You might have noticed it has been a while since I last updated the blog;…well as most of you probably know I have taken a lateral
I didn't see any dinosaurs, but I did find this bird on my place last week!
transfer into another job with MDC. I am now the private land conservationist Linn and Chariton County as of April 1, 2010. Although I will miss the great folks I have met and became friends with over the last six years in Howard and Saline County; I am looking forward to dealing with new challenges in my assigned work district. I am grateful to be working in the county where I live so I can spend less time on the road and more time with my wife and kids.
Don’t worry….rumor has it that my old position will be filled soon; possibly by the middle of May. So if you will hang in there for another month, it will be possible for to begin enjoying a new MDC employee who I am sure will be up to the challenge of blogging and putting conservation on the ground in Howard and Saline Counties!
I thought I might share a final thought before I pass the torch on to someone new….I was out with my son last night in an area where I edge feathered and conducted TSI practices on my property to create “ideal winter cover for quail and “lots of cabbage for deer”. Cabbage is the term I use for native vegetation that looks so good for deer you just want to roll around in it! Anyhow, it occurred to me as we mushroom hunted, that I haven’t hardly ever found a mushroom in the “secret spot” since I conducted the TSI! As most of you know, I am an avid eater so I was very distraught for a while….then my son said
This is the dinosaur my son thinks is living on our farm...Let me know if you see him!
something to me I will never forget.
He said, “Dad, are their Dinosaurs in here? Becasue there is so many plants growing in these woods, that I think a dinosaur could hide from us in here!” After assuring him that there were no dinosaur’s in our woods, it occurred to me that I do have the privilege of seeing an abundance of mammals, songbirds, insects and plant species on my property because of the habitat work I have completed over the last seven years namely in the name of deer and quail management. My point is that you have to
Nothing is finer than a mess of mushrooms, turkey breast and crappie in the spring!
always work towards your goals for your property even though there are temporary setbacks such as not finding mushrooms where you used to find them or not seeing an immediate response from your local quail population. The key is to hang in there, keep focused on the goal and who knows….maybe you will find a bunch of mushrooms over the next hill like we did!
