The Spaces Between with FWP's Jim Williams
Listening note: There were some technical difficulties near the middle of the show, so forgive the clipped audio transition.
"I realized really quickly that a mountain lion, the issues and the fear about them was a surrogate for human coexistence. That's where it was at. The science is fun and you get to be in discovery mode, but to move the needle on acceptance and coexistence... that's all about relationships." ~ JimWilliams, biologist/wildlife manager/regional supervisor with Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks.
After spending 25 years ascending the ranks with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, biologist Jim Williams retired as the Region 1 Supervisor, overlooking all aspects of the department in Northwest Montana. Jim's career has always been based around wildlife, working as a marine mammal trainer, an alligator wrestler and shark tamer, mountain lion researcher... you name it! Flathead Beacon managing editor Tristan Scott profiled Jim for his cover story "The Spaces Between" in this week' Flathead Beacon and Jim joined host Micah Drew to talk about the breadth and length of his career, and what he’s doing next, which certainly is not slowing down and truly retiring.
Later in the show, Micah runs through some other news of the week.
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The music in this this episode is “Thinking Music” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License, The episode also features two songs from Montana singer/songwriter Mike Murray's album We Are Like Warriors, "The Good Ol' Days You're In" and "Moment of Time," used with permission.
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