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2:00 Freezer picks: Backstrap, meats, fats... beaver/muskrat glands, which function as a sort of currency among trappers

4:00 Liver conundrums... how do you make it tasty? Try braunschweiger.

6:00 Harvesting kidney fat to render into tallow for soapmaking

8:00 Caught between the old ways and the new

9:00 Helping butcher a whale in Barrow, Alaska

11:00 Always be growing your hunting skills... what can I learn next? Smoking fish; mastering a recurve, building a cabin, "hand skills," etc

14:00 Montana pronghorn

17:00 What the data from collared animals teaches us about pronghorn in southwest Montana; migration & fawning grounds, summer range, barriers to movement, etc

19:00 Fencing improvement projects for pronghorn

23:00 When a biologist follows in the footsteps of one of her collared pronghorn... "it was incredibly informative"

26:00 Pronghorn prefer to go under fences versus hopping them

29:00 Migration bottlenecks & identifying areas in need of conservation efforts

31:00 Migration knowledge passed from does to fawns

36:00 GPS data... how long are antelope stalled at a fence line?

38:00 A helping hand from private landowners

41:00 Breaking down the migration (some days they're booking it)

50:00 Let's hear it for biologists!

52:00 Barred owl sighting

54:00 Trout smoking 101

55:00 Artemis gets a grant to build leadership skills in sporting women who want to serve on boards/game commissions!

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Stacy Haughey is from a small town on Michigan's Upper Peninsula -- it's the kind of place where family is everywhere and traditions run deep. Hunting was something Stacy inherited from her maternal side. "Grandma's Hunting Training Academy" is what they jokingly called it when time at Grandma's was synonymous with time in a tree stand.

2:00 Wild game Christmas basket exchange, ya'll

3:30 Small-town life on Michigan's Upper Peninsula ("the U-P" to Michiganders)

6:00 Learning to hunt through your family's maternal side, where grandma's in charge... aka "Grandma's Hunting Training Academy"

8:00 How a Depression-era mentality influences ethos about food security

13:00 The UP Habitat Work Group

14:00 When species conservation depends on private lands habitat 

18:00 Building connections... it's a time investment that pays dividends

21:00 Want to connect with Michigan’s DNR? It's 906-226-1330

24:00 Balancing a passion for the outdoors with raising kids... there is no mold of what it should look like

30:00 Michigan's Becoming an Outdoor Woman (or BOW) program

33:00 Artemis Ambassador applications are open through Feb. 7... if you care about seeing more women in the field and on the water, your time and expertise is needed. Please apply! Want more Artemis? Find our Facebook group for more great discussion.

35:00 Hunting with older cousins as an 8-year-old and being sworn to secrecy after one of them runs the rig into a fencepost

37:00 Learning to track

38:00 Volunteering at a deer check station (best place to see what's new in hunting... like the blaze-orange body suit)

41:00 Barefoot turkey hunting with Mary Lynn

43:00 Is there ever an ideal time to have a new dog? Mid-life rescue dogs and their "interesting" behaviors

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An experienced hunter as a huge wealth of knowledge to offer newbies, so how can new hunters be poised to recieve this wisdom? In this episode we talk with Kathy Stevens and Erin Glen. Kathy has been hunting turkey and deer for more than 40 years. Erin's a brand-new hunter. The two of them met at an Artemis event, and a mentorship ensued. There are things new hunters can do to better their odds of landing under the wing of a more skilled hunter. Getting out there helps, but it also comes down to things like practicing using your firearm and being a good partner in the field. Also, Artemis is looking for its newest cohort of ambassadors! Apply here. This episode is brought to you by HuntTheGreatestSD.com.

2:00 Forty years of hunting experience... #huntergoals

5:00 Becoming a mentor

6:30 "Every spring since 1979 I've taken two weeks of vacation to go wild turkey hunting."

7:30 What inspires us to become hunters?

9:00 Artemis turkey camp - camp set-up, private versus public lands in South Carolina, and frigid temps in what's supposed to feel like spring

12:00 You can learn loads just by being in the field, even without seeing your quarry

16:00 Mentoring a new hunter when you haven't seen a deer on your last six hunts... THEN, back-to-back mentor/mentee shots

20:00 Friendship beyond the field - moving a mentorship from the woods to the tennis court

26:00 Mentors/mentees benefit from each other; it's a generous, giving spirit that makes the relationship work

27:00 It helps a mentor if a mentee comes as competent as possible - practice using your gun, log days at the shooting range, etc

28:00 You've got your hunter's ed certificate, you've watched some MeatEater... what's next?

30:00 As a new hunter, planning what you'll try next... "two new species a year"

36:00 Do you keep a journal of your hunts?

