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Studies show by raising cattle on fields planted with native grasslands, farmers can restore wildlife and regenerate the soil.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Early on a cool June morning, heavy dew lies on the grass of rolling farm country somewhere in Tennessee, or Missouri or Pennsylvania. Small patches of fog hang in low-lying pockets of these fields.<\/p>\n<p>In the distance, hardworking farmers are starting their day. Farm equipment clangs, tractors roar to life and voices lining out the day\u2019s work drift on the air.<\/p>\n<p>This pastoral scene is repeated thousands of times each morning across rural America. But something is missing: the exuberant \u201cBob bobwhite!\u201d call of the bobwhite quail that for generations was the soundtrack to summer mornings.<\/p>\n<p>Once abundant across the eastern U.S., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/guide\/Northern_Bobwhite\/lifehistory\">bobwhite populations<\/a> have declined by 85%. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/centers\/eesc\/science\/north-american-breeding-bird-survey#data\">Calculations<\/a> suggest that the remaining population could be cut in half within the next decade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grasslands in the U.S. have almost completely disappeared, and along with them, the wildlife they supported. 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