CHASING UNGULATE TALES: Mule Deer and the Green Wave with Ellen Aikens
Release Date: 12/08/2022
Urban Coyote Research & Desert Quail Hunting with Crystal Shaw of the Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation
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Crystal C. Shaw is the Chief Operating Officer for the Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation. She previously served as the Executive Director and CEO of the Illinois Conservation Foundation. Ms. Shaw spent her earlier career in real estate and executive search advisory and consulting assisting search firms and businesses with c-level recruitment within privately held and PE-backed companies across industries. Ms. Shaw holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Human Environmental Sciences from the University of Missouri, Columbia. She currently serves as a committee member of the Chicago Downtown Chapter of...
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Farewell & Gratitude Episode for Ashley Chance
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Ashley Chance worked as the southeast program cordinator for Artemis over the past two and a half years. She is intelligent, kind, humble, empathetic, skilled and incredibly talented at everything she does. She made an impact on every single ambassador and leader she came into contact with and her leadership will be greatly missed. Ashley is now advancing onto the next stage of her incredible career in wildlife conseration. Ashley lives in east Tennessee with her husband and two dogs. She spends time outdoors as a hunter, angler, and horseback rider. Ashley was raised on a farm in...
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Hunting in Argentina with Gina De Bernardis
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Gina De Bernardis, an Argentine hunting guide, was introduced to hunting and fishing by her father Héctor, who has been a hunting guide since his youth. Gina and her brother, Laureano, now run the family business with their father and they hunt all around Argentina. During this episode, Gina reflects on being a female hunting guide in her country, how conservation works in Argentina, struggles with poachers, invasive species and the interesting sounds produced by red stags! Suggested Links: Gina's email: Show notes: 1:17 – What’s in your freezer?? 1:41 – Why so much red stag...
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In person with Becky Humphries at the North American Fish and Wildlife Conference!
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Few legacies can impact the amount of people, organizations, species and habitats that Becky Humphries has. Starting as an employee of the US Fish and Wildlife Service in the 1970s, she quickly transitioned to state wildlife work the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and grew through the ranks culminating in her being appointed Director of the Department of Natural Resources and then in 2010 of the newly-developed Department of Natural Resources and Environment, which combined the DNR and state’s environmental agency. She was the first woman to hold either director role in Michigan....
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Salmon and Steelhead Fishing while Making the World a Better Place by being kind to others.
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Kate Crump owns and operates Frigate Adventure Travel with her husband, Justin. Kate is a fishing guide based in , Alaska and . Kate serves on the board of Pacific Rivers and is a member of the North Coast Citizens for Watershed Protection, promoting and protecting healthy watersheds. Her writing has been featured in the Fly Fish Journal, Trout Magazine, Patagonia Fly Fishing catalog, and the Salmon Steelhead Journal. Links: Pacific Rivers Films: Short Lesson on Snake River Dams: Our lodge: Show notes: 1:02 – Kate shares what is in her freezer… Bristol Bay salmon, lincod,...
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Heather Disney Dugan: Career, Hunting, & Mentors
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Acting Director at Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Heather Disney Dugan, shares her career path, favorite State Parks, her adult onset hunting stories with friends and family, and recognizes her mentors. “From sunrises at eleven mile and seeing the sunlight shining through the crystals that are hanging frozen from evergreen trees…I'm one of the luckiest people in the world to be able to have experiences like that and get paid for it.” Artemis Ambassador applications are still open, before March 13th! 4:00 Favorite state parks 11:00 The initiative providing sustainable...
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We’re Back! Meet Carlee, our new Program Manager
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Join Ashley and Mandela as they interview Carlee, the new Artemis Program Manager, and delve into details of her career, education, and path to becoming part of the Artemis Team. AND…our 2023 Ambassador Applications are open until March 13th, 2023. ! A program of the National Wildlife Federation, Artemis seeks build a community of bold sportswomen who can articulate conservation issues to their legislators as well as skin a deer. Check out Artemis events in-person and online and connect with extraordinary sportswomen in your state.
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Artemis's 2022 Highlight Reel
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Part highlight reel, part blooper episode: Artemis's end-of-year special is back. Hear the most memorable clips from our THIRD year on the airwaves. As always, thank you for being here. 1:00 Artemis's series aired this spring, an 8-episode dive into the stuff strong leadership is made of 4:00 Check out Artemis's field episodes: A and 6:00 This year we brought you field events, book clubs, tactics courses, a year's worth of podcasts, and more. If Artemis has meant something to you, please share the show with a friend or leave us a review wherever you listen. If you're able to , all...
