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Sunday, March 27, 2022
Saturday, March 26, 2022
Dog Fight
I haven't seen Power of the Dog.
I started to watch 1883, but I quit watching it as I couldn't get over the historic improbabilities. That's why there's no review of it here.
As to 1883, my interest in it started to wane when it showed one of the protagonist engaged in a relatively short range gun fight, after being ambushed, using a scoped rifle. Yes, there were scope rifles at the time, but they were exceedingly rare, quite delicate, and not really suitable for snap shooting.
But what really did it is when the Sam Elliot character is being recruited to lead a part of overland immigrants north from Texas.
In 1883, you could take the train. And why would you start from Texas in any event? You would not.
Indeed, railroads leased out freight cars to immigrants, so they could dump whatever implements they had in them, and ride with them.
Yes, cattle were being driven overland, and some immigrants still took the Oregon Trail that late, but trailing up from Texas?
Anyhow, 1883 was a big deal with some viewers as Yellowstone, which I also have not seen, is a big deal with some viewers. Sam Elliot reprised a role he's now typecast in as aged cowboy, with cowboy loosely defined.
Following that, Elliot was interviewed about the movie Power of the Dog, which I haven't seen and which I'm unlikely to.
More specifically, Elliot called the movie "a piece of shit". He further noted, "They’re running around in chaps and no shirts. There’s all these allusions of homosexuality throughout the movie.”
I've read the synopsis of the movie, which is billed as a "psychological Western", and it frankly reminds me a bit of Legends Of The Fall, which was an awful movie. Maybe Elliot is right, and it is a "piece of sh**". I have no idea, but I'm not going to bother with it.
But what I will note is that Elliot is right about shirtless riders. Wouldn't happen. Then, as now, cowboys cover up, even in hot months. You very rarely, at least up here, see a working cowhand wearing a short sleeve shirt. Television cowboys might work in t-shirts, but real ones don't.
Going further, in one of the photos from the film, the protagonist is wearing overalls. You won't see cowhands wearing those, either. That's strictly a farmer thing. They're not appropriate for riding, frankly.
As for his other comments, I'll leave them there, as I haven't seen the film.
The director, New Zealander Jane Campion, did react to Elliot, noting that he's not a real cowboy (true) and defended her work by stating:
The west is a mythic space and there’s a lot of room on the range. I think it’s a little bit sexist… I consider myself a creator and I think he sees me as a woman or something lesser first. And I don’t appreciate that.
As a Westerner (and a stockman) that's part of the problem The West is no more a "mythic space" than New Zealand is and ought not to be treated that way. Yes, it's been mythologized, and often badly, but that process is part of an instinctive way of preserving history. It happens, we'd note, in all cultures, on some topic.
Power of the Dog, I'd note, was written by one Thomas Savage, whom I'd describe as a minor novelist. But for this film, I've never heard of him, and I've never heard of any of his works. To some degree, it seems like his career was sort revived by Anne Proulx, which is interesting. Proulx gained a following as a regional novelist from the Northeast, but then briefly lived in Wyoming, during which time she produced Brokeback Mountain, which I also have not seen. Even when she lived in Wyoming, apparently Saratoga, she spent part of the year in Newfoundland. From here she went on to New Mexico, always a favorite haunt of artists, and is now in Washington state.
I note all of this because Proulx is prominent, or at least her one work is, in what might be regarded as an "anti-Western", which Power Of The Dog seems to be as well, perhaps. That is, the authors of these works, in some ways, take Western themes and seek to turn them on their head. In Savage's case, it seems he had an early exposure to ranching as a youth and young man, but never took to it, and then as a writer used it as a setting of criticism, with the dysfunctional family being the primary topic.
This stands out, I think, from works by authors like Larry McMurtry. McMurtry wrote some very gritty novels, but they're quite true to life. McMurtry also grew up on a ranch, in Texas, and while, like most novelist, his themes exaggerate, they're also fairly accurate as a rule. His book Horseman, Pass By, is probably the best book written set in a modern setting, with its descriptions being incredibly true to life.
Less so, but still notable, are those of Cormac McCarthy, who tends to write things set in Texas, and has spent much of his life there, but who is from Rhode Island originally, showing that a person doesn't have to be from a place from infancy in order to pick up the feel of a place.
I guess what this gets to is three things, one is historical accuracy, a second is love of place, and the third is love of subject. In order to produce a really outstanding work, written or filmed, all three have to be there.
