National Quail Symposium partners with WSB

The National Quail Symposium is now accepting manuscripts for its 2027 meeting. The accepted papers will be published in Wildlife Society Bulletin, The Wildlife Society’s open-access peer-reviewed journal.

This comes months after a similar move incorporating past and future proceedings of the National Wild Turkey Federation Symposium into WSB.

James Martin, a professor of wildlife at the University of Georgia, is hopeful that the open-access structure will give more researchers access to the proceedings, which they can use in their work. “Cost is a major barrier for many practitioners,” he said.

The National Quail Symposium is the premier gathering for quail researchers, managers and conservationists across North America. Every five years, this event brings together leaders in science and management to share discoveries, discuss challenges, and shape the future of quail conservation.

The 10th national quail symposium will take place October 4-8, 2027, at Utah State University in Logan.

“We want to encourage early career scientists and all those working on quail species in North America, South America, and Central America to submit their papers,” Martin said.

Major themes of next year’s symposium include large-scale decision-making, reconnecting with upland bird hunters, and working lands approaches to quail conservation. Workshops, student poster sessions and three-minute thesis competitions will highlight student contributions.

The proceedings will be peer-reviewed and published in the Wildlife Society Bulletin. As it is an open access journal, author page charges apply.

Authors must submit manuscripts by July 31, 2026, via the Wildlife Society Bulletin Research Exchange portal.

Direct questions to James Martin at jmart22@uga.edu.