The annual fundraising banquet hosted by the Flint Hills Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever will be held Saturday from 4:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the National Guard Armory, 721 Levee Drive in Manhattan. More than 300 habitat and outdoor enthusiasts from the surrounding area will raise money for the conservation of pheasant, quail and other wildlife. The banquet is the sole fundraising source used by the Flint Hills chapter to develop programs for habitat improvement, public awareness, education and land management throughout the year.
The chapter has also invested in the local community by organizing a local youth pheasant hunt for nearly 20 youth each year. Even with the pandemic, the chapter has raised more than $5,000for each of the high school trap teams annually, and the goal is to do that again this year for Rock Creek, Riley County and Blue Valley High School teams.
The chapter funds habitat reclamation projects in the immediate area, food plot seed distribution and government policy and grant work to improve habitat for upland bird species in Riley, Pottawatomie, Geary and Wabaunsee Counties.
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