Conservation Matters® Podcast

By Shane Mahoney

What's Conservation Matters® Podcast about?

Welcome to Conservation Matters® with Shane Mahoney. Listen to Shane's speeches given around the world on scientific issues and challenges impacting global conservation in the 21st Century. Conservation, after all, is everyone's business. One Natural World. One Humanity. One Chance. Conservation Matters.

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Conservation Matters® Podcast episodes:

11.30.2017
Cecil, Trophy Hunting, & Other Words that Matter
Decisions by United States Fish and Wildlife Service to all importation of hunting trophies are not frivolous. Scientific evidence shows that hunting can help conserve wildlife. Has "trophy" become a lethal adjective for hunting, despite conservation science?
10.25.2017
Philanthropy and America's Conservation Legacy
Please join Shane as he addresses the crowd gathered to celebrate the historical grand opening of Johnny Morris' Wonders of Wildlife National Museum and Aquarium.
09.26.2017
The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation & The Path Ahead
Join Shane as he speaks to the Outdoors Tomorrow Foundation's Youth Group and conservation leaders of tomorrow about the incredible and historical achievement that is the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation. This is a call to action, relevant not...
08.21.2017
Walk in the Footsteps of Theodore Roosevelt - From DSC National Convention
Listen to Shane Mahoney, CEO of Conservation Visions, speak of how the events of the past (Cecil, the Lion and others) have been the spark - not the fuel - of making change - and how the time is NOW...
08.03.2017
The Wild Harvest Initiative® Explained by Shane Mahoney
Do you ever think about where your food comes from? How it was procured? Hunters and anglers know EXACTLY where their food comes from - while not everyone personally chooses to hunt or fish, we can agree that these activities...
07.20.2017
The Guns of Conservation
Public ownership of firearms was instrumental to the birth of the conservation movement in North America and still contributes to its continued success. This audio was made into a short video found on Boone & Crockett Club's YouTube channel here: ...
06.29.2017
Pollinators are in Peril and How Hunters are Helping
Pollinator habitat is in peril and should be of utmost important to us. Pollinators are an integral part of our environment and they are sending a clear signal that all is not right in the world. As an example, populations...
06.14.2017
Conservation is the Most Complicated Business in the World
Listen to Shane's speech at Vancouver Island University this past spring, 2017, as he discusses the complicated business of conservation. Shane shares the constant effort to do the right things for humanity and to do the right things for our wild...
06.01.2017
Conservation in today's modern world - from GOABC Convention, 2017
We sometimes believe we will never be surprised anymore. But then, in one of the great cities of the world, in one of the great zoos of the world...people jump over a barrier, shoot a rhino for his horn and...
05.18.2017
Relevance - from Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation National Convention
Shane Mahoney, CEO of Conservation Visions, speaks at the 2017 Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation National Convention. Learn more about Shane at Follow Shane on Facebook at and on Instagram "There can be no doubt, that we live in a...
05.04.2017
Critical Conservation Challenges - with Shane Mahoney
Shane Mahoney, CEO of Conservation Visions, speaks in front of a group in Missouri about the critical conservation challenges we face. He discusses the rising empathy for wildlife, how conservation groups need to respond, and how we all need to...
04.20.2017
Rhino Horn: Should We Trade to Save?
Shane Mahoney, CEO of Conservation Visions, argues that allowing legal trade of rhino horn could, possibly, save the species. What do you think? Listen to this brief explanation and find us at or
03.23.2017
Hunters and Poachers are Not Brothers - by Shane Mahoney
Poaching is often defined as unlawful hunting, almost as a subset of hunting, which it is not. Poaching is the illegal taking of wildlife. Poachers are not hunters - they are thieves. But often today, poaching and hunting are being confused...
03.08.2017
The Wild Harvest Initiative Explained by Shane Mahoney
The model of conservation has been around for 120 years – but yet as hunters and anglers we have never explained our activities in the form of harvested food. There are approximately 35-40 million people in U.S. and Canada who...
02.23.2017
High Lonesome Institute with Shane Mahoney
The High Lonesome Institute (HLI) is a non-profit entity, established by The High Lonesome Ranch, to lead and coordinate applied scientific research, ecological monitoring, and conservation at the Ranch. It functions within HLR’s landscape-scale laboratory as an applied and practical...
02.09.2017
Shane Mahoney Keynote at POMA Annual Conference 2016
Shane Mahoney speaks to a group of outdoor writers at the annual Professional Outdoor Media Association in Kalispell, MT in June, 2016. Forgive the first few minutes of audio, it improves greatly around minute 5. Mahoney is passionate in his...
01.26.2017
The Future of Seal Hunting with Shane Mahoney
Shane Mahoney was interviewed by a Canadian radio show on the future of seal hunting in Canada - and how that affects the world. Shane discusses the IUCN and his role in that worldwide organization and then moves into the...
