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Today’s episode is all about Getting Things Done. I am excited to share this methodology with you and a few apps that will help your productivity success in an stress-free way! Before I started to use GTD my to-do list consists of one-word items like a grocery store list, dog food, post office, call mom, post its, etc, with no defined meaning. If you take anything away from today, this is the most important thing… yes I am giving it to you right now… Your goal starting today is to use the...

Kristin Combs is the the executive director of Wyoming Wildlife Advocates and organization that has the mission to inform, educate, empower communities to preserve our wild legacy, protect our shared wildlife and modernize wildlife management across the state of Wyoming. Kristin has nine years of non-profit administration experience, nearly four years working in public science education, and four years advocating for science-based wildlife management She has spent her professional career...

Josh Asel a self made wildlife conservationist and photojournalist. He recently launched Art for Earth, his feature website where he shares conservation stories and his images. www.joshasel.com https://www.instagram.com/josh.asel/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-asel-3389025a/ https://www.facebook.com/joshua.asel.707 Show notes for this episode: www.projectsforwildlife.com/episode071 WHERE TO FIND US: www.projectsforwildlife.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/projectsforwildlife ...

Dr. Kristin Weiss and Buttercup the Oceanpup. Dr. Kristen Weiss is currently Communications Coordinator for the Long Term Ecological Research network. Previously, she was an early career fellow in Science Communication at the Center for Ocean Solutions, Stanford University, and before that a lecturer in the Environmental Studies Program at the University of Southern California where she taught courses focused on ecology, sustainability, and natural resource management. Kristen received her...

Dr. Chris Parsons is one of the primary podcast hosts in the Speak Up For Blue network. I met Chris as I trotted along through a sustainable whale-watching research project at Scripps Institution of Oceanography - Dr. Chris Parsons has been involved in whale and dolphin research for over two decades and has been involved in projects on every continent. Dr. Parsons is currently a consultant for a number of environmental groups in Washington DC, consulting on marine wildlife, conservation and...

Kathi George is the Global Response Project Manager for the Marine Mammal Center located in Sausalito, CA. She has over 15 years of experience with marine mammal entanglements, specializing in entangled whale response. She’s been on several large whale entanglement cases and trained many volunteers on how disentangle a whale. Kathi and I have been friends for several years now. We met when she first started the California Whale Rescue a non-profit dedicated to serving the community of...

Paul Bunker who trains dogs for conservation detection work. He started a new business called Chiron K-9 after his career as a military veteran dog trainer. Today we are going to talk about the horned lizard in Texas and his work with detective dogs and researchers. https://www.chiron-k9.com/ WHERE TO FIND US: www.projectsforwildlife.com JOIN US IN THE FIELD: www.projectsforwildlife.com/inthefield Wildly excited to connect with you - FIND US ONLINE: www.facebook.com/projectsforwildlife ...

Angela Grimes is the Chief Executive Officer of Born Free USA. In 2002, Born Free USA was launched in the United States to bring Born Free’s vision to the American public. The vision is for a co-existent future where humans no longer exploit wild animals. Born Free also operates the largest Primate Sanctuary in the United States. The 175-acre sanctuary, located in south Texas, provides a safe, permanent home to approximately 475 monkeys, many rescued from abuse in roadside zoos or as “pets”...

Dan Flores is the author of 10 books on western US history include the New York Times Best seller Coyote America, he is A B. Hammond Professor Emeritus at the University of Montana and lives in my home state of New Mexico. About 45 minutes south of my home town in Santa Fe. Coyote America, if you haven’t already listened to or read the book will teach you a lot about coyotes, humans, and the resilience of the American Song Dog. And if you aren’t fond of these small canids by the end of the...

Dr. Stanley D. Gehrt is the Principal Investigator of the Cook County Coyote Project, having initiated the study in 2000. As Chair of the Center for Wildlife Research at the Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation, he directs a variety of research projects both at the Foundation and around the country. Dr. Gehrt continues to supervise many daily aspects of the project while working full-time as a Professor and Extension specialist at The Ohio State University. He is regarded as an international expert...

