Prairie Sportsman
Birds of the Prairie
Season 11 Episode 1 | 27m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
A sharptail hunt and conservation efforts and a tribute to “Mr. Grouse” John Toepfer.
Bret Amundson hunts Minnesota’s only native prairie grouse, the sharptail, in east central Minnesota where wildlife biologists are working to save the bird’s declining population, and White Earth Nation dancers pay tribute to “Mr. Grouse” John Toepfer, a long-time prairie grouse researcher.
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Prairie Sportsman is a local public television program presented by Pioneer PBS
Production sponsorship is provided by funding from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, West Central Initiative, Shalom Hill Farm, and members of Pioneer PBS.
Prairie Sportsman
Birds of the Prairie
Season 11 Episode 1 | 27m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
Bret Amundson hunts Minnesota’s only native prairie grouse, the sharptail, in east central Minnesota where wildlife biologists are working to save the bird’s declining population, and White Earth Nation dancers pay tribute to “Mr. Grouse” John Toepfer, a long-time prairie grouse researcher.
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Prairie Sportsman is a local public television program presented by Pioneer PBS
Production sponsorship is provided by funding from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, West Central Initiative, Shalom Hill Farm, and members of Pioneer PBS.