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January 23, 2025

In The Arena: Eeland Stribling

TRCP’s “In the Arena” series highlights the individual voices of hunters and anglers who, as Theodore Roosevelt so famously said, strive valiantly in the worthy cause of conservation.

Eeland Stribling

Hometown: Denver, Colorado
Occupation: Environmental educator, stand-up comedian, fly fishing guide
Conservation Credentials: Environmental educator, fly fishing guide, wildlife biologist and conservation advocate.

Eeland Stribling is more than a well-known stand-up comic (recently highlighted on Roots of Comedy on PBS) – he is an environmental educator, wildlife biologist, and fly-fishing fanatic (occasionally dubbed the “Black Steve Irwin”) who loves teaching folks about the natural world and helping to create connections that last a lifetime and beyond. Conservation is the backbone of everything he does.

Here is his story.

Photo credit Eeland Stribling

Nature and the outdoors have been in my life since before I could even tie my own shoes. One of my grandfathers, Gramps, was a wildlife biologist and the other one, Papa, was a nature lover from Mississippi. My Papa would wake me up at an ungodly hour— like 3 or 4 a.m. — and we’d head out to the water. We would sit on the shore for hours, barely speaking, just watching the world wake up around us as we waited for the fish to bite. It was simple and, yes, sometimes boring, but it taught me patience and presence as I learned to see the world through his eyes. My Gramps, a wildlife biologist, showed me the magic of the outdoors through a scientist’s lens. He had a way of making even the smallest insect feel like the most important discovery in the world and it showed me how to ask questions about everything—why do birds sing in the morning? Why do fish jump? Those lessons shaped how I see the world today — full of wonder, curiosity, and respect.

Those early trips were about more than just catching fish – although I still remember pulling in sunfish and bass and feeling like I had just won the lottery. They were about connection —to my family, to nature, and eventually, to myself.

“Conservation is the backbone of everything I do.”

Now, when I guide and teach, I teach a holistic view, where everything is connected – from the weather to the plants to the wildlife, to the slope of the river and everything in between. Catch-and-release practices, respecting wildlife, and leaving no trace all instill a sense of responsibility. It’s hard to spend time in nature and not want to protect it.

I teach everyone how to fly fish — kids in foster care, adults new to fly fishing, and even comedians through [my series] Comedians on the Fly. One moment that stands out was when a foster kid, after catching his first fish, then turned around and taught another kid how to cast. Watching him share what he’d learned was one of the most rewarding moments of my life. It was the first time I’d seen the results of many hours of work in action. I was shocked and it made it so worthwhile to be in that moment.

Photo credit Eeland Stribling

For me, introducing someone to fly fishing is the easiest way to nurture a budding conservationist. Whether it’s a kid catching their first trout, a comedian cracking jokes while learning to cast, or a weekend warrior finding peace on the water, it’s always special. The act of fishing is incredible, but people also get lost in the birds and trees and peacefulness of nature. Fly fishing isn’t just a hobby, it’s a way to connect with nature, with others, and with yourself.

Photo credit A.J. Gottschalk

One of my most memorable outdoor adventures was to New Zealand, it was a dream come to life. I spent two weeks hiking and fishing for wild brown trout in landscapes so beautiful they didn’t feel real. The rivers were impossibly clear, the birds sounded like an orchestra, and every step felt like walking through a painting. It was a place where the line between the natural world and the spiritual world blurred. What I brought home from New Zealand wasn’t just memories of giant trout or indescribable views—it was a deeper appreciation for the power of untouched nature and the communities that cherish it.


“I brought home a renewed sense of purpose—to not only enjoy these places but to fight for their survival so others can experience that same awe.”

Another place is Belize/Xcalack, Mexico. I have fully fallen in love with salt flats and permit, bonefish and tarpon – with tarpon being at the top of that list, followed by permit and bonefish. I was born and raised in the mountains, but I feel the closest to God when the sun rises on the beach, and I see nervous waters and tails on a calm salt flat. Part of my love and admiration stems from the lack of knowledge and the quick growth of new skills!

