Your Mountain
By David Willms and Nephi Cole
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Join David Willms, Nephi Cole, and entertaining guests as they use humor, storytelling, and more than 50 years of collective experience in law, science, and policy to explain important decisions affecting your outdoor experience. As the guys say, "There are millions of acres of opportunity out there. They belong to you. Every day, decisions are being made that affect your land, your water, and your wildlife. You should know about them. This is Your Mountain."
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A Conversation with Backcountry Hunters and Anglers CEO Ryan "Cal" Callaghan
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May 06, 2026 |
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God Squad, Greyhounds, Boundary Waters, and a Soapbox
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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Technology in Hunting, Ambler Road, and Some Politics
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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Oregon Funds Conservation and a Colorado Controversy
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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State Corner Crossing Legislative Efforts and Lesser Prairie Chickens
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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Boundary Waters and Ballot Initiatives
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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A Cornucopia of Conservation with Swanny Evans of Pheasants Forever Quail Forever
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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Public Lands Access: Helicopters, Corner Crossing, E-Bikes, and More
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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Transferrable Landowner Hunting Licenses
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Oct 11, 2025 |
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Disagreeing with Civility in Conservation
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Oct 11, 2025 |
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A Proposal to Rescind the Roadless Rule
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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Why We Need Hunters (and why you should care about the Congressional Review Act)
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Aug 30, 2025 |
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The End of Sunday Hunting Bans in Pennsylvania with Steve Smith
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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The Public Lands Sale Autopsy, Party 2: Where Should We Go From Here
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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The Public Lands Sale Autopsy, Part 1: The History of Public Lands
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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Take 2 on Sen. Lee's Public Land Sale Effort-1.225 Million Acres
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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3 Million Acres of Public Lands for Sale in 11 States
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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Anti-Hunters Knocking at The Door
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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Rep. Zinke's San Juan Hill
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May 23, 2025 |
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Nearly A Half A Million Acres of Public Land Identified for Sale or Exchange
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May 14, 2025 |
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Public Land Sales and Congressional Budget Reconciliation
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Millions of Acres Unlocked: The Corner Crossing Decision
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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What Do the Secretary of the Interior's Recent Orders Mean
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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Thousands Fired at Federal Land Management Agencies
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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A Grizzly Decision
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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US Supreme Court Declines Utah's Public Lands Case
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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What to Expect When You're Expecting a New Administration
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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The Lost Episode with Jim Heffelfinger, Chris Parish and Leland Brown
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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13 More States Support Public Lands Disposal
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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How We Kill Birds
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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Utah Goes All In On Public Lands Disposal Effort
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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Ballot Box Biology with Gaspar Perricone
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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Project 2025: What it Means for Wildlife and Public Lands
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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SCOTUS Overturns the Chevron Doctrine: What it Means
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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The BLM Public Lands Rule
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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The Wolf Torture Fallout; EXPLORE Act passes House; Court Decides Tribal Treaty Hunting Rights Case
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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Ethics of Technology in Hunting
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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The Decades Long Wolf Delisting Fight Continues
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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Pontificating on the Complexity of State Hunting/Fishing Regulations - and Other Stuff
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Feb 17, 2024 |
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Land for Sale in the Tetons and Challenging a Hunter Harassment Law in Wisconsin
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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Wolves, Mountain Lions, MapWaters Act, and Elk Hunting
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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Having a Voice in Federal Land Management Planning
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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Wildlife Conservation with Chris Tymeson of Safari Club International
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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The Summer Conservation Rundown
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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New Oil and Gas Leasing Rules from BLM
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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Support for Hunting in the United States Declines
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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SCOTUS defines Waters of the United States
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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The Corner Crossing Decision
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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The Bureau of Land Management's Proposed Conservation Rule
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May 26, 2023 |
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The Politics of Wildlife Management
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May 02, 2023 |
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Breaking down Willow (not the classic 1980s film)
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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Advocacy and Grizzlies: Making a Point vs. Making a Difference
