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228bottom:20px;margin-top:-40px;padding-top:40px;}@media (min-width: 768px){.css-193ryyg h4{font-size:28px;line-height:34px;letter-spacing:0.84px;}}@media (min-width: 1025px){.css-193ryyg h4{margin-top:-65px;padding-top:65px;}}.css-193ryyg p{font-size:16px;line-height:26px;font-weight:300;scroll-padding-top:40px;word-break:break-word;}@media (min-width: 768px){.css-193ryyg p{font-size:18px;line-height:28px;}}@media (min-width: 1025px){.css-193ryyg p{scroll-padding-top:65px;}}.css-193ryyg ol,.css-193ryyg ul{padding-left:0;margin-left:20px;margin-top:20px;}.css-193ryyg ol li,.css-193ryyg ul li{line-height:28px;margin-bottom:10px;}.css-193ryyg ol{margin-bottom:20px;}.css-193ryyg ol li{counter-increment:t-counter;padding-left:10px;}.css-193ryyg ol ul li::marker{content:initial;}.css-193ryyg ul li{padding-left:10px;}.css-193ryyg a{color:#9E663D;pointer-events:all;}.css-193ryyg a:hover,.css-193ryyg a:focus{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;}.css-193ryyg a:visited{color:#9E663D;}.css-193ryyg table,.css-193ryyg th,.css-193ryyg td{border:1px solid #0F0F0F;}.css-193ryyg table td,.css-193ryyg th td,.css-193ryyg td td{padding:10px;}.css-193ryyg .alignright{float:right;margin-left:20px;}.css-193ryyg .aligncenter{display:table;margin:auto;}.css-193ryyg .alignleft{float:left;margin-right:20px;}</style><div class="css-193ryyg"><style data-emotion="css 1bjwyh9">.css-1bjwyh9{font-weight:300;margin:1em 0;}.css-1bjwyh9 .has-text-align-center{text-align:center;}.css-1bjwyh9 .has-text-align-right{text-align:right;}</style><div class="css-1bjwyh9"><div> 229<p>Funding for this yearâs investment was made possible through financial contributions from the Bass Pro Shops and Cabelaâs Outdoor Fund, Mossy Oak, Nomad Outdoors, NWTF state chapters and a private family foundation in Virginia. </p> 230</div></div></div></div><style data-emotion="css ga18xr">.css-ga18xr{margin:0 auto;max-width:750px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;position:relative;}@media (min-width: 1025px){.css-ga18xr{padding-left:0;padding-right:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;}}</style><div class="css-ga18xr" width="750px"><style data-emotion="css 193ryyg">.css-193ryyg{pointer-events:none;z-index:-1;}.css-193ryyg h1{font-size:32px;line-height:36px;letter-spacing:0.84px;}@media (min-width: 768px){.css-193ryyg h1{font-size:52px;line-height:58px;letter-spacing:1.56px;}}.css-193ryyg h2{font-size:28px;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:0.84px;font-weight:700;}@media (min-width: 768px){.css-193ryyg h2{font-size:36px;line-height:40px;letter-spacing:1.08px;}}@media (min-width: 1025px){.css-193ryyg h2{margin-top:-65px;padding-top:65px;}}.css-193ryyg h3{font-size:28px;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:0.84px;font-weight:700;margin-bottom:20px;margin-top:-40px;padding-top:40px;}@media (min-width: 768px){.css-193ryyg h3{font-size:32px;line-height:38px;letter-spacing:0.96px;}}@media (min-width: 1025px){.css-193ryyg h3{margin-top:-65px;padding-top:65px;}}.css-193ryyg h4{font-size:24px;line-height:34px;letter-spacing:0.72px;font-weight:700;margin-bottom:20px;margin-top:-40px;padding-top:40px;}@media (min-width: 768px){.css-193ryyg h4{font-size:28px;line-height:34px;letter-spacing:0.84px;}}@media (min-width: 1025px){.css-193ryyg h4{margin-top:-65px;padding-top:65px;}}.css-193ryyg p{font-size:16px;line-height:26px;font-weight:300;scroll-padding-top:40px;word-break:break-word;}@media (min-width: 768px){.css-193ryyg p{font-size:18px;line-height:28px;}}@media (min-width: 1025px){.css-193ryyg p{scroll-padding-top:65px;}}.css-193ryyg ol,.css-193ryyg ul{padding-left:0;margin-left:20px;margin-top:20px;}.css-193ryyg ol li,.css-193ryyg ul li{line-height:28px;margin-bottom:10px;}.css-193ryyg ol{margin-bottom:20px;}.css-193ryyg ol li{counter-increment:t-counter;padding-left:10px;}.css-193ryyg ol ul li::marker{content:initial;}.css-193ryyg ul li{padding-left:10px;}.css-193ryyg a{color:#9E663D;pointer-events:all;}.css-193ryyg a:hover,.css-193ryyg a:focus{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;}.css-193ryyg a:visited{color:#9E663D;}.css-193ryyg table,.css-193ryyg th,.css-193ryyg td{border:1px solid #0F0F0F;}.css-193ryyg table td,.css-193ryyg th td,.css-193ryyg td td{padding:10px;}.css-193ryyg .alignright{float:right;margin-left:20px;}.css-193ryyg .aligncenter{display:table;margin:auto;}.css-193ryyg .alignleft{float:left;margin-right:20px;}</style><div class="css-193ryyg"><style data-emotion="css 1bjwyh9">.css-1bjwyh9{font-weight:300;margin:1em 0;}.css-1bjwyh9 .has-text-align-center{text-align:center;}.css-1bjwyh9 .has-text-align-right{text-align:right;}</style><div class="css-1bjwyh9"><div> 231<p>âWe are committed to advancing wild turkey research that guides the management of this treasured bird,â NWTF co-CEO Jason Burckhalter said. âWe must continue to invest in research that fills knowledge and data gaps and ensures the conservation of the wild turkey in an ever-changing landscape. Through our Research Grants Program and our broader wild turkey research strategy, we are doing just that.