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4-H Wildlife Science Level 1 (PDF)
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4-H Wildlife Science Level 1 (PDF)

The 4-H Wildlife Science curriculum is for youth who enjoy learning about wildlife. There are three levels. Level 1 introduces the basic wildlife groups: mammals, birds, fish, and herptiles. Youth learn about the simi...

4-H Wildlife Science Level 1, Facilitator's Guide (PDF)
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4-H Wildlife Science Level 1, Facilitator's Guide (PDF)

This facilitator's guide answers questions posed in the 4-H Wildlife Science Level 1 curriculum and supplies additional information about working with youth on the project. The 4-H Wildlife Science curriculum is for y...

4-H Wildlife Science Level 2 (PDF)
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4-H Wildlife Science Level 2 (PDF)

The 4-H Wildlife Science curriculum is for youth who enjoy learning about wildlife. There are three levels. Level 2 activities help you use your basic knowledge of wildlife from Level 1 to explore more complex wildlif...

4-H Wildlife Science Level 2, Facilitator's Guide (PDF)
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4-H Wildlife Science Level 2, Facilitator's Guide (PDF)

This facilitator's guide answers questions posed in the 4-H Wildlife Science Level 2 curriculum and supplies additional information about working with youth on the project. The 4-H Wildlife Science curriculum is for y...

4-H Wildlife Science Level 3 (PDF)
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4-H Wildlife Science Level 3 (PDF)

The 4-H Wildlife Science curriculum is for youth who enjoy learning about wildlife. There are three levels. Activities in Level 3 are divided into chapters based on how you might use the information you've learned--as...

4-H Wildlife Science Level 3, Facilitator's Guide (PDF)
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4-H Wildlife Science Level 3, Facilitator's Guide (PDF)

This facilitator's guide answers questions posed in the 4-H Wildlife Science Level 3 curriculum and supplies additional information about working with youth on the project. The 4-H Wildlife Science curriculum is for y...

A Landowner's Guide to Sustainable Forestry: Part 4: Conserving Nature
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A Landowner's Guide to Sustainable Forestry: Part 4: Conserving Nature

A forest is more than just trees. It's a collection of hundreds or thousands of living things interacting with each other. This publication provides information on managing wildlife habitats, endangered species, the rol...

A Pond Management Plan Template
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A Pond Management Plan Template

Ponds can provide landowners with fishing for sport and food. But careful planning and ongoing management are required. In this publication, Purdue University researchers offer a template for pond owners to record inform...

A Template for Your Wildlife Habitat Management Plan
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A Template for Your Wildlife Habitat Management Plan

Many landowners are interested in enhancing their property for wildlife. An important step in that process is creating a plan. This publication provides a template to help landowners write a wildlife habitat management p...

Age Determination in White-tailed Deer
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Age Determination in White-tailed Deer

This video provides answers to one of the most common questions associated with harvested white-tailed deer: "How old is this animal?" It shows how to age deer based on tooth wear and replacement.

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Animal Damage Management: Woodchucks
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Animal Damage Management: Woodchucks

Woodchucks are common throughout Indiana, and their extensive burrowing can cause severe damage. This publication shows readers how to identify woodchucks, the damage they can cause, and the ways you can control them.

Animal Damage Management: Woodpeckers
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Animal Damage Management: Woodpeckers

There are 21 woodpecker species in the United States, seven of which live in Indiana. This publication shows readers how to identify woodpeckers, the damage they can cause, and the ways you can control them.

Appreciating Reptiles and Amphibians in Nature
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Appreciating Reptiles and Amphibians in Nature

This 20-page publication will help amateur herpetologists and nature enthusiasts better enjoy the diversity of the amphibians and reptiles that call Indiana home, in a manner that maintains them for future generations. T...

Assessing Your Land's Potential for Wildlife
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Assessing Your Land's Potential for Wildlife

Many landowners would like to make their land area more attractive for wildlife, but do not know where to start. This paper outlines the basic decision-making process landowners must go through prior to initiating manage...

