At Quail Forever and Pheasants Forever, our mission is focused on creating high-quality habitat for upland gamebirds. As you undoubtedly know by now, that very same upland habitat needed for pheasant and quail chicks – a diverse mix of grasses and forbs - is also critical habitat for pollinators. In this week’s episode, we celebrate Pollinator Week 2022 with QF & PF’s Anna Swerczek and Jake Swafford, along with Public Land Tee’s Sam & Josh Soholt.
Episode Highlights:
- Swerzcek, QF & PF’s habitat education program manager and Pollinator Week quarterback, unveils the compelling QF & PF membership offer celebrating this year’s Pollinator Week that includes three pollinator plants, a special pollinator-themed t-shirt & sticker from Public Land Tees, a subscription to the PF or QF Journal, and a QF & PF pollinator habitat sign. Only 300 of these special packages are available at QuailForever.org/PollinatorWeek or PheasantsForever.org/PollinatorWeek.
- Jake Swafford, a QF & PF coordinating wildlife biologist in Missouri, talks about each specific pollinator plant included in the membership kits and how they each plant provides unique habitat benefits for birds and the bees throughout the spring, summer, and autumn bloom periods.
- The Soholt brothers explain their rationale for donating the t-shirts to QF & PF’s Pollinator Week efforts and how they conceptualized the shirt’s fun design.
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