RE: quail release?
If the quail population is not thriving there now, there's a reason for it. Try to find the issues that are keeping your native population from thriving. If you can address them, your native population will improve.
Releasing quail is almost an exercise in futility, anyway. The average life expectancy of a released quail is about three days, and if the native population isn't doing well in your area, released birds certainly won't.