Quail
Initiative Field Day
If you are a landowner or
land manager interested in improving your land for quail, you should attend the
Quail Management Field Day October 20th at the Melvern
Wildlife Area shop at
The event is presented by the
Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism. Registration is required so
they have enough food! Call 620-342-0658 by October 16 for reservations.
The event is mostly designed
to introduce landowners within the KDWPT Kansas Quail Initiative northern focal
area to this new program. However, presenters will discuss general quail
biology and management and also look at some of the practices used at Melvern Wildlife Area to improve quail habitat, so area
constituents may be interested in attending.
Sponsors of the event include: Emporia
Chapter of Upland Wildlife Federation; Neosho
Valley Chapter of Quail Forever; Natural
Resources Conservation Service; Osage
County Conservation District; Coffey
County Conservation District; Lyon
County Conservation District; Melvern Lake Watershed Restoration &
Protection;
National Wild Turkey
Federation;
Flint Hills NWR - U.S. Fish
& Wildlife Service;
and Reed Company LLC of Lebo.
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Quail Initiative Field Day
Saturday, October 20, 2012
8 AM – Noon
Melvern Wildlife
Area
Breakfast served at 8 am.
Program:
Quail biology and management
Habitat improvements in the field
Cost-share programs to put quail habitat
on your land
Demonstration of tree saw and clipper
Presented by Kansas Department of
Wildlife,
Parks & Tourism
Sponsors include:
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Osage County Conservation District
Coffey County Conservation District
Lyon County Conservation District
National Wild Turkey Federation
Reed Company LLC – Lebo
Call 620-342-0658 by October 16 for
Reservations