Welcome to Wild Turkey Science, a podcast made possible by Turkeys for Tomorrow.

I'm Dr. Marcus Lashley, Professor of Wildlife Ecology at the University of Florida.

And I'm Dr. Will Gulsby, Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Management at Auburn University.

We're both lifelong hunters and devoted scientists who are passionate about hunting, managing,

and researching wild turkeys.

In this podcast, we'll explore turkey research, speak to the experts in the field, and address

the difficult questions related to wild turkey ecology and management.

Our goal is to serve as your connection to wild turkey science.

If you're sitting around a room of people and you're trying to get nerd information,

like I was just sitting around in a big discussion, 50 years of the Endangered Species Act,

how do we get information without having to read the Federal Register,

which is the daily list of code laws

passed in the federal government in our bureaucracy. How do we find out what's going on in the

government, in Interior, in the National Park Service, and all these places that impact people

that care about fish and wildlife? How can we find that information out? There's nowhere to go

other than reading the federal

register so you need people that bridge the gap taking the stuff where it's like watching paint

dry like peer reviewed scientific articles pay walled by 35 dollars and people who are willing to take

their time for no professional benefit like y'all make these types of podcasts for people listen to it's the only way

Kelly one thing i've talked to will about it and other colleagues as well it's almost like in science

in our discipline i don't know about other ones but it certainly is an hour's it's like there's a

stigma of there.

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