In its infinite wisdom, our USDA put in a plan to stimulate the population of quail in GA. This involved, among other things, not collecting pine straw. Some tracts have it a foot deep now. I can’t say as to how it has affected the quail population, but we have pine straw out the wazoo.
Some tracts have it a foot deep now.
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I’m surprised it hasn’t been burned either on purpose or accidently.