for wildlife management, but in some cases, managing forests, as senator merkley knows in the pacific northwest, we are working together with our state and federal colleagues on ecological forestry which involves many of the principles you're speaking of, which is get in, do thinning, do understory management. i think good, improved forest management is an important aspect of wildlife management and providing the habitat our game species are going to need in the future. i agree with you that that is an important adaptation for us to take. and we need better capacity to do that in knowing what we now know about climate change and what the future is going to look like. >> the chair agreed into indulge me on one other question. there is a strategic plan to responding to climate change that includes increased data collection, initiatives to increase awareness and habitat conservation programs. how much money and how many employees is this going to take? and will this negatively impact other fish and wildlife service

here the leuser ecosystem is one of the last remaining strongholds for indonesian wildlife. it's a 6-million-acre protected park, but it's being illegally cut down to make room for palm oil. >> we've driven into the leuser ecosystem. this is a place of tigers, elephants, rhinos, and orangutans. it's supposed to be protected. but we've been tipped off by rangers here that there is illegal deforestation going on as we speak. we're going to go and try to film them and get right up close to the destruction. keep going. we've been hiking for hours to get here, right on the edge of where the trees are being cut down. i'm standing just meters from where the chainsaws are operating. i'm whispering because we've been told by our guides that these people are highly dangerous. [chainsaws in background] and it's likely to get violent if we move any closer. [man shouts in distance] you can hear the trees falling through the canopy. it's one of the most biodiverse places on the planet. [chopping] and it's being destroyed. every day we consume palm oil, labeled as vegetable oil. and a lot

cracking down on the illegal trafficking of wildlife. >>> secretary of state john kerry is inning about dad holding talks and more and more cities fall to sunni fighters. urging nouri al-maliki to make his country more inclusive. john terrett is in washington, d.c. >> we learned a lot more now than we knew this morning when we realized that secretary kerry met with nouri al-maliki. he has had separate meetings with meetings one with shiite, and the other is sunni. next up, the city to the northwest of baghdad. there he's going to meet up with the current president and the united states is offering air power to the kurds in the western desert around their various homelands using assets the u.s. deployed in the gulf providing there is a broad based political agreement in baghdad that had offer some protection to the iraqi people to the shi shias, sunnies and kurds, and that can be sorted out reasonbly quickly i'll next be talking with allies. >> according to the state department he's not himself asking for nouri al-maliki to go although of course there are calls from around the world for

trying to put an end to buying and selling of wildlife contraband. we warn you the individual yoaz you're about to -- the video is disturbing. >> we have everything from tigers to jaguars to leopards, snow leopards, ocelot, most of them endangered. >> part of the half million wildlife items stored here. >> one of the more interesting or grotesque items we have seen is this tiger fetus. >> from the u.s. fish and wildlife service. >> all from seizures that happened in the united states. a lot of what you see here are foreign species. most of those seizures were happening at our border ports or major airports or sea ports. >> that includes everything from hard shell sea turtles to stuffed bengal tigers. >> what about this? >> this item here is actually a carving that was created from a rhino horn. >> it's an incredible but illegal piece of art. on the black market, a rhino horn can fetch up to $30,000 a pound. >> this holds thousands of tons of ivory husk. >> in the end six tons of ivory were destroyed in a massive crushing of the tusks, all of it seize

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the us department of agriculture comes out with an annual list detailing all of the animals the wildlife service the department has killed over the past year well the numbers are in for two thousand and thirteen it turns out that the wildlife services exterminated over four million living creatures just in the last year but surprisingly a court of the u.s.d.a. is only reporting nearly half of the animals killed were classified not as invasive species but native species is including animals from gray wolves to be verbs in fact last year wildlife services killed over seventy five thousand coyotes twelve thousand prairie dogs. nearly one thousand red tail hawks five hundred river otters former black bears and even the wreath golden and bald eagles yes a bald eagle america's national treasure that was just taken off the national danger danger species list a few years ago why would they kill this majestic bird you might ask we have no idea because perhaps the most disturbing part of all is that there's almost nothing in the report detailing the reasons for the killings or the method the depar

