Prairie landowners replant to make room for quail
Native grasses put on 40,000 acres to create a bird-friendly habitat
CAT SPRING – Jim Willis knows it isn’t easy to love a prairie. The quilt of burnt orange and brown that covers his Colorado County land can’t awe or inspire the way a canyon or mountain range does. But he can step onto his porch on a crisp morning, take a sip of coffee and hear the three-count whistle of the northern bobwhite quail.