â </p> 232</div></div></div></div><style data-emotion="css ga18xr">.css-ga18xr{margin:0 auto;max-width:750px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;position:relative;}@media (min-width: 1025px){.css-ga18xr{padding-left:0;padding-right:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;}}</style><div class="css-ga18xr" width="750px"><style data-emotion="css 193ryyg">.css-193ryyg{pointer-events:none;z-index:-1;}.css-193ryyg h1{font-size:32px;line-height:36px;letter-spacing:0.84px;}@media (min-width: 768px){.css-193ryyg h1{font-size:52px;line-height:58px;letter-spacing:1.56px;}}.css-193ryyg h2{font-size:28px;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:0.84px;font-weight:700;}@media (min-width: 768px){.css-193ryyg h2{font-size:36px;line-height:40px;letter-spacing:1.08px;}}@media (min-width: 1025px){.css-193ryyg h2{margin-top:-65px;padding-top:65px;}}.css-193ryyg h3{font-size:28px;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:0.84px;font-weight:700;margin-bottom:20px;margin-top:-40px;padding-top:40px;}@media (min-width: 768px){.css-193ryyg h3{font-size:32px;line-height:38px;letter-spacing:0.96px;}}@media (min-width: 1025px){.css-193ryyg h3{margin-top:-65px;padding-top:65px;}}.css-193ryyg h4{font-size:24px;line-height:34px;letter-spacing:0.72px;font-weight:700;margin-bottom:20px;margin-top:-40px;padding-top:40px;}@media (min-width: 768px){.css-193ryyg h4{font-size:28px;line-height:34px;letter-spacing:0.84px;}}@media (min-width: 1025px){.css-193ryyg h4{margin-top:-65px;padding-top:65px;}}.css-193ryyg p{font-size:16px;line-height:26px;font-weight:300;scroll-padding-top:40px;word-break:break-word;}@media (min-width: 768px){.css-193ryyg p{font-size:18px;line-height:28px;}}@media (min-width: 1025px){.css-193ryyg p{scroll-padding-top:65px;}}.css-193ryyg ol,.css-193ryyg ul{padding-left:0;margin-left:20px;margin-top:20px;}.css-193ryyg ol li,.css-193ryyg ul li{line-height:28px;margin-bottom:10px;}.css-193ryyg ol{margin-bottom:20px;}.css-193ryyg ol li{counter-increment:t-counter;padding-left:10px;}.css-193ryyg ol ul li::marker{content:initial;}.css-193ryyg ul li{padding-left:10px;}.css-193ryyg a{color:#9E663D;pointer-events:all;}.css-193ryyg a:hover,.css-193ryyg a:focus{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;}.css-193ryyg a:visited{color:#9E663D;}.css-193ryyg table,.css-193ryyg th,.css-193ryyg td{border:1px solid #0F0F0F;}.css-193ryyg table td,.css-193ryyg th td,.css-193ryyg td td{padding:10px;}.css-193ryyg .alignright{float:right;margin-left:20px;}.css-193ryyg .aligncenter{display:table;margin:auto;}.css-193ryyg .alignleft{float:left;margin-right:20px;}</style><div class="css-193ryyg"><style data-emotion="css 1bjwyh9">.css-1bjwyh9{font-weight:300;margin:1em 0;}.css-1bjwyh9 .has-text-align-center{text-align:center;}.css-1bjwyh9 .has-text-align-right{text-align:right;}</style><div class="css-1bjwyh9"><div> 233<p>For 2026 projects, Patrick Wightman, Ph.D., NWTF national director of wild turkey research and science, worked in conjunction with NWTF conservation staff and the NWTF National Wild Turkey Technical Committee to fine-tune priorities, which included the study and refinement of abundance estimation methods at local and regional scales, spring harvest season t
233iming structure, habitat and predator management strategies and harvest frameworks, and baiting and supplemental feeding and predator interaction, among others. </p> 234</div></div></div></div><style data-emotion="css ga18xr">.css-ga18xr{margin:0 auto;max-width:750px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;position:relative;}@media (min-width: 1025px){.css-ga18xr{padding-left:0;padding-right:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;}}</style><div class="css-ga18xr" width="750px"><style data-emotion="css 193ryyg">.css-193ryyg{pointer-events:none;z-index:-1;}.css-193ryyg h1{font-size:32px;line-height:36px;letter-spacing:0.84px;}@media (min-width: 768px){.css-193ryyg h1{font-size:52px;line-height:58px;letter-spacing:1.56px;}}.css-193ryyg h2{font-size:28px;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:0.84px;font-weight:700;}@media (min-width: 768px){.css-193ryyg