Dr. Kelly Reyna organized the North Texas Quail Symposium in September 2012 to honor renowned quail biologist Dr. Fred Guthery of Oklahoma State University. The symposium brought together nature writers, quail hunters, and top quail scientists to discuss conservation and environmental management. UNT Quail, founded in 2011, is the first research group at UNT to specifically focus on wildlife management, and it engages land owners in North Texas, providing research on habitat conservation and quail biology.