To close out Women’s History month we have a montage of selected clips from our interviews over the past year with various women in Natural Sciences.  Hear from Dr. Sandra Rideout-Hanzak, Dr. Alynn Martin, Ms. Marianna Treviño Wright, Dr. Keisha Bahr, Ms. Brianna Slothower, Dr. Juliana Rangel, Ms. Mary Pearl Meuth, Ms. Ashley Wahlberg, Dr. Amanda Adams, Ms. Katie Spurgin, and Dr. Stacy Hines.

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https://www.ckwri.tamuk.edu/media/talk-wild-side-podcast

https://www.rotarycc.com/harvey-weil/

Sandra and Alynn talk with the Texas State Climatologist, Dr. John Nielsen-Gammon, about the changing climate and its effects on the people of Texas.  If you’re still trying to figure out how a climate changes and what it all means, just pull up a chair.

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For more information:

https://atmo.tamu.edu/people/profiles/faculty/nielsen-gammonjohn.html

https://www.ckwri.tamuk.edu/media/talk-wild-side-podcast

https://www.rotarycc.com/harvey-weil/

Extension Specialist, Dr. Stacy Hines, joins us for a chat about an upcoming app for indentifying Texas plants, careers in extension, advice for young professionals, and much more!

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https://ccag.tamu.edu/extension/rangeland-habitat-management/

https://www.ckwri.tamuk.edu/media/talk-wild-side-podcast

https://www.rotarycc.com/harvey-weil/

Our co-hosts, Sandra Rideout-Hanzak and Alynn Martin, discuss ticks and tick-borne illnesses in this episode.  Do you know what kinds of ticks we have in Texas, what they carry, and what to do if you are bitten?

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https://www.txlda.com/

https://www.ckwri.tamuk.edu/media/talk-wild-side-podcast

https://www.rotarycc.com/harvey-weil/

Our guest, Mark “Merriwether” Vorderbruggen, is a wild plant foraging enthusiast.  He shares his best advice for foragers and great tips for beginners who are interested in learning how to forage wild plants and mushrooms for food.  Learn what your ancestors knew!

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For more information:

https://www.foragingtexas.com/

https://www.ckwri.tamuk.edu/media/talk-wild-side-podcast

https://www.rotarycc.com/harvey-weil/

Sandra and Andrew talk with Jesse Griffiths about his wild life as a game chef and hunting guide, his restaurant, Dai Due, and his books.  Join us for some inside scoop on preparing and cooking wild game!

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For more information:

https://thehogbook.com/team

https://www.daidue.com/home

https://www.ckwri.tamuk.edu/media/talk-wild-side-podcast

https://www.rotarycc.com/harvey-weil/

Join us as we learn all about Alligator Gar from Dan Daugherty, Research Biologist at TPWD’s Heart of the Hills Fisheries Science Center.  Gar fishing, gar biology, gar fun facts, Gargantuan!

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For more information:

https://tpwd.texas.gov/fishboat/fish/management/research/inland/

https://www.ckwri.tamuk.edu/media/talk-wild-side-podcast

https://www.rotarycc.com/harvey-weil/

In this episode we get an update from Dr. Hunter Reed, Wildlife Veterinarian with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, about the current status of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) within the state of Texas.  We also talk about recently-enacted testing protocols and other new regulations for detecting and controlling CWD in wild deer populations.

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For more information:

https://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/wild/diseases/cwd/

https://www.ckwri.tamuk.edu/media/talk-wild-side-podcast

https://www.rotarycc.com/harvey-weil/

Dr. Vikram Baliga, creator of the Planthropology podcast of Texas Tech University, joins us to talk about multipurpose landscapes, ridiculous videos about seed germination hacks, and podcasting about your passions. 

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For more information

https://www.planthropologypod.com/

https://www.npr.org/podcasts/957328815/in-the-grow

https://www.ckwri.tamuk.edu/media/talk-wild-side-podcast

https://www.rotarycc.com/harvey-weil/

We chat with Katie Spurgin of the state’s unique Stewards of the Wild program.  Hear all about the work the Stewards program is conducting and how you can get involved. 

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For more information

 https://www.tpwf.org/sotw/

https://www.ckwri.tamuk.edu/media/talk-wild-side-podcast

https://www.rotarycc.com/harvey-weil/