Cost and Forage Production of Food Plots, Prescribed Fire, and Roller Chopping for Northern Bobwhite at Babcock-Webb Wildlife Management Area, Florida
SEAFWA Journal Volume 6, March 2019
Management of northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) commonly focuses on creating cover and food for bobwhite throughout the year. Numerous studies have addressed these management practices and their impacts on bobwhite, but few have assessed the quantity of resources they pro- duce or the associated management cost per unit of production. My study assesses three common bobwhite habitat management practices (prescribed fire, roller chopping, and food plots) on the Cecil M. Webb-Babcock Wildlife Management Area in Charlotte County, Florida. I estimated production of the most common natural...