Archives for October 2015

10/29/15

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RGS in the News

The original article “Ruffed grouse hunting: Habitat needs pines, old growth” by Dave Orrick was published by TwinCities.com and Pioneer Press Outdoors October 19, 2015 at 12:01 AM CDT: http://www.twincities.com/outdoors/ci_28991713/ruffed-grouse-hunting-habitat-needs-pines-old-growth and features an interview with Meadow Kouffeld-Hansen, RGS Minnesota regional biologist.

10/16/15

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RGS PRESS RELEASE

451 McCormick Rd

Coraopolis PA  15108

412-262-4044
www.ruffedgrousesociety.org

October 16, 2015

For Immediate Release

RGS staff takes to the road to document habitat programs, hunting tradtions and the grouse camp experience online and on social media.

Coraopolis, PA – The Ruffed Grouse Society (RGS) and American Woodcock Society (AWS) is taking to the road this October to document habitat programs, sporting traditions and the grouse camp experience online and on social media during the 2015 Grouse Camp Tour starting Monday, October 19, 2015. This year’s Tour starts in Minnesota and heads east through Wisconsin, ending at the AWS Woodcock Celebration and Challenge in Gaylord, Michigan on Saturday, October 24.

10/10/15

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RGS PRESS RELEASE

451 McCormick Rd

Coraopolis PA  15108

412-262-4044
www.ruffedgrousesociety.org

October 10, 2015

For Immediate Release

Results obtained by RGS wildlife biologists show reproductive success lower than the long-term average for both ruffed grouse and American woodcock.

Coraopolis, PA – The Ruffed Grouse Society (RGS) held its 34th annual National Grouse and Woodcock Hunt (NGWH) on October 8 and 9, 2015 in and around Grand Rapids, Minnesota with harvest results, obtained by RGS wildlife biologists, showing reproductive success lower than the long-term average for both ruffed grouse and American woodcock. The NGWH is conducted in the Grand Rapids area during the second week in October each year. This world-class event is sponsored and coordinated by the Grand Rapids Chapter of the Ruffed Grouse Society whose volunteers contribute literally thousands of hours of their time to make the event happen.

10/09/15

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RGS PRESS RELEASE

451 McCormick Rd

Coraopolis PA  15108

412-262-4044
www.ruffedgrousesociety.org

October 9, 2015

For Immediate Release

RGS presents researchers with $70,000 to support preservation of Gordon Gullion ruffed grouse research data.

     Ruffed Grouse Society members raised $70,000 to support the Gullion Data Recovery Project, an effort to preserve Gordon W. Gullion’s ruffed grouse research data, essential information for the future study of ruffed grouse ecology and forest management. RGS President & CEO John Eichinger presented the check to researchers Kent Montgomery, natural resources instructor from Central Lakes College in Brainerd, Minnesota, Frank Svoboda, from Svoboda Ecological Resources of Hutchinson, Minnesota and Gullion’s daughters Rebecca Gullion Lindquist and Anne Gullion at the 34th Annual RGS National Grouse and Woodcock Hunt on Thursday October 8, 2015.