{"podcast":{"title":"Under the Canopy","slug":"under-the-canopy-6490121","podcast_index_feed_id":6490121,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2221923.rss","website_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2221923","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/o22fmkf995f2lt69vocbngqo0od2?.jpg","author":"Outdoor Journal Radio Podcast Network","episode_count":151,"summary":"On Outdoor Journal Radio's Under the Canopy podcast, former Minister of Natural Resources, Jerry Ouellette takes you along on the journey to see the places and meet the people that will help you find your outdoor passion and help you live a life close to nature and Under The Canopy.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-23T02:18:36.616098+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/under-the-canopy-6490121"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 136: A Former MNR Biologist Explains Why Wildlife Counts Are Never Simple","slug":"episode-136-a-former-mnr-biologist-explains-why-wildlife-counts-are-never-simple","published_at":"2026-03-16T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/under-the-canopy-6490121/episode-136-a-former-mnr-biologist-explains-why-wildlife-counts-are-never-simple","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/under-the-canopy-6490121","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2221923/episodes/18846665-episode-136-a-former-mnr-biologist-explains-why-wildlife-counts-are-never-simple.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2221923/episodes/18846665-episode-136-a-former-mnr-biologist-explains-why-wildlife-counts-are-never-simple.mp3","summary":"Counting wildlife sounds like a spreadsheet problem until you try doing it over millions of hectares of bush, broken habitat, bad weather, and animals that do not want to be seen. We sit down with Bruce Ranta, a former Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources biologist, to pull back the curtain on how population estimates really get made and why “the number” is often a best-guess built from multiple imperfect signals. If you’ve ever wondered how the province decides on moose tags, elk harvest le...","meta_description":"Counting wildlife sounds like a spreadsheet problem until you try doing it over millions of hectares of bush, broken habitat, bad weather, and animals tha…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5103,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/under-the-canopy-6490121/episodes/episode-136-a-former-mnr-biologist-explains-why-wildlife-counts-are-never-simple/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/under-the-canopy-6490121/episode-136-a-former-mnr-biologist-explains-why-wildlife-counts-are-never-simple.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}