Spartanburg, South Carolina is home to a new Quail Forever chapter. Bobwhite quail hunters, conservationists and youth educators in the region formed the local conservation group to make a difference for quail habitat while creating outdoor opportunities for area youth.
“South Carolina has a long history of quail hunting, and the River Bend Quail Forever chapter volunteers have a long history of quail restoration efforts,” says Tim Caughran, Quail Forever east region manager. “The opportunities to create wildlife habitat and introduce youth to the outdoors in the state are endless.”
As a Quail Forever chapter, the River Bend Quail Forever chapter will utilize Quail Forever's local approach to wildlife habitat conservation. Unlike other national conservation organizations, Quail Forever gives local Quail Forever chapters the ability to decide how 100 percent of their fundraised dollars are spent. This local control provides chapters and members the ability to make things happen for wildlife in their communities, while belonging to a national organization that gives wildlife and conservation a voice in Washington, D.C.
Launched in August of 2005 by Pheasants Forever, Quail Forever exists to address the continuing loss of habitat suitable for quail and the subsequent quail population decline.
For more information, please contact chapter President Ralph Brendle at (800) 516-9606 orralph@rvrbend.com. For more information on “The Habitat Organization” in South Carolina, please contact Tim Caughran at (618) 791-3909 or email Tim.
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 135,000 members and 745 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.
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Rehan Nana, Quail Forever public relations specialist, at (651) 209-4973 or email Rehan