Shane Mahoney is the CEO of Conservation Visions Inc.  An organization that partners with other like minded organizations and individuals that spurs on conservation for wildlife and wildplaces.  As a scientist, activist, and storyteller, Shane has spent a great deal of his life interacting, observing, and connecting with the wild landscape.  His childhood was spent in the northeastern woodlands, and now as an adult expanding his view particularly on the North American Continent.  

Shane launched in 2017, the WildHarvest Initiative.  A project that is beginning to quantify the amount of wild food harvested by Hunters, Anglers, Foragers, and Trappers.  The aim of this project is to understand the amount of food that is seperate from traditional agriculture, and its importance.  What if this food was gone.  How would this resource be replaced?  How many people would be affected?  Through the North American Model of Conservation, pursuing wildgame and foraging for wild plants has proven to be sustainable.  For Sportsmen, this initiative is a valuable tool for promoting our lifestyle.  Shane also makes a point to say that humans and animals can coexist, but not without forward thinking.  As we encroach on wildspaces, are we thinking about our effect on the wild species already there?    

As we wrap our conversation, Shane shares a very unique dish, what could be described as a Turr Wellington.  A seabird, wrapped in dough and baked in the oven.  The unique part is that only native Newfoundlanders can hunt these Turrs.  His description of the dark, almost black flesh of these birds, wrapped, roasted, and served with vegetables had me looking into how to make a trip just to dine on one of these birds.

Conservation Vision/Wild Harvest Website:  

https://www.conservationvisions.com/wild-harvest-initiative

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