Bird hunter, dog trainer, PF/QF CEO charts a new course including reintroducing birds, stopping the plow on grasslands

Upland Nation

She's had more than a year to get her footing and boy has she! Pheasants Forever/Quail Forever CEO Marilyn Vetter is guiding the 40-year old organization through a time of major strategic transitions and a new era of accountability and metrics-based policy. We talk about the group, its goals, measuring their progress and of course, dogs and hunting.

An avid bird hunter and skilled dog trainer, Vetter covers a wide variety of topics from reintroducing wild birds to newly-rehabilitated habitat, to alliances that may not make sense ... until she explains them. Key aspects of the upcoming Farm Bill, including an effort to compensate grasslands owners for not plowing the ground are also on the table. Dog training suggestions, what she carries in her hunting vest, and more are all on the agenda.

Listeners chime in with odd things they've found on their hunts, and "Handle It" caps off our retrieving series with last-ditch desperation moves to get the bird out of your dog's mouth and into your vest.

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