Beaver State Podcast
197 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 months ago -The Beaver State Podcast is a show produced by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's Information and Education Team. This show is about fish and wildlife management, hunting and fishing and wildlife viewing in Oregon.
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The Beaver State Podcast: Mule Deer Research
September 17, 2020 17:51 - 1 hour - 82 MBDr. Darren Clark is a research scientist who studies many different Oregon wildlife species, but one of the most significant in terms of challenges is the iconic mule deer. Declines in mule deer populations in Oregon make for a lot of questions about how to effectively manage them. Dr. Clark’s research at both Starkey Experimental Forest and with a large-scale project that collared more than 500 mule deer to study migration routes and summer and winter range behaviors, provides wildlife mana...
Beaver State Podcast: Mule Deer Nutrition, Predation and Climate with Mark Hurley
September 10, 2020 18:54 - 1 hour - 70.4 MBMule deer range is characterized by beautiful but unforgiving landscapes. Mule deer numbers have always been determined in the margins between ever-changing weather patterns, food sources and predator numbers. Today they face additional problems like loss of winter range, obstacles to migration, poaching and invasive plants. Because their survival is so dependent on these razor thin margins, scientific research has driven conservation of the species. Idaho Department of Fish and Game biologi...
The Beaver State Podcast: Mule Deer Nutrition, Predation and Climate with Mark Hurley
September 10, 2020 18:54 - 1 hour - 70.4 MBMule deer range is characterized by beautiful but unforgiving landscapes. Mule deer numbers have always been determined in the margins between ever-changing weather patterns, food sources and predator numbers. Today they face additional problems like loss of winter range, obstacles to migration, poaching and invasive plants. Because their survival is so dependent on these razor thin margins, scientific research has driven conservation of the species. Idaho Department of Fish and Game biologi...
The Beaver State Podcast: Mule Deer Origins
September 03, 2020 18:53 - 48 minutes - 45.3 MBMule deer, or muleys, are one if, if not the most, iconic critters in western North America. They are synonymous with wide-open landscapes, canyons, mountains and nearly any landscape found here. When a number of mule deer populations across several states declined several decades ago, the Mule Deer Working Group was formed to tackle conservation issues through sharing science and information across wildlife agencies. Jim Heffelfinger is the chair of the Mule Deer Working Group and the Wildl...
Beaver State Podcast: Mule Deer Origins
September 03, 2020 18:53 - 48 minutes - 45.3 MBMule deer, or muleys, are one if, if not the most, iconic critters in western North America. They are synonymous with wide-open landscapes, canyons, mountains and nearly any landscape found here. When a number of mule deer populations across several states declined several decades ago, the Mule Deer Working Group was formed to tackle conservation issues through sharing science and information across wildlife agencies. Jim Heffelfinger is the chair of the Mule Deer Working Group and the Wildl...
Beaver State Podcast: Unleaded
August 26, 2020 11:00 - 53 minutes - 49.8 MBLeland Brown is the non-lead hunting education coordinator at the Oregon Zoo, and co-founder of the North American Non-lead Partnership. His goal is to increase the voluntary use of non-lead ammunition for hunting and thereby improve landscape and ecosystem health, because it’s another important conservation challenge that hunters can solve themselves. We talk to Leland about his work with hunters as well as with hunting and conservation groups and dig into some of the science behind the dis...
The Beaver State Podcast: Unleaded
August 26, 2020 11:00 - 53 minutes - 49.8 MBLeland Brown is the non-lead hunting education coordinator at the Oregon Zoo, and co-founder of the North American Non-lead Partnership. His goal is to increase the voluntary use of non-lead ammunition for hunting and thereby improve landscape and ecosystem health, because it’s another important conservation challenge that hunters can solve themselves. We talk to Leland about his work with hunters as well as with hunting and conservation groups and dig into some of the science behind the dis...
Beaver State Podcast: Climate Change
August 20, 2020 17:58 - 36 minutes - 34.8 MBDr. Shaun Clements is at the interface between science and policy, where he looks at things like the impacts of climate change on our oceans, rivers and the fish that live there. Ultimately he helps create policy based on the scientific data he collects and sees. While many think of climate change as something that will happen way down the road, Dr. Clements is looking at the way warming rivers and increasingly acidic oceans are affecting the fish and wildlife that live there now.
The Beaver State Podcast: Climate Change
August 20, 2020 17:58 - 36 minutes - 34.8 MBDr. Shaun Clements is at the interface between science and policy, where he looks at things like the impacts of climate change on our oceans, rivers and the fish that live there. Ultimately he helps create policy based on the scientific data he collects and sees. While many think of climate change as something that will happen way down the road, Dr. Clements is looking at the way warming rivers and increasingly acidic oceans are affecting the fish and wildlife that live there now.
