MeatEater Conservation

This week, Cal focuses on a slew of recent policy news, from border wall construction in Big Bend to the latest on Bears Ears, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, and more.
This week’s Calls to Action:
Write to Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton to stop the border wall through Big Bend National Park once and for all: https://gov.texas.gov/contact https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/contact-us
Weigh in on updated primitive camping rules in Vermont: https://fpr.vermont.gov/primitive-camping-rule-amendment
Demand a travel management plan as part of the Blue Mountains forest management plan update: https://cara.fs2c.usda.gov/Public/CommentInput?Project=301397
Tell the Forest Service to keep our roadless areas wild, productive and accessible for generations to come and support the No Action Alternative. Get more info and take action here: https://takeaction.io/bha/maintain-national-forest-roadless-areas/
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This week on Future Wild Mark's joined by diehard angler, advocate, and author Riverhorse Nakadate to discuss how he's built a life that revolves around water and wildness, the challenges and joys of becoming an advocate for wild things, and the lessons he’s learned writing and filmmaking in defense of the Boundary Waters and other similar water-filled and wild paradises.
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This week, Cal covers drain tile setbacks in the Prairie Potholes, a major food failure increasing bear conflicts in Montana, and how pumas are keeping deer safe from cars.
This week’s Calls to Action:
The South Carolina DNR is collecting comments on hunting deer with dogs. More information is here (https://www.dnr.sc.gov/news/2026/Jul/jul21-hunting.php) and you can add your comment to the online form here (https://arcg.is/0zzqv4.)
Make your voice heard on opening Ohio’s only national forest to fracking by writing a paper letter to:
Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States State Office, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041
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This week, Cal talks about the aftermath of Cornell's bear processing brou-ha-ha, a social media reward for whoever "snitches" on a Wyoming wolf hunter, a controversial new deer feeding law in Michigan, and a whole lot more.
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This week on Future Wild, Mark's joined by Jim Dau, a former caribou biologist with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, to discuss his unique life lived close to caribou and the alarmingly widespread decline of these animals across the world.
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