Conservationist and Photographer, Celina Chien, is giving a voice to wildlife in the age of the Anthropocene. "I stumbled across a few other photographers and I realized that I've never even considered it before as a medium of \ communicating conservation and communicating science but I found that it was the perfect bridge between conservation and scientists and the academic world and the public because, you know, we hear all these statistics and we hear about all these horrible facts, you...

One of the most powerful skills to master as a conservation project manager is communication, put simply know when it is time to talk, and not talk just for the sake of talking. We’ve all been to one of these meetings where someone just keeps talking about something that was covered already. Wishing the project manager would redirect the conversation back to the agenda. Or wishing the project manager would just end the meeting so the team can get back to work. Perhaps you are a conservation...

Gulick's recent work focuses on the Tongass National Forest of Alaska. The Tongass contains one-third of the world's remaining old-growth coastal temperate rainforests, and the largest reserves of old-growth forests left in the United States. Her book, “Salmon in the Trees: Life in Alaska's Tongass Rain Forest,” is the recipient of an Independent Publisher Book Award and two Nautilus Book Awards. See www.salmoninthetrees.org. Gulick is a Founding Fellow of the International League of...

Today on the podcast is Jaymi Heimbuch! She has two goals the first is to  Make a positive impact for conservation through photography and storytelling. And second is to Provide training and tools for fellow photographers seeking to do the same. She does this through a variety of wildlife projects like the Urban Coyote Initiative and Watershed Sentinels projects and her newly launched Wild Ideas Lab. Not only is she serious about creating projects she is the recipient of a National Geographic...

We met in Jackson Wyoming in Sept 2019. Morgan has a heart of gold and is 100% committed to telling stories that move people and connect them to wildlife, and even see them in a new perspective. If you have an inspiring conservation storyteller in your family, friend group or happen to be one this episode is for you! Morgan is a Senior Fellow with the International League of Conservation Photographers and a former board member of the North American Nature Photography Association. She has...

Katie Schuler is a new friend I met at Jackson Wild and the International League of Conservation Photographers Wild Speak West in September 2019. I was completely surprised and inspired by Katie’s commitment to work on the world’s most trafficked mammal. She is an advocate for the planet’s most at-risk species, Katie operates at the nexus between science, empathy, and storytelling. More than a decade of filmmaking across six continents has afforded Katie expertise in the field and in the...

Suzie Marlow is a bounder and research scientist for the Rogue Dog Detection org. She has the coolest job in the world - in my opinion! She gets to take her dog into the field and find wildlife. I am excited to share this episode today! In 2019 I met another bounder Jennifer Hartman at the Wildlife Society Conference in Reno - since then I've been following their amazing projects on social media. Rogue Detection Dogs bring the conservation detection dog method to the forefront of scientific...

This episode is dedicated to helping you find out where you are at in the world of conservation project management and what steps you need to take to move forward in developing skills and becoming a certified project manager. Learning the basic skills will improve your project efficiency, and will give you that step up in the conservation industry. When you run a successful project and document the processes and methods you used to get there a client or employer will take you seriously. Also,...

Leif's mission is to spread awareness about the desperate plight of Critically Endangered orangutans and show people exactly how they can join us to secure orangutan survival in their natural habitat. In this episode we dig deep into the issues surrounding the orangutans and how Leif began his research and mission to protect the remaining small populations of orangutan. You can help orangutans by supporting The Orangutan Project. Make sure to connect with Leif and TOP below! Connect with...

Dr. Shermin de Silva - we met at her fundraiser she hosted for trunks and leaves, an organization she founded to raise awareness for asian elephants. I was fascinated with her work with a subset of asian elephants and the communities that surround their habitat. She is a behavioral ecologist with research interests range from animal behavior and communication to population biology. She investigates how landcover changes might affect elephant populations and is interested in understanding how...