Beaver State Podcast: Outdoor Legislation
August 13, 2020 17:28 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBLike watching sausage being made, legislation isn't the prettiest of processes to delve into. But two major conservation bills have been moving through Congress, one of which was signed into law recently, and they have major ramifications for America's natural resources. ODFW's Conservation Policy Coordinator, Davia Palmeri, has carefully followed these and many other bills that shape our outdoor recreation and conservation efforts here in Oregon, and she talked to us about how that process ...
The Beaver State Podcast: Outdoor Legislation
August 13, 2020 17:28 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBLike watching sausage being made, legislation isn't the prettiest of processes to delve into. But two major conservation bills have been moving through Congress, one of which was signed into law recently, and they have major ramifications for America's natural resources. ODFW's Conservation Policy Coordinator, Davia Palmeri, has carefully followed these and many other bills that shape our outdoor recreation and conservation efforts here in Oregon, and she talked to us about how that process ...
The Beaver State Podcast: So you want to be a fish biologist NE Oregon Edition
August 06, 2020 19:43 - 53 minutes - 49.8 MBMontana Pagano works for the Nez Perce fisheries in the tribe's watershed restoration division. Kyle Bratcher is the acting district fish biologist for Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's Wallowa district. For this podcast, we talk to Montana and Kyle about the work they do to help restore and manage fisheries in beautiful Northeast Oregon. The two of them often work together on many projects that overlap, and they represent a new era of partnerships between tribes and local and state a...
Beaver State Podcast: So you want to be a fish biologist NE Oregon Edition
August 06, 2020 19:43 - 53 minutes - 49.8 MBMontana Pagano works for the Nez Perce fisheries in the tribe's watershed restoration division. Kyle Bratcher is the acting district fish biologist for Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's Wallowa district. For this podcast, we talk to Montana and Kyle about the work they do to help restore and manage fisheries in beautiful Northeast Oregon. The two of them often work together on many projects that overlap, and they represent a new era of partnerships between tribes and local and state a...
Beaver State Podcast: Beavers Part II
July 31, 2020 22:53 - 56 minutes - 54.2 MBPart II of our conversation about beavers with OSU wildlife researcher Vanessa Petro. Because beavers can be both a keystone species as well as ecosystem engineers, they’re among the more complicated species from a management perspective. Knowing more about them and their behaviors helps wildlife managers make decisions with more predictable outcomes. In this episode, Vanessa Petro continues to break through some of the many misconceptions about these fascinating critters.
Beaver State Podcast: Beavers
July 23, 2020 21:03 - 51 minutes - 49.9 MBDid you know that not all beavers build dams, and that just because you don't see a beaver dam doesn't mean beavers aren't there, or that beavers can probably travel much further than you think they can? In this episode, we talk to Oregon State University wildlife researcher Vanessa Petro about common misconceptions about beavers and what we do know about beaver behavior and conservation in Oregon.
The Beaver State Podcast: Scott Haugen
July 17, 2020 00:53 - 20 minutes - 22.1 MBScott Haugen has seen and done it all in the outdoors after decades in the hunting and fishing television industry, countless magazine articles and many books. He's watched the outdoor industry and media change completely over the last few years and he's continuing to adapt to those changes and is constantly looking for opportunities to educate people about hunting and fishing from his home here in Oregon and through continuing travels. Scott took a few minutes to talk to us about how the in...
Beaver State Podcast: Scott Haugen
July 17, 2020 00:53 - 20 minutes - 22.1 MBScott Haugen has seen and done it all in the outdoors after decades in the hunting and fishing television industry, countless magazine articles and many books. He's watched the outdoor industry and media change completely over the last few years and he's continuing to adapt to those changes and is constantly looking for opportunities to educate people about hunting and fishing from his home here in Oregon and through continuing travels. Scott took a few minutes to talk to us about how the in...
The Beaver State Podcast: Tellus Calhoun
July 09, 2020 17:20 - 52 minutes - 72.1 MBTellus Calhoun grew up moving back and forth between Louisiana and Northern California always wanting to have dogs but never being allowed to. When he was old enough to finally have a dog, he never looked back. Calhoun trained dogs for hunt tests and field trials and ended up moving to Oregon because of its temperate climate so he could train and compete year round. Now retired, the legendary dog trainer sat down with us at Charlton Duck Club to talk about his life as a professional dog trai...
