Texas Quail Index training set for April 25-26
The Texas Quail Index was initiated in 2002 as a means to train landowners & County Extension Agents in how to monitor quail abundance and factors that may be impacting quail populations. Our number of participating counties has waxed and waned during that time from a high of 62 to a low of 25; we currently have 32 counties involved.
We will be hosting a workshop to train new cooperators here in San Angelo on April 25-26. The workshop starts at 1:15 on Monday, April 25, and concludes at noon on Tuesday, April 26. Monday afternoon's agenda is an introduction to the TQI, and the various protocols used. On Tuesday morning, we go to the field and walk participants through protocols for conducting quail counts, habitat evaluation, predator surveys, and reporting.
The TQI takes a lot of commitment, and time. It takes about 60 hours on-site annually to collect the various data, and much of that's early morning (daylight) hours. New for this year, we are introducing a "TQI Lite" version that will be adaptable to smaller properties (as small as 600 acres) and will require about half as much time as the "full-blown TQI".
Cost for the workshop is $15 if rec'd by April 22, or $25 at the door.
More information about TQI is found at http://teamquail.tamu.edu.
I also invite your participation; hope to see you here in San Angelo.
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