Birds and Residential Window Strikes: Tips for Prevention
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Birds and Residential Window Strikes: Tips for Prevention

Collisions with man-made structures are one of the primary causes of bird mortality. In fact, up to a billion birds are killed each year in the United States due to window strikes. Approximately 50% of the time, these...

Birds of Benton County, Indiana
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Birds of Benton County, Indiana

This publication discusses the Pine Creek Gamebird Habitat area in EASTERN Benton County. The site has 700 acres of grassland and provides birders an opportunity to see many birds, especially waterfowl and shorebirds. Th...

Bovine Tuberculosis in Wild White-tailed Deer
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Bovine Tuberculosis in Wild White-tailed Deer

Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a bacterial disease of mammals resulting from the infection of Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis). It is a zoonotic disease that can infect humans, domestic stock, and wild animals. Outbreaks ...

Breeding Birds and Forest Management: the Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment and the Central Hardwoods Region
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Breeding Birds and Forest Management: the Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment and the Central Hardwoods Region

The focus of forest science is increasingly shifting to the management of forests as complex systems rather than as simple agricultural landscapes—with a much greater appreciation for the interactive ecosystem proc...

Calibrating a No-Till Drill for Conservation Plantings and Wildlife Food Plots
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Calibrating a No-Till Drill for Conservation Plantings and Wildlife Food Plots

Planting at the proper seeding rate is an important step to ensure a successful native warm-season grass and forb planting or a wildlife food plot. This video will discuss how to properly calibrate the seeding rate fo...

Conflicts with Wildlife Around the Home
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Conflicts with Wildlife Around the Home

Sometimes we invite wildlife into our living area by naturalizing our backyards. We add feeders, birdbaths, ponds, ornamental flowers, shrubs and grasses to make our backyard look more natural and this is very attract...

Considerations for Trapping Nuisance Wildlife with Box Traps
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Considerations for Trapping Nuisance Wildlife with Box Traps

Homeowners commonly set box traps to capture and remove wildlife from their home or yard. Setting a box trap improperly can decrease their effectiveness and even lead to safety risks to both people and wildlife. The p...

Corn and Soybean Crop Depredation by Wildlife
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Corn and Soybean Crop Depredation by Wildlife

wildlife damage to field crops is a widespread concern, and the control of wildlife damage to crops is an important component of wildlife management. But given the economic and social importance of both agriculture and ...

Creating a Wildlife Habitat Management Plan for Landowners
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Creating a Wildlife Habitat Management Plan for Landowners

Many landowners are interested in enhancing their property for wildlife. An important step in that process is creating a plan. This publication outlines the necessary steps to consider when creating a wildlife habitat ma...

Designing Hardwood Tree Plantings for Wildlife
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Designing Hardwood Tree Plantings for Wildlife

This publication focuses on planting hardwood trees that are valuable to wildlife. The publication covers the variety, size and location of trees and shrubs to plant. Also included is a chart with selected tree and shrub...

Developing a Wildlife Habitat Management Plan
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Developing a Wildlife Habitat Management Plan

This publication is primarily a resource for teachers and coaches preparing high school students for the Wildlife Habitat Education Program (WHEP) Career Development Event (CDE). During that event, teams of students writ...

Diagnosing and Controlling Wildlife Damage
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Diagnosing and Controlling Wildlife Damage

Once trees are planted and begin growing, damage from wildlife can threaten their quality. In this 8-page publication (PDF) we discuss how to identify and minimize loss and manage injury caused by wildlife to hardwoods. ...

Diets of Lake Michigan Salmonids
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Diets of Lake Michigan Salmonids

The introduction in the 1990s of dressenid mussels and round goby in Lake Michigan continues to affect the diets of some salmonine species. As the lake's ecosystem changes, brown trout, lake trout and steelhead have c...