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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Boundary Waters, Tongass, and the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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Wolves, Bears, and Bills
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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Lead Ammunition on Wildlife Refuges and the Colorado River Water Catastrophe
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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Whose Land is it Anyway: Contentious Access Issues in the West
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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From Scarcity to Abundance: The History of Game Management
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery
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Sep 24, 2022 |
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Banned Birds from Canada, and a Dubious Damage Claim
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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RETURN Act, Corner Crossing, and the Senate's Inflation Reduction Act
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Aug 07, 2022 |
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A Federal Proposal to Gut Wildlife Funding for States
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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Permanent Wildlife Funding Nears and 70,000 Acres of New Public Access
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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Corner Crossing Update and Proposed Lead Ammunition Ban
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May 17, 2022 |
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The Open Fields Doctrine and the 4th Amendment
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May 03, 2022 |
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The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation with Tim Brass of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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The Energy Debate
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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Relisting Wolves (again)
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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Thinking Outside the Box: The Path for State Management of Federally Listed Species
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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Suppressors and Other Hunting Technology with John Burns of Wyoming Arms
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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Grizzly Bears and the Rinella Family Feud
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Jan 04, 2022 |
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The Unintended Consequences of Wyoming's Corner Crossing Case
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Dec 22, 2021 |
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Road Trip (Part III): Guiding You Through Wyoming's Wilderness Hunting Law
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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Road Trip (Part II): Recent Wildlife Wins in Congress
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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Road Trip (Part I): Barriers to Becoming a Hunter
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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Whiskey's For Drinkin', Water's For Fightin': A Western Water Law Primer
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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Groundhog Day - Relisting Wolves and Delisting Grizzly Bears
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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ATF and BLM Nominees Plus a Ballot Box Attack on Hunters
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Aug 03, 2021 |
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Oil & Ice- Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
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Jul 20, 2021 |
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Playing Prairie Chicken with RAWA
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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92 Miles: A Migration Story
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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The Importance of Diversity in R3: Race, Ethnicity, Gender and More
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May 20, 2021 |
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Becoming a Better Hunter
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May 18, 2021 |
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Randy Newberg- Hunting Policy & Politics
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May 04, 2021 |
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Subsistence Hunting in Alaska (Moose and Caribou) Issues
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Apr 20, 2021 |
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5 Things- Sage Grouse, Sage Brush & Rogue Wolves
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Apr 16, 2021 |
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How To Become a Natural Resource Professional
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Apr 13, 2021 |
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R3- A Real Argument
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Mar 30, 2021 |
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5 Things you Oughta Know Today #3
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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Don't Move A Mussel...or Cry Wolf
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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5 Things you Oughta Know Today #2
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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Ammo Shortages, Non-Resident Hunters & Public Trust Doctrine
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Mar 09, 2021 |
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Those Dammed Salmon with Brian Brooks from the Idaho Wildlife Federation
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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The Future of Outfitting with Ike Eastman
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Feb 23, 2021 |
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5 Things You Oughta Know Today
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Feb 19, 2021 |
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Western Access- Reliable Funding for Hunting and Fishing Access
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Feb 16, 2021 |
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Bills On Parade- A look at Hunting, Fishing & Conservation Legislation in early 2021
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Feb 09, 2021 |
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120 - Wardens, Lawyers, Judges, and the Legislature
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Feb 02, 2021 |
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119 - Drilling into President Biden's Executive Orders
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Jan 28, 2021 |
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118 - The Corner Crossing Episode
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Jan 19, 2021 |
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117 - Lifetime License Controversy and More About Grizzly Bears
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Jan 12, 2021 |
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116 - Burying 2020, Conspiracy Theories, and a Look Ahead
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Jan 05, 2021 |
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115 - Conservation Policies and Politics Gabriella Hoffman (Part II)
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Dec 15, 2020 |
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114 - Conservation Policies and Politics with Gabriella Hoffman (Part I)
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Dec 08, 2020 |
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113 - A Wrench in Pebble Mine and the Absurdity of Ballot Box Biology
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Dec 01, 2020 |
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112 - How the 2020 Election Impacts Sportsmen and Women
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Nov 17, 2020 |
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111 - 30 x 30: Achievable Conservation Goal or Black Helicopter Hoax?
