by Glen Blackwood, RGS & AWS Director of Regional Development – Lower Peninsula/Eastern U.P. of Michigan & Indiana “Hunting: A Cultural History” By Jan E. Dizard and Mary Zeiss Stange […]
North Fork of Pound Prescribed Burn (Virginia)
Agreement Narrative: North Fork of Pound Prescribed Burn Primary Funder: Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Location: Clinch Ranger District, George Washington & Jefferson National Forest, Wise County, VA Innovation: The […]
Recipe: Ruffed Grouse with Toast and Pâté
by Ryan Sparks Knowing how to use an entire bird in the kitchen is an essential skill for any grouse hunter. Breast meat gets all the attention, but knowing how […]
The Appalachian Grouse Diet – What Do the Birds Eat and Why?
by Nick Biemiller | RGS & AWS Forest Conservation Director – Southern Appalachians The Southern Appalachians are the southernmost extent of the ruffed grouse’s range in the Eastern United States. […]
Featured Habitat Project – Downeast Lakes Land Trust Woodcock Habitat Restoration Project
by Todd Waldron | RGS & AWS Forest Conservation Director – Northeast Did you know that, according to the Land Trust Alliance, there are 506 community-based and regionally active land […]
Opening Weekend, Lake States Grouse
Written By: Randy Lawrence. Junction City, OH It felt more like driving the getaway rig for a jailbreak than leaving for a hunting trip. I would pull into the Honda […]
Go North Young Man!
Written By: Herb Evert. Cottage Grove, WI Camped on the bank of the Peshtigo river in far northeastern Wisconsin, that stream of deceitfully quiet water between stretches of tumbling rapids, […]
Sunrise over Sagebrush
Written By: Seth Owens. Grand Forks, ND I’m often frustrated by that prehistoric, instinctual, fight-or-flight response that all humans have in the 21st century. Not because it was crucial to […]
Beyond the Birds – How Habitat Benefits Us All
by Greg Hoch The conservation community does a lot of habitat work that benefits wildlife. That wildlife may be prairie grouse in grasslands, ducks in wetlands or ruffed grouse and […]
The First Time I Went Ruffed Grouse Hunting
Written by: George Skakel. Staples, MN Within a year of our wedding, 35 years ago, my new father-in-law, a man of some means, invited me to go Ruffed Grouse hunting […]
