Mississippi Outdoors Podcast explores land history and deer population shifts

A new episode of the Mississippi Outdoors Podcast is now available. Mississippi State environmental historians Jim Giesen and Mark Hersey join the show to discuss the history of the land in Mississippi.

The episode covers how the Mississippi Delta transitioned from dense forests to farmland after the Civil War. The historians also talk about how whitetail deer nearly went extinct in the state and how a shift from cotton to soybeans contributed to a surge in deer populations.

According to the podcast, this episode offers a different perspective on outdoor land use and wildlife management. It aims to change how hunters and landowners view the land they use. The full episode can be watched on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3h5Wxv2shk.

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