Electric Fences for Preventing Browse Damage by White-Tailed Deer
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Electric Fences for Preventing Browse Damage by White-Tailed Deer

The electric fencing systems described in this publication have been proven to be effective in reducing deer damage to grain crops and trees in Indiana. The publication discusses types of electric fences, construction ...

Emerging Issues in White-tailed Deer Management and Conservation
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Emerging Issues in White-tailed Deer Management and Conservation

White-tailed Deer have the ability to change the structure and composition of forests throughout their range. This coupled with their proliferation have led some to term the whitetail an ecological keystone species. Howe...

Exotic Feline Enrichment
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Exotic Feline Enrichment

More exotic cats are in captivity than are in the wild, so providing for their welfare is increasingly important. Environmental enrichment can benefit the animals, zoos and zoo workers In this publication, Purdue Univers...

Food Plots for White-Tailed Deer
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Food Plots for White-Tailed Deer

This eight-page publication gives background information on providing food plots for deer. It outlines the nutritional requirements of deer and the role of supplemental food plots. The publication provides guidelines f...

Forest Birds
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Forest Birds

Purdue University Professor Barny Dunning and graduate student Patrick Ruhl discuss how disturbance and forest management impact birds. Management recommendations were developed from ...

Forest Management for Reptiles and Amphibians: A Technical Guide for the Midwest
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Forest Management for Reptiles and Amphibians: A Technical Guide for the Midwest

This 24-page publication describes the response of amphibians and reptiles to a variety of forest management practices in the Midwest, and offers general management strategies to minimize negative effects of harvests on ...

Frost Seeding to Establish Wildlife Food Plots and Native Grass and Forb Plantings
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Frost Seeding to Establish Wildlife Food Plots and Native Grass and Forb Plantings

Frost seeding or broadcasting seed on the ground during the dormant season is an effective method to establish native grass and forb plantings for wildlife as well as food plot plantings like clover. This video will p...

Handling Harvested Game: Field Dressing (Deer)
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Handling Harvested Game: Field Dressing (Deer)

**WARNING: The following video and/or content may be disturbing to some viewers. Viewer discretion is advised.

In this video series Bob Cordes, a wildlife biologist with the Ma...

Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment - Wildlife Responses to Timber Harvesting
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Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment - Wildlife Responses to Timber Harvesting

Our oak-hickory forests provide us with many environmental, social and economic benefits. Without proper stewardship, these benefits can be reduced through the loss of these forests. This video discusses how wildlife ...

Hellbender ID
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Hellbender ID

In this video, Purdue Undergraduate Extension Intern Rebecca Busse teaches viewers how to identify the endangered eastern hellbender, how to tell the difference between a hellbender and a mudpuppy, and what you should do...

Hellbenders Rock!
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Hellbenders Rock!

This Nature of Teaching lesson plan teaches students about the endangered eastern hellbender and the importance of conserving it. The hellbender is North America's largest salamander, growing up to 2 feet long. It is ...

Help the Hellbender, North America's Giant Salamander
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Help the Hellbender, North America's Giant Salamander

The eastern hellbender is the largest salamander in North America, found in and around rivers and streams in 17 states from New York to Missouri. Many hellbender populations are in decline within their geographic range. ...

How Anglers and Paddlers Can Help the Hellbender
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How Anglers and Paddlers Can Help the Hellbender

The eastern hellbender is an endangered salamander found in the Blue River in southern Indiana. Hellbenders live their entire lives in rivers and streams and are rarely encountered by people. Anglers and paddlers are the...

How Humans Impact Gene Flow and Genetic Diversity
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How Humans Impact Gene Flow and Genetic Diversity

This unit, part of the Nature of Teaching series, explores the effects of barriers and human assistance on wildlife gene flow. Students will learn about the effects of human-induced factors on wildlife movement and gene ...

How Our Zoos Help Hellbenders
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How Our Zoos Help Hellbenders

Zoos work at the forefront of species conservation efforts worldwide. For example, the Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) is a giant, fully aquatic salamander that has experienced range-wide declines throughout...

