Quail And Upland Wildlife Federation Inc

The restocking of the wild ruff grouse began with 300 birds relocated in 2018, 2020 and 2021. Over 115,000 acres of private lands were heavily managed with timber stand improvement and 10,000 acres of the missouri dept. Of conservation. The value of the sum 110 landowners is conservatively estimated at over 18 mil, the quwf grouse chapter and quwf have invested nearly 2.0 mil and the state of mo over 2 million. The ruff grouse was near expiration (extinction) in mo, it was and is a native species. The private landowners with quwf committed to 25 additional years of habitat work to provide a solid future of the specie in mo. The mdc provides a state grant to fund a full-time biologist at quwf to manage the two conservation coops in missouri and to work with private landowners for quail and upland habitat restoration. These coops represent over 120,000 acres of habitat under intense management practices guided by quwf. Quwf is conducting a 3-year ground nesting bird predatory study (2023 was year 1) to better understand the impact of predators on the critically low populations of quail and turkey nest survival. Quwf has instituted a new intern program using college students with the college of the ozarks, wildlife management and forestry departments, to post social media information on various wildlife species, their habitat requirements, population densities, and general educational information for the public

Chapter conservation habitat work with high desert guzzlers in the west is ongoing. Quwf maintains 280 high desert guzzlers (water gathering devices for wildlife) in 4 states that affect millions of acres of sensitive habitat. Each guzzler is worth 8,500.00. Maintenance or new guzzler costs are born by the chapters and quwf fundraisers. All labor is donated. Another quwf coop in central oregon has exceptional success in restoring and preserving a 500+ acre location including bringing a water line in for the wildlife, planting cover trees and food plots for deer, elk, chukar, mountain quail, pheasant and mule deer. Each year 60 volunteers camp remotely for 4 days to complete a major upkeep and maintenance of the area. This volunteer time is worth 200,000 all by itself. Totally sponsoring ffa youth programs in all high schools in many counties in north carolina and missouri continues to be the core investment of quwf chapters. Our youth camps continue to expand to nearly 2,500 youth in 2023 with habitat seminars, youth hunts for dove, deer, duck and hunter safety. We work in habitat of elk, mule