Conservation Chronicles – Details, episodes & analysis

Jonah closes out the podcast finale with some news and reflections about the show.

Grand Teton National Park mountain goat cull: https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/experience/america/national-parks/2020/02/25/grand-teton-national-park-goat-shooting-halted-after-governor-letter/4866066002/

Feral horse removal in Nevada: https://wildlife.org/court-upholds-wild-horse-removals-in-nevada/

Sage-grouse management in need of a revamp: https://wildlife.org/jwm-study-upends-management-strategy-for-sage-grouse/

New federal budget threatens conservation efforts: https://wildlife.org/agriculture-budget-proposal-contains-mixed-bag-for-wildlife/

https://wildlife.org/administration-budget-would-cut-wildlife-funding/

Migratory Bird Treaty Act further weakened by administration’s proposal: https://abcbirds.org/article/new-rule-weakens-migratory-bird-treaty-act/?fbclid=IwAR1zr2aXVFMxNzlNE2l3tu7r6JsW3fA9VLG0TQJlMRGDahBNTyyIqyY4uts

Comment on the regulation here: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=FWS-HQ-MB-2018-0090-0002

Lawsuit against Total oil development in Uganda: https://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/articles/entry/france-uganda-green-groups-total-oil

Road collisions and giant anteaters: https://news.mongabay.com/2020/02/study-investigates-impact-of-road-deaths-on-giant-anteater-population-in-cerrado/

Gorillas officially recorded in a region of Equatorial Guinea for the first in a decade: https://news.mongabay.com/2020/02/camera-traps-confirm-presence-of-lowland-gorillas-in-central-mainland-equatorial-guinea-for-first-time-in-over-a-decade/

New laws to protect rays: https://news.mongabay.com/2020/02/small-steps-aim-to-make-a-large-ocean-safer-for-rays/

Stay tuned for an upcoming podcast called Nature's Archive: https://www.naturesarchive.com/Podcast

Jonah and Camden attempt to provide a crash course in the field of biogeography, a synthetic field that describes and analyzes patterns of biodiversity as we see them today.

A brief overview of this huge topic: https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-biogeography-1435311 

Check out the Journal of Biogeography to get an idea of the (technical) questions this field address: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/13652699 

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This week's episode is Part 2 of a two-part series on the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation. In this installment, Jonah and Mariana discuss the remaining pillars (principles) of the NAM, how they influence management in the U.S., and what challenges they face.

Sources & Links:

Read the article featured in today's news: Traffic Report on Sharks and Rays

And check out The Wildlife Society's Technical Review of the NAM: https://wildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/North-American-model-of-Wildlife-Conservation.pdf

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This week's episode is Part 1 of a two-part series on the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation. The NAM is a series of principles (pillars) which are meant to inform the way we manage wildlife in the U.S. In this episode, Jonah and Mariana discuss the fundamental Public Trust Doctrine, its historical beginnings, the modern challenges it faces, and how it provides the central tenet behind the NAM as its first pillar.

Sources & Links:

Read the articles in today's news update: Murder of Philippine ranger / Indigenous Pueblo loses land claim

And read the Wildlife Society's report on the Public Trust Doctrine: https://wildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/ptd_10-1.pdf

WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU! Find us on Facebook and Instagram @ Conservation Chronicles. Send us an email at conservationchronicles@gmail.com. And find us on Facebook and Instagram @ Conservation Chronicles. Our show's webpage can be found at conservationchronicles.podbean.com.

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Jonah and Mariana sit down for a conversation on the perils of field work, and share some first-hand advice on taking care of yourself in the field.

Sources & Links:

Check out the organization advocating for wildlife at the US/Mexico border: No Border Wall Facebook Page

And learn how important proper nutrition is to your body: Nutrition Facts

Today's News:

A Philippine island employs a rare cockatoo in its fight against mines

Watch: California embarks on massive wildlife overpass

CITES convention passes new wildlife trade protections

Several groups challenge new ESA rules

Biologists document oldest recorded Kentucky Warbler

This upland sandpiper was banded 13 years ago. And it's still alive.

