March 31, 2021
Join Chester Moore as he talk with a man who has a harrowing tale of being attacked by a wild boar in the woods of East Texas March 13, 2021. Learn about the intense attack, how his dog saved his life and how you can avoid an attack.
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March 22, 2021
Join host Chester Moore as he discusses the confirmed great white shark off the Texas Coast, expanding great white numbers in Texas waters and the "x-factor" thats making it possible. Also, learn how the "Jaws Effect" has inspired interest in great whites and other sharks.
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March 6, 2021
Join host Chester Moore as he interviews wildlife biologist Macey Ledbetter of Spring Creek Outdoors (www.springcreekoutdoors.com) who was fresh off a freeze kill survey of a South Texas ranch. Learn how the nilgai population was impacted, the real story behind the social media photos of truck beds full of dead exotics and how native wildlife faired. Did the freeze impact feral hogs? Will there be a predator boom this year? Learn in this intriguing interview.
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March 1, 2021
In response to the massive freeze-related fish kill on the Gulf Coast, officials with the Coastal Conservation Association (CCA) have made sweeping changes to its annual summer-long S.T.A.R. tournament. Host Chester Moore interviews Shane Bonnot, Coastal Advocacy Director of CCA about the changes, where this format is headed and also tackles the importance of trout stocking in response to the freeze and damage to habitat.
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February 25, 2021
Join host Chester Moore as he discusses the groundbreaking cloning of "Elizabeth Ann", a black-footed ferret with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Black-Footed Ferret Recovery Coordinator Pete Grober. Learn how she was cloned from a ferret that died in 1988 and what this could mean for ferret recovery moving forward.
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February 22, 2021
Join host Chester Moore as he engages in a revealing conversation with Aaron Adams, Director of Science & Conservation with the Bonefish & Tarpon Trust. Learn how this freeze could impact tarpon and snook in Texas and how freezes like this one can damage habitat that benefits everything from tarpon to speckled trout.
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February 17, 2021
Join Chester Moore as he discusses the current freeze-related kill of speckled trout and other fish along the Texas Gulf Coast with Dr. David McKee, professor of biology and mariculture and author of Fishes of the Texas Laguna Madre. Learn about the similarities between this freeze event and other major freezes, a story of three 15-pound trout caught in a past survey and why we should not assume the worst of this freeze has shown up in the bays just yet.
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February 16, 2021
In part two of our Jaguar Revival series, Chester Moore talks with Dr. Rodrigo A. Medellín, Instituto de Ecologia, UNAM about the latest in jaguar research. Learn about the incredible range of the species, how poaching is having an impact and a new project that could allow for "Jaguar Safe" beef. And you thought "Dolphin Safe" tuna was cool!
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February 15, 2021
Chester Moore talks about early reports of trout, snook and tarpon kills along the Gulf Coast as well as fishing closures related to the historic freeze event. Will there be a massive kill? We don't know yet but things are starting to look that way. Thanks to Capt. Dean Thomas for the accompanying photo and reports from the Port Aransas area.
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February 12, 2021
In part 1 of our Jaguar Revival series, Chester interviews his friend Dr. Natalie Schmitt, a genetic conservationist who has helped created a technology that can be crucial for saving jaguars and aiding researchers in pursuit of the most elusive and mysterious cat of the Americas.
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