[mou] Quail Forever

[Mike Hendrickson]

Why don't you tell us why instead of asking why?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Williams" <two-jays@att.net>
To: "MOU-net" <mou-net@cbs.umn.edu>
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 4:21 PM
Subject: [mou] Quail Forever


> Why is it always hunters who get the job done?
> Jim Williams
> Wayzata
> 
> 
> NEWS RELEASE:
> 
> Pheasants Forever (PF) has announced it is extending its successful
> approach to pheasant conservation to another beloved upland bird 
> species:
> quail. Quail Forever will build on PF's track record of successful local
> chapter development, localized habitat initiatives, and national public
> policy leadership and advocacy.  Plans for the new organization include
> recruitment of additional wildlife biologists and a phased chapter
> development plan.
> 
> PF has a steady track record of success, including the completion of 
> more
> than 300,000 habitat projects benefiting 3.4 million acres for wildlife
> since inception.  PF has also participated in over 800 land acquisitions
> totaling more than 100,000 acres now open to public hunting.  All told, 
> PF
> has spent more than $170 million nationwide on wildlife habitat projects
> and conservation education during its 23-year history.
> 
> In forming Quail Forever, PF plans to deploy its current organizational
> model &ndash; localized decision-making with lean, low-overhead central
> administration.  Pheasants Forever already has a strong presence in 
> states
> where quail and pheasants share habitat &ndash; Idaho, Illinois, Iowa,
> Indiana, Maryland, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Ohio, Oregon, and
> Pennsylvania.  In fact, Pheasants Forever members have been responsible 
> for
> delivering more than 2 million acres of wildlife habitat in those shared
> habitat ranges.  Those same states have also been some of the country's
> most successful at enrolling acres in the bobwhite buffers (CP-33)
> component of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP).
> 
> PF is outlining a phased approach to establishing the Quail Forever
> organization.  Initial focus will be on states with both pheasant and 
> quail
> hunters and habitat.  Quail Forever's expansion south and west will be
> based on chapter interest and available resources.  In the 
> organization's
> first year, Quail Forever has set a goal of forming 50 chapters and
> recruiting 12,000 members to work on quail habitat projects.
> 
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