ROLLING PLAINS BOBWHITE BRIGADE

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ROLLING PLAINS BOBWHITE BRIGADE
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What is Texas Brigades?

• 5-day wildlife leadership camps
• Open to students ages 13-17
• Cost is 400 scholarships available
• Held annually in June and July
• 7 camps across the state of Texas

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Santa Anna
North Texas Santa Anna
South Texas - Uvalde
Tennessee Colony
Santa Anna
Rolling Plains - Coleman
South Texas - Pleasanton
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Texas Brigades Partners
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Covey Composition
Covey Leader
Cadets
Asst. Covey Leader
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Tell me and I forget.Show me and I
remember.Involve me and I understand.
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Quail Anatomy and Physiology
And this bird you cannot change
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Plant ID and Collections
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Technology in Wildlife Management
Radio Telemetry
GPS
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Insects and Entomology
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Habitat Evaluation
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Wildlife Photography Journaling
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Leadership Team Building
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Conservation Games
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Taxidermy
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Firearm Safety and Shooting Skills
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Trifolds! Trifolds! Trifolds!
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Marching and Cadences
I dont know but Ive been told, About a man
named Leopold, Wrote an ethic for the
land, Taught us how to understand
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Public Speaking and Media Skills
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Critical Thinking and Life Skills
Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but no
one can count the apples in a seed. Anonymous
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Interspersion
A variety or patchwork pattern of habitat and
cover types in close proximity to each other and
connected by travel lanes.
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Diversity
Good bobwhite quail habitat has a variety of
plants that provide food and/or cover.
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Plant Succession
The process (natural or human-influenced) of one
group of plants replacing another.
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Edge Effect
The transition zone between two different
vegetative types.
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Limiting Factor
Food
Water
Cover
Any weak-link that is critical to the survival
of an animal.
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Home Range
The home range of a bobwhite quail is about 40
acres. Bobwhite quail are sedentary species.
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Cover TypesRequired by Quail

• Nesting
• Loafing
• Escape
• Screening
• Roosting
• Brooding

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For more information
855-TXBRIGS 210-556-1391 www.texasbrigades.org