How to Construct a Scent Station
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How to Construct a Scent Station

Many landowners enjoy learning about the types of wildlife that are present on their lands. One simple, low-cost method that can be used to accomplish this goal is the deployment of scent stations. The easily installed "...

How to Score Your White-tailed Deer
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How to Score Your White-tailed Deer

White-tailed deer are the most popular big game animal in the United States. This video describes the proper way to obtain an accurate gross score on White-tailed Deer antlers.

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Identification of WILDlife Crop Depredation
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Identification of WILDlife Crop Depredation

Given the economic and social importance of both wildlife-related activities and agriculture in Indiana, it is critical that we balance the relationship between wildlife species and agricultural production in order to me...

Importance of Hardwood Tree Planting
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Importance of Hardwood Tree Planting

The Importance of Hardwood Tree Plantings publication provides a brief overview of several key societal and environmental attributes that hardwood plantations provide, for example, timber production, wildlife habitat, fo...

Improving Water Quality Around Your Farm
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Improving Water Quality Around Your Farm

The eastern hellbender is an endangered salamander found in the Blue River in southern Indiana. It requires cool, clean rivers and streams with high water quality in order to thrive. Some farming practices can lead to so...

Improving Water Quality At Your Livestock Operation
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Improving Water Quality At Your Livestock Operation

The eastern hellbender is an endangered salamander found in the Blue River in southern Indiana. It requires cool, clean rivers and streams with high water quality in order to thrive. Livestock operations can lead to incr...

Improving Water Quality by Protecting Sinkholes on Your Property
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Improving Water Quality by Protecting Sinkholes on Your Property

The eastern hellbender is an endangered salamander found in the Blue River in southern Indiana. It requires cool, clean rivers and streams with high water quality in order to thrive. Water quality in the Blue River is af...

Indiana Amphibian and Reptile ID Package (4 softcover books)
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Indiana Amphibian and Reptile ID Package (4 softcover books)

This group of four books covers major species of amphibians and reptiles found in Indiana. For each species, the book includes full-color photos, a physical description, a list of similar species, and a description of...

Indiana Farmland Provides Rest and Forage for Arctic Travelers
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Indiana Farmland Provides Rest and Forage for Arctic Travelers

Shorebirds, those little brown birds normally associated with ocean shorelines, make an appearance twice a year along seasonally flooded agricultural fields in Indiana. The birds are making their way in the spring to bre...

Indiana Pond Fish, Species Identification Card Set
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Indiana Pond Fish, Species Identification Card Set

This guide identifies commonly stocked fish and problem fish that may be encountered in Indiana ponds. It includes full-color pictures and information about sunfishes, other panfish, sport fish, catfishes and bullheads, ...

Managing White-tailed Deer Impacts on Indiana Woodlands
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Managing White-tailed Deer Impacts on Indiana Woodlands

White-tailed deer are an integral piece of Indiana's forest ecosystems. When in balance with the ecosystem, deer can enhance the health of the forest. This publication highlights the various tools available to woodland o...

Managing Wildlife for Sustainable Forests/Managing Forests for Sustainable Wildlife, Conference Abstracts
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Managing Wildlife for Sustainable Forests/Managing Forests for Sustainable Wildlife, Conference Abstracts

Scientists and natural resource managers depend on sound scientific research-based information on which to make future management decisions that will "manage our forest for sustainable wildlife and manage our wildlife...

Managing Woodlands for Birds
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Managing Woodlands for Birds

Purdue University Professor Barny Dunning teaches how forests are used by birds year round, important habitat features of woodlands that can benefit birds, and how woodland owners can enhance their property for birds. Ma...

Managing Your Woods for White-Tailed Deer
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Managing Your Woods for White-Tailed Deer

Many woodland landowners are interested in improving their properties for one of Indiana's most abundant game animals, white-tailed deer. This publication outlines different options landowners have to enhance white-taile...

