Mean Jean, Pizzlies and Habitat Design with Deb Perkins — WildFed Podcast #003

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In this episode:

Deb Perkins | The Personal Ecologist

Podcast discussion:

  • How Daniel and Deb first met

  • Deb’s work in ecological habitat design

  • The changing face of hunting

  • Deb’s early “wild life” as a gypsy field biologist

  • Advice for getting into wildlife ecology as a career

  • Mean Jean, Pizzlies & other bear stories

  • Bear x human interaction

  • Finding balance in habitat stewardship

  • Exquisite attention

  • On being vegan

  • Deb’s favorite fact on the physiology of black bears

  • The sad state of North American songbirds

  • Deb’s outlook on the sixth extinction

  • How to connect with Deb


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Meet Deb perkins

photo credit: Jen Dean Photography

photo credit: Jen Dean Photography

Deb Perkins is a wildlife ecologist with over 25 years of experience in the field, and a lifelong commitment to wildlife conservation. Before settling down in her native State of Maine, she was a field biologist for many years, conducting fieldwork and wildlife research throughout North America, from the deserts of New Mexico to the remote tundra landscape of the Canadian Arctic. Since 2010, as the sole proprietor of First Light Wildlife Habitats, and as “The Personal Ecologist”, she has been partnering with landowners throughout Maine to create thriving wildlife habitats in their own backyards, gardens, farms, and forestlands. She lives with her husband and daughter in Poland Spring, and enjoys being outdoors as much as possible with her family.

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