Wild Sheep - Collaboration, Conflict, & Conservation

Hunt Talk Radio

Randy Newberg

Sports, Wilderness, Education, How To

4.9 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2022

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Summary

In this episode (187) of Leupold's Hunt Talk radio, Randy visits with Terry Meyers, Executive Director of the Rocky Mountain Bighorn Society, a prior guest who exemplifies citizen-conservation. Topics covered on this early March conversation include the policy issues facing bighorn sheep on public lands, when multiple use becomes conflict, disease as a constraining factor for wild sheep, local groups making a difference at the state level, what is m.ovi, wild rams no longer allowed to wander, simple answers don't solve complicated problems, paying for grazing retirements, converting from domestic sheep to cattle, Federal land policy conflicting with state agency wildlife policy, compromising to zero, incentives provide good outcomes, and many more complications related to wild sheep management and the future an iconic species. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey folks, Randy Noberg here.
0:05.0	Welcome to Loot Fold's Hanthac Radio.
0:08.0	Hey folks, Randy Noberg here.
0:34.0	Getting ready to do another episode of Loot Fold's Hanthac Radio.
0:39.0	I woke up this morning's 27 below here in Boseman.
0:44.0	What the heck's going on man?
0:47.0	I'm getting too old for this stuff.
0:50.0	But fortunately I'm not one of those animals that have to live outside in it.
0:56.0	I can't imagine that.
0:58.0	But thank you for being here.
1:00.0	Today we're going to do a podcast with a repeat guest, I think from four or five years ago.
1:06.0	A person who I talked to on a regular basis because he knows so much about science,
1:12.0	about federal process of environmental impacts, statements, the NEPA rules, environmental assessments.
1:21.0	He's a trained specialist in this stuff.
1:25.0	Terry Myers.
1:27.0	He's a guy in charge, executive director, bottle washer, janitor, and all things
1:35.0	at the Rocky Mountain Big Horn Society.
1:38.0	Rocky Mountain Big Horn Society is a state chapter affiliate that advocates for wild sheep.
1:46.0	They do it in Colorado.
1:49.0	But know that every state where there are wild sheep, there is a state affiliate
1:55.0	that you can support, that you can become a member of, that you can donate to.
2:00.0	And with Terry, I want to talk about, again, advocacy, right?
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