District of Conservation Podcast

District of Conservation: Virginia is for Lovers of Sunday Hunting

In Episode 258 of District of Conservation, Gabriella is joined by two of the hardest working Virginia conservationists to debrief listeners on the passage of Senate Bill 8. Her guests today are Cyrus Baird of Delta Waterfowl and John Culclasure of Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation. They discuss the historic nature of this bill, what steps it …

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ESGs and Energy Security with IWF’s Charlotte Whalen

“ESG is just the idea of taking environmental, social and governance issues principles into kind of when you when you make your business decisions and take them into account…Big companies like BlackRock, the world’s like largest asset manager, has embraced ESG investing and they try they have enough they tried to reduce or they do …

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District of Conservation: HOWL for Wildlife (ft. Charles Whitwam)

“We launched on January 11. Today is February 22. We have had—it’s over 185,000—individual actions through our website so far…That’s a lot. I mean, that’s a lot—but it’s nowhere near what we need it to be.  I’ll be happy if we have a million users on our site. Because what is the other 16 million …

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Biden’s Preservationist Energy Policies Play Into Putin’s Favor

“The pipeline analysis may include emissions from upstream production and downstream consumption even though there’s no reliable way to measure either one. You can bet that regulators beholden to climate activists will assert that every new pipeline will massively increase emissions even though more pipelines are needed to transport natural gas to back up unreliable …

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Biden Administration to Negotiate Away Public Lands Access With Center for Biological Diversity

“An animal-rights group and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have announced settlement discussions over a lawsuit that could revoke hunting opportunities on nearly 100 National Wildlife Refuges nationwide. In November, the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) filed suit over the 2020 expansion of hunting and fishing opportunities on 2.2 million acres within the refuge …

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USFWS Announces $1.5B Haul for Conservation, ATF’s Creepy Valentine’s Day Message, Your Reviews

“The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today (February 11th) announced a record $1.5 billion in annual funding through the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration (WSFR) Program to support state and local outdoor recreational opportunities, and wildlife and habitat conservation efforts. The WSFR Program contains two funding sources: the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund, …

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What America Can Learn From South Africa’s Failed Gun Control Experiment (ft. Odin Wotua)

“I had to go through the legal tests— the competency tests. And then the last part, which is the part that really, really sort of trips up a lot of people is that you have to write a I mean, aside from obviously not having any sort of criminal or violent background, you have to …

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An Interview with Mandy Gunasekara, Chief-of-Staff to EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler

“The whole notion that deregulation is a bad word is fundamentally fraud. You don’t need more regulations to continue to achieve environmental progress. And we’ve proved that out over the scope of the Trump administration. You can actually be much more efficient with less regulatory actions on the books because you have the people who …

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Gabriella Hoffman Talks ‘Gun Rights in 2022’ at Florida State University

On Wednesday, I delivered a speech entitled “Gun Rights in 2022” at Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL. The event was hosted by FSU Young Americans for Liberty, FSU College Libertarians, and Leadership Institute. Their advisor, Sam Staley, director of the DeVoe Moore Center at FSU College of Social Sciences and Public Policy. The students …

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Governor Noem Was in Her Element at SHOT Show 2022

Governor Kristi Noem (R-SD) was in her element at the 44th annual Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show (SHOT Show) in Las Vegas, Nevada.  “For us, it’s an opportunity to talk about our state—recruit businesses to our state—but also, you know, see what we can do to get some investment into some of the businesses …

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