Now, I may be going further than I should on some of these works, as I haven't seen them all, but that's lacking, it seems to me, on some of these, and perhaps on the two ones that started this dog fight. I know that people have been fawning over 1883, but frankly it just fails in the first category at least. I think people love it as they love sappy dramas and from what I can pick up about it, without watching it, that's what Yellowstone is. People love Yellowstone, so they love 1883. Beyond that, some people love Sam Elliot and will watch anything he's in, and others love Faith Hill and Tim McGraw, and finally some viewers, while they won't put it this way, find Isabel May hopelessly hot. None of that makes the film great, or even good. Nor does just simply taking Western stereotypes, which at least to some degree are stereotypes as they're based on reality, and turning them on their head. That can be done, to be sure, but just to do it, just does that, and not much else.
Thursday, March 26, 1942. The Battle of Suursaari
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The Finns commenced an offensive in the Battle of Suursaari to retake two islands in the Gulf of Finland, Gogland and Bolshoy Tyuteers, which they'd earlier been forced to cede to the Soviet Union. They were successful in the effort in an offensive conducted over the frozen gulf.
They were clearly Finnish islands. Bolshoy Tyuteers had been a center of fishing for centuries and had become a tourism destination prior to the war. It reverted to Russian possession after World War Two but is abandoned, heavily mined and littered with abandoned German equipment and heavy weapons.
Gogland remains a tourist destination, but is also a Russian possession today. Given that Finland's entry into the war had specifically been aimed at recapturing the territories it had lost in the Winter War, the attacks on the island garrisons were probably not a surprise.
The Germans murdered over 1,000 Jews in Latvia in the second part of a ghetto clearing action.
Sunday, March 22, 1922. Before jackhammers.
Usually, if I put a newspaper up here, it's due to some historically significant event it discusses. But that's not the case here. In this case I put it up as the cartoon depicts a tool that never even occurred to me. A "pounder", which is probably not what it was called, is shown. Something that came before, apparently, hydraulic jack hammers.
In news of the day, the Allies agreed to amend the Treaty of Sevres, the peace treaty with the now defunct Ottoman Empire, but Turkish Nationalist refused to sign it as long as Greek forces, now fighting alone in Turkey, remained there.
Anti treaty officers of the Irish Republican Army convened a convention in Dublin. The one-day convention rejected the treaty and the authority of the Dail.
Wars and Rumors of War, 2022. The Russo Ukrainian War Edition, Part Three
March 14, 2022
Russo-Ukrainian War
Talks will resume today between Russia and Ukraine. So far they have failed to produce results.
The weekend shows all featured concerns that Russia will deploy chemical weapons.
Russia struck a training base which is approximately ten miles from the Polish border with missiles.
Russia is seeking economic relief and military drones from China. The request for drones is particularly telling as it's the attempt to import weapons from a foreign source, something Russia has not done since World War Two, demonstrating a material deficiency.
March 15, 2022
Russo Ukrainian War
March 15, 2022
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The lines remain largely the same as yesterday, with a slight Russian advance in the north. The Russians have continued to assault cities through various forms of artillery and rocketry.
This has resulted in large-scale civilian loss of life, including the heavily pregnant woman whose photograph was widely distributed. The woman, photographed on a stretcher, was severely injured and both she and her baby died as a result of the Russian strike on a pregnancy hospital in Mariupol.
An article by a participant reveals that the Marine Corps ran a hex and counter game of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, with largely similar results up to the present time. The author noted that a premise of the game was that the Russians committed less than they could, failing to understand how stout Ukrainian resistance would be.
That assumption has been widespread, but the problem with it is that it ignores the reality of Russian effectiveness on the ground. The Russians military continues to have apologists, but at this point it's pretty difficult to conclude that the Russians simply weren't prepared for what they've encountered and, moreover, their military is experiencing its traditional incompetence. Yesterday, the news broke that the Russians are seeking drones and field rations from the Chinese, indicating an inability to readily supply good drones of their own and moreover a shortage of field rations. While I've even seen that explained away, that's a clear indication that this war has gotten over their heads and abilities. That doesn't mean they'll lose, but it does mean that they're being outfought and attrition of material items is catching up with them on at least a basic level on one thing, food.
An examination of the chemical weapons story being tossed about by the Russians reveals that it originated on American far right websites and was adopted by the Russians. That means that those circulating it now, such as Candace Owens, have picked up on a far-fetched American conspiracy theory story adopted by the Russians are now basically unwitting Russian tools.
A bill has been introduced in the U.S. Congress to issue letters of marque and reprisal.
