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Habitat Restoration Effort Aims to Help Threatened Quail

With the help of more than $6 million from the state of Texas, prairies west of Houston are being restored with native grasses to increase the population of bobwhite quail, whose numbers have been on the decline in recent years.

by Dave Fehling, Houston Public Media

Bobwhite quail pair at Powderhorn Ranch.
Credit: Jerod Foster

With the help of more than $6 million from the state of Texas, prairies west of Houston are being restored with native grasses to increase the population of bobwhite quail, whose numbers have been in decline in recent years. Read the full story at StateImpact Texas.

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Dave Fehling

HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA