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DEADLINE: FEB. 28 FOR BOBWHITE QUAIL HABITAT ENHANCEMENT DINNER AND WORKSHOP

February 22, 2005
Contact: Scott Sanders (850) 488-3831

The deadline to sign up for a special farm bill conservation workshop on bobwhite quail habitat enhancement is just days away. The workshop includes a dinner sponsored by the Southwest Florida Chapter of Quail Unlimited. It is all free, however, you must register by the deadline.

What: Bobwhite Quail Habitat Enhancement Dinner and Workshop
When: March 7, 6:30 p.m.
Where: Turner Agri-Civic Center, Exhibit Hall, Arcadia
Registration Deadline: Feb. 28
How to Register: Contact Jim Selph (863) 993-4846
Cost: Free with advance registration

 

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has partnered with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, the University of Florida, the University of Georgia and Tall Timbers Research Station (Tallahassee) in this habitat enhancement project. Representatives from these agencies will be on hand to share expertise.

The workshop is part of a special project to help restore and improve bobwhite quail habitat on native rangeland in south-central Florida. It will focus on cost-share incentives to landowners who agree to work to increase quail populations on their property by improving quail habitat on their property.

While bobwhite quail are the focal species for this program, other wildlife species, including wild turkeys, white-tailed deer and songbirds, will also benefit from these land management practices. The program specifically targets ranches in Charlotte, DeSoto, Glades, Highlands and Sarasota counties, but anyone interested in quail habitat is welcome.

Financial assistance for achievement of specified habitat management will be in the form of incentive payments for prescribed burning, brush management (double-drum roller chopping, disking, herbicide application) and range planting (planting for wildlife habitat). Mowing, fencing, water trough, pipelines, invasive/exotic plant control, prescribed grazing and upland wildlife habitat management will also be included in the program.

 

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