NBCI Director's Presentation at the Peabody Bobwhite Rally
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This document outlines the Unified Strategy to Restore Wild Quail led by the National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative (NBCI). It discusses how quail populations have declined dramatically across most of their range. NBCI brings together 25 states and many partners with a strategic plan called NBCI 2.0 to restore over 4 million coveys of quail through improved habitat management on private lands. The strategy is state-centered with NBCI providing coordination and support. Focus areas allow partners to demonstrate success and refine techniques to motivate expanded restoration efforts over the long term to achieve the vision of widespread sustainable quail hunting.
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NBCI Director's Presentation at the Peabody Bobwhite Rally
- 1. The Unified Strategy to Restore Wild Quail Don McKenzie, NBCI Director
- 2. Quail hunting is a Southern heritage
- 3. Bad News Better News Good News
- 4. -3.0 -6.0 -18.0 Alabama Arkansas* Delaware Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana* Iowa Kansas* Kentucky Louisiana* Maryland Mississippi* Missouri Nebraska New Jersey North Carolina* Ohio Oklahoma* Pennsylvania South Carolina Tennessee Texas* Virginia West Virginia Survey-wide 3.0 Annual Trend in Bobwhite Abundance % Change 0.0 -9.0 -12.0 -15.0 Long-term trend (1966-09) 5 yr. trend (2005-09) *State began BBS in 1967 **Survey-wide includes CO, CT, MA, MI, NM, NY, RI, SD, WA, WI
- 5. Bobwhite’s Troubled ―Neighbors‖ Bachman’s sparrow Brown-headed nuthatch Greater prairie-chicken Henslow’s sparrow Loggerhead shrike Eastern meadowlark Eastern kingbird Dickcissel Grasshopper sparrow Prairie warbler Blue-winged warbler Golden-winged warbler Painted bunting Bewick’s wren Bell’s vireo Orchard oriole Field sparrow Eastern towhee Yellow-breasted chat
- 6. Pollinators that share bobwhite habitat are declining, too B. Collins
- 7. How did we get in this deep hole? Unmanaged natural plant succession Intensive agriculture Subsidized spread of invasive exotics Urban sprawl
- 8. Bobwhites May Be The Most Difficult Wildlife Restoration Challenge Ever • States have authority & responsibility – Not Federal or joint – ~ 30 independent jurisdictions – No central infrastructure (e.g. USFWS) • Landscape-scale habitat problem – No shortcuts • • • • Mostly private land Long-term challenge Constituency is fading Hope is stretched thin
- 10. Bad News Better News Good News
- 11. Quail Problem is Solvable: A+ Science + DPeople, Politics and Money
- 12. The States Have Come Together for Quail 25 States + Partners Midwest Southeast Northeast Many Partners 1 Technical Committee 1 Unified Quail Initiative
- 13. NBCI Organization National Bobwhite Technical Committee NBCI Management Board NBCI Director and Staff Bobwhite Foundation University of Tennessee NBCI Staff: Science Coor Forestry Coor USDA Liaison (in DC) Communications Dir Center for Native Grasslands Mgt
- 14. NBCI 2.0 Plan Bobwhite Restoration Potential 4.7 Million New Coveys
- 15. NBCI 2.0 • Each state set bobwhite density goals for specific geographies • Hypotheses to be tested: X habitat prescription = Y bobwhite density
- 16. NBCI MODEL FOCUS AREA PROGRAM • Design for success • Habitat tracking • Population monitoring • Central data management
- 17. NBCI is a: • Vision – for widespread restoration of huntable quail populations • Leadership commitment – of 25 states and many partners • Organized partnership – national, state, local • Strategic plan – a unified, scientific, habitatbased quail restoration plan — ―NBCI 2.0‖ • Committee • National center – to help states and partners by providing: • Leadership • Coordination • Capacity
- 18. NBCI Strategy Stretches Top to Bottom WHITE HOUSE NBCI Niche NATIONAL REGIONAL STATES NGOs LOCAL / COUNTY LANDOWNERS / PUBLICS FARM HOUSE
