In Episode 59 of District of Conservation, Gabriella interviews High Caliber History's Logan Metesh. Logan is a noted freelance firearms historian. Before branching out on his own, he worked for the Smithsonian Institution, National Park Service, and the NRA Museum. Unlike many in his field, he's a Millennial and one who specializes in firearms. 

He discussed: 

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Show Resources: 

Logan's website: https://www.highcaliberhistory.com/

Logan's Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/highcaliberhistory/

Logan's Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/highcaliberhistoryllc/

Logan's Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/HighCaliberHist

HCH Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=16503489&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.highcaliberhistory.com&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=wix

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On October 26, 2019, five female outdoor communicators became Soque Slayers at Headwaters on the Soque (HOTS). It was the lodge's inaugural Ladies Cast and Blast event. Five women from different states, backgrounds, interest levels, and fishing styles all united by a love of fishing, fly and all, share their experiences from this heavenly slice of northeast Georgia. Here are their fish tales. 

Our roundtable discussion featured: 

Contact lodge owner Mark Lovell about pricing and availability here: http://headwatersonthesoque.com/

Follow HOTS here on social media

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeadwatersOnTheSoque/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/headwatersonthesoque/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/HeadwatersSoque

In Episode 57 of District of Conservation, Gabriella dissects the gun control bills that will be heard in Virginia's General Assembly come January and why they won't stop crimes but rather criminalize law-abiding gun owners in the state. She also offers three ways to be proactive and fight back these bad bills. 

SHOW NOTES: 

HB 2 Firearm transfershttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB2

DOJ  study https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/suficspi16.pdf

HB9 Stolen firearms -24 hour penalty https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB9

SB 12 Like HB2 https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB12

SB 13 Capitol Square gun ban https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB13

SB 14 - Ban of trigger activator https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB14

SB 15: Ban carrying weapons in buildings owned by the Commonwealth (government buildings): https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB15

Virginia Beach shooting victim considered taking gun to work over concerns about colleague, lawyer says: https://www.pilotonline.com/news/virginia-beach-mass-shooting/article_3843db5c-8b9e-11e9-b87f-e3e87b2a3b42.html

SB 16: Assault weapons ban (most semi-auto would be banned too) https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB16

SB 18: Universal background check bill & penalty for 18 and under https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB18

SB 22: Reinstates one handgun a month purchase ban: https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB22

SB 35: Gun bans in permitted areas: https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB35

2020 Lobby Day: https://www.facebook.com/events/virginia-general-assembly/vcdl-lobby-day-1202020-8am/569703807124705/

District of Conservation will now drop episodes every Monday. And for the holiday season, we'll double up on episodes on Mondays and Wednesdays. 

On Monday, Gabriella will have an episode about the gun control bills that will be heard in Virginia's General Assembly come January. On Wednesday, her group interview with female outdoor writers from her Headwaters on the Soque trip debuts. You don't want to miss it!

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Stephanie Vatalaro of Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation is our guest for Episode 55 of District of Conservation. 

She serves as the Senior Vice President of Communications and Marketing at the organization, which is based in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia. 

The Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation (RBFF) is a national, non-profit organization that has been leading the drive for over 20 years – in partnership with industry and government, and through its brands Take Me Fishing and Vamos A Pescar – to increase participation in recreational boating and fishing, thereby helping to conserve and restore our country’s aquatic natural resources.

Get to know Stephanie and RBFF today on the podcast!

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Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2NZZ7ba 

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SHOW NOTES: 

Visit their website: https://www.takemefishing.org/

Find them on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TakeMeFishing/

Find them on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/take_me_fishing/

Find them on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Take_Me_Fishing

Women Making Waves Campaign: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8Z9XtlPBfY

Get a Fishing License: https://www.takemefishing.org/get-a-fishing-license/

Places to Fish and Boat: https://www.takemefishing.org/where-to-fish-and-boat/

Show Notes: RBFF Staff - https://www.takemefishing.org/corporate/who-we-are/rbff-staff/

Subscribe to their newsletter 'News Waves' here: https://www.takemefishing.org/corporate/

Subscribe to the YouTube channel and watch their How-To's: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd1jEmFYFXuklsSBrI-7_lQ

"Stories of Anglers": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPk8DYcrDVA

60 in 60: https://www.takemefishing.org/60in60/

Gabriella visited with Ben Cassidy, Chip Honeycutt, and Cyrus Baird at SCI's new DC headquarters on October 21st to see what they're up to, what's going on federally and across the states (in terms of legislation), their new podcast "Tag Soup" debuting, and so much more.  Safari Club International (SCI) is a not-for-profit organization of hunters whose primary missions are to protect the freedom to hunt and to promote wildlife conservation. SCI's 50,000 members and 180 chapters in the US and around the world are passionate about hunting and about wildlife conservation. SHOW NOTES SCI: 

https://www.safariclub.org/about-us SCI 

Social Media Accounts: 