it is also vital for protecting the migration routes of the wildlife, and both of these elements are essential for creating sustainable livelihoods in the area. >> animals, they are very important because they make our area beautiful and they keep the ecosystem going, and also they bring in the tourists, thereby giving money to the community. >> one of the pillars of the kaza project is the official protection of the zambezi and kavango rivers. >> well, a transboundary river basis, the way i define it is when water, the natural flow of water, intersects an artificial jurisdictional barrier. the former colonial powers used rivers as borders, whereas the previous precolonial dispensation used rivers as means of transport, as means to connect people. >> africa inherited the borders that were created during the colonial era, but the kaza will break down these artificial boundaries and apply a management system that treats it as a whole, helping to secure these two great watersheds from the ravages of climate change, deforestation, and overconsumption. >> if our national economy is a whol

never should have been targeted in the first place organ representative peter de fazio told the wildlife services quote one of the most opaque and obstinate departments i've dealt with we're not really sure what they're doing wow gee that sounds promising fazio along with california congressman congressman john campbell are now launching a full investigation into wildlife services to account for the secrecy so if you don't think that taxpayers should be subsidizing animal murder and mass join me and let's break the. the piece of the game was terrible to say the i'm very hard to take.

. >> hunters criticize some farmers for not doing enough to protect the wildlife. saying they only follow the principle time is money. >> the task and the obligation to search these areas in advance is clearly with the farmers. they are the sources of the danger, so they have the legal obligation to protect the farms -- the fawns, and that's just one example, from being hurt or killed by mowers. >> the punters all the despot to note all too well -- the hunters ought to know all too well that it's all but impossible to search the whole land, or at least that has been until now. that's where the drones come in. they search the land where they suspect the fawns may be hiding. this is where the cutting edge can save a life. cutting-edge technology, that is, allowing the drones to work independently. first, the engineers define the area to be searched, and the drone takes off. it can cover the area the size of two soccer pitches in 10 minutes. it is equipped with one infrared and one color video camera. the infrared camera can spot the body heat of living creatures in t

department of agriculture comes out with an annual list detailing all of the animals a wildlife services department has killed over the past year well the numbers are in for two thousand and thirteen it turns out that the wildlife services exterminated over four million living creatures just in the last year but surprisingly a court of the u.s.d.a. is only reporting nearly half of the animals killed were classified not as invasive species but native species is including animals from gray wolves to the verse in fact last year wildlife services killed over seventy five thousand coyotes twelve thousand prairie dogs nearly one thousand red tail hawks five hundred river otters former black bears and even the wreath golden and bald eagles yes a bald eagle america's national treasure. that was just taken off the national did injured endangered species list a few years ago why would they kill this majestic bird you might ask we have no idea because perhaps the most disturbing part of all is that there's almost nothing in the report detailing the reasons for the killings or the method the departm

the lindsey wildlife released it back in the wild near crockett.he bird had been recovering at the wildlife hospital for the past five months. in addition to rehabilitating animals, they aim to educate the public about wildlife in the bay area and how to be stewards of the environment. >>> thank you for making ktvu your choice for news. we're always here for you at ktvu.com and you can follow us on twitter and facebook. thanks thanks for watching. have a great weekend. >> this is "the real winning edge." a student artist and triathlete who took downsizing to a whole new level. it's a football player who went from down and out to up and moving forward. a racecar driver who goes from tragedy to triumph. it's celebrities who let you know what it takes to win in life. gwen jorgensen, garrett reynolds, and bobby labonte. this is how to overcome. [captioning made possible by challenger films] >> ♪ caught in the fallout i know there's a way out ♪ >> i'm apolo anton ohno. see how you can overcome when life gets tough. >> hi, i'm lisa leslie. find out how t

