Ep. 897: The Future of the Farm Bill and Private Lands Conservation in America

Wired To Hunt Podcast

MeatEater

Wilderness, Sports

4.6 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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This week on the show we're discussing the most impactful piece of legislation impacting private lands conservation and what the future looks like for the Farm Bill. If you care about quality wildlife habitat on private lands, you'll want to give this one a listen - whether you own land or not.

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0:41.7	Welcome to the Wired to Hunt podcast, your guide to the White Tail Woods.
0:47.0	Presented by First Light, creating proven, versatile hunting apparel for the stand, saddle, or blind.
0:53.5	First Light, go farther, stay longer. And now,
0:57.6	your host, Mark Kenyon. Welcome to the Wired to Hunt podcast. This week on the show, we are discussing
1:05.2	the future of the farm bill and private Lands Conservation in America.
1:20.3	All right, folks, welcome back to the Wired to Hunt podcast brought to you by First Light and their Camel for Conservation Initiative.
1:30.5	And we're continuing our Habitat series here as we discuss different issues, ideas, tactics, and strategies for helping you get better habitat on the ground for the wildlife and hunting that you care so much about.
1:37.0	And today's conversation is definitely within the parameters of that series.
1:42.5	This is maybe as important of a discussion as we'll ever have
1:45.6	related to getting strong habitat work done on private lands. And that's because today we're
1:52.2	talking about bigger picture programs that impact how this stuff happens, how this stuff gets
1:58.6	funded, and how you personally, if you are a land
2:01.2	manager or landowner, how you might be able to get assistance in improving habitat or actually
2:08.1	money and funding towards putting in this kind of work and doing these kinds of projects on your
2:15.2	land. And then if you're not a landowner, we're going to discuss about some things that will
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