44:00 Hunting your favorite quarry (turkeys) in a new place

46:00 Learning to eat organ meats (pssst... deer liver? not like beef liver)

47:00 "Buck, Buck, Moose" cookbook by Hank Shaw (also check out the dirty rice recipe in "Duck, Duck, Goose" for liver ideas)

49:00 Olivia's turkey schnitzel recipe

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DEER CAMP! Artemis hosted a fall deer camp at a tough-to-hunt WMA in Tennessee. Even though nobody left with a deer, everyone left with new friends, new experiences, and a new take on what it means to be at deer camp with all women. (Some also left with a UFO sighting that made the news.) Bringing women together in the field is one of Artemis's core missions, and on this episode, we get a firsthand look at the magic that can happen when you mix seasoned veterans with beginners on a no-frills public land deer hunt.

2:00 Artemis Tennessee Deer Camp - participants were seasoned hunters and first-timers alike

4:00 When Artemis ladies meet each other at other Artemis events and cross state boundaries to hunt together again

7:00 Hunting buddies... margarita/karaoke buddies... same-same! 

8:00 Hunting solo for the first time & thoughts like, "Do I actually know what I'm doing?"

12:00 Hunting a new place with new people

14:00 Infant on a deer hunt & TWELVE HOURS with an infant in a ground blind

16:00 E-scouting; tree stands; ground blinds; jump shots

18:00 "Movement is the best way to ruin your deer hunt"

19:00 When choosing a site for a blind, ask yourself, "Would my horse spook at this?"

20:00 Deer acclimate to seeing blinds

21:00 Showing up to deer camp and having everyone say, "DID YOU SEE THE UFO?!" and thinking "OMG... who are these people!?"

24:00 The camaraderie and knowledge sharing that happens at hunt camp, even if everyone hunts separately

25:00 That UFO sighting? Others saw it, too.

28:00 When a hunt area has an infamous resident character... meet Fuzzy

37:00 Dryer lint = excellent fire starter & other camp tips and tricks

40:00 Bringing youth (including babies!) into the field & why that matters

45:00 Getting a deer is not the point of deer camp

49:00 Positive experiences with other hunters

52:00 Setting safety expectations early & confronting others exhibiting risky behavior

59:00 Self-dialogue: Is that a real owl hooting off the hook, or is another hunter trying to tell us something?

1:02 There's a 10-day archery season at the same WMA in Tennessee next spring... if you're interested in another Artemis deer camp, get in touch! Find Artemis in our Facebook group or on our website

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Blooper reel or highlight reel? You decide. Either way, it's been another fun year and we're so grateful to have you along with us for the journey. If Artemis has meant something to you, please consider leaving the podcast a review or sharing it with a friend. If you're able to donate, all proceeds go to supporting women in the sporting community. We're glad you're here. Thank you, Arte-ladies! 

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Gwen Sanchez is the fire manager on the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, a landscape that encompasses sagebrush habitat up to the high Sierras. Working in fire is different than it used to be. It's nearly a 12-month season across the country, and wildfires in the West are regularly breaking records for size and severity. Fire managers are also noticing that some landscapes aren't bouncing back from severe fire like they're supposed to. We talk about what makes a resilient landscape, and what role we play in keeping lands healthy (especially when 9 out of 10 fires are human-ignited).

1:30 Artemis has been on the air for TWO YEARS

3:00 Podcast ambitions? Everything helps! 

6:00 Fire management on the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, the largest forest in the Lower 48

14:00 Hard jobs = often very rewarding jobs

16:00 Career perk of working in fire: Being in the field often enough to get awesome sunrises and sunsets, to see places you wouldn't ordinarily see (Hawaii, Alaska, Australia)

20:00 On the Humboldt-Toiyabe, ALL types of ecosystems - from sage grouse habitat in the lowlands to 11,000-12,000 elevations in the high Sierra

23:00 "Run cards" are prepared plans that tell fire managers which resources are needed on different ecosystems for adequate initial response

24:00 Fire return intervals vary depending on the landscape; They can be relatively frequent in dry shrublands, and as long as 50-100 years in high-alpine areas that receive a lot of winter precipitation

27:00 Drought and climate change are generally compressing fire return intervals, making fire more frequent across most landscapes

29:00 "What we used to think was complex 20 years ago, that's not even close to what we're seeing as complex now." 

30:00 Longer fire seasons; larger fires (in 2021 the country saw its first wildfire over a million acres); higher severity of wildfires; wildfire on new landscapes; fire altering habitat

32:00 "We're seeing things that we never thought we would see."

