Georgia’s quail population has declined by more than 85 percent since the mid 1960’s primarily due to loss of quality early successional habitat (i.e. grasses, weeds, bugs and shrubs). Restoring this habitat type benefits quail and many other wildlife species, improves water quality, reduces soil erosion, and can enhance local economies by stimulating quail hunting and wildlife viewing. Information about Georgia’s state game bird can be found here including; quail conservation and restoration, quail hunting, how to manage your land for quail, ongoing research and WRD publications/articles.
The Bobwhite Quail Initiative provides technical assistance to private landowners, on a voluntary basis, to increase quail populations through habitat restoration. Find out more here.
In March 2002, the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Southeast Quail Study Group published the Northern Bobwhite Conservation Initiative, a 22-state recovery plan that establishes habitat and population goals by state and physiographic province for the restoration of bobwhite quail to their 1980 population level. The NBCI is currently being revised and expanded to 35 states to further refine bobwhite habitat and population recovery goals. Find out more here.
This includes hunting forecasts, hunting state lands and quota hunts, hunting federal lands, youth/adult hunts and commercial shooting preserve information.
Management Techniques, Landowner's Guide, Recommended Widlife Food Plantings, Examples of Opening Management, etc. can all be found here.
Information for landowners on the availability of technical guidance and/or financial incentives.
Taking things a step further - supplemental feeding of bobwhites, predator control, shooting preserve application and more.
Annual update from NBTC.
Information includes a variety of publications and articles.
How can you make a difference in quail conservation-find out here?
To investigate further many of the groups, programs and more - find their linked pages here.