117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6869 To authorize the President of the United States to issue letters of marque and reprisal for the purpose of seizing the assets of certain Russian citizens, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 28, 2022 Mr. Gooden of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To authorize the President of the United States to issue letters of marque and reprisal for the purpose of seizing the assets of certain Russian citizens, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. ISSUANCE OF LETTERS OF MARQUE AND REPRISAL FOR PURPOSE OF SEIZING ASSETS OF CERTAIN RUSSIAN CITIZENS. (a) Authority of President.--The President of the United States is authorized and requested to commission, under officially issued letters of marque and reprisal, so many of privately armed and equipped persons and entities as, in the judgment of the President, the service may require, with suitable instructions to the leaders thereof, to employ all means reasonably necessary to seize outside the geographic boundaries of the United States and its territories any yacht, plane, or other asset of any Russian citizen who is on the List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury. (b) Security Bonds.--No letter of marque and reprisal shall be issued by the President without requiring the posting of a security bond in such amount as the President shall determine is sufficient to ensure that the letter be executed according to the terms and conditions thereof.
The bill will not pass, but it's interesting how this is the second time this suggestion has come up in the last twenty years, showing a slight renewed interest in one of the war powers that had seemingly fallen away completely.
Yesterday, an employee of a Russian television show popped into the background of a news broadcast with a sign protesting the war.
March 16, 2022
Ukraine has launched counteroffensives in the north seeking to relieve its besieged cities, including Kyiv.
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy addressed the U.S. Congress.
March 18, 2022
Among the casualties of war is civilian Oksana Shivits, a famed Ukrainian actress, who was killed by a Russian missile strike.
Yet another Russian general, together with his staff, was killed in action.
An interesting prediction from a well known commentator:
The incredible is about to happen: Ukraine appears to be about to defeat Russia in Ukraine. Russia allocated 100 out of its ca 170 battalion tactical groups to its assault on Ukraine. According to the Ukrainians, about 50 btgs are now out of action.
March 19, 2022
March 19, 2022
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Russian forces have been gaining ground in the south and in the north once again. This has been little reported on, but whatever has been holding them up may have, at least to some degree, been overcome to some extent. Since the last map was posted, a significant amount of Ukrainian territory was taken in the south and southeast.
The Russians have been hitting Lviv with rockets regularly.
Russian cosmonauts, in a bold act of protest, arrived at the International Space Station yesterday wearing suits that were in Ukraine's national colors.
The United States has cautioned China to avoid aiding the Russians in the war.
March 20, 2022
March 20, 2022
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Russian forces continue to gain ground in the south.
Fighting continues on in Mariupol with the Russians continuing to hit urban structures resulting in civilian loss of life.
The Russians have deployed hypersonic missiles in their long range bombardment efforts, the first use of the same in war.
The Russians appear to be starting to recruit Syrians to serve in their forces in the war.\
March 20, cont:
On the weekend shows, Mitch McConnell made a pitch for aiding Ukraine and noted that we should take the view that the Ukrainians may win, and we should help them do so.
Russia has been deporting residents of Mariupol to camps.
The Institute for the Study of War reported that it regards Russia as having lost the first stage of the war and that it is now basically digging in for a long war. It reports:
Ukrainian forces have defeated the initial Russian campaign of this war. That campaign aimed to conduct airborne and mechanized operations to seize Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa, and other major Ukrainian cities to force a change of government in Ukraine. That campaign has culminated. Russian forces continue to make limited advances in some parts of the theater but are very unlikely to be able to seize their objectives in this way. The doctrinally sound Russian response to this situation would be to end this campaign, accept a possibly lengthy operational pause, develop the plan for a new campaign, build up resources for that new campaign, and launch it when the resources and other conditions are ready. The Russian military has not yet adopted this approach. It is instead continuing to feed small collections of reinforcements into an ongoing effort to keep the current campaign alive. We assess that that effort will fail.
It further reports:
The Ukrainian General Staff reported for the first time that the Kremlin is preparing its population for a “long war” in Ukraine and implementing increasingly draconian mobilization measures. The General Staff reported the Russian military commissariats of the Kuban, Primorsky Krai, Yaroslavl Oblast, and Ural Federal Districts are conducting covert mobilization measures but are facing widespread resistance.
In an odd development, in some parts of the US efforts to collect arms for Ukraine have commenced, although how much help donated arms could be, let lone whether they could get there, is a pretty problematic question.
NATO representatives and US Defense Department representatives hinted that the use of biological or chemical weapons by the Russians may cross a line which would result in direct NATO involvement in the war.
March 21, 2022
Ukraine rejected Russian calls for the surrender of Mariupol. Western analysts have opined the Russians may be too exhausted to take the city in a house to house battle.
There are growing fears that Russia, should it win in Ukraine, may take on the Baltic States, members of NATO, next, or Moldova, which is not.
