Quail Forever Annual Report: 1.7 Million Wildlife Habitat Acres Conserved in ‘16

In 2016, Quail Forever and our sister organization, Pheasants Forever, improved habitat for quail, pheasants and other wildlife on more than 1.7 million acres. These accomplishments are attributed to working with more than 31,000 individual landowners, and chapter affiliates completing more than 15,200 wildlife habitat projects across the United States and Canada.

Howard Vincent, Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever’s president and CEO, says the organization’s local volunteers - including 740 Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever chapters across the country – continue to spearhead habitat results. “Our continued dedication to the organization’s mission of wildlife habitat conservation is demonstrated by record-setting acres, an emphasis on permanent protection, and the growth of our youth education programs.” Pheasants Forever’s accomplishments also come with as little overhead as possible, and the nonprofit continues to be recognized as a 4-star charity by Charity Navigator for the fifth consecutive year.

Wildlife Habitat Projects

Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever Farm Bill wildlife biologists worked with 31,338 landowner contacts in 2016 interested in voluntary conservation program enrollment, leading to nearly 1.33 million acres of habitat improvements for wildlife. Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever chapter projects - nesting cover, upland & wetland restoration, food & cover plots and land acquisition projects - accounted for 382,031 acres of improved wildlife habitat in 2016.

Land Acquisition / Permanent Wildlife Habitat Protection

Because of 21 land acquisition projects in 2016, 3,674 acres of wildlife habitat have been permanently conserved by Pheasants Forever. All these properties have or will be turned over to state/federal natural resource agencies and opened to public outdoor recreation, including hunting.

Youth, Education & Public Awareness

Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever chapters set an organizational record for youth programs in 2016, with 2,570 events held nationwide which attracted over 147,000 youth participants. Chapters hosted youth hunts, sponsored shooting teams, helped with youth pollinator projects and held family field days in their communities.

Pheasants Forever, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Pheasants Forever’s full Annual Report will be published in the Spring 2017 issue of the Pheasants Forever Journal of Upland Conservation.

About Pheasants Forever

Pheasants Forever, including its quail conservation division, Quail Forever, is the nation's largest nonprofit organization dedicated to upland habitat conservation. Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever have more than 149,000 members and over 700 local chapters across the United States and Canada. Chapters are empowered to determine how 100 percent of their locally raised conservation funds are spent; the only national conservation organization that operates through this truly grassroots structure. Since creation in 1982, Pheasants Forever has spent $708 million on 517,464 habitat projects benefiting 15.81 million acres nationwide.

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