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A new and excellent book from Amber and Joshua Niven and we chat with them about their Appalachian trail hiking backgrounds and of course, about their new book. They share their insights on making your Appalachian Trail experience the best there can be! From beginners to thru-hikers, Discovering the Appalachian Trail has something for anyone that wants a connection with the nation’s longest marked footpath at approximately 2,181 miles. Starting at Springer Mountain in Georgia...

John Waldron is Executive Director of the NY Chapter of the Brotherhood of the Junglecock (that's a bird who's feathers where once highly prized for fly tying if you were wondering!). For over 25 years, the NY Chapter of BOJC has provided high quality fly-fishing and conservation-focused education to thousands of kids - many of them completing the seven year program and achieving the status of graduating in our Masters program, usually in their late teens. Our annual Campfire is our onc...

Much of the outdoors - especially in hunting - has been long dominated by rural, non-diverse groups. Conservation and outdoor opportunities like hunting and fishing - depends wholly on future generations to support and actively influence them. So the effort is on among many outdoor-oriented organizations who are recognizing the need to have hunting and other outdoor activities reflect the diversity of our great country. Great interview here with Hank Forester, Director of Hu...

When he is not practicing medicine - Dr. Worthing can be found either teaching, guiding or just on the water somewhere with his tenkara fly rod in hand. He is also an outdoor writer and has contributed may articles on the subject of Tenkara - including some great articles that found there way into the books: Tenkara Fly Fishing and Tenkara Kebari. He is a foremost and well-known Tenkara fishing guide - and has partnered with two other exceptional Tenkara guides - EriK Ostrander an...

Our recent interview with Aaron Kindle - Director of Sporting Advocacy with the National Wildlife Federation. Great interview on key NWF initiatives and how people can learn about and support them. Be informed. Get Involved. Make a difference. The future of Conservation depends on it.www.nwf.orgwww.dirksoutdoors.comemail: [email protected]

This is a second interview on the issue of crowding on the Delaware River system for trout anglers. It all started with the blog post that I caught from John Clark:Here's the link to the blog post that started us on this discussion path:https://bucketlistangler.com/the-delicate-question-of-whether-to-govern-boat-traffic-the-west-branch-of-the-delaware/In this podcast, we give John a chance to explain his position on the issue of crowding - especially boat traffic - on the Upper De...

Bill Connors is one of the best outdoor writers here in NYS and his columns continue provide all of us great points of view and information on the constantly changing hunting & fishing landscape. We cover a lot of territory - so don't miss this great interview!www.dirksoutdoors.comemail: [email protected]

Join me as my son Dan and I discuss all matters about the state-of-fly fishing today. The popularity of fly fishing is creating all kinds of issues - and access and crowding is one of them. www.dirksoutdoors.comemail: [email protected]

Ben Furimsky is determined to overcome the impacts to his annual production of The Fly Fishing Show (www.flyfishingshow.com) from 2020. Great interview with Ben discussing how the Fly Fishing Show 2022 will be a spectacular return to the fly fishing industry stage. Great insights on what it really takes to put on a mulit-state show - one of the world's largest fly fishing shows. www.flyfishingshow.comwww.dirksoutdoors.comemail: [email protected]

Before coming to Trout Unlimited in September 2001, Chris Wood served as the senior policy and communications advisor to the Chief of the U.S. Forest Service where he helped protect 58 million acres of publicly owned land. Chris began his career as a temporary employee with the Forest Service in Idaho and also worked for the Fish and Wildlife program of the Bureau of Land Management. He is the author and co-author of numerous papers and articles and three books including, Watershed Resto...