Ep. 95 - Dr. Casey Brewster - Identifying Forest Glades in the Ozarks and Why Wildlife LOVE These Areas

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What is a "glade" and why are we talking about them? A glade by definition is "an open space in a forest" and the Ozarks used to be covered in this habitat. Now, most of our glades are overgrown with cedars and mature forests and they're rare to find, but when you do find one, you're going to want to keep note of it. They are absolute hot spots for certain animals many of us pursue due to the biodiversity of habitat, plants, insects, etc. that you won't find elsewhere in the Ozarks.

In this episode we talk with Dr. Casey Brewster about all the things he's involved in from glades to pack goats and even get into Dr. Brewster's part in current smallmouth research being conducted in the Ozarks. We cover:

• The importance of identifying glade habitat as an outdoorsman and how different animals benefit from having this rich habitat available to them
• the disappearance of glades in the Ozarks what can be done to restore them on your own property and public lands
• hunting with pack goats and Dr. Brewster's non-profit organization Snake Mountain Pack Goats
• The smallmouth research that Dr. Brewster is involved in on hybridization of Smallmouth and identifying unique subspecies of Smallmouth Bass in the Ozarks

We hope you enjoy!

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