Monitoring White-tailed Deer and Their Impact on Indiana Woodlands
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Monitoring White-tailed Deer and Their Impact on Indiana Woodlands

Wherever deer exist, they will be impacting the ecosystem through browsing. But at what level is that impact considered harmful? Many ecologists consider deer impact harmful when deer begin to reduce plant diversity in a...

More than just a puddle: Understanding the pond ecosystem for better management
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More than just a puddle: Understanding the pond ecosystem for better management

Ponds and small lakes are complex ecosystems. This publication discusses the living and non-living components of ponds, as well as interactions between these components. Landowners can use this information to better info...

Nature of Teaching Unit 6:  Take-a-Hike
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Nature of Teaching Unit 6: Take-a-Hike

This unit provides introductory lesson plans that allow students to explore nature and understand the health benefits of being outside. Activities encompass 2 of the 3 signature programs of The Nature of Teaching (Wil...

No Room at the Inn: Suburban Backyards and Migratory Birds
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No Room at the Inn: Suburban Backyards and Migratory Birds

Bird migration is one of the greatest phenomena of the natural world. Birds depend on suitable habitats to rest and refuel. In this publication, a Purdue researcher describes ways to manage your backyard to attract birds...

Pesticides and Wildlife
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Pesticides and Wildlife

This publication introduces its readers to the potential effects of pesticides on wildlife and aquatic organisms, to the process by which ecological safety assessments are made for registered pesticides, and to pesticid...

Pond Management: Managing Fish Populations
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Pond Management: Managing Fish Populations

Good fishing is just one of the benefits that ponds provide Indiana landowners. But proper planning and ongoing management are essential. This publication, part of our Pond Management series, will help you develop a plan...

Pond Management: Stocking Fish in Indiana Ponds
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Pond Management: Stocking Fish in Indiana Ponds

Not all fish flourish in Indiana ponds. If you are stocking a pond, it's important to have a plan. This 8-page publication...

Ranavirus: Emerging Threat to Amphibians
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Ranavirus: Emerging Threat to Amphibians

Amphibians are integral to our ecosystem as predators, as a food resource, and as ecological indicators for water pollution and habitat quality. And currently, amphibians face increasing disease challenges, especially f...

Renovating native warm-season grass stands for wildlife: A Land Manager's Guide
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Renovating native warm-season grass stands for wildlife: A Land Manager's Guide

Many wildlife species use or require fields and other areas of early successional vegetation to meet their habitat requirements. Native warm-season grass and forb mixtures (NWSG) are promoted through various state and...

Resourceful Animal Relationships
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Resourceful Animal Relationships

Resourceful Animal Relationships is one unit in a series available from The Nature of Teaching site: Click Here - the place to go for teaching resources that fo...

Salamanders of Indiana book
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Salamanders of Indiana book

Salamanders of Indiana provides the reader with a 94-page, glossy, full-color guide to the salamanders found in the Hoosier state. The photographs help the reader identify all 22 species. The soft-cover b...

Salmon and Trout of the Great Lakes: A Visual Identification Guide
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Salmon and Trout of the Great Lakes: A Visual Identification Guide

The Great Lakes are home to eight species of salmon and trout. These species can be difficult to distinguish from each other as they overlap in their distributions and change appearance depending on their habitat and ...

Selecting a Nuisance Wildlife Control Professional
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Selecting a Nuisance Wildlife Control Professional

It's likely you have had some type of run-in with wildlife—no matter where you live. This 5-page, PDF publication provides information about nuisance wildlife control professionals, things to consider when deciding...

Shrubs and Woody Vines of Indiana and the Midwest: Identification, Wildlife Values, and Landscaping Use (Paperback)
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Shrubs and Woody Vines of Indiana and the Midwest: Identification, Wildlife Values, and Landscaping Use (Paperback)

As the definitive identification guide to the shrubs and woody vines of Indiana, this book also provides coverage of 90% of the species to be found in surrounding Midwestern US states. As well as covering indigenous spec...