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CHASING UNGULATE TALES: Mule Deer Fidelity & Philopatry with Rhiannon Jakopak
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Artemis is revisiting one of its most popular series ever: A deep dive into ungulate biology with the scientists of the . Mule deer are remarkably faithful to the geographies they were raised in... until they're not. Ungulate ecologist Rhiannon Jakopak talks with us about rogue individuals, migration fidelity, the rose petal hypothesis, and more. Plus, the emotions of harvesting your first animal (slash ANY animal). 4:00 From vegetarianism to wildlife science to becoming a hunter with your sci-pals in tow 6:00 Taking a life... you process it while you're literally processing it. The...
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CHASING UNGULATE TALES: Bighorn Sheep & Mule Deer Winterkill with Tayler LaSharr
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This week we're revisiting one of Artemis's best-loved series of all time - Chasing Ungulate Tales with the scientists at the at the University of Wyoming. You've heard it before: "If we kill the animals with the biggest horns, aren't we selecting for smaller horns over time?" This week we take a deep dive into that question with ungulate biologist Tayler LaSharr in the third episode of our special series with The Monteith Shop. We'll also talk about her research into how mule deer behaviors are affected by harsh winter events. 2:30 Squirrels... the gateway drug to hunting? 4:00 A...
info_outlineArtemis is revisiting its best-loved series of all time: A deep dive into ungulate ecology with the scientists at the Montieth Shop. This week we're surfing the green wave! Seasonal mule deer migration is based on food availability. Deer move across the landscape to maximize their access to high-quality food resources. We're joined by migration ecologist Ellen Aikens to learn more about Wyoming's mule deer populations and how they're challenged by drought, climate change, and energy development.
PLUS: Artemis's long-time partner, South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks is offering an incredible giveaway that includes a guided pheasant hunting trip in South Dakota, a travel voucher to get there, and a $4,000 gift card to Scheel's. Don't miss out!
3:00 - Artemis's first guest to connect from overseas! Plus, moving to Germany during the pandemic
6:30 - Animal research: A generally rewarding endeavor with LOTS of challenges
8:00 A new scientist asks her peers/mentors, What's one of the most important fields to be savvy in? "GIS/remote sensing" comes up again and again
11:00 GPS collars let us see where an individual animal is going, year after year -- it's a bonafide jackpot of data. This field is called "movement ecology"
12:30 Marcia's sage advice: "Do what you enjoy doing until you don't enjoy doing it anymore. Then go do something else."
13:30 Sampling the field April-August to survey which plants are available and when. Documenting the seasonal change from green to brown was revelatory! Plus, KNOWING the place.
17:00 Dynamics in plant growth and seasonal transition influence how animals move
18:00 To study mule deer you need to become versed in the world they live in
20:00 "The green wave" - this idea that for deer and other species, young/emergent plant species are the most nutritious growth. That stage is staggered across an elevational gradient -- and this is the 'green wave' -- moving to find that nutritious feed
22:00 Most mule deer move from a low-elevation winter range to a higher elevation spring/summer range. This is colloquially called 'surfing the green wave'
24:00 Migration isn't a continuous line from Point A to Point B. Mule deer spend about 90% of their time on migration at stopover sites, foraging and eating
27:00 What makes a good stopover? It totally depends. Elevation plays a big role. They're generally places that are more lush than the surrounding area.
30:00 Fall migration: A combination of fleeing cold/snow, plus finding the lushest feed given the season... the "residual greenness"
33:00 Drought has an effect on how well mule deer can surf the green wave, which is shorter; Energy development also affects that migration
35:00 Mule deer in the West have high fidelity to their migration routes
38:00 Mule deer DO move through energy development sites... but they're not able to use those areas to the degree they would if there was no resource development there
39:00 A high-quality study would collect data BEFORE an energy project, DURING it, and AFTER reclamation
45:00 Being migratory is key for mule deer in the Wyoming Range. There ARE resident deer populations, but it's a small fraction (<5%) of the whole. Surfing the green wave results in access to higher quality feed, which improves deer body condition and reproductive success
47:00 Drought/climate change/fire/invasive species stand to alter how the green wave moves across the landscape
55:00 Mapping migrations is crucial to understanding how they're impacted by development and other threats
58:00 Wyoming's governor signed an executive order that acknowledged migration corridors. Good science DOES inform policy.
1:02 Wyoming Migration Initiative has a great coffee table book, "Wild Migration: Atlas of Wyoming Ungulates"
1:07 Animal movements stand to change as green-up patterns change (elk are also green-wave surfers)
1:10 Norway, Italy, Germany, France... all these countries have good data on deer migration and changing green-up patterns (Want to nerd out even more? EuroDeer is a collaborative group of ungulate ecologists with great data. Check them out.)
1:12 Are there places where green-wave migration has stopped because of barriers we've inadvertently put up? Yes. We alter animal behavior all the time.
1:16 Reproductive behaviors are finely tuned to greenup-related movement
1:21 Find out more about the Monteith shop online at UngulateCompendium.org
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