00:00:01 Speaker 1: Do you ever wonder what happened to the hundreds of thousands of buffalo that used to call the eastern US home? Or what caused the rise and fall of Bob white quail? Or who in the world is Fanny Cook? And why should we care? Welcome to Backwoods University, the latest addition to the beargreas feed on Meat Eater's podcast network. I'm your host, Lake Pickle at Backwoods University. We'll explore the land and learn from the people who have dedicated their lives to wild animals and their habitats. Where did grizzly bears fit into the modern landscape? How did all those exotic species of wildlife end up in Texas? What led to the demise of the once thriving population of bison east to the Mississippi? 00:00:41 Speaker 2: The most common evidence that we have a bison in the east of the most common historical conductation with people killing them. 00:00:48 Speaker 1: How one woman single handedly saved the natural resources of her home state through introducing wildlife conservation. Could we bring Bob white quail back if we learned how to better manage the land. 00:01:00 Speaker 3: We need plants that are going to produce food. In June, July, August September, et cetera. And so the plant community needs to be diverse enough, that is, producing food twelve months out of the year and cover twelve months out of the year and thermal cover twelve months out of the year. Monotypic plant communities can't do that. The question then becomes, how do we get it? How do we create those resources and conditions? 00:01:24 Speaker 1: Join me at Backwoods University to seek out a deeper understanding of wildlife, wild places, and the people who have dedicated their lives to conserving. Both pencils down, let's get outside. Find us in the bear Grease feed on Meat Eater's podcast network, Look up bear Grease wherever you listen to podcasts, and hit the follow button to enroll in Backwoods University.