Give the gift of habitat this holiday season "Habitat and Harmony!" Quail Forever and Trampled by Turtles have teamed up to offer fans a special Trampled by quail membership t-shirt. Head to the link below to join or renew your membership to claim your free shirt today! https://www.quailforever.org/trampled

People always talk about quality over quantity, but why not have both? Protecting natural habitat in perpetuity and increasing public land access are vital aspects of modern conservation, but the job’s not done once the land has been protected. You could preserve a gazillion acres, but it won’t do anyone (or anything) much good if it’s nothing but a sea of brome grass. True conservation lies in improving these acres after they’ve been conserved — raising the quality to match the quantity. Read "MAINTAINING PUBLIC LANDS QUALITY AND QUANTITY: WHY HABITAT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS LAND ACQUISITION" at the link below. https://quailforever.org/BlogLanding/Blogs/Quail-Forever/Maintaining-Public-Lands-Quality-and-Quantity.aspx

COMMON SENSE IN THE COLD: DVM JAY BREKKE ON TAKING GOOD CARE OF YOUR BIRD DOG ON LATE-SEASON HUNTS. Read the full article at the link below. Topics discussed include: - HOW COLD IS TOO COLD TO BE OUT WITH MY BIRD DOG? - WHAT ARE THE SIGNS MY DOG IS HEADING TOWARD, OR HAS, HYPOTHERMIA? - WHAT IS THE RIGHT WAY TO WARM MY DOG UP? - HOW CAN I PROTECT MY DOG’S PAWS?

As Congress works to finalize an omnibus bill to avert a government shutdown, we urge our Congressional leaders to include the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (RAWA) in the final bill language. If passed, the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act would provide states with critically important funding to restore essential habitat and implement state-specific conservation strategies for a wide range of wildlife species, especially ones at risk of population crashes, including bobwhite quail, lesser prairie chickens, and sage grouse. Recovering America’s Wildlife Act has the support of state natural resource agencies and our nation’s foremost conservation groups. RAWA is a long-standing PF & QF priority. Congress, it’s time for this legislation to reach the ground in the form of habitat. #Pheasantsforever #quailforever #RAWA #RecoveringAmericaWildlifeAct

TO NAME A COVEY: IT TAKES BOTH SCIENCE AND ART TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU’RE GOING TO CALL A COVEY OF QUAIL. Read the full article by Pheasants Forever Journal Editor Tom Carpenter at the link below. https://quailforever.org/BlogLanding/Blogs/Quail-Forever/To-Name-a-Covey.aspx To know the general whereabouts of a covey of bobwhite quail is like having a coin of pure gold in your pocket. Actually, I take that back: For me, anyway, having the quail covey in my proverbial back pocket is better. I wouldn’t give you a gold coin for the location of one of your coveys; the dog and I can (and prefer to) find our own, thank you. But as I wouldn’t offer a gold coin for one of your coveys, I wouldn’t take an ounce of pure bullion to give away one of “mine.” You see, public land birds ­— especially when you live a good workday’s drive from good quail country — come only through the investment of meaningful miles and time in terms of driving to get there, walking for hunter and running for dog. And besides: All my coveys are out there for you find too. I’m just not going to let it slip where they live. 📸: Anna Swerczek