WildAg Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

This month we are joined by Buddy Huffaker, Executive Director of the Aldo Leopold Foundation, to discuss Leopold’s legacy on wildlife management and what it means for modern conservation.  

Resources: 

• The Aldo Leopold Foundation 

• 75th Anniversary Edition A Sand County Almanac 

Buddy Huffaker [website] 

Dr. Andrew Little [academic profile, @awesmlabdoc] 

Nathan Pflueger [website] 

AWESM Lab [website, @awesmlab] 

Nebraska Pheasants Forever [website, @pheasants_quailforever_of_ne] 

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This month we are joined by Carlos Villarreal, Nebraska State Soil Scientist at USDA-NRCS, to discuss all things soil health in Nebraska and beyond.  

Resources: 

• Soil Health Basics and Benefits 

• Unlock Your Farm’s Potential: Dig a Little, Learn a Lot 

• Unlock Your Farm’s Potential: Discover the Cover 

• Unlock Your Farm’s Potential: Do Not Disturb 

Carlos Villarreal [website] 

Dr. Andrew Little [academic profile, @awesmlabdoc] 

Nathan Pflueger [website] 

AWESM Lab [website, @awesmlab] 

Nebraska Pheasants Forever [website, @pheasants_quailforever_of_ne] 

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This month we are joined by Sam Wilson, Furbearer Carnivore Program Manager at Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, and Jason Clark, Conservation Forester at the Nebraska Forest Service, to discuss mountain lions in Nebraska.  

Resources: 

• Medullary Configurations Illustration 

• Mountain Lion Management in Nebraska 

• ***Updated population estimates in Nebraska (updated 6/27/2024) 

Sam Wilson [website] 

Jason Clark [website] 

Dr. Andrew Little [academic profile, @awesmlabdoc] 

Nathan Pflueger [website] 

AWESM Lab [website, @awesmlab] 

Nebraska Pheasants Forever [website, @pheasants_quailforever_of_ne] 

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Co-hosts Andrew Little and Nathan Pflueger discuss how research projects come about including funding, the process, and necessary components. 

Resources: 

• The Scientific Method – University of Nevada, Reno Extension 

• The Scientific Method – Purdue University Extension 

• How Science Works [Video] - California Academy of Sciences 

Dr. Andrew Little [academic profile, @awesmlabdoc] 

Nathan Pflueger [website] 

AWESM Lab [website, @awesmlab] 

Nebraska Pheasants Forever [website, @pheasants_quailforever_of_ne] 

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Welcome to the WildAg Podcast! WildAg is part of the Natural Resources University podcast network and serves as a connection point for natural resource professionals and landowners who want to integrate conservation with agriculture. Join our hosts, Dr. Andrew Little of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Nathan Pflueger of Pheasants Forever, as they introduce themselves and WildAg.  

Dr. Andrew Little [academic profile, @awesmlabdoc]

Nathan Pflueger [website] 

AWESM Lab [website, @awesmlab] 

Nebraska Pheasants Forever [website, @pheasants_quailforever_of_ne] 

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Brian Teeter, Prescribed Fire Coordinator at Nebraska Pheasants Forever, joins us to discuss prescribed fire on agriculturally dominated landscapes.  

Resources: 

• Nebraska Burn Associations 

• Nebraska Prescribed Fire Council 

Brian Teeter [website] 

Dr. Andrew Little [academic profile, @awesmlabdoc] 

Nathan Pflueger [website] 

AWESM Lab [website, @awesmlab] 

Nebraska Pheasants Forever [website, @pheasants_quailforever_of_ne] 

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Dr. John Carroll, professor of wildlife ecology and management at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, joins us to discuss predators and predator management in agriculturally dominated landscapes.  

Resources: 

• Wild Turkey Science Podcast: Habitat Managements = predator management 

• Impacts of Predators on Northern Bobwhites in the Southeast 

• The Pheasant: A Special Report by the Game Conservancy Trust 

• Provision of brood-rearing cover on agricultural land to increase survival of wild ring-necked pheasant Phasianus colchicus broods at Seefeld Estate, Lower Austria, Austria 

• Landscape Features Affecting Northern Bobwhite Predator-Specific Nest Failures in Southeastern USA 

• Reduction in Meso-Mammal Nest Predators Improves Northern Bobwhite Demographics 

• Impacts of Predation on Quail 

Dr. John Carroll [academic profile, @galliformessg] 

Dr. Andrew Little [academic profile, @awesmlabdoc] 

Nathan Pflueger [website] 

AWESM Lab [website, @awesmlab] 

Nebraska Pheasants Forever [website, @pheasants_quailforever_of_ne] 

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This month we are joined by Ted LaGrange, Wetland Program Manager at the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, to discuss the incredible benefits that wetlands offer, the challenges facing them, and opportunities for farmers to work with wetlands.  

Resources: 

• Wetlands of Nebraska 

• Landowner Habitat Programs in Nebraska 

Ted LaGrange [email] 

Dr. Andrew Little [academic profile, @awesmlabdoc] 

Nathan Pflueger [website] 

AWESM Lab [website, @awesmlab] 

Nebraska Pheasants Forever [website, @pheasants_quailforever_of_ne] 

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This month we are joined by Luke Meduna, Big Game Program Manager at the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission to talk about all things deer-related, from hunting and disease to the inside scoop on management. 

Resources: 

• Big Game Guide 

• 2024 Big Game Recommendations 

• River Anterless Nebraska Unit Map 

• Nebraska Game and Parks Commission 

Luke Meduna [website] 

Dr. Andrew Little [academic profile, @awesmlabdoc] 

Nathan Pflueger [website] 

AWESM Lab [website, @awesmlab] 

Nebraska Pheasants Forever [website, @pheasants_quailforever_of_ne] 

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This month we are joined by Dr. Mitch Stephenson, Range Management Specialist at University of Nebraska, and Kaitlyn Dozler, Virtual Fence Program Manager at University of Missouri, to talk about Kaitlyn’s research with virtual fencing and how it can be safely used for conservation on ranchlands. 

Resources: 

• Influence of virtual fence on heart rate response in beef cattle 

• Precision Livestock Management on Extensive Rangelands 

• University of Missouri Center for Regenerative Agriculture 

Dr. Mitchell Stephenson [academic profile] 

Kaitlyn Dozler [website] 

Dr. Andrew Little [academic profile, @awesmlabdoc] 

Nathan Pflueger [website] 

AWESM Lab [website, @awesmlab] 

Nebraska Pheasants Forever [website, @pheasants_quailforever_of_ne] 

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Music by Humans Win 

Produced and edited by Iris McFarlin