The grizzly bear population in Yellowstone is at an all-time high. As the states of Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho ready themselves to assume management of the species, Cal joins Idaho Fish and Game for an inside look at the science of grizzly population dynamics.

Cal joins Idaho Fish and Game as they tag rainbow and cutthroat trout on the South Fork of the Snake River as part of an effort to give native Yellowstone Cutthroat trout a fin up on the biomass ladder.

Cal joins Captain Gjuro Bruer to take part in a little citizen science by catching and tagging Atlantic tripletail. He then rolls inward to meet up with Jared Serigne to hunt hogs and "cajun pheasant" while getting a locals look at the effects of land loss and saltwater intrusion.

Cal heads out to Maine to check up on Shiloh Pond and see what "access" means in Maine. He hunts grouse and woodcock in the nasty, thick regenerative growth of Maine's Northwoods with Brent West of the High Peaks Alliance.