{"id":17757,"date":"2021-06-01T14:06:02","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T18:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/?p=17757"},"modified":"2026-01-24T15:13:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T19:13:56","slug":"ask-an-expert-enjoying-indiana-herps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/ask-an-expert-enjoying-indiana-herps\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask an Expert: Enjoying Indiana Herps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Join Purdue FNR&#8217;s own professor of wildlife science, Dr. Rod Williams, along with Mike Lodato, member of the Indiana Technical Advisory Committee for Herpetology, and Nate Engbrecht, herpetologist for the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, to learn tips on the how&#8217;s, when&#8217;s and where&#8217;s of herping in Indiana, including what gear to take, where to go and what you might see in different parts of the state.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FNR Ask the Expert: Enjoying Indiana Herps\" width=\"670\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H_PRgJNKRhg?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, trees, forest management, wood products, natural resource planning, 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>\u00a0web page.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resources:<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/sofCaCXWe1c\">What&#8217;s a Herp?<\/a> Indiana Department of Natural Resources YouTube Channel<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/edustore.purdue.edu\/fnr-478-w.html\">Appreciating Reptiles and Amphibians in Nature<\/a>, The Education Store, Purdue Extension resource center<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/edustore.purdue.edu\/fnr-430-w.html\">The Nature of Teaching, Unit 3: Reptiles, Amphibians, and the Scientific Method<\/a>, The Education Store<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FcmFGiWVkVc\">A Moment in the Wild: Eastern Newt Video<\/a>, Purdue Extension &#8211; FNR YouTube Channel<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/department\/extension\/hellbender\/index.html\">Help the Hellbender<\/a>, Purdue Extension<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.depts.ttu.edu\/provost\/bios\/rod-williams.php\">Rod Williams<\/a>, Professor of Wildlife Science<br \/>\nPurdue Department of Forestry and Natural Resources<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoosierherpsociety.org\/past-speakers\/nathan-engbrecht\">Nate Engbrecht<\/a>, Herpetologist<br \/>\nIndiana Department of Natural Resources<\/p>\n<p>Mike Lodato, Member of the Indiana Technical Advisory Committee for Herpetology<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join Purdue FNR&#8217;s own professor of wildlife science, Dr. Rod Williams, along with Mike Lodato, member of the Indiana Technical Advisory Committee for Herpetology, and Nate Engbrecht, herpetologist for the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, to learn tips on the how&#8217;s, when&#8217;s and where&#8217;s of herping in Indiana, including what gear to take, where to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,79,1425,45,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aquaculturefish","category-aqua","category-ask-the-expert","category-howto","category-ponds"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17757"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35282,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17757\/revisions\/35282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}