Upland GamE BiOlOGiST The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC) has conducted annual roadside surveys in August and October since 1990 to provide an index of annual population fluctuations of quail. The number of quail observed are reported to provide an index of quail abundance and indicates reproductive success. ODWC employees currently survey 83 routes in 75 of Oklahoma’s 77 counties. Oklahoma and Tulsa counties, both almost exclusively urban landscapes, are not surveyed. The state is divided