It's because they are well organized! Sue, Cottonwood ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "Mike Hendrickson" <[email protected]> To: "MOU-net" <[email protected]>; "Jim Williams" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 6:14 PM Subject: Re: [mou] Quail Forever
Why don't you tell us why instead of asking why? ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "Jim Williams" <[email protected]> To: "MOU-net" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 4:21 PM Subject: [mou] Quail Forever > Why is it always hunters who get the job done? > Jim Williams > Wayzata >=20 >=20 > NEWS RELEASE: >=20 > Pheasants Forever (PF) has announced it is extending its successful > approach to pheasant conservation to another beloved upland bird=20 > species: > quail. Quail Forever will build on PF's track record of successful = local > chapter development, localized habitat initiatives, and national = public > policy leadership and advocacy. Plans for the new organization = include > recruitment of additional wildlife biologists and a phased chapter > development plan. >=20 > PF has a steady track record of success, including the completion of=20 > more > than 300,000 habitat projects benefiting 3.4 million acres for = wildlife > since inception. PF has also participated in over 800 land = acquisitions > totaling more than 100,000 acres now open to public hunting. All = told,=20 > PF > has spent more than $170 million nationwide on wildlife habitat = projects > and conservation education during its 23-year history. >=20 > In forming Quail Forever, PF plans to deploy its current = organizational > model – localized decision-making with lean, low-overhead = central > administration. Pheasants Forever already has a strong presence in=20 > states > where quail and pheasants share habitat – Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, > Indiana, Maryland, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Ohio, Oregon, and > Pennsylvania. In fact, Pheasants Forever members have been = responsible=20 > for > delivering more than 2 million acres of wildlife habitat in those = shared > habitat ranges. Those same states have also been some of the = country's > most successful at enrolling acres in the bobwhite buffers (CP-33) > component of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). >=20 > PF is outlining a phased approach to establishing the Quail Forever > organization. Initial focus will be on states with both pheasant and=20 > quail > hunters and habitat. Quail Forever's expansion south and west will be > based on chapter interest and available resources. In the=20 > organization's > first year, Quail Forever has set a goal of forming 50 chapters and > recruiting 12,000 members to work on quail habitat projects. >=20 > _______________________________________________ > mou-net mailing list > [email protected] > http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net > _______________________________________________ mou-net mailing list [email protected] http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net
