Helping #pollinators is as easy as planting #wildflowers. go.usa.gov/xvDwJ

With 3 billion birds gone from the lansdcape, the work of Quail Forever is more important than ever bit.ly/3eKJC1M w/ @SageGrouseInit Pheasants Forever #EarthDay2020 #EarthDay

Happy Earth Day! #EarthDay2020 #Landmanagment #PrescribedFire #Rxfire

Because we all need that POWER vest for that big Zoom video conference meeting next week bit.ly/3asDnML

With 3 billion birds gone from the lansdcape, the work of Quail Forever is more important than ever bit.ly/3eKJC1M w/ @SageGrouseInit Pheasants Forever #EarthDay2020 #EarthDay

Because you need a fresh new lid for all those Zoom video meetings bit.ly/2KrVk3x

NEW ON THE WING PODCAST: In this episode, greater prairie chickens take center stage in a discussion about the creation of the new Cupido Wildlife Management Area bit.ly/3aqGll6 w/ Minnesota DNR MN Prairie Chicken Society Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Ruffed Grouse & American Woodcock Society minnesotaohf Pheasants Forever

Covey Flush Friday! Each Friday I will post something with the intention of stimulating thoughts and conversation about northern bobwhite science and management. Other topics will come up as well. Come and get it! Quail Forever UGA's Warnell School @NBCI_Bobwhite Georgia DNR Wildlife Martin G.A.M.E Lab

No secret bobwhites have declined dramatically in the last 50 years. About a 3.5% decline/year across the range. A large landscape with 1000 quail in 1966 would now have less than 150. In GA it is worse, less than 50 bobwhites would remain. Why? What do we do about? Stay tuned…

Farm Bill Wildlife Biologist Josh Marshall shared a few pics of a field being converted to native grasses and wildflowers. While the brown field compared to the green buffer might look like unsightly to an unknowing observer, this brown field is exactly what we want to see...

Because much of their native grassland habitat has disappeared, the lesser prairie chicken now occupies just 17 percent of its original range. Here's what Quail Forever is doing to save these boomers of the southern plains bit.ly/2Y74bzI w/ LPCInitiative Natural Resources Conservation Service

We are working hard here in Arkansas t make sure our landscape keeps that motive power for people to get out and enjoy their natural habitat!

CREATING QUAIL MICRO HABITAT WITH EDGE FEATHERING: Research efforts on bobwhites over the last decade are helping landowners, farmers, ranchers and private lands biologists make informed decisions for managing quail populations throughout their range bit.ly/2KDzeeE

Well maintained barbed wire fences built from zinc coated wire and steel posts were not degraded by fire in the tallgrass prairie. Damage found after fire is often from previous wear and/or vegetation overgrowth that burns slowly at high temperatures bit.ly/FireEffects_Fe… #fire

Facing obstacles too often familiar to producers, farmers in Cotton Plant, AR tried something new! “A decade later and they’re still farming. They still have competitive yields, but they’ve also reduced input costs by 50 to 60%.” hpj.com/crops/arkansas… hpj.com/crops/arkansas…

Please consider supporting Quail Forever next Tuesday May 5th.

NRCS is seeking applications for CIG grants!

Grants from Dept. of Agriculture will support urban agriculture and innovative production. go.usa.gov/xvwmD #OurFarmers

Thank you to Leslie Fowler with Quail Forever in Arkansas and Pheasants Forever, Inc. for working with the ed. dept. to develop these great activity packets that were used in the Little Rock Zoo's Party for the Planet celebration. ow.ly/2vG850zv7FS & ow.ly/lcuW50zv7FT Arkansas Monarchs