The bobwhite quail was first deemed the ‘fire bird” by Herbert Stoddard, author of the 1931 classic; The Bobwhite Quail: Its Habits, Preservation, and Increase. The bobwhite earned this nickname due to its positive response to fire. “Prescribed fire” is the purposeful application of fire to achieve a specific vegetation management objective under a prescribed set of environmental circumstances, including season, wind speed and direction, temperature, humidity and smoke dispersal. Prescribed fire

On The Wing Podcast Ep. 233: Bobwhite Quail Research with U of TN's Dr. Craig Harper, is live. Link in comments to listen now, or wherever you get your podcasts. Host Bob St.Pierre is joined by Quail Forever Program Manager Andy Edwards for a conversation with University of Tennessee’s Dr. Craig Harper and Mississippi Department of Wildlife Fisheries and Park’s biologist John Gruchy for a discussion focused on bobwhite quail research and management. Episode Highlights: - Dr. Harper discusses his

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Part TWO: Bobwhite Quail Reintroduction. Wildlife and weather can both be unpredictable, but then, in an instant, everything changes. The Pennsylvania Game Commission working with @virginiawildlife , Fort Barfoot, Fort Knox, and @talltimbersresearch are translocating wild bobwhite quail as part of the agency’s Northern Bobwhite Quail Reintroduction Plan. The organizations have been working hand-in-hand to locate and trap wild quail to translocate to Letterkenny Army Depot, located in Franklin Co

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