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Nov 03, 2020 |
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110 - Breaking Down America's Conservation Enhancement (ACE) Act
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Oct 20, 2020 |
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109 - Wetland Policy and Waterfowl Hunting
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Oct 06, 2020 |
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108 - The West is Burning and it's Our Fault
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Sep 29, 2020 |
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107 - The Politics of Amending the Endangered Species Act
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Sep 23, 2020 |
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106 - Hunting Ethics with Aaron Davidson of Gunwerks
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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105 - Survivalist Laura Zerra
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Aug 25, 2020 |
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104 - Guns. Pendley. Birds. ANWR.
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Aug 18, 2020 |
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103 - Baiting and Culling Mountain Goats
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Aug 11, 2020 |
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102 - Waterfowl Hunting with Ben Paige
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Jul 21, 2020 |
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101 - A Primer on Migratory Birds
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Jul 14, 2020 |
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100 - Wyoming's 32nd Governor - Matthew H. Mead
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Jul 07, 2020 |
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0099 - Recent Federal, Tribal, and State Wildlife Management Conflicts
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Jul 01, 2020 |
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0098 - When Lawsuits About Grizzly Bears Aren't Really About Grizzly Bears
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Jun 23, 2020 |
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0097 - Great American Outdoors Act
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Jun 16, 2020 |
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0096 - Hunting Policy and Artifact Hunting with Jana Waller of Skull Bound TV
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Jun 02, 2020 |
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0095 - Pack Animals v Wild Sheep
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May 19, 2020 |
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0094 - AdVANture Hunter with Jim Kinsey and Brandon Nelson
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May 05, 2020 |
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0093 - Five Recent Natural Resource Decisions You Should Know About
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Apr 21, 2020 |
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0092 - The Artemis Sportswomen Program with Marcia Brownlee
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Apr 14, 2020 |
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0091 - Mule Deer, Ethics, and Storytelling with Miles Moretti
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Apr 07, 2020 |
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0090 - Supporting Conservation During a Global Pandemic
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Mar 31, 2020 |
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0089 - Fair Chase and Hunter Ethics with Boone and Crockett Club's Tony Schoonen
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Mar 24, 2020 |
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0088 - Improving State Licensing Systems to Improve Hunter Experience
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Mar 17, 2020 |
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0087 - How the Land and Water Conservation Fund Became a Centerpiece of the Battle for the US Senate
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Mar 10, 2020 |
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0086 - Camo at the Capitol: Hunter Advocacy, Mountain Goats, and Migration Corridors
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Mar 03, 2020 |
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0085 - Elk Feedgrounds
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Feb 25, 2020 |
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0084 - State Legislation Affecting Hunters: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
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Feb 18, 2020 |
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83 The Rules of Lawmaking
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Feb 11, 2020 |
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0082 - Leaded or Unleaded
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Feb 04, 2020 |
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0081 - The Anatomy of a "Green Decoy"
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Jan 28, 2020 |
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0080 - The Tyranny of the Majority: How Ballot Initiatives Threaten Hunting
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Jan 21, 2020 |
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0079 - The Your Mountain Report Card
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Jan 14, 2020 |
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0078 - Increasing Public Land Access in the West with Joel Webster of the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership
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Jan 07, 2020 |
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0077 - The Fight for Bristol Bay: Alaska's Proposed Pebble Mine
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Dec 17, 2019 |
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0076 - Amending the Pittman-Robertson Act (maybe)
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Dec 10, 2019 |
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0075 - Funding the Future of Wildlife Management
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Dec 03, 2019 |
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74. Grizzly bear management
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Nov 26, 2019 |
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73. Sunday Hunting Update
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Nov 19, 2019 |
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0072 What's Going on in the Tongass?
