Excited to share that the second and final chapter of master’s has been published! Check out this post and link to learn more about how mallard body mass and condition are related to landscape variables! #mallards #waterfowl #research #fitness

This November, Ducks Unlimited and its members are celebrating National Wild Game Meat Donation Month to encourage all hunters to donate extra venison or other game meat to help provide meals for those in need. Giving and sharing are always in season. Now is the perfect time to

#DUConserve: Arkansas Greentree Reservoirs Saving Arkansas's storied GTRs is crucial not only to ducks, but also to the state's hunting heritage and economy. Learn more about how DU is working to conserve the Natural State's flooded timber legacy. 🎥: youtu.be/lBnSY3vSfVc?si…

Very well said Will Kirkpatrick 🌄 !!

If you are iteratively running simulations or model fits in #rstats, one thing you want to get comfortable with is error handling. Take this loop as an example where a linear model is being fitted to a bunch of simulated datasets. 1/6 🧵

First waterfowl report for the 2023-24 season available online 🦆 Nov. 15, 2023 LITTLE ROCK – Opening day of Arkansas’s 2023-24 duck season is Saturday, and the first report for habitat conditions on AGFC wildlife management areas is available to ...bit.ly/47xyyzH

'I do not hunt for the joy of killing but for the joy of living, and for the inexpressible pleasure of mingling my life, however briefly, with that of a wild creature I respect, admire, and value.' James Madson Happy Duck-Eve to all those who celebrate!! 🦆🦆🦆

A new podcast I got to do with The Standard Sportsman just dropped! We talk all things waterfowl research, food resources in Arkansas, and how hunters can get more involved in science. Hope you can give it a listen! open.spotify.com/episode/79bP86…

Duck hunters can help slow the spread of invasive species 🦆 LITTLE ROCK – Most public duck hunting areas throughout Arkansas are still exhibiting drier than normal conditions from the effects of a summerlong drought, making duck hunters scramble to ...bit.ly/49P0T6F

New paper out today! Male pathology can drive transmission without sex-based differences in behavior. Congrats Erin Sauer 🐸 ! Journal of Animal Ecology UArkansas Research besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/13…

Biologists at the University of Arkansas discovered a new virus that belongs to a family of viruses that transfers from rodents to humans, some of which cause a fatal cardiopulmonary disease. Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences #uark CDC arkansasresearch.uark.edu/biologists-dis…

Ed Gordon waterfowlers benefit from longtime efforts by AGFC 🦆 BLACKWELL — What had to have stood out to anyone taking note of the habitat conditions and water levels in public hunting areas of Arkansas the first two weekends of the waterfowl season …bit.ly/48rJuQ9

Don't like p-values? We're presenting a completely new interpretation in the context of clinical trials. With Andrew Gelman, Sander Greenland, guido imbens Simon Schwab and Steve Goodman. Sander Greenland Steven Goodman NEJM Evidence evidence.nejm.org/stoken/default…

TOMORROW!!!! I heard someone (*cough* John Veon *cough*) might be doing some DUCK CALLS!!! 😳😳😳🦆

No one understands how excited I am to hear duck calls

Elizabeth Beard Losey was a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service trailblazer. Hired in 1947 to work at Seney National Wildlife Refuge, she became the first female field research biologist. Her assignment was to chronicle the importance of beavers in waterfowl management within the refuge. 📸: USFWS

We know how important women have been to every aspect of our culture and society. This is doubly true for conservation. If we are to survive as a culture that loves the outdoors, treasures our waterfowling heritage, and strives to keep our wild places wild, we need to embrace

A Champion for the Central Valley's Wetlands and Water: Ducks Unlimited At-Large Board Member and Major Sponsor Ellen Wehr is dedicated to securing and protecting water supplies for wetlands across California’s Central Valley. ducks.org/newsroom/a-cha…

Opinions, comments wanted: AGFC’s new regulations survey ends March 15 💬 Arkansas waterfowlers have until Friday, March 15, to have their voices heard on a number of proposed regulations for the 2024-25 season as well as other items on which the ...bit.ly/3wPUedt

Ever wonder what driving a bus down an icy road and waterfowl hunting regulations have in common? Tune into next week’s episode of Save it for the Blind podcast to find out! We speak with Dan Yparraguirre, Retired Deputy Director, Wildlife and Fisheries Division, from California