Ep. 221 - Clint Johnson & Dylan Jacobs - The History of Our Dwindling Quail Population in the Ozarks

The Ozark Podcast · Jun 17, 2026 · 49m

Quail used to be EVERYWHERE. Now they're almost nowhere...what happened?

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Quail biologists from both Arkansas Game & Fish (Clint Johnson) and Quail Forever Missouri (Dylan Jacobs), join us to unpack one of the most fascinating and heartbreaking conservation stories in the region.

We discuss what the Ozarks actually looked like 200 years ago — open savannas so vast that early explorers couldn't find…