 FB: https://www.facebook.com/safariclubintl/

 IG: https://www.instagram.com/official_sci/ 

TW: https://twitter.com/SafariClubIntl 

Hunter Advocacy Action Center: https://www.safariclub.org/hunter-advocacy-action-center 

Tag Soup: https://www.buzzsprout.com/606196

 Membership Info: https://my.safariclub.org/join/

 February 2020 Convention: https://www.safariclub.org/sci-annual-convention 

SCI Chapter Events: https://www.safariclub.org/chapter-events 

Status of PA Sunday Hunting Bill: https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/news/2019/10/next-vote-imminent-on-opening-more-sunday-hunting-in-pennsylvania.html

In Episode 53 of District of Conservation, Gabriella discusses the latest outdoor and conservation news AND previews some upcoming interviews on the docket. 

Joe Kondelis of Western Bear Foundation is BACK on the podcast to talk about what's happening with the grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE)—which comprises portions of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. 

When we first spoke to Joe last year, Judge Christensen ruled that a tentative fall 2019 managed grizzly bear hunt  in the region couldn't take place on the grounds that wildlife biologists allegedly "misled" the public on the recovery status of GYE grizzly bears, despite delisting even being endorsed by the Obama administration—a position that has continued in the Trump administration today. 

In Episode 52, Joe discusses: 

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SHOW NOTES: 

USFWS Had to Relist GYE Grizzlies: https://elknetwork.com/grizzly-bears-officially-relisted/

Western Bear Foundation Website: https://www.westernbearfoundation.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/westernbearfoundation/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/westernbearfoundation/?hl=en

Joe's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joekondelis/?hl=en

In Episode 51 of District of Conservation, Gabriella ventured to the Washington, D.C., office of the National Shooting Sports Foundation to sit down with Mark Oliva, the trade association's Director of Public Affairs. NSSF annually puts on SHOT Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, and boasts well over 10,000 members. 

Mark discussed: 

NOTES: 

Follow Mark on Twitter: https://twitter.com/markolivatweets

Follow NSSF on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NSSF

Follow NSSF on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenssf/?hl=en

Follow NSSF on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NSSFcomm/

NSSF website: https://www.nssf.org/

Suicide Prevention: https://www.nssf.org/safety/suicide-prevention/

Project ChildSafe: https://www.projectchildsafe.org/

SHOT Show 2020: http://www.shotshow.org/

US Fish and Wildlife's "Partner with a Payer Program" https://www.nssf.org/bear-den-study-demonstrates-conservation-contributions-americas-firearms-industry/

Fix NICS: https://www.nssfrealsolutions.org/initiative/fixnics/?utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=sitelink_extension&utm_term=&utm_campaign=nssfdc&gclid=Cj0KCQjwz8bsBRC6ARIsAEyNnvqB16VrICHPqqbgRJxxZWa3hxY4YmDnYnxNNbew6Y47n1Ad-KFv1xUaAhHEEALw_wcB

In Episode 50 of District of Conservation, Gabriella interviews award-winning outdoor writer and photographer Ken Perrotte. Ken is an Air Force veteran with decades' long experience in the communications field. He has served as the Fredericksburg Free Land Star's outdoor columnist since 1997, and also serves as the Conservation Field Editor for NWTF's Turkey Country and as Ducks Unlimited Magazine's South Atlantic Flyway Editor. Ken has had over 2,000 articles published in dozens of hunting, fishing, and sporting publications over the years. He maintains the Outdoors Rambler website. Read his full biography here. 

Ken discussed: 

SHOW NOTES

More about Ken: https://www.outdoorsrambler.com/about

The American Sportsman TV Show: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0344615/

Ken's Free Lance Star columns: https://www.fredericksburg.com/search/?sd=desc&l=25&s=start_time&f=html&t=article%2Cvideo%2Cyoutube%2Ccollection&app=editorial&nsa=eedition&q=ken+perrotte

Outdoors Rambler Website: https://www.outdoorsrambler.com/

Outdoors Rambler Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/outdoorsrambler/

National Wild Turkey Federation: http://www.nwtf.org/search?cx=002342755466092791803%3Axdzxn3qwgri&ie=UTF-8&q=ken+perrotte&sa=Search

POMA: https://poma28.wildapricot.org/

AGLOW: https://aglowinfo.org/

SEOPA: https://www.seopa.org/