If we can continue through winter without a major blizzard, that bodes well for carryover of brood stock. January's weather was nothing but positive for pheasants, and other game animals.

Iowa has not been immune to the quail decline that has occurred across the entire bobwhite range, but we are aggressively working to turn that slide around. Mid-contract management of CRP lands, enrollment of CP-33 acres, conversion of brome grasses to native plants and additional focus on brushy edge cover will all help.

We've had a couple offers that just didn't work out. But I've got another one right now that, who knows, might work.

The problem is land isn't cheap, and nobody's giving it away.

We can't do it alone. We're going to have to have some help.