In this episode of the Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast, you’ll find out what summer work is happening for Wildlife in Michigan’s Northern Lower Peninsula, talk about Michigan Moose with Chad Stewart and Bill Scullon, and hear listener questions answered in the mailbag segment. The episode wraps up with a discussion on how fencing can help to reduce your wildlife conflicts.
 
Questions or comments about the show? Contact the DNR Wildlife Division at 517-284-9453 (WILD). You can also email [email protected], and even send your question as a sound file that you record on your phone to be played on the air!

Episode Hosts: Hannah Schauer and Rachel Leightner
Producer: Eric Hilliard
Around the State Guest: Rex Ainsle
Main Interview Guest(s): Chad Stewart, Bill Scullon

• Wildlife Spotlight Links
  • Moose
• Around the State Links
  • Michigan.gov/Wildlife
  • Michigan.gov/GEMS
  • State Game Areas
  • Michigan.gov/BovineTB
  • Michigan.gov/ELK
  • Ducks Unlimited
• Interview Links
  • Moose in Michigan
  • Michigan Moose Lift (Video)
• Mailbag Links
  • Michigan.gov/Bear
  • Michigan.gov/Turkey
  • Michigan.gov/Deer
• Wildlife is Everywhere Links
  • Nuisance Wildlife Information

Questions or comments about the show? Contact the DNR Wildlife Division at 517-284-9453 (WILD) or email [email protected].

In this episode of the Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast, you’ll find out what summer work is happening for Wildlife in Michigan’s Southwest, talk bugs with entomologist Howard Russell (Michigan State University’s bug man) and hear listener questions answered in the mailbag segment. The episode wraps up with a discussion on how to handle foxes in the hen house!

Questions or comments about the show? Contact the DNR Wildlife Division at 517-284-9453 (WILD). You can also email [email protected], and even send your question as a sound file that you record on your phone to be played on the air!

Episode Hosts: Hannah Schauer and Rachel Leightner
Producer: Eric Hilliard
Around the State Guest: Mark Mills
Main Interview Guest(s): Howard Russell

• Wildlife Spotlight Links
  • Monarch Butterfly
• Around the State Links
  • Michigan.gov/Wildlife
  • Michigan.gov/Invasives
  • Michigan.gov/MiMorels
  • Michigan Native Species
  • What is prescribed burning?
  • Michigan.gov/Hunting
  • Michigan.gov/Waterfowl
  • DNR Shooting Ranges
• Interview Links
  • MSU Department of Entomology
  • [email protected]
  • Scientific American: Brood X Cicadas Are Emerging At Last
• Mailbag Links
  • Michigan.gov/SmallGame
  • Michigan.gov/DNRLicenses
  • Michigan.gov/Turkey
• Wildlife is Everywhere Links
  • Nuisance Wildlife Information
  • Michigan.gov/Trapping

Questions or comments about the show? Contact the DNR Wildlife Division at 517-284-9453 (WILD) or email [email protected].

In this episode of the Wildtalk Podcast, find out what’s happening with wildlife habitat in the Upper Peninsula, learn about why natural resource agencies remove wildlife from people keeping them as pets or rehabilitating them without a license, and hear listener questions answered in the mailbag segment. The episode wraps up with a discussion on how to handle Canada Geese if they become a nuisance on your property.

Questions or comments about the show? Contact the DNR Wildlife Division at 517-284-9453 (WILD). You can also email [email protected], and even send your question as a sound file that you record on your phone to be played on the air!

Episode Hosts: Hannah Schauer and Rachel Leightner
Producer: Eric Hilliard
Around the State Guest: Bill Scullon
Main Interview Guest(s): Dr. Dan O'Brien, Dr. Kimberly Signs and Dr. Jim Sikarskie

• Wildlife Spotlight Links
  • Canada Goose
• Around the State Links
  • Michigan.gov/Wildlife
  • Nuisance Wildlife Information
  • Michigan.gov/Invasives
  • Michigan.gov/GEMS
  • Michigan Birding Areas
  • What is prescribed burning?
  • Michigan.gov/Hunting
• Interview Links
  • Wildlife Diseases
  • Licensed Wildlife Rehabilitator Directory
  • Michigan.gov/Rabies
  • Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
• Mailbag Links
  • Michigan.gov/SmallGame
  • Michigan.gov/Wildlife
• Wildlife is Everywhere Links
  • Nuisance Canada Goose Information
  • Michigan.gov/Waterfowl

Questions or comments about the show? Contact the DNR Wildlife Division at 517-284-9453 (WILD) or email [email protected].

