Mule Deer Foundation - Talking Mule Deer Podcast
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Season 2, Episode 6 - State of MDF – Miles Moretti & Mike Laughter
With Hunt Expo just a week ago, Jodi and Steve got the opportunity to sit back down with MDF President/CEO Miles Moretti and MDF’s Director of Field Operations Mike Laughter to hear about the “State of MDF.” Overall, Miles says the organization is in the best position of its 30-year history. We talk about how MDF is actively engaged and being sought out for policy efforts at the national level and at the state and local level through the regional directors. In particular, Miles tells us about a few specific federal policy priorities – a provision that will streamline mule deer and sage grouse habitat restoration that was included in the Farm Bill, and the rapid implementation of Secretarial Order 3362 on big game migration corridors and winter range and MDF’s involvement in that effort. Mike talks about the tremendous growth in chapters as well as the increase in chapters’ “net” fundraising ability which allows the chapters to direct even more funds toward habitat conservation projects through Chapter Rewards. Miles tells us that in 2018, MDF was able to allocate $3.5 million to on-the-ground habitat restoration efforts – not counting the additional dollars donated and the in-kind hours through volunteer work. Finally, Mike and Miles talk about what is coming down the pike for 2019.
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 E5 - New MDF President/CEO Joel Pedersen
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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