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Building Your Own Conservation Team
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by
Gilbert Randolph
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published
Jan 02, 2025
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last modified
May 27, 2025 05:45 AM
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filed under:
Working Lands for Wildlife,
Grasslands and Savannas,
Stories,
News,
Bobwhite,
Northern Bobwhite Quail
Building habitat on private land isn’t easy. That’s why Barb Heyen has built a “conservation team,” to help transform 120 acres of her property in southern Illinois from low quality pasture to quail and monarch-focused habitat.
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Stories
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Innovative Conservation on the Sid Williams Ranch
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by
Gilbert Randolph
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published
Apr 06, 2025
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last modified
May 27, 2025 05:45 AM
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filed under:
Working Lands for Wildlife,
Grasslands and Savannas,
Stories,
Northern Bobwhite Quail
“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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by
Rachel Holt
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published
May 27, 2025
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filed under:
Northern Bobwhite Quail,
education,
WLFW,
Grasslands and Savannas,
Georgia
How a class of seventh-grade student is learning conservation through the bobwhite quail.
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The Softball Method
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by
Gilbert Randolph
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published
Apr 06, 2025
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last modified
May 27, 2025 05:46 AM
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filed under:
Working Lands for Wildlife,
Stories,
Grasslands and Savannas,
Northern Bobwhite Quail
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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Pollinator plantings benefit the birds and the bees
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by
Rachel Holt
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published
May 26, 2025
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last modified
May 27, 2025 05:46 AM
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filed under:
WLFW,
WLFW Pollinator Conservation Webinar Series,
Northern Bobwhite Quail,
Grasslands and Savannas,
Pollinators,
Monarch Butterfly
How implementing pollinator plantings can benefit both quail and pollinator species
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Grazing Study Brings New Insights for Bobwhite Quail Management
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by
Gilbert Randolph
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published
Apr 06, 2025
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last modified
May 27, 2025 05:46 AM
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filed under:
Working Lands for Wildlife,
Grasslands and Savannas,
Stories,
Northern Bobwhite Quail
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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How fall covey counts track the impact of habitat restoration
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by
Rachel Holt
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published
May 27, 2025
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filed under:
WLFW,
Working Lands for Wildlife,
Northern Bobwhite Quail,
Grasslands and Savannas,
Outcomes Assessments,
Audio Recording Unit
Surveys provide critical insight into management practices for northern bobwhite quail.
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