Other Places to Learn About Quail Management Programs

EDITOR'S NOTE: You can contact these agencies to learn more about quail management and government dollars available to landowners.

* The Alabama Cooperative Extension Service at Auburn University, which includes information about the Albany Area Quail Management Project, via the Internet at , or by calling Dr. Lee Stribling at (334) 844-9247 or Clay Sisson at (912) 734-3039.

* The Farm Service Agency, a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has some new incentives for landowners who will plant longleaf pines under the Conservation Reserve Program. The FSA will pay landowners in some areas to plant the longleaf pines instead of the loblolly and slash pines currently grown for commercial use. You may find monies available for cost-sharing programs in conjunction with the CRP from different state and federal programs to plant along the borders of croplands and pastures. Longleaf pines provide instant quail habitat, since the trees grow tall and narrow. Too, some states offer money to participate in burning programs. The Federal program can be viewed at www.fsa.usda.gov/dafp/cepd/crinfo.htm.

* Georgia also has begun an aggressive quail-restoration program. You can contact Reggie Thackston, the GADNR Coordinator BWI programs at (912) 994-7583.

* Mississippi also has actively promoted the restoration of quail habitat by working with landowners and the federal government through cross-sharing programs. Contact Dave Godwin, small game coordinator, Mississippi Department of wildlife, Fisheries and Parks at (662) 325-5119.

* North Carolina State University also can answer any questions about quail and the best habitat to increase their numbers. Call Dr. Gary Davis at (919) 515-5403 or (919) 515-2626. You can reach the university on the web at www.cals.ncsu.edu/poultry/index.htm.

* Dr. Bill Palmer at Tall Timbers Research Station, 13093 Henry Beadel Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32312, (850) 893-4153, can give you plenty of information on quail.

* Virginia's Forestry Service offers information on quail habitat through the Virginia Landowner's Assistance Program at (804) 977-6555, or on the web at http://state.vipnet.org/dof/mgt/landowne.htm.

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