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Sources & Links: Get the basics about saiga ecology and conservation: https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19832/50194357#geographic-range Some hope for Kazakhstan’s saiga population: https://www.fauna-flora.org/news/steppe-change-kazakhstan-saiga-population-doubled-last-two-years Read about the most recent saiga mass mortality events: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/01/a-time-bomb-for-the-saiga-bad-news-central-asias-beleaguered-antelope/ Check out a very detailed report on the saiga horn trade: https://www.trafficj.org/publication/10-Saiga_Antelope_Trade.pdf Learn more about conservation issues surrounding saiga: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/08/saiga-antelope-poaching-disease/ This site has all of the resources you need and more on saiga: https://www.saigaresourcecentre.com The paper we mentioned on European saiga history (found on Saiga Resource Centre): Lushchekina, A. and A. Struchkov. 2001. The Saiga Antelope in Europe: Once Again on the Brink? The Open Country 3: 11-24.

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Jonah and Mariana are back for a second season of exploring the human-wildlife interface and all its many conservation issues. In this episode, Mariana talks about her brief time with a pika survey in New Mexico, and Jonah fills us in on his pilot field season for his graduate work with Saddlebill Storks in Zambia. Lessons learned, adventures had, and much more to come!

Find us on Facebook and Instagram @ Conservation Chronicles. Our email address is conservationchronicles@gmail.com, and our show’s webpage can be found at conservationchronicles.podbean.com.

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In a new endangered species episode, Mariana and Jonah get together to talk about sawfish, of which all five species are endangered or critically endangered. The sawfish are so-called for their chainsaw-shaped rostra (noses), and their ecologies are just as interesting as their faces.

Sources & Links:

Read the fascinating NatGeo features that inspired today's topic:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/04/searching-for-last-remaining-sawfish

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/06/150601-virgin-birth-animals-sawfish-endangered-genetics-science/

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/06/110616-sawfish-snout-sixth-sense-animals-environment-science/

Visit the IUCN profiles for all five species: https://www.iucnredlist.org/search?query=sawfish&searchType=species

And watch an incredible video of a sawfish birth: https://www.earthtouchnews.com/conservation/endangered/first-ever-sawfish-birth-filmed-in-the-wild-video/?fbclid=IwAR0tGROiu0UINCEjZSnoMV_zKKstTrujpXEYJRhOVfrms5dB4WOi_ViD0mI

Find us on Facebook and Instagram @ Conservation Chronicles. Our email address is conservationchronicles@gmail.com, and our show’s webpage can be found at conservationchronicles.podbean.com.

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In our newest episode, friend and frequent guest Camden joins Jonah for a thought-provoking discussion on rewildling. Whether it be returning a lost tree species back to a degraded forest, or a rare leopard back to mountains it roamed long ago, rewildling efforts can help to restore entire ecosystems that have been damaged by the loss of key species.

Sources & Links:

Check out our favorite rewilding initiatives:

Rewilding Europe: https://rewildingeurope.com

Yellowstone to Yukon: https://y2y.net

Trees for Life: https://treesforlife.org.uk

Rewilding Foundation: http://www.rewildingfoundation.org

And read the excellent NatGeo article on rewilding lions in Mozambique: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/05/mozambique-spirit-lion-relocation/?fbclid=IwAR3rFpTTfmYl68DXcwVeJDebcuLutP-MtfSV6c6DNo5XkRbF276oseERmYY

Find us on Facebook and Instagram @ Conservation Chronicles. Our email address is conservationchronicles@gmail.com, and our show’s webpage can be found at conservationchronicles.podbean.com.

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Jonah and guest-host Leon bring us back from a long hiatus with a passionate discussion on the controversial topic of feral horses, which are protected in the United States by the Wild Horses & Burros Act. Learn all about why feral horses are a problem for wildlife and wild spaces, and how misguided animal activism has made controlling these invasive species a near-impossible problem in the U.S.

Sources & Links:

Learn more about the BLM’s horse and burro program: www.blm.gov/programs/wild-horse-and-burro/about-the-program

Find us on Facebook and Instagram @ Conservation Chronicles. Our email address is conservationchronicles@gmail.com, and our show’s webpage can be found at conservationchronicles.podbean.com.

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