Showing posts with label Pheasants Forever. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pheasants Forever. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

IOWA PHEASANTS FACED TOUGH WINTER, WET SPRING

Common Pheasant
 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Iowa’s unseasonably cold and snowy winter and wet spring is not likely to boost its pheasant population. 
Pheasants typically show population increases following mild winters with spring that are warmer and dryer than normal. Based on that weather model, the western third of Iowa has the best chance to see an uptick in pheasants due to below average snowfall and less than eight inches of spring rain.
The weather model predicts the rest of the state to see either no population increase or fewer birds than last year. The nesting forecast will be updated by the August roadside survey, which is the best gauge of what pheasant hunters can expect to find in the fall.
Todd Bogenschutz, upland wildlife biologist for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, said while the weather is not what upland bird hunters had hoped for, there is some progress on pheasant habitat. Landowners began enrolling in continuous CRP on Monday.
“This is great news for Iowa’s new pheasant recovery continuous CRP practice designed specifically to help recover pheasant numbers,” Bogenschutz said. Iowa has 45,000 acres available on a first come, first served basis.
“There will not be a general CRP signup this year so this is an option that landowners with expiring general CRP should consider,” he said.
Information on Iowa’s pheasant recovery continuous CRP is available online atwww.iowadnr.gov/habitat.
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Saturday, March 17, 2012

CRP Landowner Enrollment Workshops Taking Place in Missouri

Several quail eggs.
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In response to the recent announcement of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) General Sign-up 43, multiple CRP Landowner Workshops will be held throughout the month of March to inform producers and conservationists about Conservation Reserve Program General Sign-up 43. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions and learn from biologists how to improve the chances of their lands being accepted into the CRP Program. Information will also be presented informing producers on how conserving marginal lands through CRP can prove mutually beneficial for wildlife and agriculture production.
Follow this LINK for more information and updates to the CRP workshop schedule.
March 14th Missouri Dept. of Conservation NE Regional Office Kirksville, MO. Workshop begins at 6 P.M. For questions please contact Elsa Gallagher, Regional Wildlife Biologist Quail Forever/Pheasants Forever, at (573) 680-7115.
March 15th MU Bradford Research Farm Columbia, MO. Workshop begins at 6 P.M. For questions please contact Jason Sykes, Area Biologist, at (573) 769-3512 Ext.6.
March 16th USDA Service Center, 18450 Ridgeview Ln. Dexter, MO. Workshop begins at 1 p.m. For questions please contact Brandon Wirsig, Private Land Conservationist, at (573) 624-5939 Ext.136.
March 16th Memphis Fire Station, 104 N. Washington Memphis, MO. Workshop begins at 6 p.m. For questions please contact Craig Williamson, Private Land Conservationist, at (660) 216-1588 Ext.111.
March 20th Carrollton Public Library, 1 N. Folger St. Carrollton, MO. Workshop begins at 6 p.m. For questions please contact Andrew White, Farm Bill Biologist/Quail Forever, at (660) 619-1719.
March 20th Ketcham Community Center – Sugg Room, 1301 Main Street, Trenton MO. Workshop begins at 6 p.m. For questions please contact Scott Roy at the Grundy Co. USDA office in Trenton, (660) 359-5685 Ext.114.
March 21st Hal England Center, 801 Hickland, Princeton MO. Workshop begins at 6 p.m. For questions please contact Scott Roy at the Grundy Co. USDA office in Trenton, (660) 359-5685 Ext.114.
March 22nd Litton Center, Hwy 190 Chillicothe, MO. Workshop begins at 6 p.m. For questions please contact Andrew White, Farm Bill Biologist/Quail Forever, at (660) 619-1719.
March 27th Litton Center, Hwy 190 Chillicothe, MO. Workshop begins at 6 p.m. For questions please contact Andrew White, Farm Bill Biologist/Quail Forever, at (660) 619-1719.
March 29th Linn County Career and Technical Center, Brookfield, MO. Workshop begins at 6 p.m. For questions please contact Andrew White, Farm Bill Biologist/Quail Forever, at (660) 619-1719.
For more information regarding Quail Forever in Missouri, please contact Elsa Gallagher at (573) 680-7115 / Email Elsa. For all other inquiries, please contact Rehan Nana, Quail Forever Public Relations Specialist, at (651) 209-4973 / Email Rehan.
Pheasants Forever, including its quail conservation division, Quail Forever, is the nation's largest nonprofit organization dedicated to upland habitat conservation. Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever have more than 130,000 members and 700 local chapters across the United States and Canada. Chapters are empowered to determine how 100 percent of their locally raised conservation funds are spent, the only national conservation organization that operates through this truly grassroots structure.

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