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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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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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Kicking Out Cool Season Grasses
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Replacing cool season grasses with native warm season grass can be a challenge. Foliar spraying is a cost-effective way to kickstart that conversion.
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Meeting the Mestads
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When Bruce and Marla Mestad bought thirty acres in northern Missouri, they didn’t expect to find that their fields were home to a seedbank for remnant prairie. With the help of Quail Forever and the USDA-NRCS, the Mestad’s have brought life back to their slice of prairie in north central Missouri.
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Grazing Study Brings New Insights for Bobwhite Quail Management
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The University of Tennessee, in cooperation with the USDA Workings Lands for Wildlife and the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife, recently completed a four-year study that aimed to explore how the combination of planting native warm-season grasses and cattle grazing may benefit bobwhite quail and other upland birds.
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It's All in the Soil
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Do you know your dirt? A local USDA’s Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) representative can help landowners get up to speed on what sort of ground they’re working with.
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Monarchs in the Southeast
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A guide on the life history, common threats, and conservation measures you can implement to support Monarchs!
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Conservation Corridor February 2025 Newsletter
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Connecting science to conservation.
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Join the Bobwhite in Hardwood Forested Systems Webinar!
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Join us February 13th at 11:30 AM CST for a webinar on Bobwhite in Hardwood Forested Systems. We will be joined by John Gruchy of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
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