. >>> a man steps up a go pro to capture the wildlife. >> see how the wildlife captures it instead. >>> it's a weird scene on the side of the road. >> honey, sit on the guy, i'll punch him in the face. defenseless. >> what witnesses say led to the advantage attack. >>> this is on the i-71 in kentucky. you see two big black trucks. according to david boggs, the man who took this video, the man in the denim shorts actually hit the guy's truck who is in the khaki shorts. the man in the denim shorts pulled the man in the khaki shorts out of the truck. the guy in the shorts was in the car with the woman with the white shorts. the pair is subduing the man in the khaki shorts. he's the victim even though his car was hit. the entire time, he did not put up a fight. >> hey, stop. >> he did! >> what's wrong with people? it's a fender bender, easy to deal with, sure, it's a headache, but deal with it in a reasonable manner. >> so weird that a couple teams up together, honey, you sit on the guy, you punch him in the face. >> boggs called the police and left the area because he feared for his safe

we have a lot of fish and dear and wildlife.ot realize the significance of that until modification. we are restoring this. a lot of our traditional foods are strong and they predate industrial fertilizers. usually we fertilized with what we have. fish and different things. a lot of our people have diabetes in our community. it is been a rough transition from a traditional system to an industrial system. i want to restore our food. it is the foundation of our health. i am trying to read localized that for our economy. i am trying to keep it here and keep it healthy. enough foodto grow to feed our community. right now loma -- now, we're operating programs. that program provides. you need a green economy. that is not transported 1500 miles. we need local energy and you not -- and you're not addicted to other powers. you become responsible. you take responsibility. we did a study a couple of years ago that a portion of our people spend a quarter of their economy on energy. a lot of the work is how to be local. how to great intellect

the numbers are in for two thousand and thirteen it turns out that the wildlife services exterminated over four million living creatures just in the last a year but surprisingly a court of the u.s.d.a. only reported nearly half of the animals killed were classified not as invasive species but native species is included animals from gray wolves to beaver in fact last year wildlife services killed over seventy five thousand coyotes twelve thousand prairie dogs nearly one thousand red tail hawks five hundred river otters former black bears and even the wreath golden and bald eagles yes a bald eagle america's national treasure that was just taken off the national debt injured endangered species list a few years ago why would they kill this majestic bird you might ask we have no idea because perhaps the most disturbing part of all is that there's almost nothing in the report detailing the reasons for the killings or the method the department uses not to mention there's zero accountability when it comes to mistaking the killing creatures that it never should have been targeted in the first

how are they impacting wildlife? how are they impacting the environment? what are they made of that makes them so dangerous? they are little bits of plastim. they are used in facial scrubs and ex foliants and they down into the water. and what happens is that they are such a small scale, they look like fish eggs or plumpington and because of their plastic properties, they are like sponges so they end up collecting toxic chemicals whether it be motor oil or insect sides or toxics line bifenals. fish eat them and other fish eat those fish. what we have is basically a toxic chain that can impact not only wildlife but humidities who eat the fish. there is this issue of the water quality by having millions and potentially billions of these small, little plastic pieces in our waterways. >> you were part of the great lakes study in 2012 and 2013. what did you cover about these micro beads? >> our organizations began doing research i pepartnership and we found more plastic by count in samples from lake eerie than all of the occasions we have studied in four years.