Photo credit Eeland Stribling

And now, if I could fish anywhere, it would be for tarpon. These fish are the ultimate challenge—massive, powerful, and as unpredictable as they are beautiful. Whether it’s West Africa, Costa Rica, Belize and Mexico, or the Florida Keys, tarpon fishing is like chasing silver ghosts. They demand respect and skill, and every encounter feels like a battle you’ll never forget. There’s just something magical about them that keeps me coming back. I love fish that eat other fish!

Photo credit Eeland Stribling

At home in Colorado, the Front Range is changing fast. Population growth is eating up wildlife habitat, and the pressure on our natural resources is immense. But what worries me most is “ballot box biology” — where decisions about wildlife management are made by public vote instead of science. It’s a system that can lead to emotional, uninformed choices that hurt the very ecosystems we’re trying to protect.

“We need decisions guided by evidence and science, not just good intentions.”

Steve Irwin said it best: “Humans want to save what they love.” My job is to help people fall in love with the natural world. Whether it’s a kid identifying their first animal track or a client catching their first trout, those moments create connections that last a lifetime. If I can inspire someone to care, I know they’ll fight to protect what they love, too. The future depends on it. Without conservation, the rivers will dry up, the forests will go silent, and the next generation won’t know what they’ve lost until it’s too late.

Conservation is how we honor the past and ensure the future. It’s what keeps the thrill of casting a line, the joy of tracking wildlife, and the magic of the outdoors alive for everyone who comes after us. Without it, the magic of the outdoors would fade.


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January 9, 2025

In the Arena: Jillian Tisdale

TRCP’s “In the Arena” series highlights the individual voices of hunters and anglers who, as Theodore Roosevelt so famously said, strive valiantly in the worthy cause of conservation.

Jillian Tisdale

Hometown: Born in Gainesville, Fla.; seven-year resident of the Florida Keys 
Occupation: Operations manager at Seven Mile Fly Shop
Conservation credentials: Tisdale is the Florida Keys outreach & engagement coordinator at Captains For Clean Water

A Florida native, Tisdale’s chief sporting passion lies with pursuing tarpon for the physical and mental challenge. She’s also known as an expert rigger and knot-tier who fishes for snook, bonefish, and other flats fish, and has hunted for turkeys and whitetail deer when she’s had the opportunity to spend time in the woods. Outside her regular job managing a fly shop in Marathon, where she is tightly embedded in the Florida Keys fly fishing community, Tisdale is an angler member of the Florida Keys Fishing Guides Association and Lower Keys Fishing Guides Association and focuses her energy on local conservation. She handles outreach throughout the Keys for TRCP partner organization Captains For Clean Water, helping address the need for Everglades restoration. She strives to restore and protect South Florida’s aquatic ecosystems to ensure that everyone can benefit from them.

Here is her story.

Photo Credit: Chad Huff

I grew up fishing occasionally with my father, for redfish in the Big Bend of Florida and bass in the lakes surrounding my hometown in north Florida. I began offshore fishing in the Gulf of Mexico when I was 18. When I was in my early twenties, my father was diagnosed with stage four small cell lung cancer. He passed away after a very short, harrowing battle.

This was a very sudden and difficult loss for me, as he was my biggest supporter and the person that I looked to for advice at every transition in my life. It was then that, thankfully, I was introduced to sight fishing and hunting, and I fully immersed myself in the outdoors. It was the outlet that I desperately needed to get through that time of my life and I clung to it. There was absolutely no looking back.

Photo Credit: Justin Moore

I’ve since been very blessed to hunt and fish in some of the most incredible places with some of the best outdoorsmen in the country. I remember hunting in north Alabama one morning. I had hiked through a bunch of flooded timbers to get to my tree stand well before sunrise. I watched the woods awaken with the sun, but the water below me was dead calm, reflecting every single thing above it so that I couldn’t even make out a horizon until a big buck came in chasing a doe, creating ripples in the water as far as I could see. I’d never felt so enveloped and vulnerable at the same time.

Also very memorable was catching my first tarpon on a fly. I’d spent a whole lot of time in the Everglades, conventional fishing and fly fishing, for redfish, tarpon, snook… zigging and zagging through mangrove tunnels and across massive open bays. After a couple of days targeting big, rolling tarpon deep in the Everglades, getting bite after bite and breaking every single one off, I finally got one to stick. I managed to clear the line without wrapping it around a hand or foot and learned very quickly exactly what I wanted to dedicate my time to for the foreseeable future.

