{"id":6947,"date":"2016-06-27T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T08:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/?p=6947"},"modified":"2016-07-11T13:09:47","modified_gmt":"2016-07-11T13:09:47","slug":"new-video-anglers-and-paddlers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/new-video-anglers-and-paddlers\/","title":{"rendered":"New Extension Video: How Anglers and Paddlers Can Help the Hellbender"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Anglers<\/a>Paddling and fishing are great ways to enjoy our rivers and streams. However, these seemingly harmless activities can actually be harmful to the eastern hellbender and other aquatic wildlife\u00a0if the proper precautions are not followed.<\/p>\n

In this video<\/a>, Purdue videographer Aaron Doenges speaks with\u00a0Tom Waters and Ranger Bob Sawtelle, two professionals around Indiana’s\u00a0Blue River, to learn more about safe ways to paddle and fish. By\u00a0following a few simple tips, paddlers and anglers\u00a0can still enjoy these aquatic activities without harming the local wildlife.<\/p>\n

If we all do our part to help the hellbender, this at-risk species can survive and grow. Anglers and paddlers aren’t the only people that can help. Farmers can also check out the video Improving Water Quality Around Your Farm<\/a> to learn healthy farming practices to improve water quality for the hellbender and other aquatic wildlife, and landowners are encouraged to check out Improving Water Quality At Your Livestock Operation<\/a> to learn about how to manage livestock without polluting nearby rivers and streams.<\/p>\n

To stay current with the latest news and research on the eastern hellbender, please visit the Help the Hellbender<\/a> website.<\/p>\n

Resources:<\/strong>
\nHow Anglers and Paddlers Can Help the Hellbender<\/a> – The Education Store, Purdue Extension Resource Center
\nImproving Water Quality Around Your Farm<\/a> – The Education Store
\nImproving Water Quality At Your Livestock Operation<\/a> – The Education Store
\nEastern Hellbender ID Video<\/a> – The Education Store
\nHelp the Hellbender<\/a> – Purdue Extension<\/p>\n

Rod Williams<\/a>, Associate Head of Extension and Associate Professor of Wildlife Science
\nPurdue University Department of Forestry and Natural Resources<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Paddling and fishing are great ways to enjoy our rivers and streams. However, these seemingly harmless activities can actually be harmful to the eastern hellbender and other aquatic wildlife\u00a0if the proper precautions are not followed. In this video, Purdue videographer Aaron Doenges speaks with\u00a0Tom Waters and Ranger Bob Sawtelle, two professionals around Indiana’s\u00a0Blue River, to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,45,54],"tags":[335,197,336,318,337,196,232,333,334,233],"class_list":["post-6947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aquaculturefish","category-howto","category-wildlife","tag-angler","tag-blue-river","tag-canoe","tag-eastern","tag-fishing","tag-hellbender","tag-help-the-hellbender","tag-hth","tag-paddler","tag-salamander","audience-for-enthusiasts","audience-for-professionals"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-15 18:44:21","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6947","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6947"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6989,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6947\/revisions\/6989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}