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- 4 weeks ago1h 23m
Bonus Episode - Testifying before Congress
On January 21, 2026, Ed the Fed was invited to testify before Congress at a hearing of the House Natural Resources Committee. This is the official recording of that hearing in its entirety.
- Apr 7, 202621 min
Bonus Episode - To Fly or not to Fly
What happens when you have a job to do but you're told you can't do the job because a rule or policy is being strictly interpreted without considering the purpose of the rule? Well, tune in for a fun conversation between Ed the Fed and former special agent Corky Roberts, who worked for the US Fish and Wildlife Service as an agent/pilot and who was intimately familiar with the rules of the Department of Interior Office of Aircraft Services.
- Jan 6, 20261h 16m
S2E15: Season 2 Finale - The Prosecutors
The number and quality of investigations, arrests, and cases mean nothing without good prosecutors willing to file charges and move forward with trials when necessary. For more than 20 years, the United States Attorney for the Central District of California (Los Angeles) has maintained a unit of prosecutors who are dedicated to handling cases involving environmental crime. Sit down with Ed for his discussion with Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSA's) Matt O'Brien, Dennis Mitchell, and Mark Williams, three of the most experienced federal wildlife prosecutors in the country, to talk about some of their favorite cases and to learn about how the US Attorney's Office works with agencies like the US Fish and Wildlife Service.This is the final episode of Season 2 of Nature's Secret Service. Get ready for Season 3, which will premiere in early 2026.
- Dec 30, 202550 min
S2E14: A Night on Patrol
Get ready to go on patrol in Los Angeles with Ed the Fed and Captain Michele Budish of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW). Get a feel for what it's like to work the front line with a hard charging game warden. Will it be a night of non-stop action and excitement or routine patrol work? You'll find out as you join us for ... A Night on Patrol.CORRECTION: At 14:04 and 15:28 minutes, Michele and I reference checking a boat with five people on it. The boat called "Gotta Habit" had three people on board, not five. During the same incident at the dock, we checked another fishing boat that did have five people on it. That contact was edited out of the final episode for time so the final narration and dialogue created some confusion.
- Dec 23, 202537 min
S2E13: AMBUSH!
In 1962, USFWS Agent Vic Blasevic was ambushed by poachers and shot twice at close range. Join Ed and retired Special Agent Jerry Smith as they talk about who Vic was, what he was like, and how he survived those harrowing events on a dark and cold Illinois cornfield.CORRECTION - This episode references the Central Flyway but should have referenced the Mississippi Flyway.
- Dec 16, 202557 min
S2E12: The Untouchables
Did you know that the very first federal law enforcement officer to ever conduct undercover work was a US Fish and Wildlife Service officer? It makes sense because the US Fish and Wildlife Service is among the oldest federal law enforcement agencies in the United States. Join Ed and his guest Mark Madison, historian for the US Fish and Wildlife Service, to hear about the earliest Fish and Wildlife Service law enforcement pioneers.
- Dec 9, 20251h 11m
S2E11: Wildlife Officer Jeff Babauta - Gator Country!
Forty years after US Fish and Wildlife Service Special Agent Marie Palladini took on alligator skin traffickers, Wildlife Officer Jeff Babauta of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission was back at it trying to tackle illegal shenanigans associated with the American alligator. In his case, though, Jeff is onto widespread laundering of wild caught alligator eggs and hatchlings, an illegal business that can rack up hundreds of thousands, and sometimes millions of dollars in profits for traffickers. The practice seriously hampers alligator conservation and can have dramatic impacts on alligator nesting success from year to year.
- Dec 2, 202555 min
S2E10: Lt. George Wilson - Operation Red Dawn
Lt. George Wilson spent 36 years working as a law enforcement officer for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and recently retired as the lieutenant overseeing the FWC's statewide investigations unit. Since his retirement, George has been consulting with a private organization known as Exulans (www.exulans.net) that provides training and investigative support to emerging countries through a contract with WildAid. George and the Exulans team recently worked to help the nation of Bahamas crack down on illegal charter fishing in Bahamian waters by US based charter boat captains. George is a top-notch investigator who thinks out of the box and now he's sharing that knowledge around the world. Watch for more episodes of Nature's Secret Service with George as he and Ed had many successful joint projects during their careers.
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A weekly true crime podcast that puts you in the room with the men and women of wildlife law enforcement who protect our planet's wild animals and plants from the greedy hands of poachers and wildlife traffickers. Visit www.naturessecretservice.com for more information.
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