{"id":7478,"date":"2016-10-17T18:43:51","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T18:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/?p=7478"},"modified":"2022-07-12T13:30:40","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T17:30:40","slug":"new-video-hellbender-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/new-video-hellbender-decline\/","title":{"rendered":"Hellbender Decline Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Eastern hellbenders are the largest salamander in North America and have survived unchanged for nearly 2 million years. Hellbender populations are declining across their range, from Missouri to New York. This decline is likely caused by human influences such as habitat degradation and destruction. Many states are developing conservation programs to help the hellbender. To find out what you can do visit <a href=\"http:\/\/helpthehellbender.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">helpthehellbender.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hellbender Decline Video\" width=\"670\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KAQZhxr5bF4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Resources:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mdc.itap.purdue.edu\/item.asp?Item_Number=FNR-529-WV\">How Anglers and Paddlers Can Help the Hellbender<\/a>, The Education Store<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mdc.itap.purdue.edu\/item.asp?Item_Number=FNR-513-WV\">Hellbender ID<\/a>, The Education Store<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mdc.itap.purdue.edu\/item.asp?Item_Number=FNR-537-WV\">Improving Water Quality by Protecting Sinkholes on Your Property<\/a>, The Education Store<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mdc.itap.purdue.edu\/item.asp?Item_Number=FNR-528-WV\">Improving Water Quality at Your Livestock Operation<\/a>, The Education Store<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mdc.itap.purdue.edu\/item.asp?Item_Number=FNR-527-W\">Healthy Water, Happy Home &#8211; Lesson Plan<\/a>, The Education Store<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/contact-us\/directory\/nicholas-burgmeier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nick Burgmeier<\/a>, Project Coordinator, Research Biologist &amp; Wildlife Extension Specialist<br \/>\nPurdue Department of Forestry and Natural Resources<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/fnr\/Pages\/Profile.aspx?strAlias=rodw&amp;intDirDeptID=15\">Dr. Rod Williams<\/a>, Associate Head of Extension and Associate Professor of Wildlife Science<br \/>\nPurdue Department of Forestry and Natural Resources<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Eastern hellbenders are the largest salamander in North America and have survived unchanged for nearly 2 million years. Hellbender populations are declining across their range, from Missouri to New York. This decline is likely caused by human influences such as habitat degradation and destruction. Many states are developing conservation programs to help the hellbender. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,79,54],"tags":[57,196,232,72],"class_list":["post-7478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aquaculturefish","category-aqua","category-wildlife","tag-aquaculturefish","tag-hellbender","tag-help-the-hellbender","tag-wildlife"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7478","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7478"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19695,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7478\/revisions\/19695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}