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		<title>Missouri Provides Youth-Only Quail and Pheasant Seasons</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 01:19:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To provide more opportunities for hunters ages 6 through 15, the Conservation Commission has established youth-only quail and pheasant seasons. Both seasons take place Oct. 27-28. Youths who are not hunter education certified must hunt in the immediate presence of a properly licensed and hunter ed-certified adult. Adults may assist youths, BUT THE ADULT MAY [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=quailpoints.wordpress.com&amp;blog=589685&amp;post=69&amp;subd=quailpoints&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is Switchgrass the Next Cash Crop?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 21:32:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the past month and half there has been a lot of talk about cellulosic ethanol. The majority of this discussion has stemmed from the President mentioning switchgrass on multiple occasions when speaking on the topic of energy dependence and biofuels. Recently President Bush has called for a huge, government-mandated increase in renewable energy production [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=quailpoints.wordpress.com&amp;blog=589685&amp;post=67&amp;subd=quailpoints&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Southern Nevada Quail Unlimited Skeet and Sporting Clays Shoot</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Southern Nevada Chapter of Quail Unlimited will host it&#8217;s first Skeet and Sporting Clays shoot February 17, 2007, at the Las Vegas Gun Club. The event, which will start at 11am, will be a combined skeet and sporting clays event, and will include a round of skeet and 50 targets of sporting clays, a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=quailpoints.wordpress.com&amp;blog=589685&amp;post=66&amp;subd=quailpoints&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SE Kansas Quail Unlimited Event to Feature National Habitat Director</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The SE Kansas Quail Unlimited Chapter will be hosting a cookout/membership drive which promises to educate, inform, challenge and even satisfy the hunger of quail enthusiasts. The program is slated for Saturday, February 17, 2007 at 6:00 pm and will be held at the Producers Co-op in Girard. The multifaceted event will feature guest speaker [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=quailpoints.wordpress.com&amp;blog=589685&amp;post=65&amp;subd=quailpoints&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Whistling Pines &#8211; Mississippi&#8217;s newest QF Chapter</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2007 14:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Residents from south central Mississippi have formed the state&#8217;s second chapter of Quail Forever (QF). The new chapter, to be called the Whistling Pines Chapter of QF, will focus their efforts on improving habitat for bobwhite quail in Amite, Pike, and Walthall counties. The new chapter is led by McComb resident Robert Felder. &#8220;I grew [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=quailpoints.wordpress.com&amp;blog=589685&amp;post=63&amp;subd=quailpoints&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Winter Weather and Quail Survival</title>
		<link>http://quailpoints.wordpress.com/2007/01/24/winter-weather-and-quail-survival/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 22:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the harsh winter conditions that much of the midwest United States has faced over the past few weeks, landowners and wildlife managers are concerned about the survival of quail. Prolonged periods of snow and ice cover is hard on all wildlife but especially bird like quail that make their living on the ground. Quail [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=quailpoints.wordpress.com&amp;blog=589685&amp;post=62&amp;subd=quailpoints&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Chisholm Trail Chapter to Meet in Abilene</title>
		<link>http://quailpoints.wordpress.com/2007/01/20/chisholm-trail-chapter-to-meet-in-abilene/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:28:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Abilene, KS (January 19, 2007)—The recently formed Chisholm Trail Chapter of Quail Unlimited, will be meeting to plan their chapter activities for 2007. The meeting, which is open to conservation-minded individuals, will be held on Wednesday, January 31, at 7:00 pm at the La Fiesta restaurant in Abilene. “The new chapter is seeking enthusiastic and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=quailpoints.wordpress.com&amp;blog=589685&amp;post=61&amp;subd=quailpoints&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Coalition for Conservation</title>
		<link>http://quailpoints.wordpress.com/2007/01/16/coalition-for-conservation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 23:50:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2007 Farm Bill is important to Oklahomans, and their lifestyle. That&#8217;s why twenty plus organizations are joining forces to support the Conservation Title in this years legislature. The group, calling themselves &#8220;The Coalition for Conservation,&#8221; has the intent of raising awareness of the benefits associated with the programs contained within the Conservation title of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=quailpoints.wordpress.com&amp;blog=589685&amp;post=59&amp;subd=quailpoints&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Increasing Nest Predators Deadly for Quail and Other Songbirds</title>
		<link>http://quailpoints.wordpress.com/2007/01/14/increasing-nest-predators-deadly-for-quail-and-other-songbirds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2007 23:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It should be no secret that loss of habitat is the primary reason behind the decline of the nation&#8217;s quail population. However, in the complicated web that is nature, other reason&#8217;s play a part in the survival of a quail. A much debated and sometimes controversial topic is nest predation. For years wildlife professionals and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=quailpoints.wordpress.com&amp;blog=589685&amp;post=58&amp;subd=quailpoints&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mild Winter in Illinois is Great for Bobwhite Quail</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2007 23:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent article in the Illinois State Journal-Register, dicussed this year&#8217;s mild winter and the positive effect it could have on next year&#8217;s quail population. Quail are especially susceptible to harsh winters, however the mild season could mean more birds next year. Specifically, the Illinois DNR manages the Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=quailpoints.wordpress.com&amp;blog=589685&amp;post=57&amp;subd=quailpoints&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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