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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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Meeting the Mestads
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by
Gilbert Randolph
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published
Apr 06, 2025
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last modified
May 27, 2025 12:27 PM
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filed under:
Working Lands for Wildlife,
Stories,
Grasslands and Savannas,
Northern Bobwhite Quail
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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Kicking Out Cool Season Grasses
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by
Gilbert Randolph
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published
Apr 06, 2025
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last modified
May 27, 2025 05:43 AM
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filed under:
Working Lands for Wildlife,
Grasslands and Savannas,
Stories,
Northern Bobwhite Quail
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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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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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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Stories
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Breakfast with Biologists July 24, 2025
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by
Web Editor
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published
Jul 11, 2025
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filed under:
Grasslands and Savannas,
Working Lands for Wildlife,
WLFW
Featured speakers from Ducks Unlimited, New Jersey Audubon, Quail & Pheasants Forever, Xerces Society, and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service will discuss NRCS programs and funding opportunities for upland and wetland habitat restoration, enhancement, and creation projects
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Join the Bobwhite in Hardwood Forested Systems Webinar!
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by
Gilbert Randolph
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published
Jan 21, 2025
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filed under:
WLFW,
News & Events,
Grasslands and Savannas,
Bobwhite Quail Seminar Series,
News,
WLFW Conservation Webinar Series,
Bobwhite,
Working Lands for Wildlife
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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News
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Aquatic Connectivity Framework (ACF) Fact Sheet
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by
Web Editor
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published
Dec 12, 2024
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last modified
Mar 19, 2025 03:31 PM
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filed under:
WLFW,
USDA,
Landscape Partnership,
Fact Sheets,
Framework,
Aquatics,
Working Lands for Wildlife,
Fact Sheet,
Resources
The Aquatic Connectivity Framework (ACF) is a WLFW partnership effort that brings together public and private partners to tackle critical threats to watersheds across 16 states in the eastern and central U.S.
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First-of-Its-Kind Study Inventories New Mexican Beaver Dams
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by
Web Editor
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published
Jun 19, 2025
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last modified
Jun 19, 2025 03:59 PM
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filed under:
WLFW,
News & Events,
Aquatics,
News,
Defenders of Wildlife,
Working Lands for Wildlife
As part of Defenders of Wildlife’s beaver conservation initiative, a new survey, which has never been conducted in New Mexico, reveals an uneven distribution of beaver dams — and the sub-sequential ecological benefits — throughout the state. Commissioned by Defenders, the survey is a critical tool for the future of strategic beaver and water conservation New Mexico.
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USDA Forest Service Private Land
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by
Tab Manager
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published
Oct 22, 2024
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last modified
Oct 22, 2024 12:21 AM
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filed under:
WLFW,
Working Lands for Wildlife,
Eastern Deciduous Forests,
USDA Forest Service,
Resources
Did you know that more than half the forest land in the United States is owned and managed by some 10.6 million private forest owners? These working forests benefit us all.
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