{"podcast":{"title":"Fins, Fur, and Feathers","slug":"fins-fur-and-feathers-6689181","podcast_index_feed_id":6689181,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/489245/rss","website_url":"https://sites.libsyn.com/489245","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/c/f/a/f/cfafeedaaec20ac127a2322813b393ee/FinsFurFeathers_Icon_3000_3000.jpg","author":"Joe Gerken and Drew Ricketts","episode_count":67,"summary":"Fins, Fur, and Feathers provides science-based solutions to real-world problems faced by producers, land managers, recreational landowners, and others who are dealing with wildlife or water-related problems or for those wanting to produce more fish and wildlife from their land.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fins-fur-and-feathers-6689181"},"episode":{"title":"Freshwater Mussels","slug":"freshwater-mussels","published_at":"2026-01-27T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fins-fur-and-feathers-6689181/freshwater-mussels","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fins-fur-and-feathers-6689181","url":"https://976646f9-c750-4824-8301-5ac692a72f34.libsyn.com/freshwater-mussels","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/976646f9-c750-4824-8301-5ac692a72f34/POD_260113_Mussels_Full_V1.mp3?dest-id=4174655","summary":"Freshwater mussels are important animals in a healthy aquatic ecosystem but they are facing widespread declines in Kansas and throughout their native ranges. Join Joe and Drew as they discuss freshwater mussel life history characteristics, how humans have used them in the past, and steps you can take to help ensure they persist for future generations. Dr. Joe Gerken and Dr. Drew Ricketts are extension specialists and faculty members in the Wildlife and Outdoor Enterprise Management Program at Kansas State University. Find out more about the program at http://hnr.k-state.edu/academics/undergraduate-programs/wildlife-outdoor-management.html Watch the podcast on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/@KSEWildlife","meta_description":"Freshwater mussels are important animals in a healthy aquatic ecosystem but they are facing widespread declines in Kansas and throughout their native rang…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2013,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fins-fur-and-feathers-6689181/episodes/freshwater-mussels/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fins-fur-and-feathers-6689181/freshwater-mussels.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}