EP 103: Managing Large Carnivores on Large Landscapes

Hunt Talk Radio

Randy Newberg

Sports, Education, Wilderness, How To

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2019

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

In this episode (103) of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy has return guest Jim Heffelfinger, Science Coordinator for Arizona Game & Fish who also leads their Department involvement recovery of the Mexican Wolf. Topics covered include Mexican wolves, Endangered Species Act, Congressional delisting, genetic purge, Colorado gray wolf proposal, litigation, can the ESA work in a litigation environment, and a lot of other difficult topics related to reintroduction and recovery of endangered species.

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0:00.0	Hey folks, Randy Nubberg here with another episode of Lou Pold's Hunt Talk Radio.
0:06.3	I am trying to be, I guess, undistracted and I'm trying to find a quiet place here at the
0:14.7	Salt Palace in Salt Lake City. I'm recording this podcast here at a big trade show.
0:22.2	And my guest has been on our podcast I think twice in the past and he's such a source of
0:29.3	information. It's hard to cover all the topics you want to cover. And in this one I told Jim,
0:38.8	Jim Heffelfinger, who is, I'm going to mangle what his term is, but I think he's the wildlife
0:45.3	science coordinator with Arizona Game and Fish. He takes the real science and with all of his
0:54.6	immense background of research and hands-on experience, he helps guide policy for Arizona Game and Fish.
1:03.9	In one of the things he's I'm going to say in charge of Jim might straighten me out on this is
1:10.2	you may have heard about the Mexican wolf reintroduction. He is the person who
1:16.6	represents Arizona Game and Fish in that activity and in those discussions. He's always quick to
1:24.3	point out that he has a great crew of people that work with him and I would agree with that. So
1:29.9	when I point a lot of this at Jim, he's going to always widen it up to say yeah, but I have all
1:37.0	these other great people working for me. So we're going to have a discussion about Mexican wolves,
1:44.8	reintroducing large carnivore type species across large landscapes, the challenges it creates.
1:55.6	And whether or not the path of the Mexican wolf reintroduction is going to
2:03.6	follow what happened up in the northern Rockies with the gray wolf or if there's lessons that
2:09.3	were learned and maybe that'll be to some benefit as the Mexican wolf reintroduction continues down
2:16.9	its path. So but before we turn on the the switch here and get Jim on the podcast, I want to quickly
2:24.4	thank Lou Pold for being the title sponsor of this podcast. They got a booth right over there with
2:29.7	all their great 2019 optics and if you're not able to go see him at a booth, hope you'll check
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