Podcasts
Atascosa Borderlands, Chapter 5
In this episode of the mixed-media storytelling project Atascosa Borderlands, Mandy Culbertson examines the North American Model of Conservation and its impact on wildlife management in Arizona and beyond. She explains how hunting licenses and excise taxes, while historically key to funding state wildlife agencies, now create perverse incentives that prioritize game species over holistic ecosystem health. The conversation delves into the public trust doctrine as a transformative framework, and gives a fresh perspective on wildlife funding and conservation priorities. Mandy also explores the challenges facing modern conservation, from climate change to habitat loss, and the need to rethink outdated models to ensure the survival of species like the Coues deer in the Sonoran Borderlands.
Ideology vs. Wildlife Science: A Conversation with Mandy Culbertson
Wildlife for All Communications Director Mandy Culbertson joins the 90 Miles to Needles podcast for an insightful discussion on ideology vs. wildlife science. The conversation covers wildlife protection and democratic governance, exploring how grassroots advocacy can drive meaningful change in state wildlife management.
Who Really Speaks For Wildlife? Michelle Lute on the CSU Animal-Human Policy Center Podcast
The Wildlife Wire: Mandy Culbertson
Wildlife for All Communications Director Mandy Culbertson had the chance to discuss how language is used to normalize harm to wildlife in depth on the Wildlife Wire podcast with Mark Surls and Samantha Miller of the Colorado Wildlife Alliance.
Wolf Connection #137: Michelle Lute
Michelle Lute is the Co-Executive Director for Wildlife For All, whose mission is to reform wildlife management in the U.S. to be more democratic, compassionate and focused on protecting wild species and ecosystems. She is a conservation scientist and advocate with nearly twenty years experience in biodiversity conservation on public and private lands around the globe.
Michelle spoke about the efforts of Wildlife For All, the impacts of wildlife management on wolves and other predators, and how collaboration could be the key to reach solutions for wildlife and wild lands.
Rewilding Earth #92: Wrestling Wildlife Governance Reform from the Tight Grip of the Hunting, Fishing, and Gun Industries – Kevin Bixby
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.
Kevin Bixby of Wildlife for All featured on Ahi Va podcast
Wildlife for All’s Executive Director, Kevin Bixby, and Andre Miller, Western Lands Policy Analyst for Western Resource Advocates talk with Jesse Duebel on the Ahi Va podcast about the greatest threats to wildlife and what a more robust funding model for conservation can do to mitigate those threats.
Why Hunting isn’t Conservation and Why it Matters – Kevin Bixby
Kevin Bixby is the Executive Director of the SW Environmental Center and recently published an article titled “Why Hunting Isn’t Conservation and Why It Matters.” I asked him on the show for this episode to help me better understand what he means by this.
Grizzly Times Podcast – Episode 39 with Dave Stalling
David Stalling is a hunter, angler, writer, activist and former Force Recon Marine! A devoted conservationist, David here shares his experience as “an anti-hunter who hunts,” a serious bow hunter who has rejected the high-tech gear of many hunters – and the kind of equipment he used as a Marine.
