Ep. 329: Public Lands and That Wild Country with Hal Herring

Wired To Hunt Podcast

MeatEater

Wilderness, Sports

4.6 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2020

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Today on the show I’m joined by renowned conservation writer Hal Herring to discuss public land history and advocacy, wilderness, and an in-depth look at my book That Wild Country.

Topics discussed:

Why I'm the guest on this episode and not the host
Why you should join Backcountry Hunters & Anglers
The early adventures that formed the foundation for my public land passion
The frustrations of public lands becoming political
Theodore Roosevelt and his focus on the next generation
What the writing process for That Wild Country was like
Writers who influenced my work and advocacy
The importance of working with diverse stakeholders to protect wild places
Why a basic understanding of public land history is so important
The beauty and curse of multiple-use management
Action is the cure for depression
Having hope

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1:07.6	Welcome to the wire to hunt podcast your home for deer hunting news stories and strategies and now your host Mark Kenyon
1:17.7	Welcome to the wire to hunt podcast I'm your host Mark Kenyon and this is episode number 329 and today in the show
1:32.9	I'm joined by renowned conservation writer Hal Herring to discuss public land history and advocacy
1:39.1	wilderness and an in-depth look at my book that wild country
1:43.8	All right welcome to the wire to hunt podcast brought to by on X and welcome to the new year to happy new year to all of you my friends today
1:52.3	We've got a special episode in which I am not the host. I am actually the guest
1:58.5	How's that gonna work? Well, I was recently interviewed on the backcountry hunters and anglers podcast also known as the BHA podcast and blast
2:07.6	Which is hosted by a steam to conservation writer hunter and angler Hal Herring he hosts the podcast and you might also know him as a long-time writer for field and stream
2:17.8	He just does great work and he was kind enough to read my book that wild country recently and invite me on their podcast to discuss it
2:26.3	Now I know you've all heard me talk about my book on the podcast over the past couple weeks or months
2:32.1	I've asked you to buy it. I've given you the cliff notes a version of what it's all about but at least on this podcast
2:38.6	You know, we haven't really gone in depth into we haven't any kind of real discussion about the book
2:43.8	I just kind of told you hey I wrote this book. It's called that wild country
2:47.4	It's about the history of public lands and my own journeys blah blah blah
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