This week’s show launches with Rob Drieslein and Tim Spielman discussing the latest update on the Asian carp advance up the Mississippi River, plus insight into a shovelnose sturgeon poaching case. Then Thomas Gable from the border country Voyageurs Wolf Project joins Rob to share fascinating new wolf behavior the study has documented: wolves hunting for fish in the spring. Tim Lesmeister and Rob then debate the recent Dennis Anderson story in the Star Tribune about forward-facing sonar, plus important, exclusive advice for national park visitors: don’t pet the bears or bison.
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Episode 439 – Voyageur Wolf Project reveals fascinating new wolf behavior, plus a shovelnose sturgeon poaching case, and forward-facing sonar debate
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