Ndow Presents The Nevada Wild Podcast

In this week's Nevada Wild, Aaron Keller and Ashley Sanchez speak with two NDOW heroes, Game Wardens Zachary Blackwood and Sean Flynn. Both were recently involved in rescues and saved lives on Lake Mead. Zachary happened to be in the right place at the right time and worked with National National Park Service Law Enforcement Rangers to rescue a kayaker who had spent more than an hour in 40-degree water after his kayak capsized. Sean rescued a three-year-old girl from under a capsized boat on Lake Mead when more than a dozen members of a church group were thrown into the water. The two game wardens recount these intense rescues and share important information that you can use to ensure you and your family's safety while boating on Nevada's waters.

In this week's Nevada Wild, Ashley Sanchez and Aaron Keller are joined by NDOW Elk Staff Specialist Cody McKee for a podcast that looks at Nevada's elk populations. They cover the history of elk in Nevada, the health of the state's elk herds, hunt stats, other helpful information for hunters and more! You can view the hunt statistics Cody talks about here: http://www.ndow.org/Hunt/Resources/Statistics_and_Draw_Odds/ NDOW's big game application period is open at ndowlicensing.com. Apply for tags for Nevada big game species including elk until 11 p.m. PST on Monday, May 10.

Nevada Magazine's Spring 2021 issue featuring an article on wild-game cooking was just released! The magazine teamed up with Nevada Foodies Wild Game Cuisine to bring an awesome perspective on harvesting; preparing; and cooking clean, organic game meat. They even included a recipe or two. In this week's Nevada Wild, Aaron Keller and Ashley Sanchez are joined by Nevada Magazine's Executive Editor Megg Mueller, former Nevada Magazine Associate Editor, now NDOW Publication Coordinator Eric Cachinero, and Nevada Foodies Kristy Crabtree! The group talks about the article, how the magazine decided to feature this topic, how Kristy feels to have her cooking highlighted in the magazine, recipes, and more! View Nevada Magazine's Spring issue here: https://nevadamagazine.com/issue/spring-2021/16748/?fbclid=IwAR28HfdE1-V9Pv8POKfT5WdmRVjuQvBDI--YHwGNe2_uwzh0jHRJ7nX7UyY Find more recipes from Kristy on her Nevada Foodies Wild Game Cuisine website here: https://nevadafoodies.com/ Also, check out a recent NDOW cooking we

In a historic moment in January 2020, the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW)and Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe (PLPT) partnered to release bighorn sheep on the Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation. The goal was to return bighorn sheep to an area where they once thrived. In this week's Nevada Wild, Aaron Keller and Ashley Sanchez sit down with NDOW Bighorn Sheep Staff Specialist Mike Cox and PLPT Biologist Emily Hagler to talk about the status of the bighorn sheep released on tribal land and the work being done to keep the population growing. In celebration of Women's History Month, Emily also tells us all about her background and role as a biologist for PLPT, and the discusses the work she put into this project. Mike talks about other work being done around the state to keep Nevada's bighorn sheep populations thriving!

In this week's Nevada Wild, we continue our Women's History Month celebration and get ready for the opening of Nevada's big game application period on Monday, March 22 at ndowlicensing.com. Ashley Sanchez and Aaron Keller talk to NDOW's first female game biologist Kari Huebner about her career at the agency, her love for both, working for NDOW and getting outside in Nevada, and she encourages anyone who has an interest in hunting and conservation to get involved! Game Division Administrator Mike Scott also joins the podcast to give hunters information that could help when applying for tags in 2021.

