Dr. Ben Jones, CEO of RGS & AWS, joins us to explore how active forest stewardship - from prescribed fire to targeted timber harvests and new wood markets - can restore age-class diversity and habitat for ruffed grouse and wild turkey across eastern forests.

Resources:

EQUIP

Food Plots, Feed or Fire: The Real Costs Per Pound of Deer Forage (NDA article)

Ruffed Grouse Society

Dr. Ben Jones benj@ruffedgrousesociety.org

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Strap in for a philosophical episode as we sit with Dr. Dwayne Elmore and explore the complex nature of critically evaluating information in an age of information overload.

Resources:

Pre-Print: Lashley et al. (2025) Female Wild turkey survival meta-analysis

Dr. Dwayne Elmore - Tall Timbers, Publications

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