Episodes

  • EP 531: From Outdoor Storyteller to Montana Knife Company (ft. Jessica Byers)
    Dec 15 2025

    In Episode 531 of District of Conservation, Gabriella interviews Jessica Byers - brand relations manager at Montana Knife Company. Jessica discusses her journey from outdoor content creator to representing one of the most unique knife companies in the outdoor industry. Jessica discusses building her FollowerHerArrow brand, working with outdoor companies, creating content, if she worries about AI, why she paused her storytelling work to take a job at Montana Knife Company, why MKC is an industry leader in knives, how MKC promotes conservation, and more. Tune in to learn more!


    SHOW NOTES

    Follow Jessica online and Facebook, Instagram, YouTube

    Montana Knife Company & Facebook, Instagram

    MKC Conservation Efforts

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    31 mins
  • EP 530: UNESCO Targets Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
    Dec 11 2025

    In Episode 530 of District of Conservation, Gabriella plays her new CFACT Conservation Country investigation into a Biden-Harris administration action to make Okefenokee Swamp a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Tune in to learn more!


    SHOW NOTES

    Conservation Country EP 21: Save Okefenokee Swamp From UNESCO Control

    Substack: Save Okefenokee Swamp From UNESCO Control

    Climate Depot: Watch: Americans try to stop UN land grab in Georgia



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    11 mins
  • EP 529: Animal Rights Groups Target NJ Fish & Game Council (ft. Assemblyman Mike Inganamort)
    Dec 8 2025

    In Episode 529 of District of Conservation, Gabriella welcomes on New Jersey Assemblyman Mike Inganamort to discuss NJ AB 6055 - a proposal to mandate three animal rights activists to serve on the state Fish and Game Council. This is a death by a thousand cuts move to reimagine state wildlife agencies. Learn how the state lawmaker plans to fight back and more on today's episode.


    SHOW NOTES

    NJ A6055: Revises Fish and Game Council membership.

    Follow Assemblyman Inganamort on Facebook, Instagram, and X

    NJ Sportsmen's Caucus

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    25 mins
  • EP 528: Trump Admin Adopts America-First Fees at National Parks
    Nov 28 2025

    In Episode 528 of District of Conservation, Gabriella discusses new Department of Interior changes to National Parks access--including America-First fees. Tune in to learn more!


    SHOW NOTES

    Department of the Interior Announces Modernized, More Affordable National Park Access

    NPS: Visitor Use Data

    Updated: America the Beautiful Entrance Passes

    National Parks to Charge International Visitors More to Pay Down Maintenance Backlog

    ESTABLISHING THE PRESIDENT’S MAKE AMERICA BEAUTIFUL AGAIN COMMISSION

    PERC: Happy to Pay
    PERC: The Economics of Awe

    PERC: How Overseas Visitors Can Help Steward Our National Parks

    U.S. Travel Association: HIGHLIGHTS OF U.S. NATIONAL PARK VISITS BY OVERSEAS TRAVELERS

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    16 mins
  • EP 527: Affordability, Hawaii, & San Diego Zoo
    Nov 17 2025

    In Episode 527 of District of Conservation, Gabriella discusses three updates: if climate policies deliver energy affordability, previewing her November 18th, 2025 energy abundance talk at University of Hawaii at Manoa, and how San Diego Zoo visits planted the seeds of her wildlife conservation policy journey. Tune in to learn more!


    SHOW NOTES

    Affordability, affordability, affordability: Democrats’ new winning formula

    Sherrill Affordability Agenda


    East Coast Energy Radicals Who Campaigned On Affordability Set To Blow Up Utility Bills

    Gavin Newsom: Democrats need to recast climate change as ‘affordability’ issue

    Newsom pushes climate record abroad as Californians shoulder America’s highest gas costs

    Newsom vows to block Trump’s reported energy plan in California, experts push back

    Assessment of the Scope of Tasks to Completely Phase out Fossil Fuels in Hawaiʻi

    University of Hawaii Speech Details

    Hawaii Electricity Mix

    Hawaii EIA Profile

    Balboa Park History

    San Diego Zoo
    San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Timeline


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    20 mins
  • EP 526: The Greenland Mystique (ft. Dr. Elizabeth Buchanan)
    Nov 10 2025

    In Episode 526 of District of Conservation, Gabriella speaks with Dr. Elizabeth Buchanan - author of the new book, So You Want to Own Greenland?: Lessons from the Vikings to Trump.

    Elizabeth discusses her scholarship in polar affairs, what prompted her to write the book, if Greenland will ever be independent, the unearthed nuclear reactor at Camp Century, Greenland's vast critical mineral deposits, if energy, tourism, and Greenland ice cubes will boost the nation's standing.


    SHOW NOTES

    Follow Elizabeth on X & follow her work at Australian Strategic Policy Institute

    So You Want to Own Greenland?: Lessons from the Vikings to Trump

    US Flexes Arctic Air Power in Greenland

    Greenland startup begins shipping glacier ice to cocktail bars in the UAE


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    41 mins
  • EP 525: Consumer-Regulated Electricity (ft. Travis Fisher of Cato Institute)
    Nov 3 2025

    In Episode 525 of District of Conservation, Gabriella interviews Travis Fisher - director of energy and environmental policy studies at the Cato Institute. Travis discusses his role at Cato Institute, why energy abundance is having a moment, Bill Gates disavowing climate doomerism, challenging the 2009 EPA endangerment finding, if AI data centers are responsible for rising electricity demand, consumer-regulated electricity, and much more. Tune in!


    SHOW NOTES

    Follow Travis on X and Cato Institute

    The Fishtank: Free-Market Insights on Energy Policy

    Cato Institute: The Budgetary Cost of the Inflation Reduction Act’s Energy Subsidies


    The Simon Abundance Index 2025

    A Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate

    Advocates for Consumer Regulated Electricity

    New Hampshire Sparks a Revolution in Electricity Supply


    What Would Consumer-Regulated Electricity Look Like?

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    28 mins
  • EP 524: Bill Gates Disavows Climate Alarmism
    Oct 31 2025

    In Episode 524 of District of Conservation, Gabriella discusses Bill Gates disavowing the climate crisis narrative. Tune in to learn more!


    SHOW NOTES

    Gates Notes: Three tough truths about climate

    Bill Gates realizes this is a 'dead end,' argues editor

    Why Did Bill Gates Give A Talk With A Jar Of Human Poop By His Side?

    Bill Gates says fake meat products will 'eventually' be 'very good'





    NYT: World sours on climate change

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    22 mins