Mule Deer Foundation - Talking Mule Deer Podcast
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New MDF President/CEO Joel Pedersen – Season 4 Episode 5 – April 14
Today we have our first Talking Mule Deer conversation with the Mule Deer Foundation’s new President/CEO, Joel Pedersen. Joel tells us about how he grew up hunting and fishing with his family and how a chance encounter on a boy scout camping trip in New Mexico led him to become a wildlife biologist. He describes his educational path and his early years in the wildlife profession before heading to the National Wild Turkey Federation where he worked for 22 years. We hear about various programs Joel was involved with including NWTF’s forest stewardship, conservation policy, and outreach campaigns, as well as strategic planning and organizational development efforts. We then transition to hear about what excited Joel about the opportunity to work for MDF and how Talking Mule Deer helped him prepare for the interview and the job. Joel describes his first weeks at MDF and how he’s spent the past month getting to know the staff and fully understand the work that is going on. He talks about his priorities in continuing to build fundraising opportunities as well as growing membership and helping to develop volunteer leadership. We wrap up by talking about MDF’s conservation projects on the near horizon with new grant funding and project work that is lining up for on-the-ground habitat restoration efforts this summer. We hope you agree that the future of MDF is in good hands!
S6 E1 - Welcome Back Mule Deer Fans
S5 E3 - Skullbound Chronicles with Jana Waller
S5 E2 - WCHE Recap, and MDF Social media
S5 E1 - Western Hunting & Conservation Expo with Ray Crow and MDF CEO Joel Pedersen
S4 E14 - Wyoming Habitat Partnership Coordinator Nicole Reed, and Wyoming Updates
S4 E13 – Mapping the Herd with AZ Biologists Lucas Olson and Jackson Miller
S4 E12 – Nevada Department of Wildlife Director Tony Wasley and Game Division Chief Mike Scott
S4 E11 - Montana Mule Deer with MT Game Division Chief Brian Wakeling, and MDF Regional Director Chris Fortune
S4 E10 - 2021 Range-wide Status of Black-Tailed and Mule Deer with Jim Heffelfinger and Joel Pedersen
S4 E9 - Randy Morrison MDF Habitat Partnership Coordinator
S4 E8 - John Nosler Talks Nosler Ammo and the State of the Industry
S4 E7 - BYU Wildlife Ecology Lab with Professor Brock McMillan, Professor Randy Larsen, and Tabitha Hughes
S4 E6 - Conservation Crossing with Sam Soholt and Marshall Johnson
S4 E4 - Jason Matzinger Talks Shed Hunting, Off-Season Prep, and Hunting with Your Kids
S4 E3 - Idaho Conservation Efforts with MDF state habitat coordinator, Jessie Shallow
S4 E2 - MDF Magazine Redesign with Chet Hervey of the Northwoods Collective, and MDF’s COO Brian Fienhold
S4 E1 - Looking Back and Looking Forward, with Miles Moretti
S3 E16 - 2020 Mule Deer and Black-tailed Deer Rangewide Status
S3 E15 - Pre-season Prep with Amy Ray and Chris Belinda
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