Wildlife Conflict Resolution with Kit Fischer & Bob McCready
Tara Castelucci
Director of Philanthropy
Kit Fischer
Director of Wildlife Programs
Bob McCready
Senior Manager, Wildlife Conflict Resolution Program
Wildlife-livestock conflict on public lands has been ongoing for decades. The National Wildlife Federation believes grazing retirements are an equitable solution for both landowners and wildlife. Since 2002, this program has protected 1.6 million acres — a land mass larger than Delaware — across the West for wildlife like bighorn sheep, grizzly bears, wolves, bison, and even salmon.
Join host Tara Castelucci as she speaks with Wildlife Conflict Resolution program experts Kit Fischer and Bob McCready about what grazing allotments are, how the Federation identifies ideal retirement areas, and what it takes to ensure conflict-free areas for both wildlife and livestock.
Recorded May 31, 2023.
About Our Experts
Kit Fischer
Based in Missoula, Montana, Kit is the Director of Wildlife Programs for the National Wildlife Federation’s Northern Rockies, Prairies, and Pacific Regional Center. This region’s primary wildlife programs include wildlife conflict resolution and wildlife and riparian connectivity. Kit has worked for the Federation for nearly 15 years, and, under his direction, the Federation’s wildlife programs across the western U.S. have grown. Growing up in Montana, he has worked on various wildlife projects around the West in addition to his work with the Federation, including grizzly population surveys, black-backed woodpecker surveys, and fisheries research. Kit has a B.A. from Colorado College and is the author of Montana’s preeminent river guide book, Paddling Montana.
Bob McCready
Based in Boulder, CO, Bob is Senior Manager of the Wildlife Conflict Resolution Program for the National Wildlife Federation. He negotiates retirement of public land grazing permits with ranchers across the Rockies, Great Basin, and Southwest. Bob is currently negotiating three large public grazing allotment retirements in Colorado and Nevada. Bob also works on wolf reintroduction in Colorado. He has over 30 years of experience managing large, private and public lands conservation projects worldwide, including in Latin 皇冠体育app官网平台, Indonesia, and Mongolia, working with The Nature Conservancy, Playa Lakes Joint Venture, and the Federation. Bob has an undergraduate degree from the University of Montana and graduate degrees in Natural Resources Management and Geography from the University of Washington.
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