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SOUTHERN UTAH WILD TURKEY RESEARCH

ABOUT OUR STUDY

​A challenge to wild turkey management is knowing how turkeys will adapt to habitat changes.  Landowners have raised concerns that by removing the Russian olive we may create more agricultural depredation impacts because they will forage more in the hay and alfalfa fields without Russian olive.  Also among biological professionals there is varying opinions on how these Russian olive removal and native habitat restoration projects will impact turkey behavior, movements, and populations.  With an increase effort to restore native riparian habitats in recent years this research project will provide very valuable information to guide future turkey management and Russian olive removal projects in southwest desert riparian habitats.      
 
We propose to study wild turkeys to determine their use of riparian areas where Russian olive and tamarisk have been removed.  We propose to study the use of treated riparian areas and compare this to the use of areas that have Russian olive and tamarisk vegetation.  
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RESEARCH UPDATES

March 2019: 8 GPS Transmitters and 12 VHF transmitters are out and about in Escalante Utah

TURKEY TRAPPING MARCH 2018
Photos taken while trapping turkeys, locating turkeys with telemetry, etc.

TURKEY NESTS 2018/2019
Her nesting location was in thick brush, under ponderosa pine trees
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MEASURMENTS OF FEMALE TURKEY NESTING SITES
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SEEKING OUT TRANSMITTERS
Sometimes, our birds get eaten by predators.  Then we have to try to find where the predator took the transmitter.  Here are some photos of where we found a transmitter from a depredated hen.
TURKEY TRAPPING PHOTOS - WINTER 2019

WILD TURKEY RESEARCH VIDEOS

Videos taken by the team while placing transmitters on turkeys, releasing turkeys, and locating turkeys
Fastening a Transmitter to a Turkey
Female Turkey Release
Rio Grande WT Release
Turkey Release

SHARED MAPS AND DATA

Maps created through Movebank to locate turkeys, GIS maps created by the team, etc.
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Locations of 4 turkeys in February 2019
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Locations of female turkeys in December 2018
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  • Home
  • Featured Animal Topics
    • Amphibians
    • Birds
    • Small Mammals >
      • Fox Squirrels
    • Intermediate Mammals
    • Large Mammals
    • Reptiles
    • Arthropods
  • Outreach & Education
    • Wildlife Research Education Network >
      • WREN - Canyon View High School
      • WREN - Cedar High School >
        • Wild Bee ID Guide
      • WREN - Kanab High School
      • WREN - Rowland Hall Prep
    • Southern Utah Wild Turkey Research
    • Cedar Breaks Wildlife Inventory
    • Ringtail Cat Research
  • Questions from the Community
    • Animal Conservation Questions
    • Agriculture/Wildlife Conflict Questions
    • Animal Identification Questions
    • Backyard Wildlife Questions >
      • Squirrel Questions from the Community
  • Wildlife Ecology & Management
    • Free-Roaming Horses Information
    • Public Knowledge and Opinion of Free-roaming Horses
    • Free-Roaming Horses: National Survey of U. S. Public Knowledge and Opinions
    • Horse and Wildlife Interactions
  • Agricultural Wildlife Management
  • Sensitive Species Management
  • Meet the Specialist
  • Additional Resources