Nature's Secret Service
A True Wildlife Crime Podcast with Ed Newcomer
earn this genuine wolf print cast!
Enter by November 30, 2026 no later than 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time!
In January, 2026, Ed the Fed was in Yellowstone National Park and spotted two black wolves resting on a hill about a mile south of the road. The next day, he hiked into the location and found many wolf prints on and around the hill. Casting a track in snow is not easy but he was able to make one good print.
This print can be yours, if you’re willing to help the podcast grow. Only a superfan can earn this casting, complete with the date and GPS location information printed on the back. To earn the cast, you must do the following:
- Spread the word about how good this podcast is using email or social media.
- Document how many people you reached by doing the following:
- Send a single email out to multiple recipients and copy us on the email so we can see how many people you sent your email to.
- Take screenshots of your social media posts showing how many views your post(s) received and email those to us at the email address listed below, or click on the button to the right.
- Send the above to us via email at contact@naturessecretservice.com no later than November 30, 2026 by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time (Los Angeles time).
- The subject line of your email should say: “WOLF PRINT CONTEST”
- Include your name, mailing address, and phone number.
We will review whatever we receive and tally up how many people you potentially reached. The person who potentially reached the highest number of new listeners will be crowned “SuperFan” and will receive the wolf cast in the mail.
If there is a tie, we’ll place the names of the fans who tied in a hat and will randomly pick a winner. The other fans who tied will receive something fun from us. We don’t know what, but we’ll send you something cool.
The winner will be announced on the podcast’s website and in a short bonus episode on December 10, 2026.
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contact@naturessecretservice.com
Subject line: “WOLF PRINT CONTEST”
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"I am hooked! Ed is a great story-teller and brings the best out of his guests. I highly recommend this podcast to anyone interested in the behind-the-scenes work of protecting our most imperiled wildlife."
McCrystie Adams - Former VP at Defenders of Wildlife
Meet your host
Ed (The Fed) Newcomer
A Special Agent with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for over 20 years, Ed worked in Los Angeles and a variety of international posts before retiring in 2022. During his career, he conducted many high-profile international wildlife trafficking investigations involving every continent, including Antarctica, and is known for bringing down some of our planet's most notorious wildlife criminals. He is a recipient of the Humane Law Enforcement Award from the Humane Society of the United States and a record six Law Enforcement Awards from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles. You can see him talk about his work on a number of televised documentaries about wildlife crime including the Emmy winning The Dirty Business of Monkey Laundering by Bloomberg News, Prime's Bug Out, A&E's Undercover: Caught on Tape, and Animal Planet's Animal Black Ops. Before joining the Service as a special agent, Ed served as an assistant attorney general prosecutor for the State of Washington and as a hearing officer for the State of Colorado. He currently serves as the international law enforcement advisor for the Wildlife Investigators' Training Alliance (WITA) and is a member of the faculty at California State University, Dominguez Hills, where he teaches courses in criminal justice and administrative law.
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Produced in collaboration with California State University, Dominguez Hills
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