fish and wildlife service is substantially largewer 551 national wildlife refuges and additional units, constituting an area of 150 million-acres which is larger than the nation of the ukraine. u.s. fish and wildlife service employs 9,000 people a facilities across the u.s. the forest service, again is larger. it has has 155 national forests, 20 national grasslands and seven national monuments, totaling 193 million-acres. that is larger than the area of chile. and the united states forest service employs some 35,000 people. and then finally comes the bureau of land management. the bureau of land management has 254 million-acres and according to the cia's world fact book, that puts it in position 31 compared to the 250 other nations on earth. it would come in just after egypt and it was some 10,000 employees to administer this land. all together we're talking over 260 million-acres, which one last care son, is larger than france, spain, germany, poland, italy, england, austria, switzerland, netherland and the belgium combined. to do so, if wikipedia is collect, the four major land-holdi

and that also came from the wildlife, zoological, wildlife foundation. but this one here, oh, god.ed to bring an alligator. right? [ cheers and applause ] this came from st. augustine's alligator farm. home of the original, all -- yeah. the origial albino alligators. it's all white. red eyes. this is the only alligator that can get a sunburn. >> jimmy: can it really? >> now feel his back. it's so cool, if you feel it right there -- bam! [ cheers and applause ] jimmy, you scared him. you scared him. when you jumped like that, you scared him. >> jimmy: gosh. >> its's an albino alligator. >> jimmy: why did i invite you back to the show? [ laughter ] >> it's going to keep your blood pressure going. it's like working out in a way. >> jimmy: oh my gosh. that was so frightning. >> do you want to see -- do you want to see what these guys can grow into? >> jimmy: no, thanks. >> i brought dad. >> jimmy: you did? >> you want hold it. bring him out. he's right here for you. thank you, girls. from the st. augustine alligator farm. you okay, rosario. watch it there. this big boy is an albino all

that's brad from suburban wildlife control. this video on suburban wildlife tv. two adults and two baby birds up in the tree, but the family called because this is the only way in and out of the home, and they were dive bombed to the point where one of the kids was followed by the bird to the bus stop. brad kneels down with the net, and in, like, two seconds he has the bird. >> oh, wow. >> that was unfair. >> wow, that was so fast. >> what's cool is you get a good look at the bird. so pretty. >> beautiful. >> really good looking bird, right? >> dad, why are they mean? >> i don't know, he's an attack bird. >> this guy caught brad's head with the beak and drew blood. >> they wanted to show the family, hey, i got it. >> do you think they wanted to see it at this point? >> yeah, they had choice names for the bird. >> how did you catch him already? ? he's fast and he's good. >> oh. >> we're going to miss that bird. >> well, the family does say, at first, you know, like, oh, you got him, but then they say we don't want to break up the family. >> they are taking off any

against the efficient wildlife service.it came in response to a new regulation that allows energy companies to kill and injure bald eagles without being fined for the next 30 years. accidental deaths when birds collide with a turbine. >> we're literally experimenting with the future of our eagle and other bird populations. >> reporter: michael hitchins went on to say it's believed that 100 bald eagles have been killed nationwide but that number could drastically increase in three decades. >> the birds belong to the american public. >> reporter: the same public who wants ac in the summer. >> there's no way to get energy without having some impact on the environment. >> reporter: nancy raider with the california energy association says only a few bald eagles have been killed in california and when it happens the industry is required by law to compensate for the loss. >> we will pay to retrofit power transmission lines with ch are a much greater source of eagle fatalities than the windmill industry. >> reporter: bird lovers ho

a wildlife emergency services crew was called into the winery in los gatos. they were able to catch the bobcat with a net. it wasn't happy but rescuers were pleased to see it was strong enough to put up a fight. the bobcat was taken to a veterinarian for treatment. vets noticed severe head trauma, possibly from being hit bay car. the bobcat underwent surgery and is now recovering. >> the zoo exhibit in san francisco celebrates 150 years of history at yosemite. big celebrations are planned for tomorrow at the park, and 1864, president lincoln signed the yosemite grant, setting aside the land for california. yosemite was designated a national park in 1890. this exhibit at the california historicalow site highlights the people who shaped the park's history and the land's affect on people. >> it's really important to the nation. it was set aside during the civil war as a way of showing the country there was something better, they could look at after the war. >> the historical society will celebrate the 150th areas of the grant tomorrow in san francisco with speci

