What’s Up with All the Blue Signs around Sweet Springs?

You may have noticed that there are a bunch of blue signs showing up in fencerows and along the road in southern Saline County that say “Sweet Springs Quail Focus Area:  Bobwhite Quails’ Future is in Landowners’’ Hands”.  These signs are intended to showcase the wildlife management work that has been implemented in the Sweet [...]

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Two Prescribed Burn Workshops Scheduled for Saline Springs

As many of you know prescribed burning is an excellent tool for improving wildlife habitat and reinvigorating a grass stand for hayland managers.  Spring is the time of year when most cooperators begin to think about conducting prescribed burns to manage their CRP or hay fields.  I would encourage you to consider attending one of [...]

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If You Have CRP Acres, You Need to Read This!

Did you know that the Missouri Exhibit 17 has recently changed for existing CRP contracts? This means that folks owning CRP land may have the option of adjusting their current CRP mid contract management requirements to save themselves time and money!  Mid contract management (MCM) involves disking, prescribed burning or chemical suppression of CRP acres to maintain the [...]

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Another CP33 success story from Saline County!

I wanted to share another quail success story with you from the Sweet Springs Focus Area!  Hopefully Neal will have better luck deer hunting this week, but he sure sounds  excited about his quail numbers! From Neal Bray…  ”Just thought I’d drop you a note. Sitting in my deer stand opening morning, starting to get light, when quail [...]

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