Beaver State Podcast

Beaver State Podcast: Fishing the world with Luke Ovgard

Luke Ovgard grew up fishing around Klamath Lake, but his fishing interests quickly outgrew even the legendary Klamath Lake redband trout that prowl the region. Luke's pas

Beaver State Podcast: Hunting and fishing as a group activity

Hunting and fishing as a group activity might not be everyone's first thought as a place to start, but for many people, especially the growing numbers of women who are pa

Beaver State Podcast: The Trees with Casey Clapp

Oregon is not made up of just Douglas fir and Ponderosa pines, even though these are two of the most prevalent trees on their respective sides of the state. Portland-base

Beaver State Podcast: Hispanic Heritage in the Great Outdoors

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's Recruitment, Retention and Reactivation Coordinator Antonio Salgado works with many different community groups teach hunting,

Beaver State Podcast: Salmon Sharks with Lynn Mattes and Dr. Alexandra McInturf

Every year in late summer and early fall, ODFW receives dozens of messages about miniature Great white sharks washing up on Oregon beaches. Turns out these are juvenile S

Beaver State Podcast: Helping wildlife move in an increasingly fragmented Oregon

The needs of humans and the needs of the wildlife that surround us are intensifying. Habitat loss and fragmentation due to human development keep wildlife from finding fo

Beaver State Podcast: Crows and Ravens with Dr. Kaeli Swift

Dr. Kaeli Swift is a researcher and renowned science communicator who loves to unwrap the fascinating world of Corvids for her followers on social media. We caught up wit

Beaver State Podcast: Bay clamming with Mitch Vance

We go bay clamming with Shellfish Program Leader Mitch Vance during a minus-2 tide at Yaquina Bay to illustrate how many different types of clams you can find as well as

Beaver State Podcast: Book Club - "Fuzz" by Mary Roach

In this second installment of the Beaver State Podcast Book Club, we convened at the ODFW office in Clackamas to meet with Northwest District Watershed Manager Steve Niem

Beaver State Podcast: How ocean conditions affect salmon and steelhead with Dr. Laurie Weitkamp

You know when the salmon and steelhead runs just aren't living up to expectations and someone tells you it's because of ocean conditions? Pretty frustrating, right? The N

Beaver State Podcast: Illustrating the science of how life begins with Katherine Roy

Children's author and illustrator Katherine Roy has tackled topics like sharks and elephants in books but more recently she has turned her brushes and words loose on the

Beaver State Podcast: Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia

Oregon was one of the first places in the world to observe the direct impacts of ocean acidification when the oyster hatchery production collapsed in 2007. Dr. Caren Brab

Beaver State Podcast: Book Club - "The Feather Thief"

We read Kirk Wallace Johnson's "The Feather Thief" for this inaugural episode of the Beaver State Podcast Book Club, and we really enjoyed it. It's a fantastic crime stor

Beaver State Podcast: Counting Oregon's Trumpeter swans

Trumpeter swans may be recognizable by their loud, old-car-horn honking calls, but Oregon's largest waterfowl species is still considered cryptic, because they tend to ha

Beaver State Podcast: A father and son steelhead adventure

Dishaun and Caleb Berry are your typical father and son anglers who love to spend a day fishing together. But they grew up in very different eras. Dishaun, who founded Ge

Beaver State Podcast: Nicole goes hunting

Welcome to the 4th season of the Beaver State Podcast! In this episode, Tim and Nicole talk about Conservation Leaders for Tomorrow, a program that provides natural resou

Bonus Episode: The Beaver State Podcast Book Club

So, how does this book club work? We'll be reading four books a year, or one book each quarter to be discussed in a podcast episode during that quarter. We'll have gues

Beaver State Podcast: The most-famous fish from Oregon

In this last episode of Season 3 of the Beaver State Podcast, we delve into the stories of Oregon's native minnows, especially the Oregon chub, arguably one of the most f

Beaver State Podcast: What is the Salmon and Trout Enhancement Program?

The Salmon Trout Enhancement Program, or S.T.E.P, has been around since the early 1980s, an effort by the Oregon State Legislature to put Oregonians more closely in touch

Beaver State Podcast: Exploring Oregon's best waterfowl destinations

Sauvie Island may be the undisputed heavyweight of Oregon waterfowl hunting locations, but it isn't the only sweet spot in the state. Summer Lake, Klamath, the high deser