Large tarpon are my favorite fish to target, so a trip to Gabon (on the west coast of Africa) is at the top of my bucket list. That being said, I live in one of the most diverse fisheries in the world, and it also happens to be home to plenty of big tarpon. I feel very fortunate to have the Everglades, Florida Bay, and the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary at my fingertips, which together are home to the largest seagrass meadow in the world.  While it is one of the most challenging places in the world to fly fish for bonefish, permit, and tarpon due to angler pressure and habitat loss, it is certainly the most rewarding for me and many other people.  Plus, the tarpon migration down here is second to none.

The intense love that I have developed for the Everglades… exists only because many people before me used their voice to advance Everglades restoration.”

Conservation is the only reason my passion for the outdoors is possible and will be the only reason I am able to continue fishing. The intense love that I have developed for the Everglades and the extraordinary fish that live there exists only because many people before me used their voice to advance Everglades restoration and defend those fish. As the saying goes, everything flows downstream – and with respect to the Everglades, that stream actually starts north of Lake Okeechobee, in the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes. The Everglades are home to hundreds of different fish and wildlife species (including alligators AND crocodiles) and it is the centerpiece of the largest hydrologic restoration project in the United States – the Comprehensive Everglades Reservation Plan (CERP) – which aims to restore historical flows from Lake O and send more clean water south through the “River of Grass,” to Florida Bay.

Photo Credit: Chad Huff

The state of Florida is suffering from a million paper cuts: overpopulation, nutrient runoff, red tides, the list is long. But I feel that Everglades restoration is one of the most important solutions to our water quality issues in South Florida. Currently, there is a power struggle over the operation of Lake Okeechobee. Special interests want to keep lake levels high to use the water at their discretion, resulting in high-volume discharges to the east and west, and cutting the Everglades system off from the clean freshwater that it needs to balance out high-salinity issues that cause massive seagrass die-offs and algae blooms. Returning the adequate flow of clean water south, the way it historically flowed, is paramount to preserve the habitats and ecosystems to east, west, and south that enable our fish and wildlife to flourish.

TAKE ACTION FOR EVERGLADES RESTORATION

Photo Credit: Alexandra McNeal

Utilization of natural resources for recreation and my livelihood bears with it an inherent responsibility – my responsibility to protect it. In my opinion, there is nothing more important than the water quality of the Everglades, Florida Bay, and Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. People come from all over the world to see the natural wonders surrounding the state of Florida. It is our responsibility to protect them, and that includes educating visitors and residents alike about the issues we are facing as well as the science-based solutions that are in place, so that everyone can use their voice to advocate for those solutions.

Photo Credit: Matt Hunsinger

The next generation of hunters and anglers have already proven to be even more educated and adamant about conservation than myself and prior generations. I admire their passion, and hope that they continue to fight with the tenacity they have today to protect the wild places that are left for the generations that follow us. 

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December 20, 2024

In The Arena: Taylor Sledge

TRCP’s “In the Arena” series highlights the individual voices of hunters and anglers who, as Theodore Roosevelt so famously said, strive valiantly in the worthy cause of conservation.

Taylor Sledge

Hometown: Ridgeland, Mississippi
Occupation: Business Owner / Financial Adviser
TRCP Role: Flyway Leadership Council member

Sledge has hunted in the far north for Dall sheep and fished the mouth of the Mississippi River. These diverse experiences in wild places have instilled a desire to help conserve wild places so his children and future generations might have the same experiences.

Here is his story.

Sledge with a beautiful Dall ram.

TRCP: How were you introduced to hunting, fishing, and the outdoors? Who introduced you? 

Sledge: I grew up being constantly taken into the woods and waters by my dad and both of my grandfathers. Hunting and fishing are certainly legacy items for me.

TRCP: Tell us about one of your most memorable outdoor adventures. 