Beaver State Podcast: Tellus Calhoun
July 09, 2020 17:20 - 52 minutes - 75.2 MBTellus Calhoun grew up moving back and forth between Louisiana and Northern California always wanting to have dogs but never being allowed to. When he was old enough to finally have a dog, he never looked back. Calhoun trained dogs for hunt tests and field trials and ended up moving to Oregon because of its temperate climate so he could train and compete year round. Now retired, the legendary dog trainer sat down with us at Charlton Duck Club to talk about his life as a professional dog trai...
Beaver State Podcast: A tale of two desert fish
July 02, 2020 19:09 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBTwo small minnows live in tiny, remote and hostile environments sixty miles apart in Oregon's Great Basin. Threats to their unique habitats resulted in both getting listed on the Endangered Species List. Efforts by state, federal and private agencies resulted in both fish species recovering and getting delisted in 2019 and 2020. Former ODFW biologist Paul Sheerer even kept three quarters of the entire population of Foskett Springs speckled dace alive in fish tanks in his hotel room while the...
Beaver State Podcast: A tale of two desert fish
July 02, 2020 19:08Two small minnows live in tiny, remote and hostile environments sixty miles apart in Oregon's Great Basin. Threats to their unique habitats resulted in both getting listed on the Endangered Species List. Efforts by state, federal and private agencies resulted in both fish species recovering and getting delisted in 2019 and 2020. Former ODFW biologist Paul Sheerer even kept three quarters of the entire population of Foskett Springs speckled dace alive in fish tanks in his hotel room while the...
Beaver State Podcast: What's killing America's fawns Part II
June 25, 2020 17:33 - 58 minutes - 55.9 MBA recent article on Meateater.com highlighted deer fawn survival research conducted in Delaware in a part of the state with almost no predators to see what kills deer fawns in the absence of predators. Turns out nutrition is a huge factor in whether a fawn lives or dies, and predators take advantage of weakness that may be due to a lack of good nutrition. Justin Dion is the biologist who conducted that research, and he now works for Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. We pulled Justin Di...
The Beaver State Podcast: What's killing America's fawns Part II
June 25, 2020 17:33 - 58 minutes - 55.9 MBA recent article on Meateater.com highlighted deer fawn survival research conducted in Delaware in a part of the state with almost no predators to see what kills deer fawns in the absence of predators. Turns out nutrition is a huge factor in whether a fawn lives or dies, and predators take advantage of weakness that may be due to a lack of good nutrition. Justin Dion is the biologist who conducted that research, and he now works for Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. We pulled Justin Di...
Beaver State Podcast: Chad Brown's Soul River
June 16, 2020 19:07 - 59 minutes - 56.5 MBChad Brown is the founder and president of Soul River, a 501(c)(3) which brings together underserved youth with veterans to participate in conservation and education. Chad is an African-American man whose experiences in the outdoors are important to hear and to understand, because who he is, his upbringing and each trip to the river are inseparable from who he is as a person. The great outdoors is a place from everyone to experience. But not everyone has the same experience. This podcast epi...
Beaver State Podcast: The Salmonfly Hatch
June 11, 2020 18:27 - 52 minutes - 50 MBSalmonflies are the kings of their species, the largest of the stoneflies. Every May these magnificent bugs emerge from the Deschutes, Rogue and Klamath rivers to breed a new generation of bugs, and fly anglers are there to take advantage of the resulting feast for trout and steelhead. This week we talk to ODFW fishing ambassadors Chris Clogston and Luis Alvarado about their passion for the salmonfly hatch, tying big "ugly bugs" as they call them and why May is one of their favorite times of...
Beaver State Podcast: How the controlled hunt draw works
May 28, 2020 18:00 - 21 minutes - 22 MBHunters have until May 15 to apply for Oregon's controlled hunts. After that, they have until June 1 to make changes. That's when things get really crazy. Even with more digital technology these days, ODFW staff still hand-enter a lot of data and then create business rules for the algorithm that eventually conducts the drawing. It's among the most complex systems anywhere, and we break it down with Linda Lytle, ODFW's license services manager.
The Beaver State Podcast: How the controlled hunt draw works
May 28, 2020 18:00 - 21 minutes - 20 MBHunters have until May 15 to apply for Oregon's controlled hunts. After that, they have until June 1 to make changes. That's when things get really crazy. Even with more digital technology these days, ODFW staff still hand-enter a lot of data and then create business rules for the algorithm that eventually conducts the drawing. It's among the most complex systems anywhere, and we break it down with Linda Lytle, ODFW's license services manager.
