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Innovative Conservation on the Sid Williams Ranch
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“I’m addicted to taking a piece of land that’s worthless and turning it into something,” says Sid Williams, a rancher and landowner whose innovative conservation work in South Texas is making an outsized impact for bobwhite quail.
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Lee County Middle School Hosts Northern Bobwhite Day
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How a class of seventh-grade student is learning conservation through the bobwhite quail.
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WLFW East Region Conservation Webinar Series: Northern Bobwhite Session #8 “Bobwhite Breeding Season Roost Site Selection in an Ag Landscape”
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Session 8 of the “Northern Bobwhite” mini-series was presented by Olivia Lappin with Pheasants Forever/Quail Forever. This session focuses on research looking at vegetation structure selection for roosting sites during the breeding season. Topics covered include bobwhite capture methods, banding and collaring quail, bobwhite habitat requirements, research methods and results, and maximizing usable space.
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The Softball Method
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Determining the quality of upland habitat is one of the first steps in making better management decisions. One of the simplest ways to accomplish this is with the Softball Habitat Evaluation Technique (SHET) method. Simply put, it’s using a softball to mimic how quail use the landscape.
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WLFW East Region Conservation Series April 11 2024
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Tune in Thursday, April 11th, at 11:30 am CST (12:30 PM EST) for our last webinar in the Pollinator Series! This week's topic will cover "Maintaining Pollinator Habitat" with speaker Brittney Viers with Quail Forever.
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Pollinator plantings benefit the birds and the bees
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How implementing pollinator plantings can benefit both quail and pollinator species
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WLFW Pollinator Conservation Webinar Series: Session #1 Pollination Biology
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Session 1 of WLFW Pollinator Conservation Webinar series, presented by Celia Vuocolo, WLFW Pollinator Coordinator-East with Quail Forever & USDA-NRCS.
In this first session of the series, topics covered include threats to pollinators, plant pollination strategies, pollinator foraging behaviors, and a quick overview of bees of conservation concern.
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WLFW Pollinator Conservation Webinar Series: Session #2 Who are the Southeast Region’s Pollinators?
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Session 2 of WLFW Pollinator Conservation Webinar series, presented by Celia Vuocolo, WLFW Pollinator Coordinator-East with Quail Forever & USDA-NRCS.
In the second session of the series, topics covered include an overview of pollinator communities in the Southeast, six native been families in the US, other major pollinator groups and some fundamental planning considerations and recommendations.
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WLFW Pollinator Conservation Webinar Series: Session #3 Bumble Bees in the Southeast
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Session 3 of WLFW Pollinator Conservation Webinar series, presented by Celia Vuocolo, WLFW Pollinator Coordinator-East with Quail Forever & USDA-NRCS.
This session focuses on Bumble Bees in the Southeast, and will be the first of three sessions on “pollinator species of conservation concern” in the series. Topics covered include bumble bee life history, conservation threats & status, species found in the southeast, management considerations and plants for supporting bumble bees.
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USDA Accepts Nearly 2.7 Million Acres in Grassland CRP Signup
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 19, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is accepting offers for nearly 2.7 million acres from agricultural producers and private landowners through this year’s Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Grassland signup. This program allows producers and landowners to continue grazing and haying practices while protecting grasslands and further CRP conservation efforts. Grassland CRP is part of the Biden-Harris administration’s broader effort to address climate change and conserve natural resources. This year’s signup results include more than 144,000 acres in Texas.
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