Surveys will help track the success of conservation work
Quail Forever (QF) is proud to announce the hiring of seven new team members throughout the Northern Bobwhite range that will coordinate and assist with USDA’s Natural Resource Conservation Service Working Lands for Wildlife (WLFW) outcomes assessments. These assessments will help track the benefits of conservation work across the bobwhite’s range and estimate its potential impact in the future.
“I am thrilled to finally have this team of talented field staff assembled,” said Dr. Jess McGuire, QF’s senior WLFW bobwhite program manager. “As we implement our national monitoring protocol for the WLFW Northern Bobwhite Framework, we will be more efficient and able to partner with more landowners to implement and assess efforts to restore Northern Bobwhite throughout their range.”
Among the new hires, six are WLFW outcomes assessment technicians. These positions will assist Farm Bill biologists and partners in surveying bobwhite and other grasslands bird species, in addition to vegetation assessments. The seventh position will help coordinate the team, which will be spread across the southeast from South Carolina to Kansas.
Brittany Welch was hired as the grassland bird and bobwhite outcomes assessment coordinator based out of St. Louis, Missouri. Braxton Rice, Emely Inzunza, Anu Goedhart, Clay Blanton, Brennan Waters and Mayson Metcalf will all join the QF team as outcomes assessment technicians.
For questions about WLFW outcomes assessments, please contact Brittany Welch at bjwelch@quailforever.org or Dr. Jess McGuire at jmcguire@quailforever.org.