34:00 Fires are regularly out-performing predictive models

36:00 9 out of 10 wildfires are human-caused; How do we educate new lands users? Fire prevention can make a huge difference

42:00 Debris burns that move under the soil and pop up 50 feet away - it happens

46:00 Seeing climate change during hunting season: Less snow on the ground, less habitat resiliency, changing habitat

50:00 Resilient landscapes: How quickly can lands recover to healthy, thriving landscapes after fire? Climate change is altering resiliency

51:00 Fire treatments

53:00 Critical habitat: We can't always preserve it by leaving it alone

58:00 Forest treatments versus sagebrush treatments

1:02 Rangeland & sagebrush steppe; Sagebrush is often replaced by grass after major burn events -- it can change the makeup of those habitats; A cheatgrass burn cycle can happen as frequently as every three years

1:10 Wildfire... east vs. west; Climate change looks different depending on your geography

1:14 "We're fighting fire in different parts of the country almost 12 months out of the year right now."

1:16 Volunteer-run habitat restoration projects are a hugely beneficial use of volunteer time, add it to your 2022 resolutions to join one

1:23 Duty + service when talking about our relationship to the natural world 

1:24 Hunter and Angler's Guide to Climate Change, and join us in the Artemis Facebook group to discuss more topics like this

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This week we dive into disturbance ecology, looking at whole-forest health by zeroing in on the ruffed grouse. Grouse populations in some areas have experienced stark declines in recent decades. Some scientists call ruffed grouse a bellwether species -- what's good for the grouse is generally good for the forest. We talk about the difference between preservation and conservation, the mosaic make-up of healthy forests, and the potential of forests to be carbon sinks.

2:00 The Ruffed Grouse Society on Facebook - @RuffedGrouseSociety, Twitter  - @rgs_aws, Instagram - @ruffedgrousesociety   3:00 Artemis Tennessee Deer Camp… stay tuned for the full story! 4:30 Ashley Peters, @grouse.lady 6:00 R3 conference in Minnesota + other programs for getting women into hunting 7:00 Merry Grouse-mas! 10:00 “Glunting”… like glamping, but for hunting… “Glamor is relative” 12:00 In windy grouse hunting conditions it helps to use sight over scent 15:00 Grouse mating display & their bass-y drumming sound (OR, what European settlers puzzled over as some strange ghostly heartbeat of the land) 19:00 Grouse as a bellwether for whole forest health 20:00 “Conservation Is Behavior” 21:00 Ruffed grouse listed as a species of greatest concern in 19 states & a decline in diverse healthy forests 24:00 Healthy forests: A variety of age classes and species, which help bolster a forest’s resilience against threats like pests, drought, fire, etc 28:00 In places with fragmented land ownership, conservation goals depend on collaboration 33:00 If all the public lands in the U.S. were lumped together, how would it compare (in size) to other countries of the world? ....[insert jeopardy music]... it'd be the TENTH (hypothetical) largest country in the world 35:00 Forest disturbances then and now; Disturbance-dependent species like grouse 40:00 Grouse stay in a relatively small proximity for most their lives compared to most birds 41:00 "Managing the landscape in a mosaic is the gold standard" 44:00 Healthy forests... "You can't just plant a bunch of trees and walk away" 48:00 Grouse are challenged by low-snow years... "We're not going to plant our way out of this problem" 50:00 Carbon programs to fund forest programs 54:00 The decline of grouse and woodcock has spurred RGS to change how it does conservation on the ground and added a sense of urgency to habitat improvement projects 57:00 Gene flow is limited for species who don't wander far from home 59:00 Woodcock - listed as a species of greatest conservation need 1:02 Recovering America's Wildlife Act  1:07 If you care about forests, do your research & learn as much as you can

1:10 Hunter and Angler's Guide to Climate Change

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In the third installment of our climate series, Artemis travels to Florida with Lindsay Cross. Water quality is at the nexus of healthy ecosystems in Florida, and in years where there's high run-off or water pollution you see sea grasses dying off, which leads to manatees dying off, and a whole suite of cascading effects. Plus, Lindsay tells us about her decision to run for a seat in the Florida House.

4:00 How many people are experiencing atypical weather for the season?

9:00 Choosing a university based on a function of program quality and ski-slope proximity

12:00 Salt barren - it's a place that's dry most of the time, apart from the occasional influx of tidal water; the plant/animals that thrive in salt terns are remarkably unique

13:00 Carbon Reducing Anaerobic Processes... or CRAP

15:00 Weedon Island Preserve paddling trails

16:00 Mangrove tunnels (plus, mangrove crabs)

20:00 Getting people fired up on a natural place by staging a 5K through it, and using the proceeds to fund field trips there

24:00 Water quality & pollution issues in a water-rich ecosystem; The consequences are seagrass die-off, which leads to manatee mortality and other consequences

29:00 Fertilizer ordinances in the rainy season to stymie the run-off that fuels algal blooms; It's easier to prevent pollution than to remediate it

32:00 Nobody wants to see a manatee die - but do these die-off events of beloved animals sometimes spur us into action?

