PRAIRIE QUAIL, 2: Banding together to restore native 
prairie and native species ... details ahead on Passport to 
Texas.

PTT from TPWD and the SFWR Program

Bobwhite quail used to be abundant in the eastern third 
of the state, but habitat loss sent this small game bird 
packing in search of hospitable environs. 

Private landowners are the key to increasing habitat. :05

As more than ninety percent of Texas is privately owned, 
this seems only fair. Jim Willis, who owns the WW Ranch, 
improved the habitat on his property, and rallied his 
neighbors to do the same; together they created the 
Wildlife Habitat Federation.

The Wildlife Habitat Federation applied [to the USDA] for a 
conservation innovation grant. And with this grant, we received 
a hundred twenty thousand dollars, which was the seed money 
for getting some major wildlife conservation programs off the 
ground. We matched that with funds that we received from the 
landowners that are participating. We got a lot of help from 
Texas Parks and Wildlife. I can tell you that we've been blessed 
with the technical and the financial help we're getting from 
them. With that assistance, we're getting landowners to sign up 
to put in a wildlife corridor. :36

The Corridor is seven miles long and at least a hundred 
fifty feet wide, and runs from the WW ranch to the 
Attwater's Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge. 

Willis says he hopes their habitat restoration efforts 
reestablish abundant wildlife in the area.

That's our show, with support from the SFWR Program ... 
providing funding for the Private Lands and Pubic 
Hunting Program. 

For Texas Parks and Wildlife ... I'm Cecilia Nasti.



Total sound bite time:		 0:30.0
Maximum Script time:		 0:55.0 Suggested show time: 85.0 = 1:25

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/pwdpubs/media/pwd_br_w7000_1417.pdf