Episodes

  • Snow geese and their amazing population increases over the years

    Snow geese and their amazing population increases over the years
    Mar 2 2025
    On this airing of The Great Outdoors, Charlie Potter shares an update on snow geese and their amazing population increases over the years. Plus, he explains why finding efficiencies for conservation spending is the next challenge.
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  • Change at Departments of Agriculture and Interior is altering how they operate

    Change at Departments of Agriculture and Interior is altering how they operate
    Feb 23 2025
    On this airing of The Great Outdoors, Charlie Potter discusses how change at the United States Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior is altering how they operate for the country. Plus, he emphasizes the important role of conservation in the private sector.
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  • The low country of South Carolina – a birders paradise

    The low country of South Carolina – a birders paradise
    Feb 16 2025
    On this airing of The Great Outdoors, Charlie Potter shares the birders’ paradise of the low country of South Carolina, and the new director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has been announced.
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  • Civility and respect for others will go a long way towards advancing conservation in America

    Civility and respect for others will go a long way towards advancing conservation in America
    Feb 9 2025
    On this airing of The Great Outdoors, Charlie Potter discusses how civility and respect for others will go a long way toward advancing conservation in the United States. Plus, take a drive and go back in time 150 years.
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  • The Louisiana marsh a critical ecosystem and central to our economy continues to be at great peril

    The Louisiana marsh a critical ecosystem and central to our economy continues to be at great peril
    Feb 2 2025
    On this airing of The Great Outdoors, Charlie Potter shares his concerns about the Louisiana marsh wetland ecosystem and what is threatening it. Plus, how to stay vigilant while bird flu is affecting migratory bird hunting.
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  • Scotland and the future of bird hunting – what we can learn from it?

    Scotland and the future of bird hunting – what we can learn from it?
    Jan 26 2025
    On this airing of The Great Outdoors, Charlie Potter shares a few thoughts on the future of bird hunting after returning from Scotland, and also discusses how bad the “bird flu” was this past fall.
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  • California fires are devastating far beyond the loss of life and property

    California fires are devastating far beyond the loss of life and property
    Jan 19 2025
    On this airing of The Great Outdoors, Charlie Potter discusses how the California fires are devastating far beyond the loss of life, property, and how it is a natural resource disaster as well – one that could have largely been avoided. Plus, dredging in Florida and what this means to the future of coastal fisheries.
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  • The success of private land management as opposed to public lands – why this is both a benefit and a looming problem

    The success of private land management as opposed to public lands – why this is both a benefit and a looming problem
    Jan 12 2025
    On this airing of The Great Outdoors, Charlie Potter debates the success of private land management as opposed to public lands and why this is both a benefit and a looming problem. He also questions if the bureaucracy of Washington D.C. can actually be reduced to help conservation at a local level.
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