Sledge: There are so many to come to mind, but one that sticks with me happened when I was about ten years old. My dad, my brother, and I were fishing at the mouth of South Pass, right where the Mississippi River meets the Gulf of Mexico. It was springtime, and the river was high, running cool and fast. I set the hook on a redfish, and just as I did, I stepped right off the edge of the boat and fell into the river. Lucky for me, I was wearing a life jacket. My dad pulled up the anchor, fired up the motor, and had to chase me down—I’d been swept a good ways by the current! When he finally got me back on the boat, still clutching my rod, I cranked the reel and found that fish was still on. A few minutes later, I brought it in, and we had fresh redfish and speckled trout for supper that night. By morning, my clothes were dry on the railing of our houseboat’s porch, and at sunrise, we went out and caught ‘em all over again.

Sledge and his son Solomon with a trophy crappie.

TRCP: How does conservation help enhance your outdoor life?  Why should conservation matter to the next generation?

Sledge:  I’m focused on stewardship. The outdoors are a gift, and we get to enjoy it every day. I’m about legacy. Being thoughtful of the environment, the species at hand, and the overall experience of being a conservationist gives me a more grand perspective on what we are leaving for other generations. Being a conservationist has given my life more meaning, and I want that for the people that come after me.

Conservation should matter to the next generation of hunters and anglers because we’re all meant to live alongside nature, not apart from it. That’s a truth that doesn’t change. Passing down our respect and love for the outdoors means teaching the next generation to carry this legacy with purpose. Even in a world that feels more artificial every day, nature has the final say—she’ll always have her way in the end.

Photo credits: Taylor Sledge


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December 17, 2024

In The Arena: Glenn Hughes

TRCP’s “In the Arena” series highlights the individual voices of hunters and anglers who, as Theodore Roosevelt so famously said, strive valiantly in the worthy cause of conservation.

Glenn Hughes

Hometown: Paoli, Pennsylvania
Occupation: President & CEO, American Sportfishing Association
TRCP Role: Board of Directors Member

Hughes has been fortunate to fish across America, from salmon rivers to the deep ocean for tuna. These experiences have helped shape his conservation ethic, one that makes him proud to Step Into the Arena with TRCP.

Here is his story.

Hughes with a dinosaur of a sturgeon.

TRCP: Why did you step into the arena of conservation with TRCP? Why is it important for you to be involved in conservation? 

Hughes: Conservation ensures that the natural resources supporting fishing, hunting, and outdoor recreation remain vibrant for future generations. Conserving habitats and clean waters not only sustains wildlife but also supports the economic and emotional well-being of communities tied to these activities.

TRCP: In your own words, tell us about two TRCP initiatives, past or present, that are important to you. Why? 

Hughes: TRCP’s work on ensuring public access to lands and waters is vital; it allows anglers like me to continue exploring the outdoors. Another key initiative is TRCP’s work on protecting menhaden and ensuring that commercial fishermen don’t obliterate this important forage fish.

TRCP: The TRCP Board is matching gifts this holiday season—what do hunters and anglers interested in donating to TRCP need to know?

Hughes: Donating during this campaign doubles your impact, directly supporting efforts to conserve habitats, improve public access, and promote sustainable outdoor recreation. Your contribution ensures that these critical initiatives can continue to benefit the broader outdoor community.   

Hughes shows off a nice Northeastern largemouth.

TRCP: How were you introduced to hunting, fishing, and the outdoors? Who introduced you? 

Hughes: I was introduced to the outdoors by my father, who took me and my four siblings fishing with a bobber, hook, and a worm at a young age at our family cabin on Fairview Lake in the Pocono Mountains. 

Conservation matters because it safeguards the future of the traditions we love. By taking action now, we ensure that future generations inherit the same—or better—opportunities to enjoy thriving fisheries, abundant wildlife, and access to public lands.

TRCP: Tell us about one of your most memorable outdoor adventures. 

Hughes: There are so many, it’s hard to pick one. From my first blue marlin in Bermuda, to catching a giant bluefin tuna off of Prince Edward Island, to fly fishing on the Kenai River in Alaska, I’ve been so blessed. Recently, I had the chance to fish with Representative Bruce Westerman, Chair of the House Natural Resources Committee, for red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico. We spent the day catching fish, talking conservation, and sharing fishing stories. Good times.

