Latest Tomopre Podcast Episodes
Ep 33 - Patrick Laurie - Scottish Author & Organic Farmer
Shepherds of the Wild Podcast - June 17, 2024 03:30 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsNoted author and organic farmer from the Galloway, Scotland sits down with filmmaker Tom Opre to talk about land and wildlife management issues and how rewilding fits into the equation.
Ep 32 - David Balharry (Part 2) - John Muir Trust
Shepherds of the Wild Podcast - June 16, 2024 20:34 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsFilmmaker Tom Opre follows up with his initial interview with John Muir Trust CEO David Balharry. Hold on as the conversation gets interesting.
Ep 31 - Alex Jenkins - Headkeeper, Edinglassie Estate
Shepherds of the Wild Podcast - May 21, 2024 03:06 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsTom Opre, filmmaker and director of The Last Keeper, talks to Edinglassie Headkeeper Alex Jenkins about what it is to be a keeper.
Ep 30 - Dr. James Fenton, ecologist, author, trustee- National Trust for Scotland
Shepherds of the Wild Podcast - May 17, 2024 16:06 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsFilmmaker Tom Opre sits down with noted author and ecologist Dr. James Fenton to discuss the ecology and history of the land in Scotland.
Ep 29 - Dee Ward, Owner- Rottal Estate, Scotland
Shepherds of the Wild Podcast - April 22, 2024 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsDee Ward, the owner of the grouse moor Rottal Estate in the Angus Glens speaks with filmmaker Tom Opre about land management solutions he employs which consider both climate and biodiversity concerns.
Ep 28 - Peter Cairns - Scotland: The Big Picture
Shepherds of the Wild Podcast - April 21, 2024 17:09 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsFilmmaker Tom Opre talk to Scotland: The Big Picture executive director Peter Cairns about rewilding concepts, sporting estates, the rewilding economy, and how various stakeholders can find common ground.
Ep 27 - Nigel Fraser - Trees for Life
Shepherds of the Wild Podcast - April 12, 2024 02:59 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsFilmmaker Tom Opre and Photographer Tony Bynum speak with the chairman of the board for Tress for Life Nigel Fraser about rewilding, carbon sequestration, deer and red grouse management, and what will happen to the rural communities if the sporting estate model is regulated out of existence in t...
Ep 26 - Scott MacKenzie - Gamekeeper
Shepherds of the Wild Podcast - April 11, 2024 20:41 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsListen to filmmaker Tom Opre and photographer Tony Bynum discuss land use issues and deer management with headkeeper at Fearann Eilean larmain Estate on the Isle of Skye, Scotland.
Ep 25 - David Balharry - CEO John Muir Trust (part 1)
Shepherds of the Wild Podcast - March 29, 2024 17:16 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsFilmmaker Tom Opre sits down with John Muir Trust CEO David Balharry to discuss Scotland's land use issues.
Ep 24 - Andy Wightman, Author, Scottish MSP 2016-2021
Shepherds of the Wild Podcast - March 24, 2024 17:24 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWe speak with Scottish land reformer and retired politican Andy Wightman in Scotland.
Ep 23 - Jeff Crane, Congressional Sportsman’s Foundation
Shepherds of the Wild Podcast - January 22, 2024 21:02 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsHost and filmmaker Tom Opre discusses dynamic topics with some of the most well-known and recognized experts on wildlife and habitat conservation. It’s a no holds barred, reality-based conversation about all the things Wild under man’s ever increasing shadow.
Ep. 22 - India Human Wildlife Conflict with Mathen “Rajeev" Mathews
Shepherds of the Wild Podcast - May 04, 2023 15:51 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsTom Opre sits down with Rajeev Mathews, a government contractor who has been monitoring and documenting the almost unknown facts about human-wildlife conflict (HWC) in India where approximately 10,000 people per year are attacked and killed by wildlife. He is a senior consultant with Zen Techn...
Ep. 21 - Trophy Hunting Import Bans with John Shields & Nikolaj Bichel
Shepherds of the Wild Podcast - May 04, 2023 15:38 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsTom Opre speaks with John Shields, a supporter of community development in rural Zambia and a UK citizen, and scientific researcher and author Nikolaj Bichel from Denmark regarding the efforts of anti-use organizations and politicians to ban the import of hunting trophies in countries all over t...
Ep. 20 - Mike Angelides - Tanzania Deforestation
Shepherds of the Wild Podcast - May 04, 2023 15:32 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsHost Tom Opre speaks with Mike Angelides, president of the African PH & Guides Association about deforestation in Tanzania. Mike has a lengthy history with the A.P.H.A. For the past 3 years, he was the Vice President. Mike previously held a board member position. Before that was the APHA Exec...
Ep. 19 - What is Conservation? Professor Adam Hart - University of Gloucestershire
Shepherds of the Wild Podcast - May 04, 2023 15:13 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsFounder Tom Opre speaks with Professor Adam Hart on the issue of what exactly is conservation? Adam Hart is an ecologist, conservation scientist, and entomologist, and is the University of Gloucestershire Professor of Science Communication. As well as research and teaching, he is a regular ...
Ep. 18 - Emmanuel Koro - South African Environmental Journalist
Shepherds of the Wild Podcast - April 28, 2023 02:43 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAt CITES CoP 19 in Panama, Shepherds of Wildlife Society founder Tom Opre had the opportunity to speak with Environmental Journalist Emmanuel Koro regarding his concerns related to neocolonialism, human rights, and racism in CITES and how CITES decisions negatively affect indigenous rural commun...