h2{font-size:36px;line-height:40px;letter-spacing:1.08px;}}@media (min-width: 1025px){.css-193ryyg 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ul{padding-left:0;margin-left:20px;margin-top:20px;}.css-193ryyg ol li,.css-193ryyg ul li{line-height:28px;margin-bottom:10px;}.css-193ryyg ol{margin-bottom:20px;}.css-193ryyg ol li{counter-increment:t-counter;padding-left:10px;}.css-193ryyg ol ul li::marker{content:initial;}.css-193ryyg ul li{padding-left:10px;}.css-193ryyg a{color:#9E663D;pointer-events:all;}.css-193ryyg a:hover,.css-193ryyg a:focus{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;}.css-193ryyg a:visited{color:#9E663D;}.css-193ryyg table,.css-193ryyg th,.css-193ryyg td{border:1px solid #0F0F0F;}.css-193ryyg table td,.css-193ryyg th td,.css-193ryyg td td{padding:10px;}.css-193ryyg .alignright{float:right;margin-left:20px;}.css-193ryyg .aligncenter{display:table;margin:auto;}.css-193ryyg .alignleft{float:left;margin-right:20px;}</style><div class="css-193ryyg"><style data-emotion="css 1bjwyh9">.css-1bjwyh9{font-weight:300;margin:1em 0;}.css-1bjwyh9 .has-text-align-center{text-align:center;}.css-1bjwyh9 .has-text-align-right{text-align:right;}</style><div class="css-1bjwyh9"><div> 235<p>âTo determine which projects to fund this year, proposals were evaluated on their scientific rigor, management relevance, secured funding and alignment with the NWTFâs key research priorities for 2026,â Wightman said. âWe are excited to work with the universities and principal investigators for these new projects to move the needle forward for conservation of the wild turkey.â </p> 236</div></div></div></div><style data-emotion="css ga18xr">.css-ga18xr{margin:0 auto;max-width:750px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;position:relative;}@media (min-width: 1025px){.css-ga18xr{padding-left:0;padding-right:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;}}</style><div class="css-ga18xr" width="750px"><style data-emotion="css 1nhp7lk">.css-1nhp7lk{font-size:28px;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:0.84px;font-weight:700;}@media (min-width: 768px){.css-1nhp7lk{font-size:32px;line-height:38px;letter-spacing:0.96px;}}</style><h3 class="css-1nhp7lk"><span><span>This yearâs six projects include: </span></span></h3></div><style data-emotion="css ga18xr">.css-ga18xr{margin:0 auto;max-width:750px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;position:relative;}@media (min-width: 1025px){.css-ga18xr{padding-left:0;padding-right:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;}}</style><div class="css-ga18xr" width="750px"><style data-emotion="css 193ryyg">.css-193ryyg{pointer-events:none;z-index:-1;}.css-193ryyg h1{font-size:32px;line-height:36px;letter-spacing:0.84px;}@media (min-width: 768px){.css-193ryyg h1{font-size:52px;line-height:58px;letter-spacing:1.56px;}}.css-193ryyg h2{font-size:28px;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:0.84px;font-weight:700;}@media (min-width: 768px){.css-193ryyg h2{font-size:36px;line-height:40px;letter-spacing:1.08px;}}@media (min-width: 1025px){.css-193ryyg h2{margin-top:-65px;padding-top:65px;}}.css-193ryyg h3{font-size:28px;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:0.84px;font-weight:700;margin-bottom:20px;margin-top:-40px;padding-top:40px;}@media (min-width: 768px){.css-193ryyg h3{font-size:32px;line-height:38px;letter-spacing:0.96px;}}@media (min-width: 1025px){.css-193ryyg h3{margin-top:-65px;padding-top:65px;}}.css-193ryyg h4{font-size:24px;line-height:34px;letter-spacing:0.72px;font-weight:700;margin-bottom:20px;margin-top:-40px;padding-top:40px;}@media (min-width: 768px){.css-193ryyg h4{font-size:28px;line-height:34px;letter-spacing:0.84px;}}@media (min-width: 1025px){.css-193ryyg h4{margin-top:-65px;padding-top:65px;}}.css-193ryyg p{font-size:16px;line-height:26px;font-weight:300;scroll-padding-top:40px;word-break:break-word;}@media (min-width: 768px){.css-193ryyg p{font-size:18px;line-height:28px;}}@media (min-width: 1025px){.css-193ryyg p{scroll-padding-top:65px;}}.css-193ryyg ol,.css-193ryyg 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.has-text-align-right{text-align:right;}</style><div class="css-1bjwyh9"><div> 237<p><strong>Florida:</strong> Effects of habitat management on wild turkey populations, predators and gobbling, Marcus L