36:00 Human habitation of Florida relies on properly functioning ecology, especially with hurricane resistance

37:00 Sea grasses as carbon sinks 

45:00 A voter-led effort to restore funding for the acquisition of lands for preservation

47:00 "People don't take action on things until they feel an emotional connection"

51:00 Running for state House office (!!) & the value of scientists in public office

54:00 Redefining/discussing some of the barriers to women in leadership roles... "One way I've been fortunate is that I've had some really phenomenal female bosses."

1:00 The more people who we get to experience wild places, the more we pave the way for transformational change

1:01 David Sobel: "You have to teach someone to love something before you can ask them to save it" 

1:02 Florida scrub jay, an endemic species 

1:05 Hunter and Angler's Guide to Climate Change

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In the second episode of Artemis' climate series, we're talking about solar energy.  We need a portfolio of solutions to meet our ever-increasing energy demands. Ensuring that an increasing portion of those needs are met by clean energy is a vital part of a resilient grid and a resilient climate. We talk with Michelle Zimmerman, a community solar developer in Colorado. She tells us pretty much everything you want to know about solar energy development - how it works, how sites are chosen, the impact on neighboring wildlife, et cetera. Also: a challenging elk hunt and heated socks.

2:00 Michelle Zimmerman on a past episode about serving on your state's game commission: Game Commissions 101

4:00 Hunting by yourself for the first time

6:00 Stotting vs. pronking

8:00 Tracking a wounded elk all the way back to its herd

11:00 Sunrise should mean more warmth, right? Plus, heated vests

16:00 Sunshare - community solar "gardens"

19:00 Co-operative/community-owned solar projects

25:00 Energy consumption at a household level... do you need everything to be on, all the time?

26:00 NWF Eco-Schools program

30:00 The rise of clean energy isn't a death knell for fossil fuels

32:00 "Our reliance on energy is going up"

36:00 Energy development on private ag lands + wildlife considerations

42:00 Not every place is right for every project

49:00 Being neighbors with a solar field

53:00 Push/pull between energy developers, utilities, public services commissions, landowners - only a fraction of potential solar projects actually get developed

59:00 Build Back Better Act  & the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill both expand clean energy opportunities

1:08 "You can't build solar on really expensive land because the return's not there"

1:10 Where personal impacts add up: Energy, transportation, water, food, waste and fashion

1:14 Heated socks

1:22 Hunter and Angler's Guide to Climate Change

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Artemis is doing a deep-dive into climate science. In our opening episode we talk with Maddison Easley, a California biologist who straddles the divide between the conservation world and agency life. Much of Maddison's work is aimed at rangeland conservation. We talk about how birds, vegetation and soils are all indicators of ecosystem health - and what's changing with grasslands as the climate changes.

4:00 Point Blue Conservation Science

5:00 Growing up a rancher, becoming a biologist, returning to the ranch

7:00 Alaska caribou hunt & helping a nephew harvest his first turkey for Thanksgiving dinner

10:00 Caribou... the move FAST + a first-timer's take on a new species

14:00 #gohunterhippies

15:00 Rangeland Monitoring Network -  "The primary goal is to preserve the ecological value of rangelands" 

17:00 Birds, soil, vegetation... all indicators of ecosystem health

20:00 Soil carbon monitoring

22:00 About half of California is rangeland, and about half of those lands are privately owned

23:00 Grazing management tactics to put more carbon in the soil

25:00 Carbon sequestration 101

29:00 Not all soils are created equal for sequestration + ecological site descriptions

31:00 Drought affects carbon sequestration in soil

35:00 Co-operating with private landowners

36:00 EQIP program - Environmental Quality Incentive Program; California Department of Ag Healthy Soils program

41:00 Birds as an indicator species

43:00 White-breasted nuthatch

44:00 Changes in the last decade; wetland and grassland birds in decline

50:00 Tips to minimize the spread of invasive species... "Humans are the primary vector of invasive species"

56:00 Eradication isn't a reality for many invasive species... "but we can reduce the frequency and abundance in places, and increase diversity"

57:00 North American Grasslands Act - modeled after the North American Wetlands Conservation Act to conserve grasslands 

1:02 Citizen science through apps like iNaturalist and eBird contributes to the massive data sets increasingly useful to scientists 

1:08 Join the Artemis community -- we have a Facebook group, a killer book club, and programs/events for female hunters. If Artemis has meant something to you, please consider sharing it with a friend or making a donation.  

1:09 The Hunter and Angler's Guide to Climate Change

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