March 22, 2022
The Ukrainians pushed the Russians out of a Kyiv suburb.
Over the last few days, the Ukrainians have been mounting some offensive actions.
March 23, 2022
From the Wall Street Journal:
NATO says that up to 40,000 Russian troops have been killed, wounded, taken prisoner or are missing in Ukraine, said a senior military official from the alliance.
40,000.
NATO estimates that between 7,000 and 15,000 Russian soldiers have been killed since the invasion began on Feb. 24. Using statistical averages from past conflicts that for every casualty roughly three soldiers are wounded, NATO analysts reach their total figure.
Russia began its invasion with roughly 190,000 troops. It has since brought in additional troops from Chechnya, Syria and other locations.
This would mean that the Russian Army has sustained as many combat deaths in Ukraine as the Soviet Army did during its entire campaign in Afghanistan.
March 24, 2022
Russo-Ukrainian War
High ranking Russian official Anatoly Chubais resigned his post and left the country due to the war in Ukraine.
Russian journalist Oksana Baulina was killed while filming in Kyiv.
Renault, which had resumed production in Russia, has stopped again.
Finland has detained 21 yachts with ties to Russians.
North Korea
North Korea fired a missile that may be an ICBM into the sea.
March 25, 2022
Russo Ukrainian War
Half of Ukraine's children have been displaced due to the war.
The Ukrainians destroyed the large Russian landing ship Orsk and damaged two other Russian naval vessels in the occupied port of Berdyansk.
Ukrainians have been regaining some ground near Kyiv.
There are reports that yet another Russian general, Yakov Rezantsev, has been killed in Ukraine. He reportedly was close to Putin and had predicted the war in Ukraine would be short.
Col. Yury Medvedev, a Russian commander, was injured when a Russian tank crewman intentionally ran over him with a tank.
There are reports that hackers and railway workers in Belorussian have been disrupting the railway system there in support of Ukraine. Pro Ukrainian protests have broken out in the country.
March 26, 2022
Russia declared yesterday that its goal in the war had been to take all the Donbas region and that the larger offensive was just a diversion, a claim that's fairly obviously baloney. More likely, this signals an effort to recast the war in that light, perhaps to the Russians themselves, in an effort to declare victory and potentially wind the operation down in light of the difficulties it has been facing.
The announcement is quite significant, however, as it signals the war has likdly entered a new phase with Russian forces going, at least temporarily, into a defensive posture.
Russian forces have ceased offensive actions near Kyvi and gone on the defensive. Ukrainian forces have been on the offensive there in recent days.
The BBC reports that the Russians have lost a total of six generals in the war in Ukraine. In contrast, the United States lost 12 generals during the long Vietnam War, and one in Afghanistan.
The Pentagon reports that Russian cruise missiles have a failure rate of 20% to 60%.
Last Prior Thread:
Wars and Rumors of War, 2022. The Russo Ukrainian War Edition, Part Two.
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2022 Wyoming Legislative Session. Part V. The bringing home the bacon edition
Well, we're into Part V, and bills are becoming laws.
March 9, 2022
The House rejected the Senate amendments on redistricting.
The bill to limit the time prior to a election to change party affiliation died.
March 10, 2022
Governor Gordon Takes Action on 29 Bills on Wednesday, March 9
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Mark Gordon took action on 29 bills on Wednesday, March 9. The Governor signed the following bills into law today:
Bill No.
Enrolled Act #
Bill Title
HB00045
HEA0009
Mine reclamation bonding-voluntary assigned trusts.
HB0043
HEA0010
Trophy game, big game and wild bison license allocations.
HB0039
HEA0011
Pre-application determinations for licensing.
HB0007
HEA0012
Commercial vehicle driving disqualification.
HB0065
HEA0013
County tax protest-filing date.
HB0079
HEA0014
Employment support fund-amendments.
HB0087
HEA0015
Insurance investment amendments.
HB0088
HEA0016
Name change notice publication of minors amendment.
HB0108
HEA0017
Funeral service practitioner amendments.
HB0110
HEA0018
Board of psychology-behavior analyst regulation.
HB0125
HEA0019
Workplace injury assistance-information and guidance.
HB0017
HEA0020
Veterans facilities-surrounded by grazing.
HB0004
HEA0021
Water permits-livestock on federal land.
HB0080
HEA0022
Campaign reports-amendments.
HB0052
HEA0023
Timeline to prepare and process absentee ballots.
HB0047
HEA0024
Local impact assistance payments.
HB0033
HEA0025
Community health services-continued redesign efforts.
HB0015
HEA0026
Political subdivision club liquor licenses.
HB0016
HEA0027
Military assistance trust fund-authorized uses.
