Episode 542 – New Minnesota WMA, pheasant chicks, Joel Pedersen from TRCP, public lands victory

Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman begin the program with chatter on the status of pheasant nesting season, plus buckthorn rants and another recent black bear encounter for Tim. Then Stan Tekiela visits for the second straight week to offer some nongame nature talk. Joel Pedersen, the CEO and president from Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, visits to discuss the recent decision in the U.S. House to drop language that would have sold off a half million acres of federal public lands. Tim Lesmeister and Rob talk Alaska fishing plus a new wildlife management area in northwestern Minnesota, and the power sportsmen and women wield in the U.S.