In this week’s Nevada Wild, we continue our Women’s History Month celebration. NDOW’s Ashley Sanchez, Aaron Keller and Julie Watson sit down with guest Sam Bickert. Sam is an outdoorswoman, mother, and the co-founder of the Wild Babes Nevada Support Group, a community of Reno-Tahoe moms who are dedicated to staying adventurous while caring for their little ones! Join the community by joining the Wild Babes Nevada Support Group Facebook page at the link below or by following the group on Instagram at @wildbabes_nvsg

In honor of Women's History Month, in this week's Nevada Wild NDOW's Ashley Sanchez, Aaron Keller and Bobby Jones sit down with Marcia Brownlee, Program Manager for Artemis, an initiative of the National Wildlife Federation that's dedicated to connecting women to hunting, fishing and the conservation that is a part of those activities. Marcia fills the group in on Artemis, it's mission, how it works to remove barriers for women interested in getting outdoors, why it's so important to inspire women to get involved in conservation and how you can join the effort! Learn more about Artemis, join in on the fun and listen to the program's podcast here: https://artemis.nwf.org/

In this week’s Nevada Wild, NDOW’s Ashley Sanchez, Aaron Keller and Bobby Jones sit down with Colin Robertson, Administrator of the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation’s new Division of Outdoor Recreation (NDOR). Colin's focus is advancing Nevada’s immense variety of outdoor recreational opportunities to improve public health and wellness, educate Nevada’s youth, engage underserved populations, and attract new outdoor recreation-oriented businesses to the state. Colin talks to the Nevada Wild crew about his new role, the importance of outdoor recreation to the economy, how NDOW and NDOR will collaborate to enhance Nevada’s outdoor recreation, how you can give your input on what recreation projects you’d like to see funded with a new survey(see link below), and more! What kinds of outdoor recreation projects would you like to see funded in Nevada over the next 5 years? Would you like to see new bike paths, playgrounds, or other outdoor recreation infrastructure in your community? You have the opp

NDOW funds improvements at shooting ranges across Nevada to make them safer and more accessible to the community. NDOW is now accepting applications from communities for grants that would go toward needed improvements at their local shooting range. In this week's Nevada Wild, NDOW's Ashley Sanchez and Aaron Keller discuss why it's important now more than ever before to have safe, accessible shooting ranges in Nevada, NDOW's involvement in funding them, the application process, and a new tool that you can use to find a range that's had improvements near you. Find the map discussed in the podcast here: https://fws.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/159b2789c573462f8787d41b2401a592 Find the application in the "Grant Opportunities" section at this link: http://www.ndow.org/Our_Agency/Grants/

Starting today, Friday, February 12, 2021 through Sunday, February 15, 2021, people from around the world come together to watch, learn about, count, and celebrate birds for the Great Backyard Bird Count. This is a global event that anyone can take part in from anywhere! In this week's Nevada Aaron Keller and Ashley Sanchez talk to NDOW Wildlife Educators Julie Watson and Jess Brooks about the Great Backyard Bird Count, how easy it is to take part in it, great local spots for bird watching and a free birding webinar series NDOW is holding for those wanting to learn more about birding! Learn more about the Great Backyard Bird Count here: https://www.birdcount.org/ Register for NDOW's Birding Series webinars here: https://www.facebook.com/NvDOW/events/ Check out all webinars on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuC0SE9pUmam8ijRB48kVRA

For the first time, state and federal wildlife biologists have come together to begin mapping the migrations of mule deer, elk, pronghorn, moose and bison across America’s West. In this week's Nevada Wild, Aaron Keller and Ashley Sanchez virtually podcast with NDOW's Mule Deer Staff Specialist Cody Schroeder, and first time Nevada Wild guest, Dr. Matthew Kauffman with U.S. Geological Survey's Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. They talk about how these maps came about, the collaboration between agencies, and how the maps will help to sustain big game populations not only in Nevada, but across the west. For more details about big-game migrations in the Western United States, read the report, Ungulate Migrations of the Western United States: Volume 1, which includes maps of over 40 big-game migrations in Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming here: https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/ You can also download the data via www.ScienceBase.gov. To explore the Western Migrations web viewer, visit the

