{"id":15238,"date":"2020-08-01T12:00:41","date_gmt":"2020-08-01T12:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/?p=15238"},"modified":"2025-08-01T11:08:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T15:08:06","slug":"a-moment-in-the-wild-release-moment-of-hellbenders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/a-moment-in-the-wild-release-moment-of-hellbenders\/","title":{"rendered":"A Moment in the Wild: Release Moment of Hellbenders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this &#8220;A Moment in the Wild&#8221; episode, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.depts.ttu.edu\/provost\/bios\/rod-williams.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rod Williams<\/a>, Purdue professor of wildlife science, talks about the conservation efforts to save the North America&#8217;s giant salamander, the hellbender.\u00a0 Walk with Rod through Purdue Forestry and Natural Resources&#8217; facilities and see how they are raised and released in the few clean rivers and streams that they can still be found.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Moment in the Wild: Release Moment of Hellbenders\" width=\"670\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/727eOoPuT2w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions regarding wildlife, or other natural resource topics, feel free to contact us by using our <a title=\"Ask an Expert\" href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/got-nature-blog\/ask-an-expert\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ask an Expert<\/a> web page.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resources<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLgoGnq-fak7UMBcQ-RiRsbFUqVjldrvW-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Moment in the Wild<\/a>, Playlist, Purdue Extension &#8211; Forestry 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