Wild turkey populations in PA (Part 1/2) | #25
Wild Turkey Science
Charlotte Nowak
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🗓️ 1 May 2023
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
PA Game Commission wild turkey biologist Mary Jo Caselena joins us to disclose details on their state's mark recapture study, population trends, and private landowner incentive programs. Then, a look into the largest conducted, multi-state mid-Atlantic hen population study. This is Part 1 of 2 for this episode.
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CREP enrollment is currently 91,739 acres and has not reached maximum acreage in over 10 years.
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Predation rates are influenced by habitat quality (on local and landscape scales), weather, and disease.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Wild Turkey Science, a podcast made possible by Turkeys for Tomorrow. |
| 0:14.5 | I'm Dr. Marcus Lashley, Professor of Wildlife Ecology at the University of Florida. |
| 0:20.0 | And I'm Dr. Will Gulsby, Professor of Wildlife Ecology at the University of Florida. And I'm Dr. Will Gulsby, Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Management at Auburn University. |
| 0:26.5 | We're both lifelong hunters and devoted scientists who are passionate about hunting, managing, and researching wild turkeys. |
| 0:33.8 | 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. |
| 0:43.7 | Our goal is to serve as your connection to wild turkey science. |
| 0:59.0 | Well, hey everybody, welcome back to another episode of Wild Turkey Science and continuing with our habitat-focused episode series. This is, you know, in response to a lot of messages |
| 1:05.5 | that we've gotten from listeners who maybe share, you know, concerns with us about their turkey populations. |
| 1:12.6 | And along with that, say that they're not really aware of any habitat changes that have |
| 1:16.5 | occurred in the areas that they hunt, own, or manage. |
| 1:19.9 | And we recorded last week with John Grouchy, and he kind of gave a southern perspective |
| 1:25.5 | on that. |
| 1:26.7 | The week before, Marcus and I both kind of talked to more generalities. |
| 1:30.8 | It was a southeastern focus perspective, but we also branched outside of the southeast region as well. |
| 1:37.7 | And today we have on with us a very special guest, Mary Jo Castellina, from the Pennsylvania |
| 1:43.4 | Game Commission. And Mary Jo is the |
| 1:46.9 | Turkey program leader for Pennsylvania. Is that the correct title, Mary Jo? Yeah, I guess you |
| 1:52.7 | could say that. I usually just say them the turkey biologist, yeah. You're the lead turkey |
| 1:58.5 | biologist for the state of Pennsylvania anyway. Right. And it's our pleasure to |
| 2:03.5 | have you on. Welcome to the podcast. And we're hoping to talk to you a little bit today about, you know, |
| 2:09.9 | some landscape scale habitat changes that have occurred in Pennsylvania relative to turkeys. |
| 2:14.5 | And then maybe some property level stuff as well that landowners might look |
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