In this week’s Nevada Wild, Ashley Sanchez and Aaron Keller talk with NDOW Angler Educators from across the state Abbey Czarnecki, Jan Nemec and Julie Gabrielson about Trout in the Classroom (TIC), a popular education program, NDOW has put in classrooms for the past 20 years. TIC delivers tanks and trout eggs to local classrooms, in which students learn about aquatic life as about six weeks, until the eggs hatch and students release the fry into local water ways. The group talks about the history of the program, how the program benefits students, how they’ve continued it this year in a virtual setting, and how you can get your kids involved. See the livestream of the trout tank referred to in the podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8uPJGg5q_M Join in on the webinars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf6NZwe0hFU&t=2747s Learn more about TIC: http://www.ndow.org/Education/Wildlife_Ed/Trout_In_The_Classroom/

In this week’s Nevada Wild, Ashley Sanchez and Aaron Keller are joined by NDOW Outdoor Connection Coordinator Bobby Jones and Ducks Unlimited (DU) Biologist Amelia Raquel to talk about wetland conservation. Amelia tells us about her role as a DU biologist, lets us know what wetland conservation projects are currently underway here in Nevada, and explains how DU partners with groups, agencies, and private landowners across the country.

In this week's Nevada Wild, Ashley Sanchez and Aaron Keller talk with Nevada Wild regular and avid birder Rob Lowry, who recently broke a birding record! Lowry fills us in on his birding adventures over the last year, tells us about his record, and explains why now is a great time to get into birding and how easy it is to get started.

This holiday season, NDOW launched FishNV, a convenient new tool to help you locate Nevada’s sportfish species, and a guide and map of all state waters. In this week's Nevada Wild, Aaron Keller and Ashley Sanchez talk with NDOW GIS experts, Jinna Larkin and Mitch Gritts, and NDOW Fisheries Biologist Chris Crookshanks about what went into developing the FishNV app, the inspiration behind it, and how it can be used to benefit anglers and to plan the perfect fishing trip! Give the tool a try here: https://fish.wildlifenv.com/

Some of our favorite fishing spots are freezing over, making for great ice fishing. In this week's Nevada Wild, Ashley Sanchez and Aaron Keller talk to Conservation Educator Joe Doucette about which waters are safe for ice fishing right now, and what waters will be in the near future. They also go over ice fishing equipment, and safety information anglers should keep in mind when they head out on the ice. For fishing reports click here: http://www.ndow.org/Fish/Fishing_Report/

In the winter months it's common to see wildlife like waterfowl, deer and other animals in neighborhoods. In this week's Nevada Wild, Ashley Sanchez and Aaron Keller talk to NDOW's Urban Wildlife Coordinators Jessica Wolff and Lauren MacLeod about the common wildlife-related calls they receive this time of year, why it is important that people don't give in to the urge to feed wildlife in these colder months and the impact that can have. Learn more about Nevada's wildlife at our webinars here: https://www.facebook.com/NvDOW/events/

With the holidays approaching, NDOW wanted to give you some ideas to help you find the perfect present for the outdoor enthusiast in your life. In this week's Nevada Wild, Ashley Sanchez and Aaron Keller sit down with NDOW Conservation Education Division Administrator Chris Vasey, and Nevada Wild regular Julie Watson to share gift ideas for hunters, anglers, and anyone who enjoys spending time outdoors.

In this week's Nevada Wild, NDOW's Ashley Sanchez and Aaron Keller sit down with first time Nevada Wild guest, Wildlife Diversity Biologist Mark Enders. Mark explains his work around Lake Tahoe, the unique species that live there, the work NDOW does to learn more about raptors that spend their winters in Nevada, and the importance of this work.

In this week's Nevada Wild, Ashley Sanchez and Aaron Keller introduce NDOW's Wildlife Veterinarian Nate LaHue. LaHue explains his role at NDOW, and the various projects he works on to monitor the health of Nevada's wildlife. Currently, LaHue and NDOW biologists are busy working to prevent Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), a fatal disease to animals in the deer family, from entering the state. While it hasn't been found in Nevada, CWD has been detected in our neighboring state, Utah. LaHue explains what hunters need to know before heading into the field to help us stop CWD from entering Nevada. Find more information on CWD here: http://www.ndow.org/Nevada_Wildlife/Health_and_Disease/Chronic_Wasting_Disease/