Ep. 17 - Bupe Banda - Community Leaders Network (Southern Africa)
Shepherds of the Wild Podcast - April 28, 2023 00:49 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsDuring the CITES CoP19 in Panama, host Tom Opre had the opportunity to interview Bupe Banda, a vibrant voice for community-based wildlife and habitat conservation in southern Africa.
Ep. 16 - Ivonne Higuero - CITES Secretary General
Shepherds of the Wild Podcast - April 27, 2023 17:11 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsShepherds of Wildlife founder Tom Opre sat down with CITES Secretary-General Ivonne Higuero at CoP 19 in Panama City, Panama. She is an environmental economist with a career spanning 26 years in international organizations in the area of sustainable development. CITES is the treaty on the Conven...
Ep. 15 Tom E. Opre - Pulitzer Award-Winning Environmental Writer
Shepherds of the Wild Podcast - April 11, 2022 18:59 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThis podcast is with award-winning outdoor and conservation writer Tom E. Opre. Tom wrote conservation, environmental, and outdoor articles over 24 years while working for the Detroit Free Press. He's the host father, and his work helped propel his son down the track he follows today through the...
Ep. 15 Tom E. Opre - Writer
Shepherds of the Wild Podcast - April 11, 2022 18:59 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThis podcast is with award-winning outdoor and conservation writer Tom E. Opre. Tom wrote conservation, environmental, and outdoor articles over 24 years while working for the Detroit Free Press. He's the host father, and his work helped propel his son down the track he follows today through the ...
Ep 14 Nate Turner - Alaskan Subsistence Trapper & Guide
Shepherds of the Wild Podcast - August 24, 2021 23:38 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsTom Opre has an eye opening and important conversation about sustainable utilization with Alaskan subsistence trapper and guide Nate Turner. They cover Nate’s early years growing up in New York and then moving to his father’s trapline in the Alaskan bush. Nate also discusses what it’s like to li...
EP 13 Tom Speeze
Shepherds of the Wild Podcast - June 03, 2021 20:35 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsTom Speeze is the National Director for Field Conservation for the National Wild Turkey Federation. In this podcast, we discuss a wide arrange of land and wildlife management techniques and issues surrounding the Mirriam's Wild Turkey.
EP 13 Tom Speeze - National Wild Turkey Federation
Shepherds of the Wild Podcast - June 03, 2021 20:35 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsTom Speeze is the National Director for Field Conservation for the National Wild Turkey Federation. In this podcast, we discuss a wide arrange of land and wildlife management techniques and issues surrounding the Mirriam's Wild Turkey.
EP 12 Brian Wakeling - Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
Shepherds of the Wild Podcast - May 17, 2021 17:06 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsTom Opre interviews Brian Wakeling the Game Management Bureau Chief of Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks about the management of the Mirriam's Turkey. This interview was used in his Tom's film "Mountain Thunder" a film for the National Wild Turkey Federation.
EP 12 Brian Wakeling
Shepherds of the Wild Podcast - May 17, 2021 17:06 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsTom Opre interviews Brian Wakeling the Game Management Bureau Chief of Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks about the management of the Mirriam's Turkey. This interview was used in his Tom's film "Mountain Thunder" a film for the National Wild Turkey Federation.
Ep 11 Author Jim Posewitz (Part 2) “Beyond Fair Chase,” Wildlife Biologist
Shepherds of the Wild Podcast - February 16, 2021 00:42 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsTom Opre talks with Jim Posewitz, an icon in the ethics of hunting and wildlife conservation world. Jim had a long career as a wildlife biologists with the State of Montana before becoming a noted author. He is one of Montana's most respected conservationists who pioneered protections for fish a...
Ep 10 Dr. Stuart Marks - Biologist, Ecologist, Economist & Philosopher (Part 2)
Shepherds of the Wild Podcast - December 21, 2020 18:44 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsTom Opre meets with noted author and scientist Dr. Stuart Marks. Dr. Marks is a biologist, ecologist, economist, and philosopher. A Fulbright Scholar and son of a missionary dentist, Dr. Marks spent much of his early childhood living in the Congo, Africa. He has spent over 60 years studying the ...
Ep 9 Dr. Marco Festa-Bianchet - Professor, University of Sherbrooke
Shepherds of the Wild Podcast - December 21, 2020 18:41 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsTom Opre talks to Dr. Marco Festa-Bianchet, wildlife biologists and Professor at the University of Sherbrooke (Quebec, Canada). They discuss bighorn sheep evolution and management in Alberta, Canada; issues with hunting certain age-class bighorn sheep in Alberta; sustainable hunting; diseases af...
Ep 8 Jim Posewitz - Author “Beyond Fair Chase,” Wildlife Biologist (Part 1)
Shepherds of the Wild Podcast - December 21, 2020 17:56 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsTom Opre talks with Jim Posewitz, an icon in the ethics of hunting and wildlife conservation world. Jim had a long career as a wildlife biologists with the State of Montana before becoming a noted author. He is one of Montana's most respected conservationists who pioneered protections for fish a...
Ep 7 Dr. Stuart Marks - Biologists, Ecologist, Economist & Philosopher (Part 1)
Shepherds of the Wild Podcast - December 21, 2020 17:43 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsTom Opre meets with noted author and scientist Dr. Stuart Marks. Dr. Marks is a biologist, ecologist, economist, and philosopher. A Fulbright Scholar and son of a missionary dentist, Dr. Marks spent much of his early childhood living in the Congo, Africa. He has spent over 60 years studying the ...
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