31-Year-Old Woman Killed in Rare Alligator Attack in Central Florida 🐊

As we continue to slowly but surely inch back towards the weekend, let’s all take a minute to grab a coffee or whiskey (no judgement) and get into what this beautiful Tuesday has to offer.

Here's what's worth reading about so far this week:

THE THIRD GATOR ATTACK IN A WEEK
31-YEAR-OLD WOMAN KILLED IN RARE ALLIGATOR ATTACK IN CENTRAL FLORIDA

A 31-year-old woman from the Orlando area has unfortunately succumbed to severe injuries and died on Sunday after a rare alligator encounter. The attack took place while she was swimming in the Econlockhatchee River (also known as the Little Big Econ or Little Econ River) in Central Florida.

According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the incident occurred around 1:30 p.m. near the Barr Street Trailhead in the Little Big Econ State Forest. The victim was hiking with her boyfriend and her best friend when the group stopped to beat the afternoon heat and cool off in the river…

🎣 CPW Saves 1,000 Trout from Drought-Stricken Antero Reservoir in Successful Relocation Effort. Colorado Parks and Wildlife aquatic biologists, working with Denver Water staff, successfully salvaged more than 1,000 trout from Antero Reservoir on Friday. The fish — primarily rainbow, brown, cutthroat, and hybrid trout — were captured via electrofishing in the Antero Dam Spillway and relocated to Eleven Mile Reservoir, with the remainder released into the South Fork South Platte River.

The operation follows an earlier public salvage effort in April after Denver Water announced a drought-related drawdown of Antero Reservoir, which led to fish moving downstream.

“It felt great to be able to salvage fish from Antero Reservoir and relocate them to another location where they can be enjoyed by anglers,” said CPW Northeast Senior Aquatic Biologist Kyle Battige.

CPW plans to resume stocking Antero once water levels recover and the reservoir refills.

🦌 Mild Winters Boost Mule Deer Fawn Survival in Southwest Montana, Surveys Reveal Strong Recruitment. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is reporting strong mule deer fawn recruitment in many parts of southwestern Montana based on recent spring surveys, following a second consecutive mild winter. Biologists noted that the lack of deep snow made aerial surveys more challenging due to wider deer dispersal, but the favorable conditions boosted overwinter survival and fawn numbers.

Key highlights include above-average recruitment in the Sheridan area (17–60% above long-term averages), strong results in the Dillon area (>50 fawns per 100 adults), and notably high recruitment in Bozeman’s Bridger Range (66% above average), with stable numbers in the Madison Range. Exceptions, however, were noted in the Livingston area (lower recruitment and overall deer numbers) and a continued downward trend near Butte’s South Boulder area.

🔫 Supreme Court Rejects Hawaii’s Attempt to Gut Concealed Carry Using Antiquated Anti-Poaching Laws. In a 6-3 decision (Wolford v. Lopez), the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Hawaii’s law that effectively restricted licensed concealed carry on private property open to the public (such as stores, gas stations, churches, etc.) unless the property owner explicitly authorized it. Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority opinion, ruling that the restrictions violate the Second and Fourteenth Amendments because they fall within the plain text of the Second Amendment and lack suitable historical analogues.

Hawaii had tried to justify the broad restrictions by citing 18th-century anti-poaching laws designed to prevent unauthorized hunting on private land. The Court shot it down, noting that those old statutes targeted specific harms like poaching on hunting grounds and had little relevance to modern self-defense carry in everyday public-access locations. Dissenting justices (including Kagan, Jackson, and Sotomayor) argued the law was a valid modern analogue to historical property-consent rules, highlighting ongoing divisions on the Court over Second Amendment interpretation post-Bruen. The ruling reinforces limits on states' ability to create widespread "gun-free" zones through such measures.

🙈 Never let your guard down. Watch as this poor fella loses both his fish and his rod while trying to help his buddy land a fish.

Some days are more painful than others…

Oh, and one more thing…