Snakes and Lizards of Indiana
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Snakes and Lizards of Indiana

Snakes and Lizards of Indiana is a 100-page book that provides information on the identification, ecology and behavior of the 36 species of snakes and lizards that inhabit the state. Color photos and range maps accomp...

Snakes of Indiana
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Snakes of Indiana

"Snakes of Indiana" provides the reader with a 50-page guide to the snakes found in the Hoosier state. The four-color photos help the reader identify all 32 species. The book contains information about habitats, size,...

Snakes of the Central and Northeastern United States
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Snakes of the Central and Northeastern United States

Snakes of the Central and Northeastern United States is a 126 page four-color book that helps readers identify, correct misconceptions, and increase awareness of snake conservation and biology.

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Soundscape Recorder (Android App)
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Soundscape Recorder (Android App)

Soundscape ecology is a new field of research that investigates how sound in the environment can be used to assess ecosystem health and human connection to nature and the environment in general. With this app, you can...

Soundscape Recorder (iOS app)
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Soundscape Recorder (iOS app)

Soundscape ecology is a new field of research that investigates how sound in the environment can be used to assess ecosystem health and human connection to nature and the environment in general. With this app, you can...

The Basics of Managing Wildlife on Agricultural Lands
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The Basics of Managing Wildlife on Agricultural Lands

This publication includes extensive information about improving grassed waterways, buffer strips, and wetlands for wildlife, food plots, habitat maintenance and more. It also provides information on who to contact for as...

The Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment: Indiana Forestry and Wildlife
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The Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment: Indiana Forestry and Wildlife

Many of Indiana's forests, especially in the southern part of the state, have been dominated by oak and hickory trees for thousands of years. In recent decades forest researchers and managers in the east-central United S...

The Nature of Teaching Unit 1: Animal Diversity and Tracking
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The Nature of Teaching Unit 1: Animal Diversity and Tracking

This Unit includes five lesson plans: Animal Tracks, Scent Stations, Indoor Track Casting, Outdoor Track Casting and Animal Tracking. On the Nature of Teaching website teachers can find free lesson plans, printables, pos...

The Nature of Teaching, Unit 2: Mammal Food Webs
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The Nature of Teaching, Unit 2: Mammal Food Webs

Mammal Food Webs is one unit in a series available from The Nature of Teaching Web site http://www.ag.purdue.edu/extension/nature/—the place to g...

The Nature of Teaching, Unit 3: Reptiles, Amphibians, and the Scientific Method
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The Nature of Teaching, Unit 3: Reptiles, Amphibians, and the Scientific Method

This 22-page PDF is a teaching unit in the Nature of Teaching series that includes three lessons. After finishing these lessons, students will be able to:

1) identify the differences and similarities between amphibian...

The Nature of Teaching: Adaptations for Aquatic Amphibians
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The Nature of Teaching: Adaptations for Aquatic Amphibians

Understanding adaptations for aquatic amphibians can help humans learn more about healthy ecosystems. Through this educational unit, students will be able to explain how amphibian adaptations benefit survival, describ...

The Nature of Teaching: Coloration Exploration
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The Nature of Teaching: Coloration Exploration

This 22-page PDF is a unit in the Nature of Teaching series. A lesson and classroom activities for teachers of students through grade five help students understand how animals change colors to survive in their environmen...

The Nature of Teaching: Common Indiana Mammals
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The Nature of Teaching: Common Indiana Mammals

Mammals play an integral role in many habitats. Knowing more about these intriguing animals can help us enjoy and appreciate the diversity of wildlife around us.

These natural history cards (72 pages) can be used to i...

The Nature of Teaching: Discovering the Watershed
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The Nature of Teaching: Discovering the Watershed

This 23-page PDF is a unit in the Nature of Teaching series. A lesson and classroom activities for teachers and students through grade five introduce students to watersheds and why they are important to a healthy ecosyst...

The Nature of Teaching: Eco-llapse Lesson Plan
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The Nature of Teaching: Eco-llapse Lesson Plan

This 15-page PDF is a teaching lesson plan in the Nature of Teaching series. After finishing the lessons, students will be able to:

1) understand the different proportions of producers, primary consumers, and secondar...

