Category

Northern Bobwhite Quail

The post-WWII era has witnessed rapid, wide declines in bobwhite quail populations across Texas and beyond, due to the inroads of mechanized agriculture, as well as habitat fragmentation, urban sprawl, fire suppression, and the spread of exotic grasses.

Interviews

Narrator: Jim WillisTitle: Road-to-Road AgricultureDuration: 00:03:41Date: May 10, 2020Jim Willis, a farmer, agricultural economist, and co-founder of the Wildlife Habitat Federation, has been heavily involved in Texas prairie restoration to benefit quail and other wildlife. Here he remember seeing quail decline in the 1960s during the spread of mechanized, monoculture agriculture.