Quail Forever and partners have announced a new Bobscapes mobile app designed to document northern bobwhite populations on a national scale, connect land managers with voluntary conservation assistance, and direct management resources to the landscapes where bobwhite currently inhabit. The comprehensive effort will help guide future management of the species, whose population has dipped by more than 80 percent since the 1970’s.
The Bobscapes mobile app is user-friendly and confidential – map coordinates for coveys, broods, or quail calls are only shared with a select group of biologists for consideration of future habitat work. Here’s how the app functions:
Despite being one of the most well-studied birds in North America, wildlife experts still don’t have a good understanding of remaining bobwhite distribution across its range. The mobile app enlists the help of citizen scientists to collect the data needed to better manage habitat for bobwhite and other grassland species in the central and eastern U.S.
The Bobscapes mobile app was made possible by a partnership between Quail Forever, the
USDA’s Natural Resource Conservation Service Working Lands for Wildlife, and the University of Georgia Gamebird and Managed Ecosystems Lab.
Download Bobscapes now and contribute to a brighter future for the northern bobwhite!
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