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Nov 12, 2019 |
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0071 - Hunting Policy with Safari Club International's Cyrus Baird and Ben Cassidy
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Nov 05, 2019 |
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70. Federal Oil and Gas Leasing in Migration Corridors
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Oct 29, 2019 |
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0069 - Public Policy and Conservation with Federal Premium Ammunition's Jon Zinnel
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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WOTUS repeal
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Sep 24, 2019 |
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0067 - Help Wanted
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Sep 17, 2019 |
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0066 - United States Senator Mike Enzi
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Sep 10, 2019 |
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0065 - The Moose Hunt Episode
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Sep 03, 2019 |
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0064 - Sage Grouse Conservation with Matt Hoobler of Pathfinder Ranches
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Aug 27, 2019 |
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0063 - The Trump Administration Amends Endangered Species Act Regulations
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Aug 20, 2019 |
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0062 - Wildlife Law with Chris Tymeson
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Aug 13, 2019 |
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0061 - The New Director of the BLM
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Aug 06, 2019 |
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60 Randy Newberg
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Jul 30, 2019 |
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0059 - Grizzly Bears and Hunting in Africa
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Jul 23, 2019 |
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0058 The Long Ranger
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Jul 17, 2019 |
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0057 - Wolves
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Jul 09, 2019 |
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0056 - How Gerrymandering and the Census May Impact Wildlife Decision Making (seriously)
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Jul 02, 2019 |
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0055 - Legalizing Sunday Hunting with Jake McGuigan of the National Shooting Sports Foundation
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Jun 25, 2019 |
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0054 - Public Access Lawsuit in Montana's Crazy Mountains
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Jun 18, 2019 |
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0053 - Western Big Game Hunting Hacks
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Jun 11, 2019 |
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0052 - Elephant Hunting Policy in Botswana
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Jun 04, 2019 |
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0051 - An Ag Tech and Habitat Collaboration with Pheasants/Quail Forever and Land O'Lakes SUSTAIN
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May 28, 2019 |
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0050 - Herrera v. Wyoming
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May 21, 2019 |
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0049 - The Global Wildlife Crisis (and a little about grizzly bears)
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May 14, 2019 |
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0048 - Dissecting the Target Practice & Marksmanship Training Support Act
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May 07, 2019 |
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0047 - Everything You Wanted to Know About Compensatory Mitigation But Were Too Afraid to Ask
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Apr 30, 2019 |
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0046 - The Stories and Experiences of Three Women Bow Hunters
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Apr 23, 2019 |
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0045 - Hunting and Conservation with Federal Premium Ammunition and Backcountry Hunters & Anglers
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Apr 16, 2019 |
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0044 - The Second Amendment: Its History, and How Hunting Influenced its Creation
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Apr 09, 2019 |
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0043 - John Gale, Conservation Director for Backcountry Hunters and Anglers
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Apr 02, 2019 |
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0042 The Often Ignored History of Public Lands in the United States
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Mar 26, 2019 |
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0041 The Incomparable Navy Seal Commander Rorke Denver
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Mar 19, 2019 |
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0040 - Like Freedom? Hug a Hunter: Constitutional Right to Hunt and Fish
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Mar 12, 2019 |
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0039 - Powderhook, Hunter Recruitment, Mentoring, and More About the "Timber" App
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Mar 05, 2019 |
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0038 - I've Got the Blues (Laws) -Sunday Hunting
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Feb 26, 2019 |
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0037 - Western Landowners Alliance, Women Hunters, and Why Hunting is Like Dating
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Feb 19, 2019 |
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0036 - Hunting Issues in State Legislatures Around the Country
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Feb 12, 2019 |
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0035 - Wildlife Attorneys of the Department of Justice
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Feb 05, 2019 |
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0034 - Dissecting the Sportsman's Package
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Jan 29, 2019 |
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0033 - Hyphenated-Hunters, Long-Range Shooting, and Everything In Between
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Jan 22, 2019 |
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0032 - The Big Announcement Episode!