01.12.2017
Where Does Hunting Fit in the Modern World? With Shane Mahoney
Where in the modern world does hunting fit? The answers ask us to dive into social and economic realities. Shane Mahoney discusses today's modern hunting - from the effects of trophy hunting and poaching to simply hunting for food. Learn...
12.27.2016
Cats Versus Birds - Who Wins and Who Loses? With Shane Mahoney
Do the rights of one cat trump the fate of an entire bird population? There is no clever riddle to work out - although each of you listening to this podcast will have strong convictions one way or the other....
12.12.2016
Taking a Leap of Faith - Keynote by Shane Mahoney
Another spectacular keynote speech by Shane Mahoney on how every day fighting for something you believe in is taking a leap of faith. Learn more about Shane at
11.17.2016
Conservation Needs Partnerships by Shane Mahoney
Shane Mahoney gave the keynote speech at the 2016 The Wildlife Society Annual Conference. There is not a species that lives upon this planet today whose future is not determined by the decisions we make, the decisions we defer, or the...
11.03.2016
Hunters and Non-Hunters Need to Build a Coalition
We need to ask this question: are we afraid of a broad coalition? No matter if you are a hunter, or not, can you work 'across the aisle?' There is a great divide amongst our conservation groups today. How do...
10.20.2016
Animal Welfare Should be Everyone's Concern - with Shane Mahoney
Choosing either to support animal welfare, or to support conservation - exclusive of the other - will leave neither well nor healthy. Article penned for Sports Afield Magazine by Shane Mahoney.
10.06.2016
If You Could Give Your Lives to Anything...
Shane Mahoney, CEO of Conservation Visions, speaks at the "Rally for Iowa's Outdoors" in 2012 on if we truly are concerned about the wild others on this planet - how do we stand for them? Shane takes listeners around the...
09.22.2016
Is Hunting Conservation? with Shane Mahoney
How did Shane get so involved in the outdoors? Is hunting conservation and what does that mean? Shane Mahoney talked with Billy Kinder of Billy Kinder Outdoors Radio at the Professional Outdoor Media Association Conference this past summer. Special thanks...
09.08.2016
What is Trophy Hunting?
While hunting in general is a controversial issue, there can be little doubt that much of the harsher criticism is directed toward trophy hunting. Even among hunters who readily pursue animals and harvest them, trophy hunting is sometimes criticized. To...
08.25.2016
Shane Mahoney on Cecil the Lion and Trophy Hunting
Originally filmed in August 2015 - Shane Mahoney reviews the "Cecil the Lion" issue, presents the facts as they are known at that time in August, 2015, and provides excellent commentary on the realities of ecosystem and wildlife management, as...
08.11.2016
Keynote Speech at Premier's Natural Resources Forum in Prince George, BC
Shane Mahoney is the keynote speaker at the 2016 Premier's Natural Resources Forum in Prince George, BC. A sold-out crowd of industry leaders and First Nation leaders are enraptured by Shane's speech on finding a balance between conservation and resource...
07.28.2016
The Secrets of Leadership
Early conservation pioneers succeeded because they understood how to convey the importance of their ideals to the public. However, the conservation movement has to a large extent moved away from an agenda of trying to convince society of its social,...
07.14.2016
The Most Important Purpose in the World
udsjgdrh Shane Mahoney is addressing an audience at Pheasants Forever's "Rally for Conservation" in 2014. In this half hour speech, he discusses how conservation is truly the most important purpose in today's society; what will you pass on to your...
06.30.2016
Public Land Panel Discussion from Professional Outdoor Media Association Annual Conference
Shane Mahoney is joined by public land advocate & TV host, Randy Newberg; outdoor writer Ron Spomer; Kimber VP of Sales, Ryan Busse and moderated by outdoor photographer, Tony Bynum to discuss the current state of public land sale and/or...
06.16.2016
Staying Relevant
This short piece was previously written for Sports Afield, "Conservation Corner" sponsored by Dallas Safari Club. Shane asks how can we convey a clearer message about hunting’s benefits to the nonhunting community.
06.02.2016
Conservation is Not a Simple Business
Shane Mahoney speaks at the North American Wildlife Enforcement Officers Association annual meeting in Boise, Idaho, summer, 2013. Topics covered include: love for wildlife as a hunter, being a wildlife biologist or conservationist is not something to take lightly and is...
05.19.2016
American Bison and the Death of Freedom
The American bison may have been, at one time, the most abundant large wild mammal on earth. The historical references to their immense herds are difficult to comprehend; such is the scale of their numbers and the sheer improbable spectacle...
05.05.2016
Shane Mahoney on CBC Cross Talk - Do You Eat Wild Meat?
Shane took live calls from listeners on CBC's "Cross Talk" with Ramona Dearing in response to the question - do you eat wild meat? Plus, the discussion of Shane's Wild Harvest Initiative and the research revealed in Michigan; is eating...
04.13.2016
Shane Mahoney - The World is Moved by Idealism
Shane spoke to hundreds at the 75th Annual Idaho Fish and Game Wildlife Summit in 2015. During his presentation at the Summit, Shane remarked, “We need all citizens to care, we need all citizens to believe, we need all citizens to...

