Your Mountain
Join David Willms, Mike McGrady, Nephi Cole, and entertaining guests each week as they use humor, storytelling, and more than 40 years of collective experience in law, science, and policy to explain important decisions affecting your outdoor experience. As the guys frequently say, "There are millions of acres of opportunity out there. They belong to you. Every day, decisions are being made that affect your land, your water, and your wildlife. You should know about them. This is Your Mountain." http://www.itsyourmountain.com/
- Update frequency
- every 17 days
- Average duration
- 69 minutes
- Episodes
- 207
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
The Unintended Consequences of Wyoming's Corner Crossing Case
Dave and Nephi take a look at Wyoming's corner crossing case through a different lens. Legal issues aside, they discuss the possible policy outcomes of the case, and how setting a court precedent cou…
Road Trip (Part III): Guiding You Through Wyoming’s Wilderness Hunting Law
Dave and Nephi complete their road trip through MT and WY. In this episode they take a deep dive into Wyoming’s law that requires nonresidents to hunt with a guide in Wilderness Areas. They discuss t…
Road Trip (Part II): Recent Wildlife Wins in Congress
Dave and Nephi continue their road trip across MT and WY. They discuss wildlife wins in Congress's bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, such as: money for wildlife crossings, reclaiming orphaned oil and g…
Road Trip (Part I): Barriers to Becoming a Hunter
Dave and Nephi road trip across Montana and Wyoming. They discuss barriers for recruiting new hunters, such as: sharing your spot, finding a place to hunt, cost of equipment, access to shooting rang…
Whiskey's For Drinkin', Water's For Fightin': A Western Water Law Primer
Dave and Nephi dive into a discussion about western water. Learn about the origins of prior appropriation, interstate compacts, equitable apportionment, instream flow, return flow, beneficial use, an…
Groundhog Day - Relisting Wolves and Delisting Grizzly Bears
After a long hiatus consumed with work and the backcountry, Dave and Nephi are back! In this episode they discuss a recent action taken by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) in response to a peti…
ATF and BLM Nominees Plus a Ballot Box Attack on Hunters
Dave and Nephi break down the nomination of Tracy Stone-Manning to serve at the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, and David Chipman to serve as the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco…
Oil & Ice- Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
This week your hosts break down ANWR, the Transfer of Federal Public Lands, Climate Change, Santa Clause, McKenzie River Delta Gas Pipeline, Public Lands in Public Hands, and the Trans Alaska Pipelin…
Playing Prairie Chicken with RAWA
This week the guys talk about Recovering America's Wildlife Act (RAWA) and Prairie Chickens. Other topics discussed; Mike's big moves, How to become a primary or secondary source for Meateater, Endan…
92 Miles: A Migration Story
This week Dave and Nephi sit down to talk about mule deer migration with Patrick Rodgers, a University of Wyoming grad research associate at the Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. T…
The Importance of Diversity in R3: Race, Ethnicity, Gender and More
Bianca “Mo” McGrath-Martinez This week Dave and Nephi sit down to talk with Bianca "Mo" McGrath-Martinez of Hispanics Enjoying Camping, Hunting, and the Outdoors (HECHO) to address the importance of …
Becoming a Better Hunter
This week join Nephi, Landon Michaels of Gunwerx and the Long Range Pursuit Podcast along with Garrett Long, Director of Marketing at Meateater in the truck at a National Rifle League Hunter Event. …
Randy Newberg- Hunting Policy & Politics
Dave and Nephi join Randy Newberg’s Hunt Talk Radio- They discuss how the policy game works, an insider's perspective, what not to do, what to do, Dave’s top 10 rules for effective advocacy, R3, lost…
Subsistence Hunting in Alaska (Moose and Caribou) Issues
This week the Dave, Mike and Nephi tackle the Alaskan Subsistence Hunting and Temporary Wildlife Special Action Request 21-01. A request to the interior department request being considered to close a…
5 Things- Sage Grouse, Sage Brush & Rogue Wolves
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This week, we have Sage Grouse populations and Habitat, The State of Sage Brush, A wolf…
How To Become a Natural Resource Professional
By Popular Demand- Today, the hosts talk about their respective paths into and through the outdoors industry with some career advice and wisdom peppered throughout. Whether you're looking at college …
R3- A Real Argument
This week Mike and Dave sit down and talk with producer Ben about his day job helping state agencies sell hunting licenses. Then they weigh in on the timely topic and arguments FOR and AGAINST R3 whi…
5 Things you Oughta Know Today #3
Important things you Oughta Know! 1) Sunday hunting bill in Maine and push for a new Bill in PA
2) NM Public Lands Trapping ban update
3) SCOTUS Cert Denial and Opinion on Monument Designations
4) S…
Don't Move A Mussel...or Cry Wolf
Mike & Dave are joined by Jessi Johnson from the Wyoming Wildlife Federation.
Topics Discussed: Join in on the Conservation Conversation
The false need for a Recording Studio, 5 Things Episodes an…
5 Things you Oughta Know Today #2
This week Mike gives you an update on -
1)Senator Haaland's road to the Interior
2)5 Bills that are sitting before the House Committee on Natural Resources
3)March Hunting/Draw Application Deadl…