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Ryan Lisson

Tackling Ruffed Grouse Habitat in Southern Appalachia

November 17, 2020 by Ryan Lisson

Checking in on Southern Appalachia’s Grouse Habitat Projects Steeped in history and rich with grouse hunting culture, the Southern Appalachian Mountains have long been associated with ruffed grouse habitat. Landowners […]

Filed Under: Habitat, Read, Southern Appalachian, Working Forests Model Tagged With: Georgia, Kentucky, north carolina, Read, South Carolina, southern appalachian, Tennessee, Virgina

COVID-19 Impacts on Timber Markets and Forest Wildlife

September 8, 2020 by Ryan Lisson

How COVID-19 Could Affect Grouse Habitat It’s safe to say that 2020 has been a bit of a whirlwind and things haven’t gone as planned. With all the stay-at-home orders, […]

Filed Under: Habitat, Read Tagged With: american woodcock, conservation, forest habitat, forest management, forest markets, ruffed grouse, timber harvests, working forests

Forest Management is Not Deforestation

August 19, 2020 by Ryan Lisson

Debunking the Myths of Deforestation When an average person today sees images of a recent timber harvest, it’s quite possible they may have a negative reaction to it. Fueled by […]

Filed Under: Habitat, Read Tagged With: conservation, deforestation, forest management, timber harvests

Comparing Habitat: Ruffed Grouse, Woodcock, Cottontail Rabbits and Snowshoe Hare

June 4, 2020 by Ryan Lisson

Exploring habitat for ruffed grouse and woodcock as it relates to cottontail rabbits and snowshoe hare. There’s a lot of information online about the different habitat types that wild game […]

Filed Under: Habitat, Read Tagged With: american woodcock, habitat, ruffed grouse, upland birds, upland game, upland hunting

Minnesota Forests | Success in Conservation and Habitat – RGS

March 5, 2020 by Ryan Lisson

Take a look at the successful creation of habitat and conservation in Minnesota forests with the Ruffed Grouse Society and American woodcock Society If you’re reading this post in the […]

Filed Under: Habitat, Hunting, Read Tagged With: American Woodcock Society, conservation, forest management, habitat, Minnesota, ruffed grouse society

The Special Relationship Between Grouse and Aspen – RGS

December 27, 2019 by Ryan Lisson

Why Well-Managed Aspen is the Best Grouse Habitat If you hunt ruffed grouse on the southern fringe of its range, aspen forest may not be all that relevant to you. […]

Filed Under: Grouse Ecology, Habitat, Read Tagged With: aspen, forest management, Grouse, grouse habitat

Reversing Ruffed Grouse Declines in Indiana

December 17, 2019 by Ryan Lisson

Up against an endangered listing, how can we help ruffed grouse in Indiana? Ruffed grouse used to be present across the Indiana landscape, but now they could be joining the […]

Filed Under: Grouse Ecology, Habitat, Read Tagged With: conservation, forest management, Grouse, grouse habitat, Indiana

The Importance of Alders for Grouse and Woodcock

December 5, 2019 by Ryan Lisson

Exploring Our Love (and Hatred) of Alder Thickets Maybe in your grouse hunting career, you’ve explored the edges of a tangled alder swamp while looking for birds. You’ve quite possibly […]

Filed Under: Grouse Ecology, Habitat, Hunting, Read, Wildlife Ecology, Woodcock Ecology Tagged With: alder, american woodcock, conservation, forest management, Grouse, grouse habitat

What is Highbush Cranberry (and Why Should You Care)? – RGS

October 24, 2019 by Ryan Lisson

How Highbush Cranberry Could Help Your Grouse Hunting Growing up in northern Minnesota, I was strictly warned as a child about which wild berries I could and could not eat […]

Filed Under: Habitat, Read Tagged With: forest management, Grouse, grouse habitat, highbush cranberry

Ruffed Grouse Habitat | Cost Share Planting for Private Landowners

September 13, 2019 by Ryan Lisson

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How You Can Improve Grouse Habitat on Your Property I’ve always loved the idea of leaving a legacy. Not for fame or glory, by any means, but for something simpler. […]

Filed Under: Habitat, Read Tagged With: conservation, cost share, forest management, grouse habitat, habitat, private lands, ruffed grouse, ruffed grouse society, upland bird

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