Hats Off to "THE BIRD"

One of your fellow stewardship landowners, David A. Avant III, has written and published "Plantation Management on a Sharecroppers Budget". The book aims to show owners of tracts of 200-300 acres or more "...how we can have the best of both worlds--high population densities of bobwhite quail ("THE BIRD") and other game, as well as productive and profitable land, while keeping the diversity of plant species."

While the book focuses on "quail country", which includes panhandle areas near the Georgia border, it may be of interest to forest landowners throughout the state. It is a good reminder that a willing landowner who reads and talks with the experts can achieve a set of management objectives largely with his or her own brainpower and labor. The author loves what he's writing about and it shows. For more information or to order copies of the 150 page paperback, contact David A. Avant III at 14 N. Cone St; Quincy, Florida; 32351; tel. 904-575-1260 (home), 856-5753 (work). The cost is $16.00 per book.