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Jan 15, 2019 |
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0031 - Furloughed: Impacts of the Partial Government Shutdown
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Jan 08, 2019 |
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0030 - Everything You Should Know About the Outdoor Recreation Economy
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Dec 18, 2018 |
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0029 - How an 1868 Treaty Could Turn the North American Model on its Head
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Dec 11, 2018 |
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0028 -The Farm Bill Expired on September 30, and Sportsmen Should Care
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Dec 04, 2018 |
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0027 - Dissecting the Farm Bill
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Nov 27, 2018 |
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0026 - Agriculture and Public Lands with Ethan Lane of the Public Lands Council and National Cattlemen's Beef Association
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Nov 20, 2018 |
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0025 - Dissecting the Election: 2nd Amendment, Public Lands, and Other Impacts on Sportsmen
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Nov 13, 2018 |
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0024 - Dave's Mountain is Burning
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Nov 06, 2018 |
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0023 - Dissecting the Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act (Part 2)
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Oct 30, 2018 |
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0022 - Four Lawyers and Nephi Walk into a Bar - Again
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Oct 23, 2018 |
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0021 - Dissecting the Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act (Part 1)
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Oct 16, 2018 |
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0020 - Politics, Conservation, and Business with Ryan Bronson of Vista Outdoor
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Oct 09, 2018 |
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0019 - Dissecting the History of Forest (Mis) Management
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Oct 02, 2018 |
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0018 - Four Wildlife Lawyers and Nephi Walk into a Bar
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Sep 25, 2018 |
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0017 - Dissecting the Alphabet Soup of Public Lands: Where can you hunt?
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Sep 18, 2018 |
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0016 - Shooting Sports and Conservation with Dianna Muller, Ryan Muller and John Burns
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Sep 11, 2018 |
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0015 - Dissecting the Land and Water Conservation Fund
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Sep 04, 2018 |
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0014 - A Conversation with Game Wardens from Across North America
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Aug 28, 2018 |
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0013 - Dissecting the Endangered Species Act, Part 3: Proposed Changes to the Act
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Aug 21, 2018 |
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0012 - Hunter Advocacy with Land Tawney, President and CEO of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers
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Aug 14, 2018 |
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0011 - Dissecting the Endangered Species Act, Part 2: Nuts and Bolts of Listings
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Aug 07, 2018 |
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0010 - Interview with Zach Bowhay of Hunt DIY
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Jul 31, 2018 |
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0009 - Dissecting the Endangered Species Act, Part 1: History of the ESA
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Jul 24, 2018 |
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0008 - Kryptek's Kelli Thornton discusses women hunting, hunting in Africa and getting veterans into the field
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Jul 17, 2018 |
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0007 - Dissecting Senator Mike Lee's Public Land Proposals
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Jul 10, 2018 |
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0006 - Conservation and Camo with First Lite's Ryan Callahan and Western Hunter's Zach Bowhay
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Jul 03, 2018 |
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0005 - Dissecting The Pittman-Robertson Act
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Jun 26, 2018 |
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0004 - Black Bear Hunting, and Hunters as Conservationists with Jana Waller of Skull Bound TV
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Jun 19, 2018 |
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0003 - Public Lands with Braden Sheppard, Utah Governor's Office
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Jun 11, 2018 |
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0002 - The Outdoor Economy with Amy Roberts, Outdoor Industry Association
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Jun 11, 2018 |
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0001 - A Conversation with Steven Rinella of MeatEater
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Jun 11, 2018 |
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000 Your Mountain -Teaser
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Jun 06, 2018 |