Consumers are gearing up for a great Thanksgiving, but did you know that the wild turkey nearly went extinct throughout the United States a century ago due to habitat loss and overharvesting? The LSU Ag Center shares a glimpse into the bird’s history, which includes an agressive – and very successful – preservation and re-introduction efforts on the part of various state wildlife agencies beginning in the 1960s. Today, Louisiana officials estimate that state’s wild turkey population at 40,000.