Hughes’ smile says it all as he lifts this monster striper.

TRCP: If you could hunt or fish anywhere, where would it be and why?

Hughes: I’ve been fortunate to fish in many of the most sought-after destinations in our country. Sometimes it’s not where you fish but who you fish with. I need to fish more with my son, Conor, and someday, with grandchildren wherever we can get out and enjoy the great outdoors. I’d also like to go fishing with Johnny Morris on his favorite bass fishing lake, wherever that is.

TRCP: How does conservation help enhance your outdoor life? 

Hughes: Conservation ensures that the ecosystems supporting our outdoor activities thrive, making every fishing trip more rewarding. It maintains the landscapes and watersheds that provide these adventures, enriching the experience and fostering a deeper connection to nature. When I’m outdoors, I’m happy.

TRCP: Why should conservation matter to the next generation of hunters and anglers?

Hughes: Conservation matters because it safeguards the future of the traditions we love. By taking action now, we ensure that future generations inherit the same—or better—opportunities to enjoy thriving fisheries, abundant wildlife, and access to public lands.

Photo credits: Glenn Hughes


The TRCP is your resource for all things conservation. In our weekly Roosevelt Report, you’ll receive the latest news on emerging habitat threats, legislation and proposals on the move, public land access solutions we’re spearheading, and opportunities for hunters and anglers to take action. Sign up now.

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December 11, 2024

In The Arena: Ed Contreras

TRCP’s “In the Arena” series highlights the individual voices of hunters and anglers who, as Theodore Roosevelt so famously said, strive valiantly in the worthy cause of conservation.

Ed Contreras

Hometown: Sun Valley, California 
Occupation: Southern Oregon-Northeastern California Conservation Delivery Coordinator
Conservation Credentials: Ed Contreras is a biologist, hunter, angler and occasionally a cowboy who takes inspiration from living in the West and his family’s humble roots of living close to the land in Mexico. He works for the Intermountain West Joint Venture, a public-private conservation organization that focuses on bird habitat. He resides in Klamath Falls Oregon.

Contreras’ conservation work involves developing conservation programs and projects to assist private landowners as they steward water and land for wildlife in southern Oregon and northeastern California. He excels in connecting private landowners with a cadre of tools and people from state and federal agencies, as well as non-profits, to help meet their conservation goals and keep agricultural operations intact. Relationship building is at the heart of Contreras’ work, and he is known for his ability to bring people together to achieve conservation successes.  

Here is his story.

Contreras helps a neighbor rope calves for branding.

I did not grow up hunting, but I became obsessed with fishing in middle school and then fly fishing in high school. Fishing was a gateway for me, as it is for many adult-onset hunters, as it’s a less imposing activity for those new to hunting. My dad is from rural Mexico and hunting for subsistence was a part of his early life, but hunting for recreation within the framework employed by agencies to manage for sustainable populations was a foreign concept. The expense of hunting licenses, the myriad of rules, and living in urban southern California with no connections to other hunters, kept hunting out of my family. However, my dad’s stories of the adventure and chase of wild game in his youth instilled a passion in me for the outdoors. As a freshman at the University of Montana, I quickly made lifelong friends who grew up hunting, and I jumped into my hunting endeavors with both feet.  

My early exposure to my family’s rural and small-scale agriculture and forestry-based community in Jalisco, Mexico, fueled an incongruous interest in agriculture. My father’s family had a small herd of cows for both beef and dairy products and my grandfather, father, and uncles worked as cowboys and herdsmen for neighboring ranches. My brief visits to Mexico and my father’s childhood tales of encounters with jaguars and horse and cow wrecks when “things got western” captured my interest in rural life. This was a stark contrast from my day-to-day in the inner city of the San Fernando Valley.  

I eventually followed this trail and leveraged my limited experience but deep connection to my family’s agriculture legacy, into my first real job at 18 working for a wilderness outfitter in the Sierra Nevada’s of California. For the first summer, I was certainly the green kid from LA, but I sharpened my skills with long days in the mountains learning how to care and work with horses and mules and providing a safe and enjoyable wilderness experience for clients. Oddly enough, this job taught me just as much about working with people. After three summers, the summer gig cemented a childhood notion into a realization: that being outside and working with domestic stock and wildlife was something I could do for a paycheck and was exactly how I wanted to live my life. 

