Ep. 351: Defending the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation and Uniting for the Future with Dan Gates // Coloradans for Responsible Wildlife Management
Beau Martonik is joined by Dan Gates, Executive Director of Coloradans for Responsible Wildlife Management. They discuss the organization's mission to defend the North American model of wildlife conservation and responsible wildlife management. Dan addresses the initiatives to ban the hunting of bobcats and mountain lions and the potential impact on out-of-state hunters. He emphasizes the importance of uniting as sportsmen and women and educating the general public about the benefits of hunting. We have an opportunity to protect what we love, and Dan shares what you can do to help.
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Topics:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:07:10 - Who is Dan, what does the CRWM do, and what problems are they dealing with?
00:11:04 - Formation of Coloradans for Responsible Wildlife Management
00:12:02 - Fighting Initiatives to Ban Harvesting of Bobcats and Mountain Lions
00:13:36 - Changing the Language of Initiative 91
00:16:36 - Potential Precedent for Trophy Hunting
00:21:01 - Extremist groups misguiding the general public
00:22:19 - Educating the General Public
00:25:04 - We don’t want the pool boy doing brain surgery
00:26:05 - Challenges with government involvement and who makes the decisions
00:30:19 - Putting aside your species-specific interest and coming together as sportsmen
00:31:18 - Getting a positive message out on social media
00:33:35 - We need to do a better job with messaging to the general public
00:42:44 - Wolves
00:45:57 - What will happen if we don’t harvest mountain lions?
00:47:54 - With human interaction, all wildlife needs to be managed
00:48:49 - Pedestalizing predators creates less opportunity for hunters
00:53:49 - How to Help: the need for funds
01:00:45 - Spartan Forge: free premium membership with $20 donation and 3% of East Meets West Apparel donated to CRWM
01:02:47 - Strength in Numbers
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Ep. 351: Defending the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation and Uniting for the Future with Dan Gates // Coloradans for Responsible Wildlife Management