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The Beaver State Podcast

The Beaver State Podcast is a product of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife that takes a look at hunting, fishing and wildlife viewing in Oregon through conversations with Oregonians, ODFW staff and luminaries throughout the conservation world. Each half-hour to forty-five minute podcast will explore complex fish and wildlife topics broadly and in detail, and future episodes will feature weekly information from the Recreation Report.

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Bonus Episode:	The Beaver State Podcast Book Club
Episode 120:	The most-famous fish in Oregon
Episode 119:	What is the Salmon and Trout Enhancement Program?
Episode 118:	Exploring Oregon's best waterfowl destinations
Episode 117:	How to make friends with a crow
Episode 116:	Veterans in the Outdoors
Episode 115:	The Fish Chief
Episode 114:	The Psychology of the Great Outdoors
Episode 113:	Living in a Bear’s World
Episode 112:	A Song of Crawdads
Episode 111:	Oregon Wildlife Foundation with Tim Greseth
Episode 110:	Chronic Wasting Disease with Dr. Colin Gillin
Episode 109:	DIY Sage Grouse Hunt on Steens Mountain
Episode 108:	So, you want to be a fish biologist - SE Oregon Edition
Episode 107:	How we built a new fishery to take pressure off the nearshore reefs
Episode 106:	Finding your voice as a hunter with Amy Patrick
Episode 105:	Rocky Mountain G.O.A.Ts
Episode 104:	Fishing Oregon Hawaiian Style with Pono
Episode 103:	Snorkeling Oregon Rivers
Episode 102:	Where the pronghorn antelope play
Episode 101:	Studying cougars in the central coast range
Episode 100:	The ban on hunting cougars and bears with hounds
Episode 99:	Why does the controlled hunt draw take so long?
Episode 98:	Angler Education with Amanda Boyles
Episode 97:	Hunter Education with Jered Goodwin
Episode 96:	Access and Habitat with Travis Schultz
Episode 95:	To all the trout I’ve loved before
Episode 94:	North Bank White-tailed deer with DeWaine Jackson
Episode 93:	How to choose a hunting or fishing partner
Episode 92:	Conservation psychology with Dr. Kathayoon Khalil
Episode 91:	Phytoplankton with Micah Rogers
Episode 90:	Salamander stories with Chris Cousins
Episode 89:	Repairing culverts to give fish access to more habitat
Episode 88:	A debunking of some of the top misnomers and myths
Episode 87:	From shotgun skills clinic to competitive trap shooting with Roscoe and Kenji Chang
Episode 86:	Why you should always leave young wildlife alone with Anne Mary Myers
Episode 85:	Making use of hunt reporting data with Justin Dion
Episode 84:	Backcountry Preparedness with Montana Pagano and Kyle Bratcher
Episode 83:	Health, climate change, hunting, fishing and trapping with Dr. Leslie King
Episode 82:	Hunters of Color with Lydia Parker
Episode 81:	Steelhead fly fishing history with John Shewey

Beaver State Podcast Season 2

Episode 80:	Christmas Bird Counts
Episode 79:	Sturgeon
Episode 78:	The Minam Acquisition
Episode 77:	How do you get to be a record bull elk in Oregon?
Episode 76B:	Coastal Elk
Episode 76A:	Cascade Elk
Episode 75:	Rocky Mountain Elk
Episode 74:	The science of elk
Episode 73:	Lamprey
Episode 72:	Oregon is goose rich
Episode 71:	Water Part 1 - The Clackamas Watershed
Episode 70:	Sage Grouse
Episode 69:	Freshwater Mussels
Episode 68:	Hunting black-tailed deer in Oregon
Episode 67:	Band-tailed pigeons
Episode 66:	The Ochocos
Episode 65:	Sierra Nevada Red Fox with Jaime Bowles
Episode 64:	Safe and responsible wildlife viewing
Episode 63:	Wildlife rehab with ThinkWild’s Pauline Baker
Episode 62:	High Lakes Trout Stocking
Episode 61:	Mythbusting the ODFW budget
Episode 60:	Vegan to hunter with Carla Brauer
Episode 59:	So, you want to be a wildlife veterinarian
Episode 58:	Better Ballistics with Nosler’s Zach Waterman
Episode 57:	Crabs and Crabbing with Mitch Vance
Episode 56:	Sooty Grouse Hooting Surveys
Episode 55:	Klamath Lake Redband Trout
Episode 54:	Fire, Fish and Streams
Episode 53:	All Antlers
Episode 52:	So, you want to be a fish biologist - With Laura Green
Episode 51:	After football with Thomas Tyner
Episode 50:	Salmon and Trout Enhancement Program biologist Antonio Salgado
Episode 49:	Chukar
Episode 48:	Playing the controlled hunt odds with Ron Wold
Episode 47:	Pinnipeds with Susan Riemer
Episode 46:	Coastal Elk with Premium Hunt Winner Amanda Hubler
Episode 45:	Fish Passage and Screening
Episode 44:	People of Color Outdoors with Pamela Slaughter
Episode 43:	Afrovivalist with Sharon Ross
Episode 42:	Forecasting Salmon
Episode 41:	Poaching

Beaver State Podcast Season 1

Episode 40:	The Legislature - Fish, Wildlife and Politics
Episode 39:	Crappie Killa, RippinLips & Westbred Diamond
Episode 38:	Myth-Busting Hunt Reporting
Episode 37:	#25DaysOfFishmas
Episode 36:	Razor Clams
Episode 35:	Chum Salmon
Episode 34:	Wildlife Photography with Gary Kramer
Episode 33:	Invasive Species
Episode 32:	Bats!
Episode 31:	Cougars
Episode 30:	Oregon's Commercial Fisheries
Episode 29:	Waterfowl
Episode 28:	Myth-Busting Oregon Hatcheries
Episode 27:	The Future of Oregon's Mule Deer
Episode 26:	Mule Deer Research
Episode 25:	Mule Deer Nutrition, Predation and Climate with Mark Hurley
Episode 24:	Mule Deer Origins
Episode 23:	Unleaded
Episode 22:	Climate Change
Episode 21:	Outdoor Legislation
Episode 20:	So you want to be a fish biologist, NE Oregon Edition
Episode 19:	Beavers, Part II
Episode 18:	Beavers
Episode 17:	Scott Haugen
Episode 16:	Tellus Calhoun
Episode 15:	A tale of two desert fish
Episode 14:	What's killing America's fawns Part II
Episode 13:	Chad Brown’s Soul River
Episode 12:	The Salmonfly Hatch
Episode 11:	How the controlled hunt draw works
Episode 10:	Just for the halibut
Episode 9:	Western Oregon Channel Catfish
Episode 8:	Talking Turkey
Episode 7:	It's the economy, stupid!
Episode 6:	Recreation during the Covid-19 crisis
Episode 5:	Bears
Episode 4:	Wildlife Disease and Coronavirus
Episode 3:	Beaver State Podcast: About Us
Episode 2:	History
Episode 1:	Steelhead week