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MONTHLY WILDLIFE RESEARCH LETTER Mflc ®* W 
m • • r ^ 5 7970 
1no1s Federal Aid Project W-66-R 
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_ Glen C - Sanderson and Helen C. Schultz, Editors 
Urbana, Illinois 
February, 1978 
Vo 1 . 21 , No. 2 
R* E. Warner 
Manipulation of Pheasant Habitat 
-ablished in , 9 68 as a pIIo 
feasibility of management by the Department ° r ° adside s «dtng in relation to 
by cooperating farmers, and responses ty?hef 0 ?! 717 * f "° ■ (D0C) ’ com P'!ance 
One consideration with implications for all rw populatlon of pheasants. 
much change there wi 11 be in farmer contro of the'roa^sides' ^ StUdy iS h ° w 
years. me roadsides over a period of 
Changes in farm operators on the cpmii 
exemplify the turnover that can be antic? ° v ® r . the P as ' '0 years may 
roadside janagement program in east-central m m ? evelo P in 9 a large-scale 
the 20 -mi area were identified by comparino rl™°!< S ' Chan 9 es in farmers on 
Agricultural Stabilization *nri r Y P , ° 9 reco rds at the Ford Countv 
1975, and 1978. A few recent changT™'thVreMI^ ^ ° ffl ' Ce f ° r l968 ’ 
ASCS office are included in our present eta? ?? MU yet recorded at the 
on the area were farming a total of 96 d?«I ,n ' 968 ' 6 5 individuals 
at the ASCS office (mos? ind?Wduafsla^ited IT* P f Ce]S ° f la " d ’ as recorded 
From 1968 to 1 978 , farm operates ho tha ? ° ne section of land). 
Parcels of land. Farm changes invt?v£d 29 ??d? •?" ^ peree " t ) of h « a 
number farming . on the area in * n L ? k ’ J“" S ’ 44 ’ 6 Percent of the 
Sr the FCW ’ a — '5 percent of^the £" 
managtd^d^de^.™ S i^cTtgM^ FCMU Si 9 nifi « change in control of 
28.3 (38.8 percent) o? ?h e ^i h " a f fe «e d ?■» con??o? if° f 
changes involved initial (19681 f seeded r °adsides. Most of these 
9-5 miles (,3 percett? ire' p^eL^T'?", i" the roadsida Program; only 
a r aa after '968. Excep? for two rtcent ihf ^ f % rmerS that moved into 
roadside management program have been so?? ? ’ farmers new to the 
cooperators on the FCMU in 1 9 Isa^e? 0 w^ £ r . th !*'r ^ration. Non- 
( *5 percent) of the roadside seeding™ " 9 ,a " d abuttfn 9 1-8 miles 
have averaged e about three^pe^ ^^This^ T™*’ ln farm operators 
annua chanse in the ™*»' •? - 9 r?:;d:r?::^: s :°o? n 3?; e ;:?:ent 
