Farm Monitor and Ranger Nick Feature Feral Swine Research

This month, Farm Monitor’s Ranger Nick segment highlights the damage and issues surrounding invasive feral swine, some control best practices, and ongoing research funded through the Feral Swine Control and Eradication Pilot Project.

Faith Kruis, a UGA Warnell graduate student on the project led by the Flint River Soil and Water Conservation District, joins Ranger Nick to discuss her research using GPS collars and cellular cameras to study the Judas Pig technique. This technique uses GPS location data of a so called “Judas Pig” to identify and remove entire family groups (sounders). Entire sounder removal is the most effective method of feral swine control.

This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, under Agreement number NR204310XXXXG001.