Connecting with Conservation

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Do you enjoy angling, boating, hunting, recreational shooting or just getting outdoors and into the backcountry? Connecting with Conservation is the only podcast that delves into the business of conservation. We talk with state wildlife agency and industry experts about how conservation is achieved in the United States along with the tremendous impacts to local economies that driven by the recreational user. Join our hosts as they explore this often unknown or misunderstood aspect of how fish and wildlife conservation works in the U.S.

Episode Date
Season 3: Episode 20: Managing Wildlife Across Two Thirds of a Continent
Jun 04, 2026
Season 3: Episode 19: Wildlife Habitat in the Intermountain West.
May 29, 2026
Season 3: Episode 18: A Declining Icon: Mule Deer, Public Lands & the Fight to Turn the Tide
May 19, 2026
Season 3: Episode 17: Firearms, Conservation & the Excise Tax: How Firearm Importers Fund Wildlife
May 08, 2026
Season 3, Episode 16: Working Forests as Conservation Assets with Jimmy Bullock from RMS
Apr 22, 2026
Season 3: Episode 15: Pittman-Robertson & the Firearms Legacy with Luke Thorkildsen from Weatherby
Apr 17, 2026
Season 3: Episode 14: Forests, Wildlife, and Private Lands: Conservation Beyond Public Ground.
Apr 07, 2026
Season 3: Episode 13: Bringing Back the Bobwhite: Quail Conservation Across the Landscape
Apr 03, 2026
Season 3: Episode 12: The Truth About Regulated Hunting in Africa, Conservation & the Cecil Effect
Mar 28, 2026
Season 3: Episode 11: Mobilizing Hunters, Fighting Eradication & the Killing Catalina Documentary
Mar 19, 2026
Season 3: Episode 10: Firearms Innovation, Conservation Funding & the Future of the Hunting Industry
Mar 11, 2026
Season 3: Episode 9: Outdoor Media, Conservation Storytelling & the Hunting Industry Job Market
Mar 04, 2026
Season 3: Episode 8: Bird Dogs, Upland Hunting, and the Conservation Economy with Scott Linden
Feb 25, 2026
Season 3: Episode 7: The Future of Deer Hunting, Recruitment, and Conservation Marketing.
Feb 18, 2026
Season 3: Episode 6: Sporting clays for sick kids with Zac Lemmon, Exec. Director for Kids and Clays
Feb 10, 2026
Season 3: Episode 5: Managing the Business of Conservation and Indiana's First Bobcat Season.
Feb 04, 2026
Season 3: Episode 4: Trapping Myths, BMPs, and Conservation with Bryant White of AFWA.
Jan 27, 2026
Season 3: Episode 3: Wild Sheep Conservation and the Path Forward with Corey Mason.
Jan 20, 2026
Season 3: Episode 2: Elevating Indigenous Voices in Wildlife Conservation with Dr Julie Thorstenson.
Jan 13, 2026
Season 3: Episode 1: Range USA supports wildlife conservation from the urban landscape.
Jan 08, 2026
Season 2: Episode 53: Wildlife Corridors, Migration, and Big Game Conservation with Casey Stemler.
Dec 30, 2025
Season 2: Episode 52: ATA’s Fight for Fair Conservation Funding with V.P. & Chief Conservation Officer Dan Forster
Dec 22, 2025
Season 2: Episode 51: Restoring Elk in the East—Science, Funding, and the RMEF Mission.
Dec 16, 2025
Maine’s Wildlife Conservation Story—from Moose to Arctic Char with Commissioner Judy Camuso
Dec 09, 2025
Season 2: Episode 49: Inside Modern Trapping with Jake DeBow of New England Naturals.
Dec 02, 2025
Season 2: Episode 48: West Virginia Elk Restoration, Wildlife Funding, and Conservation Leadership
Nov 25, 2025
Season 2: Episode 47: Inside Smith & Wesson – Conservation, Innovation, and Shooting Sports.
Nov 20, 2025
Season 2: Episode 46: Wild Turkey Conservation and the Changing Landscape with Jason Lupardus.
Nov 11, 2025
Season 2: Episode 45 – Building the Next Generation of Shooters with John Nelson.
Nov 05, 2025
Season 2: Episode 44: Understanding Hemorrhagic Disease in Deer with Dr. Mark Ruder
Oct 28, 2025
Season 2: Episode 43: Conservation in the Caribbean: Protecting Wildlife in the U.S. Virgin Islands
Oct 22, 2025
Season 2: Episode 42: Boyd Duckett on Major League Fishing, Conservation & the Future of Angling.
Oct 15, 2025
Season 2: Episode 41: Guns, Game, & Giving Back: How Benelli USA Powers Wildlife Conservation.
Oct 07, 2025
Season 2: Episode 40: Bass conservation - Gene Gilliland, National Conservation Director for B.A.S.S
Oct 07, 2025
Season 2: Episode 39: From Confusion to Clarity: How Hunt Regs App is Changing the Game for Hunters
Sep 23, 2025
Season 2: Episode 38: Blood Tracking Dogs: How Hunters and Canines Recover Game with Rachel Crume
Sep 17, 2025
Season 2: Episode 37: Conservation Funding – Tom Decker on USFWS Office of Conservation Investment
Sep 09, 2025
Season 2: Episode 36: Dan Cabela on Hard Truths of Conservation and the Future of Wildlife.