What's Conservation Matters® Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Conservation Matters® Podcast episodes:

Cecil, Trophy Hunting, & Other Words that Matter

Philanthropy and America's Conservation Legacy

The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation & The Path Ahead

Walk in the Footsteps of Theodore Roosevelt - From DSC National Convention

The Wild Harvest Initiative® Explained by Shane Mahoney

The Guns of Conservation

Pollinators are in Peril and How Hunters are Helping

Conservation is the Most Complicated Business in the World

Conservation in today's modern world - from GOABC Convention, 2017

Relevance - from Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation National Convention

Critical Conservation Challenges - with Shane Mahoney

Rhino Horn: Should We Trade to Save?

Hunters and Poachers are Not Brothers - by Shane Mahoney

The Wild Harvest Initiative Explained by Shane Mahoney

High Lonesome Institute with Shane Mahoney

Shane Mahoney Keynote at POMA Annual Conference 2016

The Future of Seal Hunting with Shane Mahoney

Where Does Hunting Fit in the Modern World? With Shane Mahoney

Cats Versus Birds - Who Wins and Who Loses? With Shane Mahoney

Taking a Leap of Faith - Keynote by Shane Mahoney

Conservation Needs Partnerships by Shane Mahoney

Hunters and Non-Hunters Need to Build a Coalition

Animal Welfare Should be Everyone's Concern - with Shane Mahoney

If You Could Give Your Lives to Anything...

Is Hunting Conservation? with Shane Mahoney

What is Trophy Hunting?

Shane Mahoney on Cecil the Lion and Trophy Hunting

Keynote Speech at Premier's Natural Resources Forum in Prince George, BC

The Secrets of Leadership

The Most Important Purpose in the World

Public Land Panel Discussion from Professional Outdoor Media Association Annual Conference

Staying Relevant

Conservation is Not a Simple Business

American Bison and the Death of Freedom

Shane Mahoney on CBC Cross Talk - Do You Eat Wild Meat?

Shane Mahoney - The World is Moved by Idealism