this video was posted by the southwest wildlife conservation life in arizona.er says we thank california pools. apparently they constructed this thing. the bear having a great time. >> wearing a fur coat in 100 plus. that's no fun. >>> the animation that changed movies. >> wow. >> how awesome is that. >> meet the guy who did it next "right this minute." and still to come -- >> you are about to see one big burrito. >> and matt is going to try to eat the whole thing. >> that looks gross. >> see if he gets all 12 pounds down. plus, proof that this kid should have listened when he was told -- >> don't play frisbee in the house. you see his face. >> yeah, yeah. mamargrge:e: y youou k knons a a more enjoyable waway y toto g getet y you. try philillilipsps f fibiberer . ththeyey'r're e dedelilicicn excellent source of fiber toto h helelp p susupppporort t. wiwifefe: : mmmmmmmm huhusbsbanand:d: t theheses! mamargrge:e: t thehe t tasasty. frfromom p phihillllip. >>> closed captioning provided by -- male announcer: you could try home remedies to remove your warts... - ar

this is in the wildlife sanctuary in thailand.otice in the brush there is an elephant and notice there's a tourist just staring at him. he's got his camera. but watch what happens next. ♪ oh, boy. get out of there. >> didn't flinch. >> that dude only flinches a tiny bit. he doesn't run. >> all he did was like whoa whoa whoa stop to a giant elephant and then put his camera up to his face. >> yeah. that elephant charged that man and all that man did was hold up an arm. ♪ >> the dude is laughing. the dude almost got trampled by an elephant and he's like what a great photo. >> news websites say this happened in late may. however part of me thinks is this thing real? >> people are questioning whether or not ts is a real video? >> i make mess wondercause thise and this elephant stops dead in its tracks, but according to many thai websites they say this happened in late may. nobody is saying that this is an ad campaign. >> if it's fake it's an awesome fake. >> is he stupid or brave? >> i think he's -- to be quite honest. you could be tra

the minister of wildlife conservation says cracking down on the illegal trade is difficult. given the powerful network behind it. >> reporter: a getle giant -- gentle giant, a familiar sight in this village. her owners have a permit and licence that is a must for anyone keeping an elephant in sri lanka. the animals play a role in the buddhist-dominated passage. some owners want a way to replace them. >> there's a shortage of domesticated elephants, those who have owned animals for generations are without animals. we asked the minister to come up. this group of openers marched to the wildlife department with their request. >> elephants have been part of culture and tradition. replacing animals like this is difficult. environmentalists warn that taming wild elephants is a mistake. they say that allowing it would encourage racquet ears to capture elephants at reel. >> activists showed copies of permits and licence, which they say is forged to capture elephants. this footage shows a calve in the jungle, abandoned when villagers heard its cries. >> this mother had gunshot injurie

luckily no wildlife seemed to be hurt in this incident nor was joanne. got the boat righted and the camera out. >>> it's a video far from what it appears to be. >> guy gets in the shower. i'm like what the heck is this. >> what it's all about and why people aren't digging the dude in the dig. plus, reunited and it feels so good. >> how long has it been? >> a year and a half. >> the story behind the long separation. auto . >>> closed captioning provided by -- you could try home remedies to remove your warts... - are you sure about this? - not at all. announcer: but wartstick works. buy at drugstores or wartstick.com. use only as directed. >>> weight, throttle. ♪ >> [ inaudible >> stop, gayle, stop. ♪ >> this is so fun. >> when i first watched this video i was confused. what it's about, what i'm watching. dude buff looking guy, walks into this nice looking pad. guy get in the shower. i'm like what the heck is this. getting ready for a date? let's have a martini before i have my date. then i get in my massarotti and drives. seems weird after the martini. >>