HB0018
HEA0028
Off-road recreational vehicle registration amendments.
HB0060
HEA0029
Fiscal training and enforcement of financial reporting laws.
HB0062
HEA0030
Insurance amendments.
HB0076
HEA0031
Single office real estate brokers-licensing requirements.
HB0081
HEA0032
Operation of motorcycles-disabled persons.
HB0082
HEA0033
Military discharge and benefits.
SF0006
SEA0013
Aquatic invasive species-inspection enforcement.
SF0034
SEA0015
Inheritance tax fees-repeal.
SF0068
SEA0016
Decentralized autonomous organizations-amendments.
SF0075
SEA0017
Deferred annuities-minimum nonforfeiture.
The full list of bills the Governor has taken action on during the 2022 Legislative Session can be found on the Governor’s website.
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The law on license allocation provides:
ENROLLED ACT NO. 10, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SIXTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2022 BUDGET SESSION
AN ACT relating to game and fish; modifying license allocations for resident and non-resident hunters for grizzly bears, mountain goats, bighorn sheep, wild bison and moose; imposing lifetime restrictions on bighorn sheep, wild bison and moose; creating exceptions; making conforming amendments; repealing obsolete language; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1. W.S. 23‑1‑302(p), 23‑1‑703(a) through (c) and (e), 23‑1‑705(a) and (k), 23‑2‑101(g) and (k) and 23‑2‑107(f)(intro) are amended to read:
23‑1‑302. Powers and duties.
(p) The commission may, by rule and regulation, establish a process by which big game licenses, trophy game licenses and wild bison licenses may be issued by a competitive raffle and prescribe the manner of payment for which raffle chances are sold and the amount of payment for each raffle chance. No more than two (2) licenses for each big game species and trophy game species and no more than two (2) wild bison licenses shall be issued under this subsection. Each license issued for bighorn sheep, moose, mountain goat, or grizzly bear or wild bison through a competitive raffle shall, when applicable, be counted against any nonresident quota. The five (5) year restriction imposed on the receipt of a moose or big horn bighorn sheep license by W.S. 23‑1‑703(b) or the lifetime restriction imposed on the receipt of a grizzly bear, or mountain goat, bighorn sheep, wild bison or moose license by W.S. 23‑1‑703(c), and any restriction imposed on the receipt of a wild bison license by W.S. 23‑2‑107 shall not be applicable in any manner to a license issued pursuant to this subsection. The commission shall issue licenses upon receipt of the proper license fee by the successful competitive raffle winner. Nothing in this subsection shall authorize the issuance of a license to any person whose privilege to procure, purchase or possess a license has been suspended pursuant to this act or by operation of law.
23‑1‑703. Limitation of number of certain licenses; reservation of certain licenses; reservation of certain unused licenses.
(a) The commission may limit the number of resident or nonresident big or trophy game animal licenses or wild bison licenses to be sold in any calendar year and may designate dates after which one (1) or more classes of licenses will not be sold except as authorized by the commission.
(b) Except as specifically provided under this subsection, subsection (f) of this section or W.S. 23‑1‑705(a), Subject to subsection (c) of this section, no person may apply for and receive more than one (1) cow or calf moose or one (1) ram ewe or lamb bighorn sheep license in any consecutive five (5) year period. Effective for the 1995 hunting season and each hunting season thereafter, licenses issued under this subsection shall be based upon the number of points assigned to each applicant for a particular species. Effective January 1, 2000, Licenses issued under this subsection shall be issued partially through a preference point drawing and partially through a random drawing of all remaining unsuccessful applicants for that year. The department shall assign points to each license applicant for a specific species by multiplying the number of years the applicant has unsuccessfully applied for a license times one (1). The calculation used to assign points to an applicant for a particular species under this subsection shall include any year the applicant does not apply for a big or trophy game animal hunting license for that species, provided in the case of a resident the applicant pays the fee specified in W.S. 23‑2‑101(k), and in the case of a nonresident, the applicant pays the appropriate fee established by the commission under W.S. 23‑2‑101(m). License applicants within each hunt area for a species shall be grouped according to the number of assigned points for that species. Not less than seventy‑five percent (75%) of available licenses within any hunt area shall be randomly selected through a preference point drawing from among the group of applicants with the largest number of assigned points and shall continue until all applicants within that group have been exhausted or until all available licenses have been issued, whichever first occurs. If any applicant grouping has been exhausted and licenses remain available within that hunt area, selection shall continue from among the group of applicants with the next largest number of assigned points. After the selections through the preference point drawing have been completed within a hunt area, the remaining licenses available from that drawing and the licenses available for the random drawing for that hunt area will be issued through a random selection from among all applicants in the hunt area who were not selected for issuance of a license for the species through the preference point drawing in that hunt area. For purposes of assigning points under this subsection, any unsuccessful license applicant failing to apply for a license, or pay the applicable fee in lieu of applying, during the second calendar year shall be considered to be a first year applicant for any subsequent calendar year in which the applicant submits license application for that particular species.
