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The Field Standard
This is the Field Standard and I'm your host Josh Crumpton. Here we talk from headwaters to coastlines, from high timber to prairie and everything in between. We celebrate the history and heritage of a life lived outdoors and talk about things impacting our world today. From Gear Garages to Wildlife Policy, if you like to hunt, fish, and value our outdoor legacy, then you have found your frequency.
The Field Standard is a weekly podcast for hunters, anglers, and conservationists who want more than gear reviews and grip-and-grin content. Each episode explores the intersection of outdoor tradition and modern stewardship through long-form conversations about wildlife policy, hunting heritage, habitat science, and the cultural threads that connect us to the land.
We cover what matters: the legislation moving through state capitols, the biology that determines whether populations thrive or decline, the history that shaped how we hunt and fish today, and the ethics that should guide how we do it tomorrow. Expect deep dives into conservation funding mechanisms, honest assessments of management challenges, and stories from the field that remind us why any of this matters in the first place.
New content drops weekly. The wood is dry, the signal is strong.
Episodes
3 episodes
Industrial Trout & the Greenback | Road Note 001
In this first Road Note, we cross the divide from the high-tech precision of modern industry to the layered, industrial history of the Colorado high country. Rolling east out of Montrose after Mayfly Dealer Days, Texas Josh looks past th...
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Lead Bans & Border Walls | The Wire 001
In the first installment of The Wire, we track the legislative movements and conservation battles shaping our access to the outdoors. From the halls of Washington D.C. to the desert reaches of the Big Bend, the decisions made this week carry co...
The Field Standard | Episode 1: George Bird Grinnell
From a rare (for 2026), cold February morning in the bunkhouse, Joshua Crumpton (Texas Josh) launches the debut of the Field Standard podcast. This episode explores the hidden blueprints of American conservation and the modern policy shifts aff...
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