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🗓️ 4 January 2024
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With the recent buzz about releasing wolves into the state of Colorado, wolf management is on a lot of people's minds. In this episode, Dirk talks with Justin Webb, Executive Director of the Foundation for Wildlife Management. They discuss the reintroduction of wolves in Idaho and what the landscape looks like for ungulates 28 years later. Justin describes what elements go into trapping wolves and why it's so important to manage predator numbers through hunting and trapping endeavors.
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| 0:00.0 | Get ready for the best thing ever done on the blood-soaked story of the white-tailed deer skin trade of the 1700s. |
| 0:07.0 | It's called Meat Eater's American History, The Longhunters, 1761 to 1775 told by me Stephen Ronella and my good friend |
| 0:16.8 | clay nucum from the Bear Greece podcast this audio book is the first installment |
| 0:22.0 | in meat eat's American History series. |
| 0:25.0 | It's a bizarre tale about a fascinating group of Back Woodsman |
| 0:29.2 | and the forgotten trade in the skins of North America's favorite big game animal, the white-tailed deer, |
| 0:35.0 | featuring the exploits of Daniel Boone and a host of other long hunters |
| 0:39.0 | as they forced their way through one of the most violent, inspiring, and bad-ass periods of American history. |
| 0:46.0 | It's out on January 9th, but you can pre-order it now wherever audio books are sold. |
| 0:51.0 | That's Meat Eater's American History, the Longhunters, |
| 0:55.0 | 1761 to 1775, available for pre-order now. Welcome back to another episode of Cutting the Distance Podcast. I am Dirk Durham and |
| 1:17.2 | tonight I have Justin Webb. He's the executive director for the Foundation for Wildlife Management. |
| 1:25.0 | Welcome Justin. |
| 1:26.0 | Thanks Dirk, I appreciate you having me on. |
| 1:29.0 | Yeah, I've been wanting to interview you for quite a while, even before I got on this podcast. |
| 1:39.6 | I've found what you and your organization are doing is very fascinating and I want I think it's important |
| 1:46.2 | for people to know about it so anyway I wanted to want to get you on here first off |
| 1:51.7 | tell our listeners a little bit about yourself. |
| 1:54.3 | A little about myself. Well, I'm a passionate outdoorsman and grew up off the grid in the |
| 2:00.3 | backcountry in North Idaho. I spent most of my life hunting and fishing and |
| 2:06.4 | camping hike in the backcountry. I raised a family. My kids are growing now and I have been able to kind of pour my heart and soul into what has become |
| 2:21.4 | the Foundation for wildlife management. |
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