Nerdy About Nature - Podchat 12 | Wolf Conservation Ethics, Caribou and the Wolf Cull with Chelsea Greer

Podchat 12 | Wolf Conservation Ethics, Caribou and the Wolf Cull with Chelsea Greer

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11/20/22 • 121 min

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Chelsea Greer is the Wolf Conservation Program Director at Raincoast Conservation, and we sat down one Autumn morning in the woods to chat all about wolves! In this conversation, we delve into the concept of conservation ethics, different monitoring approaches, population dynamics, and their relationship with endangered mountain Caribou, as well as the history of wolves in Western Culture and how outdated misconceptions has lead to controversial Wolf culls throughout BC and beyond.

The takeaway - the big bad wolf you were taught to fear growing up was a flat-out lie. They're actually a lot nicer, kinder and cooler than how they're commonly portrayed, and their future may depend on us learning how to see them differently.

More on Raincoast Conservation's Wolf Program: https://www.raincoast.org/wolf-science/

Learn More about the Trophy Hunt: https://www.raincoast.org/trophy-hunt/

Instagram: @raincoastconservation

Twitter: @raincoast @chelgreer

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More on Raincoast Conservation's Wolf Program: https://www.raincoast.org/wolf-science/

Learn More about the Trophy Hunt: https://www.raincoast.org/trophy-hunt/

Instagram: @raincoastconservation

Twitter: @raincoast @chelgreer

You can also get NAN merch, stickers, resources and more information at www.NerdyAboutNature.com

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Podchat 11 | Rebuilding Indigenous Culture and Community with Siginaak Court Larabee

Siginaak Court Larabee is an incredible human who also happens to be the director of the Indigenous Life Sport Academy, a non-profit which works to provide Indigenous youth access to outdoor sports as a means of healing, and to build culture and community. In this Podchat, I sat down with Court to chat all about the work he is doing as a leader within these communities, the recent growth they've had, his recent appearance on TV & in the Amazing Race Canada, and some intricacies surrounding the current state of affairs across Turtle Island with different Indigenous communities, Land Back, and Decolonization. It’s truly inspiring stuff, and I’m so stoked to share this episode with you!

Trigger Warning: We discuss sensitive subjects here including Residential Schools, the 60's Scoop, drug & alcohol abuse, and racism against Indigenous people. There are also parts of this conversation which may be a bit uncomfortable for some of you to hear for other reasons, addressing things like the type of privilege that comes from the colonization of stolen lands or ways that that privilege is upheld in certain communities or industries that furthers division, so I’d just like to take a moment here and remind everyone that it’s ok to be uncomfortable sometimes. We’re all here in this big old mess of life together and in order to figure this all out, we’ve get used to sitting through some mild discomfort from time to time, because that’s where we learn and that’s where we grow. So let’s get into this, hear some different perspectives, think about it all differently so that we can all work together to create a better world for us all.

Learn more & support the Indigenous Life Sport Academy: https://www.lifesportcanada.org/

@ILSAcrew: https://www.instagram.com/ilsacrew/

Watch our short film, 'Riding Red': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNMtDDvPvdc

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Podchat 13 | Indigenous Involvement in Outdoor Sports with Sandy Ward

A founding member of Indigenous Women Outdoors and coach with ILSA, Sandy Ward is an avid snowboarder, mountain biker and climber from the Lil'wat nation working to carve out a path for more Indigenous folks to get into the outdoors in a safe, welcoming space, and to see their ancestral lands from new a perspective through sport. Her and I sat down to talk about her journey in the outdoor sports world as a coach, athlete and mentor, how mindsets have shifted towards these recreational activities both within and outside of Indigenous communities, and other issues regarding working with Indigenous nations when it comes to building bike trails, skateparks and more.

Sandy is a really inspiring, awesome human, and you're gonna love to hear what she has to say!

For more on the work she's doing, you can check out:

Indigenous Women Outdoors: https://www.indigenouswomenoutdoors.ca/

Indigenous Life Sport Academy: https://www.lifesportcanada.org/

Nerdy About Nature is an independent passion project that relies on support from folks like you!

If you’re enjoying this podcast and videos, please don’t hesitate to support their production at my Patreon page for 1$ a month or more!

https://www.patreon.com/nerdyaboutnature You can also get NAN merch, stickers, resources and more information at www.NerdyAboutNature.com