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Cal of the Wild

Ep. 371: A Former USFWS Director Speaks Out

Cal of the Wild

MeatEater

Education, Sports, Wilderness

4.89.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Cal is on assignment this week hunting turkeys somewhere in the wilds of West Virginia, but not to worry. We have a special interview episode. Last week, Cal sat down with Steve Williams, the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from 2002 to 2005. They discuss how the recent actions and proposals from the Trump administration will impact future conservation work and what hunters and anglers can do about it.

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this is Cow's Week in Review with Ryan Cal cow call call here's cow all right everybody welcome to

0:59.3

another episode of cow's week in review we're uh continuing our series with our informed esteemed

1:08.6

guest uh folks who are in the know or have insights into this big, wide world

1:14.3

of conservation with me, as always is Jordan Zillers. And again, you're listening to Cal's

1:19.7

week and review this week. We have former U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service director, Steve Williams.

1:28.6

All right, well, thank you very much for coming on, Steve.

1:31.2

Would you mind letting our audience know when you serve for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

1:39.2

as director and how you got to that position?

1:42.7

Yeah, sure, Cal.

1:43.9

Starting in 1985, I was a dear biologist in the state of

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