Act now and urge the U.S. Forest Service to increase their efforts to create needed habitat for ruffed grouse and American woodcock on the Cherokee National Forest! The Ruffed Grouse […]
RGS Receives Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund Grant for Woodcock Habitat Restoration
RGS & AWS is excited to announce that we’ve recently been awarded a Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund to restore woodcock habitat in Downeast Maine. The Downeast Lakes Land Trust Woodcock […]
Green Mountain National Forest Early Successional Habitat Creation Project​ (Vermont)
Green Mountain National Forest Early Successional Habitat Creation Project – RGS & AWS is leading the way as the conservation partner in support of the 12,000 + acre Early Successional […]
Figure 8 Hunting Access Project​ (New York)
RGS & AWS’s North Country Chapter is working with NY Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and the forest manager LandVest to expand seasonal recreational access on the 3,939 Figure 8 […]
Finger Lakes National Forest Woodcock Habitat Restoration​ (New York)
The Finger Lakes National Forest Woodcock Habitat Restoration Project was initiated in the winter of 2022. RGS & AWS leveraged a grant from the National Forest Foundation to begin restoring […]
Paul Smith’s College Habitat Project (New York)​
Situated within Paul Smith’s College’s 14,000 acres of northern hardwood and conifer forestlands, this 20-acre timber harvest and demonstration site allows students and visitors to observe the results of wildlife-friendly […]
Partridge Run WMA Stewardship Project​ (New York)
The Mid-Hudson RGS & AWS Chapter has recently signed a Voluntary Stewardship Agreement (VSA) with NY DEC Region 4 to enhance grouse habitat diversity on the 4,500 acre Partridge Run […]
Massachusetts Dynamic Forest Restoration Initiative​ (Massachusetts)
The Massachusetts Dynamic Forest Restoration Initiative is a public/private lands partnership between RGS & AWS, Mass Wildlife, Mass DCR, Mount Grace Land Trust and National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) which […]
Eastern Woodcock Migration Research Cooperative​ (Maine)
The Russ & Carole Chapter and Central Maine Chapter of RGS & AWS is supporting the Eastern Woodcock Migration Research Cooperative by providing funding over the next 3 years in […]
2020 Chippewa National Forest Shared Stewardship Agreement – Black Duck​ (Minnesota)
January 4th, 2022; Cass Lake Minnesota – Timber harvesting is underway on RGS/AWS’s first National Forest Shared Stewardship project. This is the same project we highlighted in our Winter 2021 […]
