National Wildlife Federation Outdoors
Sports:Wilderness
Aaron and Mark Titus enjoy a wide ranging chat about, salmon, conservation, Bristol Bay, and the twists and turns of life that lead you where you're supposed to go if you're willing to follow. We cover how Mark became a filmmaker and podcaster, the plight of salmon, and the latest with Bristol Bay along with the intent and aspirations of Mark's company, Eva's wild.
Mark's company and links to his films and podcast found at: https://www.evaswild.com/
Show notes:
3:00 – Mark’s recent steelhead and sea run cutthroat adventures
5:30 – how Mark’s father’s love of hunting and fishing got Mark to Washington State
8:50 – how Mark became a filmmaker
11:30 -Mark immersion as a filmmaker and winning the Washington state screenplay competition
16:10 – Mark’s first epiphany that drove him into making films about salmon
19:30 - why protecting pristine areas like Bristol Bay is better than having to restore places already degraded
22:15 – Mark’s next life events that led to filmmaking about Bristol Bay
28:00 - the plight of wild salmon
32:25 – the proposed Pebble Mine
36:50 – the utter insanity of developing the Pebble Mine
40:20 – the friction between user groups and how protecting Bristol Bay is an exception
43:00 – how wild salmon’s food value gets people more engaged and the founding of Eva’s Wild
47:20 – how taking an animal’s life and eating it can connect people to landscapes and incites love of landscapes and engagement in conservation
50:15 – gratitude replacing fear
52:05 – connecting instead of dividing
58:10 – the status of Bristol Bay and what we can do
1:00:30 – the move to permanent protection for Bristol Bay
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