fish and wildlife service is substantially larger with 551 national wildlife. >> referee: refuges, it is. and the u.s. u.s. fish and wildlife service employees some 9,000 people at facilities across the u.s. the forest service again is larger. it has 155 national forests, 20 national grasslands and seven national monday yumts, totaling 193 million acres that's larger than the area of chile, and the united states forest service employees some 35,000 people and finally comes the bureau of land management. it has 254 million acres and according to the cia's world fact book that puts it in position of 31 compared to the other nations on earth. it would come in just after egypt and it has some 10,000 employees. it's larger than france, spain, germany, italy, zblend england, austria, the belgium combined. to do so the four major land holding agencies have employees that are greater than the military forces of australia. the federal estate is too large and it's time we began exploring how at least a substantial portion of these lands can be returned to the states. our first speaker today cha

a wildlife emergen services crew was called into the winery in los gatos.hey were ab to catch the bobcat with a net. it wasn't happy but rescuers were pleased to see it was strong enough to put up a fight. the bobcat was taken to a veterinarian for treatment. vets noticed severe head trauma, possibly from being hit bay car. the bobcat underwenturgery and is now recovering. >> the zoo eibit in san francisco celebrates 150 years of history at yosemite. big celebrations are planned for tomorrow at the park, and 1864, president lincoln signed the semite grant, setting aside the land for california. yosemite was designated a national park in 1890. this exhibit at the california historicalow site highlights the people who shaped the park's history and theand's affect on people. >> it's really important t the nation. it was set aside during the civil war as a wayf showing the country there was something better, they could look at after the war. >> t historical society will celebrate the 150th areas of the grant tomorrow in san francisco with special events and a s

wildlife officials say he was looking for neuter torrey when he got stuck.hanks to a tracking collar, they were able to determine that at one point, he hit behind a bush for more than nine hours. he was tranquilized and returned to the wild. >> >> according to the white house, 90 commercially grown crops in north america rely on honey bee pollennation. there is an effort to determine why honey bees, monarch butterflies and other pollen ators are dwindling. >> >> summer day number two, it was nice out there. let's check in with mark. >> day two of summer. >> there you go. >> there we go, a little warmer out there, today, a few 80s, a few spots in the upper 80s, beaches, patchy fog, keeping it cool, mainly in the 50s to right around 60 degrees. exactly what you could expect this time of the day. san low say topped out at 84. on the maps, you can still see the fog bank out here off shore. it will regroup and increase in coverage. right now, closer to half moon bay, more off shore toward pacificka and more fog expected as we head into the overnight hours. 76 deg

as a science adviser and as the chief of the national wildlife refuge system. mr.e spent 13 years as professional staff on the former committee on merchant marine and fisheries in the house of representatives. and earned his graduate degree in marine affairs from the university of washington. he is here today to give us perspective on how we can expect to see climate change impacting our national resources, and our key to sustaining our fishing and hunting economies. it's terrific to have you. welcome. >> thank you chairman merkley. ranking member wicker. it's a privilege to be here before this subcommittee, and thank you for the opportunity to testify today, really, and to have america's sportsmen and women. as americans we are extraordinarily blessed. among these blessings are the natural landscapes, and the healthy abundant native fish and wildlife that they support. and today, blessings are largely due to the leadership, and the foresight of yesterday's hunters and anglers, good people, and professional managers who found -- who found the will, and the ability

with regard to hunting and wildlife, behind my house was a little creek. i calculated one time i spent a year of my life in and around that creek swimming in it, playing in it, fishing in it, and you go behind that creek miles of just basically forest, but we saw very few deer and very few turkeys. in alabama today you visit people in my area of the state and talk to friends and you leave their home at night and they'll say, watch out for the deer. deer are everywhere. they're eating people's gardens. they are almost a pest because really i guess better management -- i don't know why. turkey, people hunting better, they're managing their lands better, and we have a clear, without doubt, increase in game in alabama today and i think throughout the rest of the country. so we made a lot of progress. we need to continue to make progress. i look forward to the hearing today and we'll have another hearing in judiciary involving the amending of the first amendment to limit people's ability to speak out in elections, so i'm going to oppose that in a little bit. so