Natural Resources University
Natural Resources University is a podcast network focused on delivering science-based natural resource management. The series housed within this network aim to deliver expert-based knowledge for their corresponding genre of natural resource management.
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 54 minutes
- Episodes
- 477
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Wild Turkey Science - Managing bottomland hardwoods for turkeys (Part 2/2) | #215
Duck Locascio, Forestry Program Manager for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, joins Marcus and Will to demystify and provide actionable steps to managers interested in improving tur…
Fire University - Fire in the herblands | #214
Carolina and Marcus sit down with Ciera Rhodes of Quail Forever to discuss the importance of using fire when managing for gamebirds, programs and agencies available to assist landowners with manageme…
Wild Turkey Science - Managing bottomland hardwoods for turkeys (Part 1/2) | #213
Duck Locascio, Forestry Program Manager for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, joins Marcus and Will to demystify and provide actionable steps to managers interested in improving tur…
Working Wild U - Season 2 Trailer: Imperiled
This season we're exploring community and landowner-led wildlife conservation on working and tribal lands across the West. F…
Timber University - Artificial pine regeneration | #212
Pine regeneration efforts often deviate from work in hardwoods due to genetic advances we have made in available planting stock choices. For this reason, artificial regeneration is typically chosen b…
Fins, Fur, & Feathers - Pond habitat | #211
In this episode, we discuss the dos and don’ts of providing habitat for fish and their prey in ponds, and why the title of this episode may or may not fit the correct definition of habitat…
Wild Turkey Science - NE Update: Year 1 results | #210
Dr. Andy Little joins Marcus and Will to break down the study design and year 1 results from his research assessing wild turkey habitat needs across the state of Nebraska. Then, how landscape changes…
Fish University - Aquatic plant management | #209
Every water body has them. Plants. Sometimes they’re good, like phytoplankton that for the base of the food chain or a patch of American Pondweed that holds a 10-pound bass. Sometimes they are bad, l…
Wild Turkey Science - Findings from AL and upcoming research | #208
Will provides us with updates on his ongoing, hunter-led AL project quantifying fertility indexes in wild turkeys and how it relates to behavior and disease. Then, an update from Marcus on the FL gen…
Fins, Fur, & Feathers - To Move or Not To Move: Wildlife translocation in human-wildlife conflict management | #207
In this episode, we discuss the consequences of moving problem critters around on the landscape, and reasons why wildlife biologists do not recommend translocation of wildlife as a humane option when…
Fins, Fur, & Feathers - Ponds & Drought: Opportunities, pond construction, and wildlife disease | #206
In this episode we discuss the effects of drought on ponds in the Great Plains. We cover some of the concerns related to drought and best practices for pond construction to help mitigate these concer…
Fins, Fur, & Feathers - Prairie dog management | #205
We discuss the biology, benefits, and concerns of Black-Tailed Prairie Dog populations. We cover how overlap between wildlife and producers in the Working Landscape that exists in a private land stat…
Fins, Fur, & Feathers - Introducing Dr. Joe Gerken and Dr. Drew Ricketts | #204
Fins, Fur, and Feathers is the fish and wildlife management podcast of K-State Research and Extension. It is hosted by Dr. Joe Gerken and Dr. Drew Ricketts, two lifelong hunters and anglers, and curr…
Wild Turkey Science - Thanksgiving Special | #203
Marcus and Will kick off the holiday season by reviewing a newly published predator-prey diet selection study, discussing fall diets for turkeys during poor oak masting years, and touching upon the A…
Deer University - Fall food plots, how late is too late? | #202
The Deep South and other parts of the whitetail’s range are experiencing severe drought and many cool-season food plots are struggling or failing. In this episode we visit with Dr. Erick Larson, an …
Wild Turkey Science - Managing hardwoods for turkeys (Part 2/2) | #201
Marcus and Will pull from the literature to discuss the science-based management strategies across fire, silviculture, herbicide, and more, that can help turn your hardwoods into turkeys. Listen to P…
Timber University - Timber trespass and theft | #200
Timber trespass, is the unauthorized removal of trees, and can occur unintentionally where property boundaries are unmarked, unmaintained, or remote. Join us as we discuss this far reaching topic wit…
Wild Turkey Science - Managing hardwoods for turkeys (Part 1/2) | #199
Marcus and Will pull from the literature to assess various management strategies across fire, silviculture, herbicide, and more, that can help turn your hardwoods into turkeys. Part 2 of this episode…
Fish University - How fish work | #198
Living in a water world comes with challenges that are markedly different than those we air breathers face, and fish have developed unique and creative ways to face these challenges. Understanding fi…
Wild Turkey Science - How important are hardwoods to turkeys? | #197
Will and Marcus comb through the available literature to analyze the relationships between hardwood forests and wild turkeys.
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