(c) For the 1995 hunting season and each hunting season thereafter, Except as provided in this subsection and subsection (f) of this section or by rule of the commission, no person who is issued a hunting license on and after July 1, 2022 for a grizzly bear, or for a mountain goat, any moose or antlered moose, any ram bighorn sheep, any bighorn sheep and any wild bison, and no person who, on July 1, 2022, is subject to the five (5) year restriction under subsection (b) of this section for a moose or bighorn sheep license, shall be eligible to apply for or receive a hunting license for that particular species in any future year. The commission may issue hunting licenses to any person in future years when necessary for wildlife management purposes to harvest grizzly bear, mountain goat, ewe or lamb bighorn sheep or cow or calf moose. The commission may issue hunting licenses to any person to harvest cow or calf wild bison pursuant to W.S. 23‑2‑107(f).
(e) The commission shall reserve eighty percent (80%) of the moose and seventy‑five percent (75%) of the ram and ewe and lamb bighorn sheep, mountain goat and grizzly bear licenses to be issued in any one (1) year for resident hunters ninety percent (90%) of the bighorn sheep, wild bison, moose, mountain goat and grizzly bear licenses to be issued in any one (1) year for resident hunters and the remaining ten percent (10%) of the bighorn sheep, wild bison, moose, mountain goat and grizzly bear licenses shall be reserved for nonresident hunters. The commission shall determine the allocation of resident and nonresident mountain lion harvest.
23‑1‑705. Complimentary licenses; pioneer licenses; antelope hunt licenses; gunpowder and buckskin hunt licenses; gratuitous licenses; donated licenses.
(a) At the request of the governor, the commission shall annually issue up to twenty‑five (25) complimentary hunting and twenty‑five (25) complimentary fishing licenses. Not more than five (5) big horn bighorn sheep, five (5) moose and five (5) wild bison licenses shall be issued under this subsection. The five (5) year restriction imposed on the receipt of a moose, or big horn bighorn sheep or wild bison license by W.S. 23‑1‑703(b) and (c), and any restriction imposed on taking of wild bison under commission rule and regulation shall not be applicable in any manner to a license issued pursuant to this subsection. Except as provided under subsection (g) of this section, no complimentary licenses may be issued at the request of the appointed commissioners. Immediately upon issuance of any of these licenses, the commission shall submit to the secretary of state for maintenance as a public record, the name and address of each licensee and the type of license issued.
(k) The holder of any valid big game animal license, trophy game animal license, an any wild bison license or a female or calf wild bison license may surrender said license to the department for reissuance to a veteran with disabilities or a person with a permanent disability who uses a wheelchair as established by commission rule and regulation selected and sponsored by a nonprofit charitable organization providing hunting opportunities for disabled veterans or persons with permanent disabilities who use wheelchairs to a veteran with disabilities or a person with a permanent disability who uses a wheelchair. Any license reissued in accordance with the provisions of this subsection shall be for the same species, area and license type as the license donated. The license shall be reissued by the department to a qualifying person at no fee. Any license donated and reissued under the provisions of this subsection shall not be sold, traded, auctioned or offered for any monetary value and shall not be issued to, or used by, any person other than a qualifying person under the provision of this section and in compliance with commission rule and regulation. Licenses reissued to persons pursuant to this subsection shall not be subject to residency, drawing or fee requirements under W.S. 23‑2‑101 or 23‑2‑107. The five (5) year restriction imposed on the receipt of a cow or calf moose or big horn a ewe or lamb bighorn sheep license by W.S. 23‑1‑703(b), the lifetime restriction imposed on the receipt of a grizzly bear, or mountain goat, ram or any bighorn sheep, any wild bison or any moose or antlered moose license by W.S. 23‑1‑703(c) or the restrictions imposed on the harvest of a wild bison under W.S. 23‑2‑107(f) shall not be applicable in any manner to a license issued pursuant to this subsection.
23‑2‑101. Fees; restrictions; nonresident application fee; nonresident licenses; verification of residency required.
(g) In promulgating rules and regulations for the taking of bighorn sheep and moose, the commission shall not discriminate between residents and nonresidents regarding the maturity, and horn size or sex of the animals which may be taken. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as prohibiting the commission from issuing a different number of licenses for residents and nonresidents, from requiring a preference point fee from nonresidents only pursuant to subsection (m) of this section or from issuing reduced price ewe and lamb bighorn sheep licenses as provided in subsection (d) of this section.
