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NRCS Working Lands for Wildlife Presents: Breakfast With Biologists-March 27TH 2025
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Woodstown, NJ – Quail Forever, in partnership with Ducks Unlimited and the New Jersey Audubon Society, will cohost an informational outreach event for landowners on Friday, March 27th, from 7:00 am to 9 am at the Woodstown Diner. The event aims to provide landowners with valuable information on habitat restoration and wildlife conservation efforts available to them.
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ANCHOR: An Opportunity to Change Landscape Connectivity Networks and Conservation Delivery At-Scale in the U.S.
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Abstract: Connectivity modeling has been a tool available to the conservation community
since the 1980s that guides our responses to habitat fragmentation. While the sophistication
of computer modeling continues to grow, on-the-ground delivery remains challenging and
lacks urgency. We present an approach to scale up delivery and do so within effective
timeframes. The approach, termed ANCHOR (Areawide Networks to Connect Habitat and
Optimize Resiliency), is grounded in connectivity science but executed in a manner that
is flexible, expandable, and measurable. ANCHOR goes beyond the traditional protected
area focus for establishing connected biomes to maximize the contributions of existing
public lands and expand private landowner participation. The approach is applied using
an umbrella species to represent a faunal group and/or multiple taxa to deliver co-benefits
of landscape connectivity. Public lands receive connectivity rankings that are then used to
engage potential connectivity partners who commit land units and collectively monitor
improvements in habitat quality and landscape resiliency. The ANCHOR approach can
guide unprecedented participation across agencies and departments to create public lands
networks, while private and corporate lands establish landscape connections. To illustrate
the approach, we present an example of native grasslands conservation in the central and
eastern U.S. and an emerging partnership with the Department of Defense.
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WLFW East Region Conservation Webinar Series: Northern Bobwhite Session #7 “Quail Monitoring Methods”
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Session 7 of the “Northern Bobwhite” mini-series was presented by Diana McGrath with Georgia DNR. This session focuses on different methods to monitor bobwhite on public and private land. Topics covered include population survey overview, bobwhite specific survey methods, spring whistle counts, fall covey counts, ARUs (automated recording units), trapping and banding, and informing harvest rates.
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WLFW East Region Conservation Webinar Series: Northern Bobwhite Session #6 “Bobwhite in Hardwood Forest Systems”
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Session 6 of the “Northern Bobwhite” mini-series was presented by John Gruchy with MDWFP. This session focuses on the Northern Bobwhite Quail in upland hardwood systems. Topics covered include defining “Dry Upland Hardwoods,” forest health and other considerations for managing upland hardwoods, assessing stands to refine potential treatment options, and examples of different management regimes on private and public land.
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WLFW East Region Conservation Webinar Series: Northern Bobwhite Session #5 “Bobwhite in Pine Forest Systems”
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Session 5 of the “Northern Bobwhite” mini-series was presented by Brad Kubecka with Tall Timbers. This session focuses on the Northern Bobwhite Quail in pine systems. Topics covered include the limiting factors for bobwhite habitat in pine systems, different thinning techniques in planted vs native pine stands, importance of prescribed fire in pines, and realistic tradeoffs between managing property for timber and/or Northern Bobwhite.
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Building Your Own Conservation Team
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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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Three Ways to Combat Woody Encroachment
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Woody encroachment is one of the primary threats to upland habitat and grazing land today.
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WLFW East Region Conservation Webinar Series: Northern Bobwhite Session #4 “Bobwhite in Pasture Systems”
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Session 4 of the “Northern Bobwhite” mini-series was presented by Tanner Patton with Pheasants Forever/Quail Forever. This session focuses on the Northern Bobwhite Quail in pasture systems. Topics covered include the disadvantages of non-native grass for Northern Bobwhite and livestock, benefits of NWSG to livestock and Northern Bobwhite, and grazing practices that help your livestock operation while simultaneously promoting wildlife.
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WLFW East Region Conservation Webinar Series: Northern Bobwhite Session #3 “Bobwhite in Ag Spaces”
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Session 3 of the “Northern Bobwhite” mini-series was presented by Dr. Mark McConnell from Mississippi State University. This session focuses on the Northern Bobwhite Quail in agricultural landscapes. Topics covered include landscape changes driven by national trends, land sharing vs land sparing, socio-ecological systems and how to move towards better habitat, and opportunities for quail habitat in ag landscapes using profit margin and yield maps.
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