The National Wildlife Federation has worked with hunters and anglers since 1936 to tackle the biggest natural resource challenges. The NWF Outdoors Podcast explores the most important conservation issues and the people who do the hard work to safeguard our fish, wildlife, lands, and waters. Hosted by Aaron Kindle, director of sporting advocacy at NWF.
Episodes
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Buffalo Restoration on the Wind River Reservation with Jason Baldes
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Jason Baldes, an Eastern Shoshone tribal member and the National Wildlife Federation's tribal buffalo coordinator, joins the National Wildlife Federation Outdoors Podcast to discuss buffalo restoration (or bison, if you prefer) on the Wind River Reservation, the historical and cultural importance of buffalo to the Eastern Shoshone, how his dad led efforts to restore pronghorn to the reservation, how the Eastern Shoshone set game regulations, pack horses for hunting, and much more. This is an episode you won't want to miss!
Music provided by National Park Radio
Resources:
- National Wildlife Federation Unites Tribes to Bring New Bison to the Wind River Reservation
- National Wildlife Federation Tribal Buffalo Restoration
- Film: Boy-zshan Bi-den (Buffalo Return)
- National Wildlife Federation Outdoors
Tuesday Mar 10, 2020
Recovering America's Wildlife with Emily Wood of the Indiana Wildlife Federation
Tuesday Mar 10, 2020
Tuesday Mar 10, 2020
On this episode, we're joined by Emily Wood, executive director of the Indiana Wildlife Federation, to talk about her organization and the Recovering America's Wildlife Act. Each state has a federally mandated list of species of greatest conservation need - essentially species at a higher risk of becoming threatened or endangered. Tallied together, this represents about one-third of all wildlife in America. While the Pittman-Robertson Fund and hunter/angler license dollars have done a tremendous job of recovering game species over the last century, many other species are in crisis. The Recovering America's Wildlife Act will provide the funding for states to implement State Wildlife Action plans to recover those species and keep them off the endangered species list. Emily talks about the work of the Indiana Wildlife Federation, how they work with the National Wildlife Federation on priorities like recovering wildlife, and what the Recovering America's Wildlife Act would mean for Indiana. The National Wildlife Federation Outdoors Podcast is supported by Rep Your Water and the intro music has been provided by National Park Radio.
Resources:
- Indiana Wildlife Federation: https://www.indianawildlife.org/
- Recovering America's Wildlife Act: https://www.nwf.org/Our-Work/Wildlife-Conservation/Policy/Recovering-Americas-Wildlife-Act
- Rep Your Water (Indiana bass hat): https://www.repyourwater.com/collections/indiana/products/indiana-bass-hat
- National Park Radio: https://www.nationalparkradio.com/
Friday Jul 12, 2019
How the Tennessee Wildlife Federation is Fighting to Stop Asian Carp
Friday Jul 12, 2019
Friday Jul 12, 2019
The Tennessee Wildlife Federation has a storied history of conserving Tennessee's natural resources, but right now an invasive species is threatening those very resources. Mike Butler, executive director of the Tennessee Wildlife Federation, joins the National Wildlife Federation Outdoors Podcast to tell us what his organization is doing to stop Asian carp from spreading in Tennessee's waters, where they undermine native fisheries for popular sport-fish like bass on Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley. He discusses the coalition they've pulled together from across the Mississippi River basin including anglers like Bill Dance, conservation groups, and political offices, to increase the funding that wildlife agencies in the region have to fight this invasive species. As always, this episode is supported by Rep Your Water, whose "Stop Asian Carp" collaboration with the National Wildlife Federation helps our efforts to stop Asian carp.
Additional Resources:
- Tennessee Wildlife Federation: www.tnwf.org
- Mississippi Interstate Cooperative Resource Administration (MICRA): http://micrarivers.org/asiancarp/
- Rep Your Water "Stop Asian Carp": https://www.repyourwater.com/products/stop-asian-carp-sticker
- National Wildlife Federation Outdoors: www.nwf.org/outdoors
Friday Apr 26, 2019
Friday Apr 26, 2019
On this conservation news short, we cover new polling from the National Wildlife Federation showing tremendous public support in Colorado and New Mexico for protecting wildlife migration corridors and the new collaboration between Hunt To Eat and the Wyoming Wildlife Federation, Montana Wildlife Federaion, and Idaho Wildlife Federation. We also highlight Idaho Wildlife Federation's work to reform salmon recovery efforts in their state, and close with a plug for Conservation Hawks new film addressing climate change impacts to hunting and fishing, "In the Heart of the Rockies."
Each week, the NWF Outdoors Podcast will cover recent conservation issues in short digests like this episode, along with our full-length interviews with conservation, hunting and fishing leaders each month. The next interview will feature Heather Shaw of the Ruffed Grouse Society, discussing grouse habitat needs and how they're met through active forest management.
Friday Apr 19, 2019
Stopping Asian Carp with Marc Smith of NWF
Friday Apr 19, 2019
Friday Apr 19, 2019
For decades, Asian carp have been moving north toward the Great Lakes, threatening its $7 billion sport-fishery as they undermine fisheries throughout the Mississippi River basin. For much of that time, Marc Smith of the National Wildlife Federation has been a leader in advocating for solutions to stop Asian carp. On this episode of the NWF Outdoors Podcast, Marc and host Drew YoungeDyke discuss the history of the effort to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes and the current status of the Army Corps of Engineers plan to block them by rebuilding a lock and dam south of Chicago. The National Wildlife Federation Outdoors Podcast is supported by a conservation partnership with Rep Your Water, which supports the National Wildlife Federation Great Lakes Regional Center's work to stop Asian carp.
Links:
www.greatlakesconservation.com