237ashley, Ph.D., University of Florida. Â </p> 238</div></div></div></div><style data-emotion="css ga18xr">.css-ga18xr{margin:0 auto;max-width:750px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;position:relative;}@media (min-width: 1025px){.css-ga18xr{padding-left:0;padding-right:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;}}</style><div class="css-ga18xr" width="750px"><style data-emotion="css 193ryyg">.css-193ryyg{pointer-events:none;z-index:-1;}.css-193ryyg h1{font-size:32px;line-height:36px;letter-spacing:0.84px;}@media (min-width: 768px){.css-193ryyg h1{font-size:52px;line-height:58px;letter-spacing:1.56px;}}.css-193ryyg h2{font-size:28px;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:0.84px;font-weight:700;}@media (min-width: 768px){.css-193ryyg h2{font-size:36px;line-height:40px;letter-spacing:1.08px;}}@media (min-width: 1025px){.css-193ryyg h2{margin-top:-65px;padding-top:65px;}}.css-193ryyg 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239<p><strong>Kansas:</strong> Use of large-scale metrics to assess habitat quality for wild turkeys, David Haukos, Ph.D., Kansas State University, Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, KSU.</p> 240</div></div></div></div><style data-emotion="css ga18xr">.css-ga18xr{margin:0 auto;max-width:750px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;position:relative;}@media (min-width: 1025px){.css-ga18xr{padding-left:0;padding-right:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;}}</style><div class="css-ga18xr" width="750px"><style data-emotion="css 193ryyg">.css-193ryyg{pointer-events:none;z-index:-1;}.css-193ryyg h1{font-size:32px;line-height:36px;letter-spacing:0.84px;}@media (min-width: 768px){.css-193ryyg h1{font-size:52px;line-height:58px;letter-spacing:1.56px;}}.css-193ryyg h2{font-size:28px;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:0.84px;font-weight:700;}@media (min-width: 768px){.css-193ryyg h2{font-size:36px;line-height:40px;letter-spacing:1.08px;}}@media (min-width: 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Additionally, as a part of that strategy, the NWTF continues to create regionally based wild turkey endowed professorships at key universities. In 2024, the NWTF <a href="https://www.nwtf.org/content-hub/nwtf-uga-establish-first-ever-endowed-wild-turkey-professorship" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><strong>announced the NWTF Endowed Chair at the University of Georgia</strong></a>, which <a href="https://www.nwtf.org/content-hub/nwtf-endowed-chair-at-uga-surpasses-1-million" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><strong>recently surpassed $1 million</strong></a>, and at its Convention and Sport Show earlier this year, the <a href="https://www.nwtf.org/content-hub/nwtf-mississippi-state-university-establish-new-wild-turkey-research-professorship" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><strong>NWTF announced the new NWTF Distinguished Chair at Mississippi State University</strong></a>. </p> 254</div></div></div></div><style data-emotion="css ga18xr">.css-ga18xr{margin:0 auto;max-width:750px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;position:relative;}@media (min-width: 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Since 2022, the NWTF has also invested over $2.7 million in critical wild turkey research that, when leveraged with partner contributions, has resulted in more than $25 million to guide the management of the wild turkey and to ensure sustainable populations. The organization continues to deliver its mission by working across boundaries on a landscape scale to create healthy forests and wildlife habitats, clean and abundant water, resilient communities and robust recreational opportunities. 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258iming structure, habitat and predator management strategies and harvest frameworks, and baiting and supplemental feeding and predator interaction, among others. \u003c/p\u003e\n"}},{"name":"core/paragraph","data":{"text":"\n\u003cp\u003eâTo determine which projects to fund this year, proposals were\u0026nbsp;evaluated on their scientific rigor, management relevance, secured funding and alignment with the NWTFâs key research priorities for 2026,â Wightman said. âWe are excited to work with the universities and principal investigators for these new projects to move the needle forward for conservation of the wild turkey.â\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n"}},{"name":"core/heading","data":{"text":"\u003cspan\u003eThis yearâs six projects include:\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e","type":"h3"}},{"name":"core/paragraph","data":{"text":"\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlorida:\u003c/strong\u003e Effects of habitat management on wild turkey populations, predators and gobbling, Marcus Lashley, Ph.D., University of Florida.  \u003c/p\u003e\n"}},{"name":"core/paragraph","data":{"text":"\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKansas:\u003c/strong\u003e Use of large-scale metrics to assess habitat quality for wild turkeys, David Haukos, Ph.D., Kansas State University, Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, KSU.\u003c/p\u003e\n"}},{"name":"core/paragraph","data":{"text":"\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichigan:\u003c/strong\u003e Wild turkey population dynamics in Michigan, Ben Luukonen, Ph.D., Michigan Department of Natural Resources, U.S. Geological Survey Michigan Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n"}},{"name":"core/paragraph","data":{"text":"\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNational: \u003c/strong\u003ePopulation genetics and reconnection of wild turkey populations, as part of the wildturkeyDNA project, Philip Lavretsky, Ph.D., University of Texas at El Paso.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n"}},{"name":"core/paragraph","data":{"text":"\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNebraska:\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;Gobbling chronology and its response to spring harvest season regulation changes, Andrew Little, Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n"}},{"name":"core/paragraph","data":{"text":"\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOregon and Washington:\u003c/strong\u003e Gobbling activity and habitat use of wild turkeys in Oregon and Washington, Ivana Mali, Ph.D., North Carolina State University.  \u003c/p\u003e\n"}},{"name":"core/image","data":{"text":"","imageUrl":"/2025/12/53583581665_442cf86736_o-1024x683.jpg","photoTitle":"Photo Credit: Darcy Daniels","bgColor":"","share":true,"shareText":"Share This","shareUrl":"/2025/12/53583581665_442cf86736_o-1024x683.jpg","image":"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https://live-wp.nwtf.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/53583581665_442cf86736_o-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-130551\"/\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003ePhoto Credit: Darcy Daniels\u003c/figcaption\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\n"}},{"name":"core/paragraph","data":{"text":"\n\u003cp\u003eWild turkeys depend on quality habitat and science-based management. Today, through NWTFâs\u0026nbsp;dual approach of conservation delivery and research, the organization leads the way in ensuring the resource is available for future generations. \u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n"}},{"name":"core/paragraph","data":{"text":"\n\u003cp\u003eAs part of its\u0026nbsp;heightened research strategy starting in 2022, the NWTF\u0026nbsp;has helped fund 41 wild turkey research efforts. Additionally,\u0026nbsp;as a part of that strategy, the NWTF continues to create regionally based wild turkey endowed professorships at key universities. In 2024, the NWTF\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"https://www.nwtf.org/content-hub/nwtf-uga-establish-first-ever-endowed-wild-turkey-professorship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eannounced the NWTF Endowed Chair at the University of Georgia\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.nwtf.org/content-hub/nwtf-endowed-chair-at-uga-surpasses-1-million\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003erecently surpassed $1 million\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e, and at its Convention and Sport Show earlier this year, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nwtf.org/content-hub/nwtf-mississippi-state-university-establish-new-wild-turkey-research-professorship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNWTF announced the new NWTF Distinguished Chair at Mississippi State University\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e. \u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n"}},{"name":"core/paragraph","data":{"text":"\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.nwtf.org/our-impact/research\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLearn more about how the NWTF is the foremost wild turkey research organization.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n"}},{"name":"core/paragraph","data":{"text":"\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the National Wild Turkey Federation\u003c/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSince 1973, the National Wild Turkey Federation has invested over half a billion dollars into wildlife conservation and has positively impacted over 25 million acres of critical wildlife habitat. 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