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3 weeks ago | 
projectupland.com | Gabriela Zaldumbide
This article originally appeared in Hunting Dog Confidential, Volume 5. The Michigan Woodcock Banding Program is permitted by the Michigan DNR-Wildlife Division and the USGS-Bird Banding Laboratory to capture and band woodcock. On a bright April morning in northern Michigan, a devoted uplander embarks upon a spring ritual with his proofed Weimaraner. Soft, damp leaves give way under his bootsteps as the silver dog works the budding hardwood forest before him.
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1 month ago | 
projectupland.com | Gabriela Zaldumbide
Wild turkeys are tough birds. You might hear hunters call them everything from bird-brained to a string of expletives. Yet, despite being almost driven to extinction in the early 1900s, wild turkeys are extremely good at what they evolved to do: survive. Their impressive ability to avoid predation is what frustrates so many turkey hunters year after year. Filling a turkey tag doesn’t come easy, especially when you’re unprepared.
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1 month ago | 
projectupland.com | A.j. DeRosa |Gabriela Zaldumbide
In this episode, Gabby and AJ talk about the North American Upland Bird Hunting Survey, which has been conducted annually since 2018. The eighth iteration of this survey explores everything from hunting dogs and shotguns to upland bird species—and just how much and how people hunt them. The 2025 edition includes an expanded opinion section covering current and historical policies, environmental issues, and political leanings.
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2 months ago | 
projectupland.com | Gabriela Zaldumbide
U.S. Representative Jeff Hurd, a representative of Colorado’s 3rd District, recently introduced the Productive Public Lands Act. His office published a news release stating that the act would “unlock resource development on some of our most productive public lands.”Rep. Hurd is quoted in the release.
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2 months ago | 
projectupland.com | A.j. DeRosa |Gabriela Zaldumbide
In this episode, Gabby and AJ talk to Mark Avery, author of A Message from Martha. As a biologist and conservationist, Mark takes us back in time to reconstruct the biology, habitat, and final era of the Passenger Pigeon. The Passenger Pigeon’s extinction is one of the most dramatic extinction stories of the 20th century, resulting in the loss of the most numerous bird on Earth.
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Mar 9, 2025 | 
projectupland.com | A.j. DeRosa |Gabriela Zaldumbide
In this episode, Gabby and AJ talk to Associate Professor and Rangeland Wildlife Extension Specialist at Utah State University, Dave Dahlgren. As a sage grouse researcher and scientist, Dave explores the threat of cheatgrass and fire in the Great Basin to habitat. He also shares his experience with changing technology in radio telemetry and GPS tracking and how his pointing dogs have played a role in his research.
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Mar 1, 2025 | 
projectupland.com | A.j. DeRosa |Gabriela Zaldumbide
In this episode, Gabby and AJ talk to Utah-based sage grouse expert Dave Dahlgren. As a sage grouse researcher and biologist, Dave teaches us about huge amounts of habitat sage grouse need to survive and explains human-centric issues impacting their continued existence. This is the first episode of a two-part series about sage grouse in Utah. The Project Upland Podcast PatreonGabby: Aj, have you ever seen a sage grouse before? AJ: I have. I’ve hunted them in Montana.
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Feb 10, 2025 | 
thewestrn.com | Gabriela Zaldumbide
Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published THIS JOURNAL IS PROPERTY OF: Today, I shook a rancher’s hand, a binding, tactile signature confirming I’d buy a horse. I didn’t talk to Dan about it first. It’s been my lifelong dream to have a horse of my own, and with perfect, beautiful Jazzy on the table, I couldn’t let Dan get in the way. Plus, Jazzy and I will help him with his job. That justifies my behavior, at least a tiny bit, right?
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Feb 7, 2025 | 
projectupland.com | Gabriela Zaldumbide
With hunting season behind us, another opening day is quickly approaching: the kick-off for this year’s Pheasant Fest and Quail Classic. Beginning on Friday, March 7th and ending on Sunday the 9th, the 2025 Kansas City, Missouri installment of the event will be an exciting one. Here’s what to expect at this year’s three-day event. Hosts Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever are bringing plenty of things to get excited about to Kansas City. The show is housed at the Kansas City Convention Center.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
projectupland.com | Gabriela Zaldumbide
For bird enthusiasts, hearing about the negative impacts of habitat loss on bobwhite quail isn’t anything new. In fact, this issue have been largely blamed for North America’s shrinking bobwhite population. However, parasites may have a larger effect on wild quail than previously thought, especially in Texas and Oklahoma. “Something happened,” said Dr. Ron Kendall, the founder of Texas Tech’s Wildlife Toxicology Lab. “We saw innumerable quail in the summer of 2010. Conditions were perfect.