Contreras and Ivy with a day’s bag of pheasant and sharptails.

Today, my wife and I have our own horses and pack mule. We take a summer horse pack trip with our friends into a different Wilderness every year and we volunteer to pack-in trail crews and clear local trails with the U.S. Forest Service. On the weekends, we help our rancher friends move, doctor, and brand cows; we enjoy improving our stockmanship skills, and it gives our horses jobs. A newer activity in my life has been hunting with bird dogs. My first dog, a German Wirehaired Pointer, is now four years old, and despite being a novice bird dog owner/trainer, she is progressing to becoming a very useful bird dog and always-ready hunting partner. I now can’t picture myself without a bird dog in the future. 

My entry into a career in wildlife biology mirrors the other interests in my life. I combined many elements I care about to find the niche of private lands habitat conservation where I work closely with NGO’s, local watershed groups, and the Natural Resources Conservation Service.

When I started in this field 10 years ago, I served the role of a conservation project planner working with landowners to develop projects, execute funding agreements, and complete environmental compliance (like NEPA) required to implement habitat projects through Farm Bill programs like the Environmental Quality Incentives Program. Today, I do some conservation project planning, but I also inform program development, secure funding for habitat programs, and help boost conservation capacity by establishing new conservation positions to implement more projects on-the-ground. This has been especially critical since the signing of the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022, as the organization I work for has focused on helping make sure the pieces are in place to guide these funds into impactful projects. We do this by sharing new science and science tools with our partners to develop science-based habitat conservation strategies and monitor the ecological benefit of projects. 

I hope other hunters can join me in learning about and appreciating the value private land, agriculture, and wonky government programs have for our ability to hunt and fish.

I’d be remiss not to highlight the importance of public lands for waterbird habitat in Southern Oregon and Northeastern California, including the National Wildlife Refuges protected by President Theodore Roosevelt in the Klamath Basin. Public wetlands that hunters and birders cherish have suffered due to their low priority in water allocations. However, their importance to the overall ecologic function of the Klamath Basin and Pacific Flyway have become more apparent during recent droughts.

Collaborative discussions between agencies, irrigators, and tribes are working towards innovative solutions to water on National Wildlife Refuges.  Although irrigated agriculture also faces water security challenges, private lands often provide more stable wetland habitat in this region. Supporting Farm Bill programs that keep agricultural producers in business—and sustaining wetland habitat through flood irrigation practices—is key to sustaining waterfowl in the Pacific Flyway. Large federal funding packages like the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act can be hugely helpful in leveraging Farm Bill dollars to invest in projects that bolster wildlife habitat that hunters directly benefit from. 

Contreras inspecting some cattail mowing in the Yakama Valley.

All of these programs can be made more successful by combining the local knowledge of landowners/managers and biologists with new spatial data tools like the Wetland Evaluation Tool, which shows where more resilient wetland habitat exists on the landscape, or the Working Wetlands Explorer, which shows where flood-irrigated grass hay practices are contributing to important wetland habitat. Strategic conservation planning using these tools better informs where American taxpayer dollars are spent on both private and public lands and ensures that we are protecting habitat that can provide the maximum benefit to wildlife. 

My most memorable hunts in the Klamath Basin are spring goose hunts for white-fronted geese. The sound of air rushing against feather and the brassy-sounding calls in the center of a vortex of hundreds of speckle bellies is an awesome experience. The bag limit of white-fronted geese in this area is 10 birds and it fills a freezer with the best meat of any waterfowl species. Large flocks of white-fronted geese make intensive use of private lands in the spring, especially in short-grazed pastures and early spring-planted crops near water. For this reason, access for hunters can be a challenge but many landowners welcome hunting as a way to deter geese depredation of forage and grain crops. 

I hope other hunters can join me in learning about and appreciating the value private land, agriculture, and wonky government programs have for our ability to hunt and fish. Water in the West is precious and there’s less and less of it to go around. That’s not going to change anytime soon so we should all try to work together to stretch every drop. 

Photo credits: Ed Contreras


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