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The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast — 100 episodes

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1

Butterfly migration, ruffed grouse, and the porcupine

2

"Fire, Carolina Wrens, the Gray Fox and Rachel Says Farewell"

3

Invasives, Invasives, Invasives

4

All things wildlife disease

5

Ice storm, northern shrike and elk in "The Big Wild"

6

Costal plain marshes, the spruce grouse, and the Indiana bat

7

Commercial forest lands, duck hunting regulations process and year two of the moose project

8

Harsens Island, mallards and muskrats

9

Wetland Wonders work, the snow goose and the least shrew

10

2025: a year in review with the chief and assistant chief of the Wildlife Division.

11

Southwest habit, the Wilson's snipe, and firearm deer season

12

Hunters feeding Michigan, UP bears, wood ducks and skunks

13

Kirtland's warblers, blue-winged teal, and the mighty Michigan elk

14

Wacky weather habitat impacts, peregrine falcons and badgers

15

Nighthawks, black bears and southeast habitat work

16

Rare species, blue birds and the bat man

17

Southwest habitat work, turkeys and the muskrat

18

Cougar kittens, invasive species, and the bufflehead.

19

UP habitat work, ravens and the Michigan moose

20

Bobcats, black caps and Northern Michigan habitat

21

MUCC on the ground, snow geese and the coyote

22

Southwest habitat work, an iconic owl and a weasel on the prowl

23

Northern Michigan habitat work, pintails, deer, deer and more deer

24

Owl tell you all about skunks, Southeast habitat and October hunting opportunities

25

Threatened and endangered

26

U.P. GEMS, grouse and the chipmunk

27

Turtles, opossums, ring-billed gulls and more

28

June Loons, beavers and Northern Michigan habitat

29

Baseball birds, red foxes and UP habitat work

30

Flying deer, frogs, herons and Southeast Michigan habitat

31

Southwest Lower Peninsula habitat, woodcock, the bear essentials and coy wolves?

32

Crows, otters and Michigan's Northern Lower Peninsula

33

UP habitat work, snowy owls, the bog lemming and a new year

34

Southwest Michigan habitat, pileated woodpeckers and the pine marten

35

Michigan Natural Features Inventory, bird migration and the white-tailed deer

36

Spooky season: Southeast Lower Peninsula habitat work, and nocturnal owls and skunks

37

Northern Lower Peninsula habitat work, sharp-tailed grouse and the Ursus americanus

38

Southwest Michigan, piping plovers and huge squirrels

39

Wildlife adaptations to a changing climate

40

Ticks, ticks, ticks!

41

Plan A: Leave Wildlife B

42

The Northern Lower Peninsula, wild turkeys in the spring and the little brown bat

43

UP habitat improvements, GEMS birding and preventing conflicts with bears

44

Southwest Michigan habitat, bird declines and backyard predators

45

Southeast Michigan, snow buntings and more

46

Raccoons, elk and the Pure Michigan Hunt

47

Juncos, Southwest Michigan and getting lost in the swamp

48

Blue Jays, birding trails, white tails and enforcement tales

49

Elk, events, rescues and reporting

50

Toads, dams, small fish and barrels

51

Ticks, ticks and more ticks

52

Avian influenza

53

Please Leave Wildlife in the Wild

54

Spring birding

55

Bear with us for a moment

56

Wildlife adaptations to a changing climate

57

Harvesting the Fur

58

Michigan: A Winter Wonderland

59

The Deer Time of Year

60

The Legend of the Michigan Dogman

61

This Land Is Your Land

62

Moose Extravaganza

63

Bug Man

64

Plan A: Leave Wildlife B

65

Wildtalk Bonus: Showcasing the DNR - Between the pages, a history lies

66

Ticks, Ticks, Ticks

67

Well Grounded

68

Let's Make History

69

The Wildlife Division's New Chief

70

Michigan Wildlife Council

71

2020 In Review

72

This Podcast is for the Birds

73

Hello Deer

74

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Outdoors

75

Recovering America's Wildlife

76

Accessible Recreation for All

77

Mr. Kalejs' Home for Peculiar Peregrines

78

Enjoying the Outdoors Safely

79

Restoring the Arctic

80

Pictures Worth a Thousand Words

81

She's Got Game

82

Regulators, mount up!

83

Deer, Deer, Deer

84

Michigan: An Upland Game Bird Destination

85

Direct Me To The Closest Pigeon

86

Ticked Off

87

Invasive Conversations

88

The Fire Starter

89

Bird Is The Word

90

Bats, Rabies and Cats - Oh My!

91

Wildlife Research Behind the Scenes

92

A Forester and a Biologist Walk Into a Juice Bar

93

Lights, Camera, Wildlife Action Plan!

94

Michigan Bat Status

95

Conservation Officer Safety Tips and More

96

Wetland Wonderlands

97

Wildlife Diseases

98

What is HAPpening?

99

Discussions of Deer for Your Ear

100

A Talk with Wildlife Division Chief Russ Mason