Beaver State Podcast: Just for the halibut
May 21, 2020 22:45 - 52 minutes - 49.7 MBAll-depth halibut seasons were recently set for the Oregon coast, and soon commercial and sport anglers will head out looking for this much sough-after flatfish with that mild-flavored but firm meat that can fetch quite a price as seafood goes. We explore the history of the fishery, how to fish for halibut and some amazing ways to prepare them with ODFW biologist Lynn Mattes, Yaquina Bay Charters captain Shannon Hunter and Local Ocean restaurant and fish market owner Laura Anderson.
The Beaver State Podcast: Just for the halibut
May 21, 2020 22:45 - 52 minutes - 49.7 MBAll-depth halibut seasons were recently set for the Oregon coast, and soon commercial and sport anglers will head out looking for this much sough-after flatfish with that mild-flavored but firm meat that can fetch quite a price as seafood goes. We explore the history of the fishery, how to fish for halibut and some amazing ways to prepare them with ODFW biologist Lynn Mattes, Yaquina Bay Charters captain Shannon Hunter and Local Ocean restaurant and fish market owner Laura Anderson.
Beaver State Podcast: Western Oregon Channel Catfish
May 14, 2020 22:22 - 28 minutes - 27.9 MBBelieve it or not, ODFW has been stocking ponds and freeway lakes with channel catfish in Western Oregon for more than 30 years. Certified disease-free fish were often flown in from other parts of the country and the fingerlings were released and a few might get to size but many didn't make it. When the supplier could no longer provide them, ODFW warmwater fish biologists found a new supplier and used an old warmwater fish hatchery in St. Paul, Oregon to grow them to a larger and more sustai...
The Beaver State Podcast: Western Oregon Channel Catfish
May 14, 2020 22:22 - 28 minutes - 27.9 MBBelieve it or not, ODFW has been stocking ponds and freeway lakes with channel catfish in Western Oregon for more than 30 years. Certified disease-free fish were often flown in from other parts of the country and the fingerlings were released and a few might get to size but many didn't make it. When the supplier could no longer provide them, ODFW warmwater fish biologists found a new supplier and used an old warmwater fish hatchery in St. Paul, Oregon to grow them to a larger and more sustai...
Beaver State Podcast: Talking Turkey
May 08, 2020 01:51 - 37 minutes - 36.7 MBWe're right in the middle of spring turkey season, so we sat down with ODFW's upland gamebird biologist Mikal Cline to talk turkeys. We cover their biology, geography, a new tool for hunters to access turkey hunting on private land and why turkeys gobble in this episode.
The Beaver State Podcast: Talking Turkey
May 08, 2020 01:51 - 37 minutes - 36.7 MBWe're right in the middle of spring turkey season, so we sat down with ODFW's upland gamebird biologist Mikal Cline to talk turkeys. We cover their biology, geography, a new tool for hunters to access turkey hunting on private land and why turkeys gobble in this episode.
The Beaver State Podcast: "It's the economy, stupid!"
May 01, 2020 00:51 - 44 minutes - 42.9 MBIn this week's episode, we talk to Dr. Allen Molina, senior economist at ODFW, about the hunting and fishing economy in Oregon, the changing demographics of hunters and anglers and what the future might look as the state grows and new hunters and anglers enter the mix.
Beaver State Podcast: "It's the economy, stupid!"
May 01, 2020 00:51 - 44 minutes - 42.9 MBIn this week's episode, we talk to Dr. Allen Molina, senior economist at ODFW, about the hunting and fishing economy in Oregon, the changing demographics of hunters and anglers and what the future might look as the state grows and new hunters and anglers enter the mix.
Beaver State Podcast: Closed
April 17, 2020 01:27 - 32 minutes - 31.7 MBFishing and hunting remain open in Oregon during the Covid-19 crisis, but closures of parks, popular recreation spots and other public lands have made it difficult to find places to recreate. In this episode, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department Spokesperson Chris Havel talks about the process of deciding to close state parks and what that mean for recreation opportunities in Oregon during the duration of this crisis.
The Beaver State Podcast: Closed
April 17, 2020 01:27 - 32 minutes - 31.7 MBFishing and hunting remain open in Oregon during the Covid-19 crisis, but closures of parks, popular recreation spots and other public lands have made it difficult to find places to recreate. In this episode, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department Spokesperson Chris Havel talks about the process of deciding to close state parks and what that mean for recreation opportunities in Oregon during the duration of this crisis.
