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TSLN Show Notes

Aucilla Research Institute - “A Whitman’s Sampler of the Southeastern Pleistocene” with Dr. Jim Dunbar

 

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Conservation News  “Bringing Conversations about Conservation to the Unlikely in the Outdoors”

• Sportsmen & Sportswomen Climate Statement February 2021 
• Take the Climate Pledge and Join Conservationists for Climate Change at https://ourlandwaterwildlife.org/
• Resiliency Through Connectivity
• Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are defined by IUCN as “actions to protect, sustainably manage, and restore natural or modified ecosystems, that address societal challenges effectively and adaptively, simultaneously providing human well-being and biodiversity benefits”.
• Through my work, I’m interested in connecting more unlikely individuals to conservation that might benefit from an alternative understanding of the impacts of climate change and solutions that address the disparities in conservation education and conservation access.  More on this is future works and podcast episodes.

Pre-Show

 

• We’ve been having incredible success on both public and private land hunts this season.  A record season to be totally honest, with a recent (estimated) 60 birds flushed, totaling 6 coveys and a number of singles pointed and flushed.  Additionally, we made roughly 143 contacts with a total of 10 coveys this past MLK Day.  My young dogs are getting great early exposure to wild birds and their development has been consistent and impressive each time, starting with my young Setter, Rosalee who had a great find on a crippled bird that got away from us and a beautiful point on a large, 20 bird covey.  Jughead has also gotten in a great number of great points and even got a retrieve on a downed bird that ran into a hole.  He dug that bird out and got it back to me.  To add to the surprise, Dawson and I both shot banded quail on public land which was honestly my goal this season.  So now I proudly rock a quail band on my lanyard.

 

• I am also currently working on a screening/premiere for the DOGMEN film down in Thomasville.  Christian Fitchtel over at OnX had the incredible idea to go above and beyond and get the film on a large screen in addition to showing it online.  Stay tuned for those details soon.

 

• Also, I am reading Robert Franks’ book, Across the Prairies, and will also have him on the podcast when I finish reading it. A description of the book reads: 

 

Famous dogs and handlers come alive in this collection of interviews, articles, and fiction from the pen of Robert Franks. Written for the bird dog and field trial community, many of the memories contained within these pages would be lost forever if not for the efforts of the author to collect and preserve important pieces of field trial history.  From famous dogs, scouts and handlers, to stories and fiction as only the author can tell it. Sit back and enjoy reading about the sport we love.

• Also, I am reading Sue Tidwell’ book, Cries from the Savannah, and will also have him on the podcast when I finish reading it. A description of the book reads: 

About the Episode/ Guest(s)

 

This is the 3rd installment of the Land & Lore lecture and interview series at the 2021 Thomasville Center of the Arts’ Wildlife Arts Festival.  In the episode, we discuss the origins of the ARI on the Aucilla River and their relationship with the Smithsonian Museum.  There is the concern that we have raised a number of generations of citizens here who are disconnected from nature.  Dr. Jim Dunbar talks about finding artifacts in the Aucilla River, giving a “Whitman’s Sampler” of what the world looked like during the pleistocene period of the Americas, specifically, here in the Southeast.  Dunbar talks about the various species of animals that existed during the time and their effects on the landscape and on the habitat of the region.  So join us again for another highly informative episode from another presenter at the 2021 Wildlife Arts Festival and learn more about how our native landscape has changed over many thousands of years since the Pleistocene.

 

You can also find the powerpoint to the episode in the show notes.

 

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17fjtnPYNG4Co6CL4f0rrGmZPr1T_An-R/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=103530155952530236713&rtpof=true&sd=true

POST-SHOW NOTES

Robert Franks- Across the Prairies 

https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/robert-franks/across-the-prairies/hardcover/product-g562zr.html?fbclid=IwAR2XqoDorNI0r6oigj2s-apWO_tKORVCJKs2ncDcEIaFIYK-bBTXBmtHXpQ&page=1&pageSize=4

Current Conservation News

To be addressed on a future episode with friend and colleague, AJ DeRosa: https://projectupland.com/hunting-policy/recovering-americas-wildlife-breaking-down-rawa-its-benefits-for-upland-birds/

To be addressed on the Upcoming Quail Forever Land & Lore Lecture: https://projectupland.com/quail-subspecies/bobwhite-quail-hunting/public-land-bobwhite-quail-hunting-strategies/

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aat1869

Archived Conservation News References

• https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/2021/08/12/lesser-prairie-chicken-caught-between-commerce-conservation-kansas/5508372001/
• https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/cop26-climate-summit-intl-11-01-21/index.html
• https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/31/climate/climate-change-biden-cop26.html?auth=login-google1tap&login=google1tap
• https://coloradosun.com/2021/10/29/federal-oil-and-gas-leases-climate-change/?mc_cid=b86c7173b0&mc_eid=4c0527c473
• https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/11/02/world/cop26-glasgow-climate-summit

Other Interest Notes:

https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/23/world/australopithecus-sediba-intl-scli-scn/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=igbioCNN&utm_content=2021-11-23T20:32:46