This narrated Showcasing the DNR story, originally written by Katie Urban, can be found online here: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MIDNR/bulletins/2c3da64

Questions or comments about the show? Contact the DNR Wildlife Division at 517-284-9453 (WILD) or email [email protected].

In this episode of the Wildtalk Podcast, find out what’s happening around the state, learn everything you probably ever wanted to know about ticks, and hear listener questions answered in the mailbag segment. The episode wraps up with a discussion what to do if you’re having problems with deer eating your gardens and flowers.

Questions or comments about the show? Contact the DNR Wildlife Division at 517-284-9453 (WILD). You can also email [email protected], and even send your question as a sound file that you record on your phone to be played on the air!

Episode Hosts: Holly Vaughn, Hannah Schauer and Rachel Leightner
Producer: Eric Hilliard
Around the State Guest: Terry McFadden
Main Interview Guest(s): Dr. Jean Tsao, Dr. Megan Porter and Dr. Dan O'Brien

• Wildlife Spotlight Links
  • Blanding's Turtle
• Around the State Links
  • Michigan.gov/Wildlife
  • Michigan.gov/Turkey
  • Michigan.gov/ShootingRanges
  • Black Terns
  • Mallard Ducks
• Interview Links
  • Michigan.gov/Lyme
  • Radio Lab Podcast - Meat Allergy Episode
  • The Tick App
• Mailbag Links
  • Michigan.gov/Trapping
  • Michigan.gov/EGLE
  • How To Keep Beavers From Plugging Culverts
  • Michigan.gov/Wildlife
  • Local Wildlife Biologist Contact Info
  • Michigan.gov/Bear
• Wildlife is Everywhere Links
  • Nuisance White-tailed Deer Information
  • Michigan.gov/Deer

Questions or comments about the show? Contact the DNR Wildlife Division at 517-284-9453 (WILD) or email [email protected].

In this episode of the Wildtalk Podcast, find out what’s happening around the state, talk about on-the-ground projects with the Michigan United Conservation Club’s Makhayla LaButte, and hear listener questions answered in the mailbag segment. The episode wraps up with a discussion what to do if you’re dealing with feisty, nuisance turkeys this spring.

Questions or comments about the show? Contact the DNR Wildlife Division at 517-284-9453 (WILD). You can also email [email protected], and even send your question as a sound file that you record on your phone to be played on the air!

Episode Hosts: Hannah Schauer and Rachel Leightner
Producer: Eric Hilliard
Main Interview Guest(s): Makhayla LaButte

• Wildlife Spotlight Links
  • Eastern Wild Turkey
• Around the State Links
  • Michigan.gov/Wildlife
  • Prescribed Burn Information
  • Michigan.gov/Invasives
  • Subscribe to DNR Updates
  • Michigan.gov/Bats
• Interview Links
  • Michigan United Conservation Clubs
  • On-the-Ground Events
  • Ruffed Grouse Society
  • National Wild Turkey Federation
  • The Nature Conservancy 
• Mailbag Links
  • Nuisance Bear Information
  • Bear SMART Brochure
  • Bear SMART Brochure (Plain Text Accessible)
  • DNR Field Office Contact Information
  • Licensed Nuisance Wildlife Control Business Directory
• Wildlife is Everywhere Links
  • Nuisance Turkey Information
  • Michigan.gov/Turkey

Questions or comments about the show? Contact the DNR Wildlife Division at 517-284-9453 (WILD) or email [email protected].

In this episode of the Wildtalk Podcast, find out what’s happening around the state, talk about Michigan History and the DNR Centennial with the Michigan History Center’s Tobi Voight, and hear listener questions answered in the mailbag segment. The episode wraps up with a discussion about baby wild animals that will soon be everywhere as spring approaches and the dos and don’ts if you happen to run across them.

Questions or comments about the show? Contact the DNR Wildlife Division at 517-284-9453 (WILD). You can also email [email protected], and even send your question as a sound file that you record on your phone to be played on the air!