The Beaver State Podcast: Bears
April 03, 2020 18:43 - 38 minutes - 36.9 MBThis week spring black bear season opened amidst shelter-in-place orders from the governor to help stop the spread of the Covid-19 virus. We talked to ODFW Wildlife Division Deputy Administrator Kevin Blakely and Carnivore biologist Derek Broman about some of the changes to hunting seasons as well as all about black bears in Oregon. We cover their biology, social habits and habitat needs in a wide-ranging conversation about one of our favorite critters.
Beaver State Podcast: Bears
April 03, 2020 18:43 - 38 minutes - 36.9 MBThis week spring black bear season opened amidst shelter-in-place orders from the governor to help stop the spread of the Covid-19 virus. We talked to ODFW Wildlife Division Deputy Administrator Kevin Blakely and Carnivore biologist Derek Broman about some of the changes to hunting seasons as well as all about black bears in Oregon. We cover their biology, social habits and habitat needs in a wide-ranging conversation about one of our favorite critters.
The Beaver State Podcast: Wildlife Disease and Coronavirus
March 19, 2020 19:44 - 46 minutes - 65.5 MBWe're living through a global pandemic right now, and the chief culprit is a virus called coronavirus. What's that have to do with wildlife? Well, quite a bit it turns out. This particular coronavirus likely jumped to humans through contact with wildlife. To better understand this concept, we spent some time at ODFW's Wildlife Health and Population Lab Program with state wildlife veterinarian Dr. Colin Gillin and wildlife veterinarian Dr. Julia Burco talking about zoonotic diseases, those th...
Beaver State Podcast: Wildlife Disease and Coronavirus
March 19, 2020 19:44 - 46 minutes - 65.5 MBWe're living through a global pandemic right now, and the chief culprit is a virus called coronavirus. What's that have to do with wildlife? Well, quite a bit it turns out. This particular coronavirus likely jumped to humans through contact with wildlife. To better understand this concept, we spent some time at ODFW's Wildlife Health and Population Lab Program with state wildlife veterinarian Dr. Colin Gillin and wildlife veterinarian Dr. Julia Burco talking about zoonotic diseases, those th...
The Beaver State Podcast: Diversity in Birding
February 28, 2020 22:04 - 22 minutes - 22.7 MBWe're not in Kansas anymore. We're not in Oregon either, for that matter. This week we're in Atlanta, Georgia, attending the Recreation Boating and Fishing Foundation's annual State Marketing Workshop. And Atlanta happens to be where the YouTube show, "Birds of North America" originated. The show is hosted by Topic, which has become a sensation among young diverse birders from around the country and beyond.
The Beaver State Podcast: Birding with Jason Ward
February 28, 2020 22:04 - 22 minutes - 22.7 MBWe're not in Kansas anymore. We're not in Oregon either, for that matter. This week we're in Atlanta, Georgia, attending the Recreation Boating and Fishing Foundation's annual State Marketing Workshop. And Atlanta happens to be home to Jason Ward, whose YouTube show, "Birds of North America," hosted by Topic, has become a sensation among young diverse birders from around the country and beyond. We couldn't resist meeting up with Jason for a quick chat and some birding in Atlanta's Piedmont ...
Beaver State Podcast: About Us
February 28, 2020 22:04 - 21 minutes - 30.3 MBThis is a listener's guide to the Beaver State Podcast. If you're a podcast pro, go ahead and skip ahead. If you don't listen to podcasts very often and you want to know what this podcast is about, how it came to be and why you might be interested, this short episode will explain it all to you through an interview with hosts Tim Akimoff and Nicole Stuttgen.
The Beaver State Podcast: History
February 14, 2020 18:02 - 24 minutes - 24.4 MBIn this episode, we introduce the host of The Beaver State Podcast, Tim Akimoff, and talk to ODFW Director Curt Melcher about the history of the agency, his own family's deep history in the state and where the agency is after his five years as the director. It's also the 161st birthday of Oregon.
Beaver State Podcast: History
February 14, 2020 18:02 - 24 minutes - 24.4 MBIn this episode, we introduce the host of The Beaver State Podcast, Tim Akimoff, and talk to ODFW Director Curt Melcher about the history of the agency, his own family's deep history in the state and where the agency is after his five years as the director. It's also the 161st birthday of Oregon.
Beaver State Podcast: Steelhead Week
February 10, 2020 18:06 - 46 minutes - 44.8 MBZane Grey introduced the world to Oregon winter steelhead fishing in 1919, creating the mythos of these legendary fish. In this special, one-off episode of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's new The Beaver State Podcast, we talk to ODFW Fish Chief Ed Bowles about steelhead. What they are, how they are managed and what the future holds for these amazing fish.