(k) Any resident qualified to purchase a moose or ram big horn bighorn sheep hunting license under subsection (j) of this section may pay a fee of seven dollars ($7.00) in lieu of applying for a moose or ram big horn bighorn sheep hunting license. Payment of the fee for a particular species under this subsection shall authorize the person to accumulate points under W.S. 23‑1‑703(b) for that year in the same manner as if he had unsuccessfully applied for a hunting license for that species. Payment of the fee shall be made in compliance with application dates.
23‑2‑107. Wild bison licenses.
(f) Any No person who is issued: may apply for or receive more than one (1) cow or calf wild bison license in any consecutive five (5) year period, except as authorized pursuant to W.S. 23-1-703(c).
Section 2. W.S. 23‑2‑107(f)(i) and (ii) is repealed.
Section 3. The game and fish commission shall promulgate all rules necessary to implement the provisions of this act by January 1, 2023.
Section 4.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, this act is effective July 1, 2022.
(b) Sections 3 and 4 of this act are effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.
March 11, 2022
The abortion "trigger" bill, which outlaws abortion if the U.S. Supreme Court determines that Roe v. Wade is no longer the law and returns this matter to the states, passed, as amended. The amendments made exceptions for rape and incest.
Anthony Bouchard, the far right populist Senator who made a career out of being controversial in some ways, was censured by the Senate and stripped of his commitee assignments for "using intimidating tactics against members of the Senate and members of the public."
The final straw apparently was when Bouchard indicated to some lobbyiest that he had "film" that pertained to them, but he has a long history of being very aggressive in general. The Senate leadership noted that decorum had declined in the legislature in recent years and attributed the decline to Bouchard.
March 12, 2022
Governor Gordon
Takes Action on 8 Bills on Friday , March 11
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Mark Gordon
has taken action on eight bills on Friday, March 11. The Governor signed the
following bills into law today:
Bill No. Enrolled Act # Bill Title
HB0117 HEA0034
Occupational therapy licensure compact.
HB0031 HEA0048
Wyoming's tomorrow scholarship program.
SF0049 SEA0023
Repeal of specified state boards and commissions.
SF0019 SEA0026
County optional property tax refund program.
SF0032 SEA0028
K-3 reading assessment and intervention program.
SF0038 SEA0030
Monthly ad valorem tax revisions.
SF0043 SEA0034
Community college district elections.
SF0011 SEA0036
Display of state flag.
The full list of bills the Governor has taken
action on during the 2022 Legislative Session, as well as the Governor’s
letters, can be found on the Governor’s website.
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March 13, 2022
A compromise redistricting bill was passed on Friday, minutes before the deadline, which left two districts slightly out of compliance, and created some sort of resoution process should a Natrona County district have a problem. Frankly, the result isn't clear to me.
March 15, 2022
Sentate leaders have asked for a formal investigation into the conduct of Anthony Bouchard.
Governor Gordon Takes Action on 28 Bills on Tuesday, March 15
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Mark Gordon has taken action on 28 bills on Tuesday, March 15. The Governor signed the following bills into law today:
Bill No. Enrolled Act # Bill Title
HB0049 HEA0035 Election reporting requirements.
HB0056 HEA0037 Examination of books of certain districts and entities.
HB0055 HEA0038 Liquor licenses-airport exemption.
HB0089 HEA0040 Monthly ad valorem tax revisions-enforcement.
HB0072 HEA0041 Hunting license application funds.
HB0071 HEA0043 Driving while license suspended-enhancement amendment.
HB0010 HEA0046 Tribal reference amendments.
HB0044 HEA0050 Mobile home and vehicle titles and transfers.
HB0073 HEA0051 Omnibus water bill-planning.
HB0107 HEA0053 Water state revolving funds amendments.
HB0053 HEA0054 Military department-discrimination or harassment grievances.
HB0064 HEA0055 Vehicle service contracts.
HB0092 HEA0057 Abortion prohibition-supreme court decision.
SF0018 SEA0022 County road maintenance fund amendments.
SF0048 SEA0024 2022 large project funding.
SF0026 SEA0025 District judge positions-authorization and funding.
SF0010 SEA0027 Predator control.
SF0077 SEA0031 Name change-duration of residency requirement.
SF0073 SEA0032 Codifying the institutional land fund.
SF0053 SEA0033 Local government liability pool amendments.
SF0003 SEA0035 Radioactive materials transport fee.
