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Project Upland presents the Project Upland Podcast, a cinematic and science-based production that delivers on the independent storytelling you have come to love. Cohosts AJ DeRosa and Gabby Zaldumbide learn from researchers, biologists, and subject matter experts about birds, nature, conservation, dogs, and more. This podcast is a glimpse into the minds of the curious, obsessive, and hard-working folks who work at Project Upland and an exploration of all the things we find that we can't always include in print.Join us as we travel into the deepest, most obscure, and nerdiest realms of the uplands. After all, these are your stories.
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- 5 days ago26 min
Why Are Ruffed Grouse Different Colors?
From old wives’ tales and 19th-century scientific debates to Ice Age genetics and modern survival studies, the color phases of Ruffed Grouse tell a much more complicated story than simply red versus gray. Why are some Ruffed Grouse gray while others are red, brown, or somewhere in between? In this episode, Gabby and AJ trace more than a century of attempts to answer that question—from old New England folklore to modern genetic and survival research. The story begins with Gordon Gullion’s four...
- 3 weeks ago30 min
Who Pays for Gamebird Research?
In this episode, Dr. Lance McNew, Professor of Wildlife Ecology at Montana State University, takes Gabby and AJ behind the scenes of modern game bird research. From sharp-tailed grouse and habitat management to Pittman-Robertson and the realities of securing research grants, Dr. McNew explains how science informs wildlife management—and how the way we fund that science can shape the questions researchers are able to answer. We explore why there are no universal "best practices" for managing g...
- Jul 22, 202628 min
How Congress Created America's First Public Lands
In this “Civics of Conservation” episode of the Project Upland Podcast, AJ and Gabby explore one of the most consequential transformations in American history: how the United States went from a nation committed to disposing of its public domain to one that began preserving land for future generations. Together, they trace the federal government's acquisition of nearly 1.8 billion acres through purchases, treaties, and wars before examining how Congress exercised its constitutional authority u...
- May 27, 202650 min
The Governing Body with the Greatest Impact on Hunting
Fish and Game Commissions Sit at the Intersection of Science, Politics, and Public Responsibility for Wildlife In this “Civics of Conservation” episode of the Project Upland Podcast, AJ and Gabby are joined by veteran journalist and former Montana Fish and Wildlife commissioner Andrew McKean to explore the often misunderstood world of fish and game commissions and the powerful role they play in shaping wildlife policy across the United States. Together, they examine how commissions function a...
- May 11, 202628 min
The Public Trust Doctrine - The Civics of Conservation
How the Public Trust Doctrine Built the Uniquely American Idea of Publicly Owned Wildlife and Wildlife Management In this episode, AJ and Gabby explore the origins of the Public Trust Doctrine with Leon Szeptycki and examine how a series of legal and political turning points helped shape wildlife conservation in the United States. From Roman law and medieval England to landmark Supreme Court cases and the conservation movement of the Progressive Era, they trace how the idea of wildlife as a s...
- Apr 27, 202627 min
Rare Itinerant Breeders: How Researchers Discovered the Woodcock’s Unique Breeding Strategy
GPS tracking reveals American woodcock re-nesting movements across the Atlantic Flyway In this episode, AJ and Gabby talk with Colby Slezak, a recent PhD graduate from the University of Rhode Island, about a surprising breakthrough in American woodcock ecology: evidence that female woodcock can be itinerant breeders. Colby explains how new GPS tracking technology, combined with on-the-ground nest checks through the Eastern Woodcock Migration Research Cooperative, helped confirm a behavior t...
- Jan 27, 202633 min
How White-Winged Doves Are Outsmarting Extinction
In Texas and Arizona, white-winged doves are culturally significant and a part of each state’s hunting heritage. Biologists are actively studying these unique migratory birds; in fact, the first research project to ever outfit white-winged doves with GPS transmitters is currently underway in Texas. In this episode, AJ and Gabby talk to Owen Fitzsimmons, the webless migratory game bird program leader for Texas Parks and Wildlife. Owen, alongside Dr. Jennifer Smith of the Caesar Kleburg Wildlif...
- Sep 9, 202539 min
The Birds Aren’t Alright
In the Project Upland Podcast episode “The Birds Aren’t Alright,” hosts Gabby Zaldumbide and A.J. DeRosa speak with Dr. Michael Brasher, senior waterfowl scientist at Ducks Unlimited and co-chair of the State of the Birds Report Science Committee, to uncover what the latest data reveal about bird population trends—and what is at stake if federal funding for avian research disappears. Bird species have been monitored for more than a century, but if federal funding for avian research is lost, w...
About Project Upland Podcast
Project Upland presents the Project Upland Podcast, a cinematic and science-based production that delivers on the independent storytelling you have come to love. Cohosts AJ DeRosa and Gabby Zaldumbide learn from researchers, biologists, and subject matter experts about birds, nature, conservation, dogs, and more. This podcast is a glimpse into the minds of the curious, obsessive, and hard-working folks who work at Project Upland and an exploration of all the things we find that we can't always include in print.Join us as we travel into the deepest, most obscure, and nerdiest realms of the uplands. After all, these are your stories.
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