The Nature of Teaching: Tooth Sleuth poster
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The Nature of Teaching: Tooth Sleuth poster

A Tooth Sleuth knows you can tell what an animal eats just by looking at its teeth. Some teeth tear, some grind, and some crush food. This printable full-color PDF, 20 x 28-inch poster describes different kinds of animal...

The Nature of Teaching: Unit 4, Mammals and Ecosystems
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The Nature of Teaching: Unit 4, Mammals and Ecosystems

This 6-page PDF is a teaching Unit 4 in the Nature of Teaching series. The 10 days worth of activities are aimed at grades kindergarten through five. After finishing the lessons, students will be able to: 1) define "mamm...

The Nature of Teaching: Unit 5, Ashes to Ashes: We All Grow Up
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The Nature of Teaching: Unit 5, Ashes to Ashes: We All Grow Up

This 23-page PDF is teaching Unit 5 in the Nature of Teaching series. Two lessons and classroom activities for teachers of students kindergarten through grade five describe how an ecosystem is constantly changing and wha...

The Scientific Process of Conservation Biology: Analyze, Design, Debate
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The Scientific Process of Conservation Biology: Analyze, Design, Debate

Conservation biology is considered by some to be a "crisis discipline." Decisions within the field must often be made quickly, sometimes without enough time to gather all of the data one would ideally have, and they c...

Truths and Myths about Wild Turkey
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Truths and Myths about Wild Turkey

With increased presence of wild turkey in agricultural regions, the number of perceived conflicts between wild turkey and agricultural producers over crop damage has increased. But because of turkeys' high visibility in ...

Turtles of Indiana
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Turtles of Indiana

This 64-page, full-color publication describes in detail the 18 species of turtles in Indiana. The soft-cover book contains information about identification, distribution and status, and ecology and behavior. A quick ...

Understanding White-tailed Deer and Their Impact on Indiana Woodlands
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Understanding White-tailed Deer and Their Impact on Indiana Woodlands

Deer are an essential part of our ecosystems, but the phenomenon of too many deer should be of concern to forest landowners and the public in general. Deer are a "keystone" species, meaning their browsing can impact fore...

Why do Animals Eat the Bark and Wood of Trees and Shrubs?
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Why do Animals Eat the Bark and Wood of Trees and Shrubs?

This publication describes the make-up of plant cell walls and the anatomy of bark including the phloem and cambium of trees. The food value of bark and woody tissues is also explained and the digestive systems of anima...

Wildlife Habitat Education Program: Wildlife Identification Guide
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Wildlife Habitat Education Program: Wildlife Identification Guide

The National 4-H Wildlife Habitat Education Program (WHEP) was created to introduce students to wildlife and fisheries management principles and techniques by developing knowledge of ecoregions, wildlife species natur...

Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Program: Preparing for the Wildlife Challenge
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Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Program: Preparing for the Wildlife Challenge

The Wildlife Challenge was incorporated into the Wildlife Habitat Education Program (WHEP) Career Development Event (CDE) in 2014. The Wildlife Challenge combines general wildlife knowledge and identification. The object...

Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Program: Wildlife ID and Equipment Flash Cards
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Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Program: Wildlife ID and Equipment Flash Cards

These 5x3-inch flash cards feature color pictures of wildlife specimens and provide identification characteristics for each animal. The cards are used by participants in the Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Program (WHEP) ...

Wildlife Science Facilitator's Guide
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Wildlife Science Facilitator's Guide

This facilitator's guide answers questions posed in the 4-H Wildlife Science curriculum Levels 1-3 and supplies additional information about working with youth on the project. The 4-H Wildlife Science curriculum is for y...

Woodland Wildlife Management
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Woodland Wildlife Management

This publication discusses the three stages of timber management: regeneration, intermediate treatments, and harvests, which, when preplanned, can create desirable habitat components. ...