SF0101 SEA0037 Epinephrine and naloxone administration authority.
SF0035 SEA0041 Electric vehicle charging stations-regulation exemption.
SF0085 SEA0042 Child care facility certification exemption.
SF0092 SEA0043 Driver's license renewal or extension-exception.
SF0040 SEA0045 Criminal record dissemination-military department.
SF0082 SEA0048 Supplemental water development funding.
SF0061 SEA0049 Sage grouse game bird farms-no certification expiration-2.
Governor Gordon made the following comments in support of HB 0089, Monthly ad valorem tax revisions-enforcement:
“This legislation addressed a glaring hole in statute and now allows the Oil and Gas Commission to order wells shut-in and sealed upon written notice from the Department of Revenue. This sorely-needed bill enhances efforts to collect millions of dollars in back taxes owed to counties.”
The full list of bills the Governor has taken action on during the 2022 Legislative Session can be found on the Governor’s website.
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March 17, 2022
In a truly unexpected story, the Wyoming Speaker of the House has turned a matter over to the Wyoming Highway Patrol, which provides legislative security, for investigation. The matter involves a claim by Ethete House member Rep. Andi LeBeau that she was told that Rep. John Romero-Martinez, R-Cheyenne, made a threat against her during a phone call with a lobbyist.
LeBeau did not take the threat lightly, and was so shook up by the threat that she abstained from attending the last day of the session. Former legislator Sara Burlingame turned the matter over to the Cheyenne Police Department.
There's some suggestion that this may stem from a dispute over a bill which Romero-Martinez proposed to codify Federal Indian treaties. LeBeau, who is an enrolled member of one of the Tribes, opposed it noting that the Tribes do not have a position on this matter, and that the Arapaho lack a treaty with the United States providing for a reservation, which is quite correct. As an aside, this would further be complicated by the fact that this topic is already occupied by a provision of the United States Constitution and the state probably lacks authority to act at all.
UPDATED-- Governor Gordon Takes Action on 6 Bills on Wednesday, March 16
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Mark Gordon took action on six bills on Wednesday, March 16. The Governor signed the following bills into law today:
Bill No. Enrolled Act # Bill Title
HB0003 HEA0049 State land leases.
HB0146 HEA0058 General government reports.
HB0042 HEA0061 Local government distributions.
SF0027 SEA0029 Dissolution of county boards-authority.
SF0080 SEA0040 Omnibus water bill-construction.
SF0041 SEA0038 Expanding next generation 911.
The full list of bills the Governor has taken action on during the 2022 Legislative Session can be found on the Governor’s website.
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March 18, 2022
Governor Gordon
Takes Action on 3 Bills on Thursday, March 17
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Mark Gordon
took action on three bills on Thursday, March 17. The Governor signed the
following bills into law today:
Bill No. Enrolled Act # Bill Title
HB0123 HEA0036
Mine reclamation-disposal of materials.
HB0005 HEA0045
Wild horse and burro management.
SF0008 SEA0039
Weed and pest-reorganization.
The full list of bills the Governor has taken
action on during the 2022 Legislative Session can be found on the Governor’s website.
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March 22, 2022
Governor
Gordon Takes Action on 7 Bills on Monday, March 21
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Mark Gordon
took action on three bills on Monday, March 21. The Governor signed the
following bills into law today:
Bill No. Enrolled Act # Bill Title
HB0136 HEA0039 Underground
water contested case hearings.
HB0131 HEA0059
Nuclear power generation and storage-amendments.
HB0105 HEA0060
Severance tax reduction-coal.
SF0100 SEA0044
Stalking amendments.
SF0102 SEA0046
Second Amendment Protection Act.
SF0078 SEA0047
Language proficiency-seal of biliteracy.
SF0047 SEA0053
Carbon storage and sequestration-liability.
The full list of bills the Governor has taken
action on during the 2022 Legislative Session can be found on the Governor’s website.
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March 23, 2022
Governor
Gordon Takes Action on 3 Bills on Tuesday, March 22
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Mark Gordon
took action on three bills on Tuesday, March 22. The Governor signed the
following bills into law today:
Bill No. Enrolled Act # Bill Title
HB0002 HEA0044
Disposition of water rights.
SF0009 SEA0021
Revenue bonds for agricultural endeavors.
SF0086 SEA0051
Wildfires one-call amendment.
The full list of bills the Governor has taken
action on during the 2022 Legislative Session can be found on the Governor’s website.
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March 26, 2022
The redistricting bill has passed into law without the Governor's signature. It is probable that it will be challenged in court.
Last Prior Edition:
2022 Wyoming Legislative Session. Part IV. The sleeping tiger edition.
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