Nameless Range
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This was another great podcast with Shane Mahoney.
One thing he spoke about that made me think a bit was something he said about his project - The Wild Harvest Initiative. Which is basically quantifying all the lbs of food that are acquired via hunting and fishing wildgame world wide into an index of sorts. A pretty cool project. He said, "If we were to manage those lands to maximize wildlife, it could be vastly more." Obviously this was one sentence in an hour and half conversation, but it struck me as something I wouldn't anticipate him to say. Managing lands to maximize wildlife, or maximizing the wildlife we harvest for food, could run into some controversial decision points. Managing lands for wildness may run against maximizing wildlife on the landscape. I'm sure there is far more nuance to his position, and I would bet he means that managing the world in a more sustainable way would generate a net-increase in wildlife. Any way, I thought it was interesting.
As usual, he said numerous one-liners worth remembering. So much so that half a dozen times on the drive to Helena from Missoula yesterday I paused the podcast to voice-to-text them into my phone notes.
"Hunters need to remind everyone of the things we stand for that matter to everybody."
"Society admires conservation."
"Society is moving in a different direction and support for hunting is not guaranteed."
"There isn't a we and them." (hunters and anti-hunters)
Thanks for another great podcast Randy.
One thing he spoke about that made me think a bit was something he said about his project - The Wild Harvest Initiative. Which is basically quantifying all the lbs of food that are acquired via hunting and fishing wildgame world wide into an index of sorts. A pretty cool project. He said, "If we were to manage those lands to maximize wildlife, it could be vastly more." Obviously this was one sentence in an hour and half conversation, but it struck me as something I wouldn't anticipate him to say. Managing lands to maximize wildlife, or maximizing the wildlife we harvest for food, could run into some controversial decision points. Managing lands for wildness may run against maximizing wildlife on the landscape. I'm sure there is far more nuance to his position, and I would bet he means that managing the world in a more sustainable way would generate a net-increase in wildlife. Any way, I thought it was interesting.
As usual, he said numerous one-liners worth remembering. So much so that half a dozen times on the drive to Helena from Missoula yesterday I paused the podcast to voice-to-text them into my phone notes.
"Hunters need to remind everyone of the things we stand for that matter to everybody."
"Society admires conservation."
"Society is moving in a different direction and support for hunting is not guaranteed."
"There isn't a we and them." (hunters and anti-hunters)
Thanks for another great podcast Randy.
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