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Regional quail meetings set for April

Eight meetings will give people around the state a chance to learn about Conservation Department plans and express their ideas.

JEFFERSON CITY--A series of public meetings in April will give Missourians a chance to learn about plans to restore bobwhite quail numbers. Those who attend will be encouraged to express their ideas about the quail plan and other conservation subjects.

The meetings are scheduled in eight regions throughout the state. They will bring together leaders from the Missouri Department of Conservation and the citizen-led Quail and Grassland Songbird Leadership Council. At each meeting, Conservation Department representatives will explain plans for an interagency effort to restore numbers of quail and other grassland birds. Other organizations involved in the effort include the U.S. Department of Agriculture and nongovernmental organizations such as Quail Unlimited and Audubon Missouri.

Meeting dates and phone numbers for more information are:

April 2
--Ozark Region -- Cover Conservation Area (CA) in Oregon County, 9 a.m. to noon, 417/256-7161.
--Northeast Region -- New London in Ralls County, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., 660/785-2424.
--Southwest Region -- Robert E. Talbot CA in Lawrence County, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., 417/895- 6880.
--Northwest Region -- Chillicothe in Livingston County, 816/271-3111.
--Southeast Region -- Maintz Wildlife Preserve in Cape Girardeau County, 573/290-5730.
--Central Region -- Whetstone Creek CA in Callaway County, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., 573/882-8388.
April 9
--Kansas City Region -- NECO Seeds demonstration farm in Cass County, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., 816/655-6250.

--St. Louis Region -- August A. Busch Memorial CA, St. Charles County, 1 to 4 p.m., 636/300-1953.

The meetings are part of the Conservation Department's ongoing program of public meetings. They are held at locations around the state each spring and fall to inform Missourians about its activities and encourage popular participation in conservation program planning.

- Jim Low -

 

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