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Article: PRESERVE FALL, WINTER HABITAT FOR QUAIL, RABBITS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- September 11, 2009
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COLUMBIA, S.C., Sept. 11 -- The South Carolina Departmetn of Natural Resources issued the following press release:
Late fall and winter bring "hard times" for small game species like bobwhite quail and rabbits, according to the S.C. Department of Natural Resources. Natural food becomes scarce and resting and escape cover is thin in the fall and winter, according to Billy Dukes, Small Game Project supervisor with the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR). However, farmers and other landowners can do many things to help small game animals through this difficult period. Among the practices that can benefit small game species are leaving a small amount of unharvested crops along field ...