Aug 29, 2025
Season 2: Episode 35: Ammo, Advocacy and Access: Dan Wolgin Talks Ammo, Legislation and Conservation
Aug 19, 2025
Season 2: Episode 34: Brandon Maddox: CEO of Silencer Central on silencers, myths, and conservation.
Aug 14, 2025
Season 2: Episode 33: Selling the Outdoors: Matt Whitman Conservation and Connecting with Consumers
Aug 05, 2025
Season 2: Episode 32: Rethinking Conservation: Tony Wasley on Wildlife Policy and the Public Trust
Jul 29, 2025
Season 2: Episode 31: How Hunters Are Fighting Hunger in America with Josh Wilson of FHFH.
Jul 22, 2025
Season 2: Episode 30: Fair Chase & Fighting Poaching: Inside Boone & Crockett with Tony Schoonen.
Jul 15, 2025
Season 2: Episode 29: Ruger: How America’s Largest Firearms Manufacturer Supports Conservation
Jul 08, 2025
Season 2: Episode 28: How Social Media is Changing Conservation with Chuck R. of Open Source Defense
Jul 01, 2025
Season 2: Special Alert: Public Lands Sell Off!
Jun 25, 2025
Season 2: Episode 27: Dustin Wallace talks about Faxon's contribution to conservation.
Jun 24, 2025
Season 2: Episode 26: Talking High Performance Rimfires with Scott Volquartsen
Jun 17, 2025
Season 2: Episode 25: Hornady's Commitment to Conservation with Seth Swerczek
Jun 10, 2025
Season 2: Episode 24: Beth Shimanski, Vice President of Marketing with Savage Arms Inc.
Jun 03, 2025
Season 2: Episode 23: Executive Director Ryan Brown talks about Virginia Wildlife.
May 28, 2025
Season 2: Episode 22: World and National Champion USPSA Competitor Julie Golob
May 20, 2025
Season 2: Episode 21: Buying and Selling Outdoor Products with Josh Perrone & Allen Forkner
May 13, 2025
Season 2: Episode 20: Effects of Tariffs on Angling Equipment with Glenn Hughes
May 06, 2025
Season 2: Episode 19: Becoming a conservationist with Joshua Crumpton
Apr 29, 2025
Season 2: Episode 18: A conservation icon sports afield magazine with editor-in-chief Diana Rupp.
Apr 22, 2025
Season 2: Episode 17: How The Kinetic Group TKG Supports Wildlife Conservation with Jon Zinnel
Apr 15, 2025
Season 2: Episode 16: Traditions Muzzleloaders with Marketing Director Alison Hall
Apr 08, 2025
Season 2: Episode 15: Chasing turkeys with Christian Hogg from Fiocchi USA.
Apr 01, 2025
Season 2: Episode 14: Accessing and recreating on military lands with Sean Cross of iSportsman
Mar 25, 2025
Season 2: Episode 13: Managing your wildlife using predator control with Jason Wisniewski
Mar 18, 2025
Season 2 Episode 12 Mule Deer & Mexican Wolves with Jim Heffelfinger
Mar 11, 2025
Season 2: Episode 11: Edged Hunting Tools with CJ Buck
Mar 05, 2025
Season 2: Episode 10: National Archery in the Schools Program with Tommy Floyd
Feb 25, 2025
Season 2: Episode 9: High School Fishing Tournaments with Reece Martin
Feb 18, 2025
Season 2: Episode 8: Fishing on Lake Hartwell with Neil Paul.
Feb 11, 2025
Season 2: Episode 7: Fish & Wildlife Licensing with Chris Willard of PayIt Outdoors.
Feb 03, 2025
Season 2: Episode 6: Protecting your hearing with Dave Matheny, CEO of Silencer Shop
Feb 03, 2025
Season 2 Episode 5: Safari Club International with Chris Tymeson from Safari Club International
Jan 23, 2025
Season 2 Episode 4: Finding the Outdoor Equipment You Need with Kevin Wilson of Davidson's Inc
Jan 21, 2025
Season 2: Episode 3: Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation with Dave Chanda
Jan 16, 2025
Season 2: Episode 2: Alabama Wildlife Management with Chuck Sykes
Jan 14, 2025
Season 2: Episode 1: Waterfowl and Wetlands Conservation with Karen Waldrop of Ducks Unlimited.
Jan 07, 2025
Episode 11: Kentucky Elk Restoration with Lou Cornicelli
Dec 27, 2024
Episode 12: Recruiting New Conservationists with Jeff Rawlinson
Dec 27, 2024
Episode 8: Recruiting Women into the Outdoors with Sam Pedder from PayIt Outdoors
Dec 16, 2024
Episode 9: RCBS and Reloading with Joel Hodgdon
Dec 16, 2024
Episode 10: Talking wildlife conservation with Tom Taylor
Dec 16, 2024
Episode 6: Optics Planet with Alex Royzen
Dec 02, 2024
Episode 7: Low Country Waterfowl with Dave Wielicki of the South Carolina Waterfowl Association
Dec 02, 2024
Episode 5: South Carolina DNR with Emily Cope
Nov 26, 2024
Episode 4: Hunting Ammunition with Fiocchi USA and Christian Hogg
Nov 20, 2024
Episode 3: Industry Outreach in Arizona with Scott Lavin
Oct 03, 2024
Episode 2: Connecting with Conservation: Excise Taxes on Hunting & Angling Equipment with Mitch King
Oct 02, 2024
Episode 1: Welcome to Connecting with Conservation
Oct 02, 2024