Indians,Wine and Pacu

Indians,Wine and Pacu

Susan Allen
Susan Allen

 

Hi I’m Susan Allen, and it’s Friday time once again for OpenRange Wrap Up.  Today, Indians exploit wildlife,  a fellow at an Idaho lake is pretty surprised by his catch and the Wall Street Journal issues dire warnings for the Washington State Wine Industry. Back after the break.  Every American kid is taught over and over in grade school the native American “one with nature mantra” yet Indians continue to exploit it for monetary gain. Once again two Indian were decimating wild life, no not hunting whales with shot guns, stretching nets across vast expanses of the Columbia, wiping out  Central Washington elk herds for "medicinal " purposes or crippling wild horses in rodeo wild horse races. This time two Yakima tribal members shot wild horses and used their carcass’s to attract and kill bald eagles. They’ve been caught trying to peddle  dozens of eagle wings and have netted a paltry five year prison term for slaughtering two of our national  icons; bald eagles and wild horses.  If you are fishing in Idaho ponds or lakes you'd better bring gloves. The fish Kerry Espen reeled in from an Idaho pond sported  some choppers. What he initially  thought was a piranha turned out to be it’s cousin a Pacu  probably released from someone’s aquarium. Finally,  The Wall St. Journal used words like dire" and "overbuilt" in context with the Washington Wine Industry who has doubled the number of wineries in just six years. It is a marketing wake up call from acclaimed wine writer Lettie Teague who states that in New York one of Washington’s states strongest markets she couldn’t find any of the states wines because there is no demand. I'd say it's time to create some! That’s Open Range Wrap.  I’m Susan Allen
 
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