In 1999, Chino Farms in Queen Anne's County, Maryland, turned land that had been used for row crops into 228 acres of rare, native grassland. Now part of Washington College Center for Environment and Society's Chester River Field Research Station, the grassland provides excellent habitat for the northern bobwhite quail, which has seen declines over the past several decades.
Video: Will Parson
Northern Bobwhite Footage: Dan Small/Washington College
Music: "A Certain Lightness" by Blue Dot Sessions via Free Music Archive