In October 1998
the Directors of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
agreed the time had come for serious action to stem the alarming decline of
bobwhites.In recognition of the
necessity for meaningful action at the regional level, the Directors [agreed
to transcend traditional state parochialism regarding resident game
birds.They – (optional additional
wording)] charged the Association’s Southeast Quail Study Group (SEQSG)
Technical Committee to develop a habitat-based recovery plan that could
foster large-scale coordinated, collaborative action at the regional level.In March 2002, the first edition of the
resulting Northern Bobwhite Conservation Initiative was
completed.This Initiative is the
first landscape-scale habitat restoration and population recovery plan for
bobwhites in the U.S.
