Episode 92: Wrestling Wildlife Governance Reform From The Tight Grip Of The Hunting, Fishing, and Gun Industries
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About Kevin Kevin is founder and executive director of the Southwest Environmental Center. He received a BS in Biology from Dartmouth College, and a MS in Natural Resources Policy at the University of Michigan. After decades of advocating for wildlife, he realized that as long as the people who viewed wild animals as soulless resources were making all the decisions about how they should be managed, wildlife advocates would be fighting endless rearguard actions to stop bad things from happening, and rewilding would remain a distant dream. So he and the SWEC team decided to launch Wildlife for All, a national campaign to reform state wildlife management to be more ecologically-driven, democratic and compassionate. The first Wildlife for All conference was held in 2018. He lives in the Chihuahuan Desert of southern New Mexico where he and his wife enjoy the sunsets and coyotes. Topics * Wildlife governance reform * Pittman–Robertson Act * The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (RAWA) * The overbearing influence of hunting, fishing, agriculture, the gun industry, and oil and gas on the fate of non-game species in every state * What to watch out for when RAWA passes Extra Credit Visit Wildlife For All and get involved! About Kevin Kevin is founder and executive director of the Southwest Environmental Center. He received a BS in Biology from Dartmouth College, and a MS in Natural Resources Policy at the University of Michigan. After decades of advocating for wildlife, he realized that as long as the people who viewed wild animals as soulless resources were making all the decisions about how they should be managed, wildlife advocates would be fighting endless rearguard actions to stop bad things from happening, and rewilding would remain a distant dream. So he and the SWEC team decided to launch Wildlife for All, a national campaign to reform state wildlife management to be more ecologically-driven, democratic and compassionate. The first Wildlife for All conference was held in 2018. He lives in the Chihuahuan Desert of southern New Mexico where he and his wife enjoy the sunsets and coyotes. Topics * Wildlife governance reform * Pittman–Robertson Act * The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (RAWA) * The overbearing influence of hunting, fishing, agriculture, the gun industry, and oil and gas on the fate of non-game species in every state * What to watch out for when RAWA passes Extra Credit Visit Wildlife For All and get involved!
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