- 19. National Level: Some Major NBCI Prongs of Attack • Science Application – Coordinating protocols, data collection from states – Establishing central data management • Agriculture Policy – Improving CRP policy – Instituting native plant policy at NRCS, FSA • Forest Management, Rx Fire – Opening doors of state forestry leaders – Catalyzing shortleaf pine ecosystem initiative • Grazing Lands Management – Developing NWSG technology – Promoting native grass-fed beef • Public Information, Motivation – Magnifying visibility, web capability – Engaging outdoor writers
- 20. Bad News Better News Good News
- 21. Why does this matter? People want to be part of something bigger
- 22. Why does this matter? People want to be part of something bigger
- 23. Why does this matter? People want to be part of something bigger Good things happen when people work together
- 24. States are Stepping Up Several Ongoing Active Quail Initiatives Examples: • Georgia Bobwhite Quail Initiative • North Carolina CURE • Missouri bobwhite recovery plan • Virginia Quail Action Plan • Mississippi NBCI step-down plan • Kentucky quail plan • Florida UERP
- 25. Latest State Quail Initiatives • Kansas Quail Initiative: 2012 – 2017 • Pennsylvania Northern Bobwhite Management Plan: 2011 – 2020 • Georgia Bobwhite Quail Initiative (2nd round) • Oklahoma’s Upland Urgency • Texas Quail Focus Area Initiative: 2012 • South Carolina – new in 2013
- 26. Raise your hand if:
- 27. Raise your hand if: You have ever griped about government?
- 28. Kentucky is Good News for Bobwhite Conservation KDFWR is proving that government can sometimes do things right
- 29. KDFWR: •Invests in key agency capacity: •2 expert quail coordinators •Numerous private lands biologists •Provides quail leadership: • in-state: other agencies, partners • nationally: NBTC, NBCI, Farm Bill •Puts $$ where mouth is for quail projects •Already achieving exciting success
- 30. Kentucky Quail Progress •Shaker Village •Peabody WMA •Green River CREP •Next: Livingston County Focal Area?
- 31. NBCI STRATEGY IS STATE-CENTERED States Assert Leading Role Partners Collaborate and Reinforce NBCI PARTNERS STATES
- 32. NBCI STRATEGY IS STATE-CENTERED States Assert Leadership Role Partners Collaborate and Reinforce NBCI PARTNERS STATES
- 33. This is Kentucky’s Time KDFWR is doing its part to provide bobwhite leadership NOW is the time for Kentucky sportsmen to step up
- 34. First Steps of Long Journey • NBCI vision is ―widespread‖ quail restoration • not just a few hot spots • Focus areas are beginning, not end • Show short-term success … • Then expand to more and more new areas • All partners are needed, to keep moving forward bringbackbobwhites.org
- 37. Quail Problem is Solvable: Science + People, Politics and Money
- 40. NBCI Pushing Quail Focus Areas. Why? • Long-term Challenge, but short-term: • Expectations, attention spans • Budget cycles • Cannot fix entire states at once • Need manageable-sized areas • Must demonstrate short-term successes • Prove concepts, instill hope • Secure perseverance • Strategic Habitat Conservation • Learn what is / is not working
- 41. Quail Problem is Solvable: Science + People, Politics and Money
Editor's Notes
- 4 state area
- Any NBCI structure and strategy MUST place and keep states at the core of the entire Initiative, since states are the legal and responsible stewards of bobwhites. States cannot restore bobwhites rangewide by themselves; but no one else can restore bobwhites on large scale without states.
- Any NBCI structure and strategy MUST place and keep states at the core of the entire Initiative, since states are the legal and responsible stewards of bobwhites. States cannot restore bobwhites rangewide by themselves; but no one else can restore bobwhites on large scale without states.