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Ryan Callaghan

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Ryan "Cal" Callaghan is President & CEO of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, bringing decades of experience as a hunter, angler, and conservation advocate. He previously served in senior conservation roles at MeatEater, where he still hosts his podcast, Cal's Week in Review.

Cal is driven by the same values he's always lived by: protecting public lands and waters, expanding access, and ensuring future generations inherit the wild places that define North American hunting and fishing culture.

Cal' to Action

Click below to learn how you can get involved with the legislative and policy issue I discuss on “Cal of the Wild.”

Episode 467: Cocaine Salmon, Legislative Scorecard, and Oh My God It's Dry in the West

Episode 466: The Hog Terminator, Bear News, and a New Record Rainbow Trout

Episode 465: Wolf Attack, Captive Deer, and Wisconsin Cranes

Episode 464: Robo-Grouse, Ferret Eradication, and What's Going on with the U.S. Forest Service

Episode 462: Neanderthal Doctoring, Idaho Crime, and Legislation

Episode 458: Tipsy Hawks, Crime, and Grizzlies in California?

Episode 456: Colorado Fur, Oklahoma, and the Wrong Way to Mount a Deer

Episode 455: Crime, Affordable Housing, and Alphabet Soup

Episode 453: Underpants Poacher, Old Bear Attacks, and the District of Columbia

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