The Bull Trout Show
05 - The Long Slow Battle to Protect Bull Trout with Peter Rodger
It was the early 1990’s when concern over the decimation of Alberta’s bull trout populations reached a critical mass. Fisheries biologists raised the alarm, rallying anglers and the conservation community to save the bull trout. They hosted conferences and printed public awareness posters in an effort to pressure policy makers to enact regulations that would protect bull trout from overharvesting and habitat degradation These advocates even mounted a campaign to convince the provincial government to name the bull trout as Alberta’s official fish. But despite all this momentum, it still took almost three more decades for regulators to designate the bull trout as a threatened species under Canada’s Species At Risk Act. Why did this take so long? Peter Rodger is a Senior Species At Risk biologist with Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Peter picked up the bull trout file when he moved to the department’s Winnipeg office in 2014. Turns out, designating a species as threatened is an arduous, complex process that requires patience and cooperation between both federal and provincial regulators. Journalist Cheryl Croucher spoke with Peter Rodger about the long slow battle to protect bull trout.
(Duration: 53:33)
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WEBSITE: www.RestoryingBullTrout.ca
WHERE TO LISTEN: Buzz Sprout, Apple, Spotify, Overcast, Castro, Castbox, Pocket Cast, Goodpods and Podfriend
FUNDING CREDIT: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada New Frontiers in Research Fund.
The project is called: Plural perspectives on Bighorn Country: Restor(y)ing land use, governance, and bull trout population health in Alberta.
It was the early 1990’s when concern over the decimation of Alberta’s bull trout populations reached a critical mass. Fisheries biologists raised the alarm, rallying anglers and the conservation community to save the bull trout. They hosted conferences and printed public awareness posters in an effort to pressure policy makers to enact regulations that would protect bull trout from overharvesting and habitat degradation These advocates even mounted a campaign to convince the provincial government to name the bull trout as Alberta’s official fish. But despite all this momentum, it still took almost three more decades for regulators to designate the bull trout as a threatened species under Canada’s Species At Risk Act. Why did this take so long? Peter Rodger is a Senior Species At Risk biologist with Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Peter picked up the bull trout file when he moved to the department’s Winnipeg office in 2014. Turns out, designating a species as threatened is an arduous, complex process that requires patience and cooperation between both federal and provincial regulators. Journalist Cheryl Croucher spoke with Peter Rodger about the long slow battle to protect bull trout.
(Duration: 53:33)
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WEBSITE: www.RestoryingBullTrout.ca
WHERE TO LISTEN: Buzz Sprout, Apple, Spotify, Overcast, Castro, Castbox, Pocket Cast, Goodpods and Podfriend
FUNDING CREDIT: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada New Frontiers in Research Fund.
The project is called: Plural perspectives on Bighorn Country: Restor(y)ing land use, governance, and bull trout population health in Alberta.