Shell’s Covert: Pictures on my Memory
They say a picture is worth 1,000 words…but I think what they are really worth is 1,000 memories. These days they’ve gotten so easy to
January 3, 2017
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2016 Missouri Quail Quest
North Missouri MRAP Hunt
We prepared to step into the field from our parked truck, shotgun in hand. My birddog Trapper was racing around the truck, ready for the hunt to begin. My hunting partner Chris shut the truck door and 10 yards from the truck a …
December 14, 2016
Shell’s Covert Blog — Quail Harvest: Regulation Versus Education
Our agency is currently implementing our biennial hunting regulations review and amendment process. We have been taking public comments for three months. The initial online
December 9, 2016
Growing Wildfires Impacting Forest Service’s Ability to Manage Our National Forests
If you’ve been paying attention to the news you have likely seen information on the many wildfires currently burning across the southeastern United States as
December 2, 2016
Images from the Grasslands
Hardwoods get all the attention this time of year for their fall color but ask me and I say the prairies are just as colorful.
November 18, 2016
Shell’s Covert: My ‘Quailucation’
Author’s note: I got long-winded again. I guess I could have used 40 mimes, or 100 tweets to try to convey this, but I am
November 8, 2016
Miscellany November ’16
The Fire Summit 2016: Changing Fire Regimes, a regional conference on fire science in the Great Plains, is set for Dec. 7-9, 2016 at the
November 7, 2016
The Root of It All … Don’t Forget Natives’ Role in Soil Health
2015 was the International Year of Soils and the fervor over cover crops that resulted still continues today. It seems every time I turn around
November 3, 2016
From the Farmhouse to the White House: New PIF Conservation Plan Reinforces Bobwhite Urgency
Partners in Flight (PIF) recently released a comprehensive revision of the network’s landmark 2004 North American Landbird Conservation Plan. Formed in 1990 with the vision
October 10, 2016
Shell’s Covert: The Charismatic Bobwhite
Way back when, at one of our quail team meetings, a member of our distinguished crew mentioned, “We’ve been using these same quail photos forever.
October 10, 2016