Episode Hosts: Hannah Schauer and Rachel Leightner
Producer: Eric Hilliard
Main Interview Guest(s): Tobi Voigt

• Wildlife Spotlight Links
  • Northern Short-tailed Shrew
• Around the State Links
  • Michigan.gov/DNR
  • Subscribe to DNR Updates
  • Forest Management for Wildlife (Timber Sales)
  • Wildlife Division 2020 Annual Report
• Interview Links
  • Michigan.gov/MHC
  • Michiganology.org
  • COVID Story Collection Project
  • Cambridge Junction (Walker Tavern) Historic Site
  • Hartwick Pines State Park Logging Museum
  • Fayette Historic State Park
• Mailbag Links
  • Frog and Toad Survey Information
  • Nuisance Bear Information
  • Michigan Natural Resources Commission 
• Wildlife is Everywhere Links
  • Michigan.gov/Wildlife
  • Wildlife Rehabilitator Contact Information
  • Federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act

Questions or comments about the show? Contact the DNR Wildlife Division at 517-284-9453 (WILD) or email [email protected].

In this episode of the Wildtalk Podcast, find out what’s happening around the state, listen to an interview with the Wildlife Division’s new Chief, Jared Duquette, and hear listener questions answered in the mailbag segment. The episode wraps up with a discussion about coyotes, and how you can think like one to help prevent them from becoming a nuisance.

Questions or comments about the show? Contact the DNR Wildlife Division at 517-284-9453 (WILD). You can also email [email protected], and even send your question as a sound file that you record on your phone to be played on the air!

Episode Hosts: Hannah Schauer and Rachel Leightner
Producer: Eric Hilliard
Main Interview Guest(s): Jared Duquette

• Wildlife Spotlight Links
  • Coyote
• Around the State Links
  • Michigan.gov/Deer
  • Deer Wintering Complexes
  • UP Deer Habitat Improvement Grants
  • Northern Lower Peninsula Deer PLAN Grants
  • Michigan.gov/Waterfowl
  • Forest Management for Wildlife (Timber Sales)
• Interview Links
  • Michigan.gov/Wildlife
  • Michigan.gov/WildlifeSurveys
• Mailbag Links
  • Michigan.gov/Turkey
  • Michigan.gov/DNRLicenses
  • Michigan.gov/Trapping
• Wildlife is Everywhere Links
  • Nuisance Coyote Information
  • Video: How To Haze A Nuisance Coyote

Questions or comments about the show? Contact the DNR Wildlife Division at 517-284-9453 (WILD) or email [email protected].

In this episode of the Wildtalk Podcast, find out what’s happening around the state, listen to an interview with the Michigan Wildlife Council's chairman, Nick Buggia, and hear listener questions answered in the mailbag segment. The episode wraps up with a discussion about squirrels and what you can do if they become a nuisance.

Questions or comments about the show? Contact the DNR Wildlife Division at 517-284-9453 (WILD). You can also email [email protected], and even send your question as a sound file that you record on your phone to be played on the air!

Episode Hosts: Hannah Schauer and Rachel Leightner
Producer: Eric Hilliard
Main Interview Guest(s): Nick Buggia

• Wildlife Spotlight Links
  • Snowy Owl
  • eBird
  • Audubon Field Guide
• Around the State Links
  • Michigan.gov/Waterfowl
  • Michigan.gov/WetlandWonders
  • Michigan.gov/Wildlife
  • Michigan.gov/Trapping
  • How Timber Sales Help Wildlife
  • Michigan.gov/DNRGrants
  • Michigan.gov/BovineTB
• Interview Links
  • Michigan Wildlife Council
• Mailbag Links
  • Michigan.gov/Deer
  • Bird Feeding Tips
  • Michigan.gov/Rabies
  • Michigan.gov/Wildlife
• Wildlife is Everywhere Links
  • Michigan.gov/SmallGame
  • Michigan.gov/Wildlife

Questions or comments about the show? Contact the DNR Wildlife Division at 517-284-9453 (WILD) or email [email protected].

In this episode of the Wildtalk Podcast, find out what’s happening around the state, look at the year in review with Hannah and Rachel, and hear listener questions answered in the mailbag segment. The episode wraps up with a discussion about woodpeckers and what you can do if they become a nuisance. Show notes and transcripts are available at Michigan.gov/DNRWildtalk.

Questions or comments about the show? Contact the DNR Wildlife Division at 517-284-9453 (WILD) or email [email protected].