The Flush Podcast - Stories from the field
Upland News, PATH, Farm Bill, Acquisitions & More
June 4, 20261h 8m · 11,112 words
Show notes
John Laux is the Permanent Habitat Protection Manager at Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever. John & Travis discuss recent news in the upland world, USFWS to open up 92 million acres of land to public hunting, a new PF land acquisition in MN, a Farm Bill update, PATH program updates and optimism for more acres, a once-in-a-lifetime hunting opportunity creates more habitat in ND, more Build a Wildlife Area properties coming soon, General CRP vs Continuous CRP…
Highlighted moments
18 million acres of tall grass prairie historically, less than 1% remains today.
“for every 10 projects that come about, maybe one of them comes to fruition.”
“Temperatures above 92 degrees and below 35 degrees can destroy the unprotected eggs. Heavy rains can also slow egg laying.”
“If she flushed when you were 40 to 50 feet away, she is in the first week of incubation. If she flushed 20 to 40 feet away, probably in the second week, if you had to almost step on her, the eggs are close to hatching.”
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