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[thunder]
[music]
[Calvin Richardson] PANHANDLE DISTRICT IS 56 COUNTIES LARGE AND
REPRESENTS 35 MILLION ACRES.
AND JUST THE SPECIES THAT WE SURVEY INCLUDE MULE DEER, WHITE TAILED DEER, SAND HILL CRANES,
LESSER PRAIRIE CHICKENS...
[Lesser Prairie Chicken chips]
...PRONGHORN.
[Helicopter]
[rocket net blast]
WE'VE GOT SOMETHING GOING ON YEAR ROUND.
[music fades out]
[traffic noise]
[Calvin Richardson] MY JOB REQUIRES OFFICE WORK QUITE A BIT AND
IT INVOLVES TONS OF EMAILS EVERYDAY.
[email alerts]
[phone ringing]
I GET PHONE CALLS ON MY DESK PHONE, PHONE CALLS ON MY CELL PHONE.
PARKS AND WILDLIFE, THIS IS CALVIN --
[cell phone begins to ring]
HOLD ON JUST A MINUTE.
[Calvin Richardson] AND WHEN I'M NOT IN THE OFFICE, EMAILING,
PHONE CALLING, TALKING TO STAFF, TALKING TO STAKEHOLDERS, I SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN THE
VEHICLE HEADED TOWARDS MEETINGS.
[Calvin Richardson] WE HAVE 6 DISTRICT BIOLOGISTS EACH ONE OF
THEM HAS ABOUT 5 POINT SEVEN MILLION ACRES TO WORK.
[Biologist] IN DALHART I'M GOING TO BE RIGHT HERE ON THE
EASTERN SIDE OF DALHART IN A BIG PARK NEAR THE LAKE.
[Calvin Richardson] THE CHALLENGE IS THOSE FOLKS ARE LOCATED REMOTELY.
[Jeff Bonner] CALVIN HAS THE ABILITY TO MANAGE. I MEAN IT'S
BASICALLY LIKE KEEPING A LOT OF PLATES SPINNING ON STICKS. HE'S GOT ABOUT 30 OF THEM GOING
ALL YEAR ROUND AND ONLY ABOUT 6 PEOPLE TO HELP HIM DO IT.
[Calvin Richardson] THE LAST COUPLE OF HUNDRED THOUSAND ACRES
HAS BEEN THE TOUGHEST...
[Todd Montandon] CALVIN'S BEEN GREAT. HE'S ALWAYS THERE IF
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT SPECIFIC PROGRAMS OR ISSUES THAT YOU HAVE WITH LANDOWNERS.
[Landowner] AND WE'VE HAD KIDS THAT COME OUT FOR THE FIRST
TIME...
[Todd Montandon] HE LETS US AS BIOLOGISTS GO OUT AND DO OUR
THING AND HE HAS FAITH THAT WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB. HE HIRES GOOD PEOPLE.
[Todd Montandon] SO WE'VE GOT A REALLY GOOD TEAM UP HERE AND
CALVIN'S BEEN A REALLY GREAT LEADER.
[Calvin Richardson] WE HAVE A LOT OF GOALS HERE IN THE PANHANDLE
DISTRICT, ONE OF THEM BEING WILDLIFE CONSERVATION.
[Pete Gober] WE THOUGHT THE BLACKFOOTED FERRET WAS EXTINCT
BACK IN 1980
BUT WE FOUND ONE LAST POPULATION IN NORTHWESTERN WYOMING AND WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO BRING IT
BACK TO THE WEST SINCE THAT TIME.
FERRETS HAVE TO HAVE PRAIRIE DOGS IN ORDER TO LIVE. THEY BOTH EAT PRAIRIE DOGS AND NEED
THEIR BURROUGHS IN ORDER TO HAVE A PLACE TO ESCAPE FROM THE WEATHER.
WE'RE HOPEFUL HERE WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO WE CAN BRING THEM BACK.
[Rick Gilliland] TEXAS PARKS & WILDLIFE, PARTICULARLY REGION
TWO UNDER CALVIN'S LEADERSHIP HAS TAKEN A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN PUTTING THIS THING TOGETHER.
[Billy Tarrant] YOU KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS I MOST APPRECIATE
ABOUT CALVIN IS THE VALUE THAT HE PLACES ON THE FOLKS THAT WORK FOR HIM. HE PUTS A LOT
OF IMPORTANCE ON PROFESSIONAL GROWTH AND THEIR PERSONAL WELL BEING. THAT'S A HECK OF A TEAM
UP THERE IN THE PANHANDLE AND THEY FACED A LOT OF CHALLENGES THROUGHT THE YEARS BUT I
DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THAT LEVEL OF LEADERSHIP.
(phone ringing)
[Calvin Richardson] PARKS & WILDLIFE, THIS IS CALVIN.