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Action Alert for Michigan

March 3, 2021 by Brent Rudolph

Deadline set for Monday, March 8 to ensure Improved Aspen Management on the Manistee National Forest

The Huron-Manistee National Forests (HMNF) have seen a decline in aspen harvest over the past few decades. This has led to an imbalance in the age structure of aspen stands that negatively affects habitat critical for ruffed grouse, American woodcock, and other forest wildlife.

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Filed Under: Action Alert, Conservation Policy, Habitat, News, Read Tagged With: action alert

Membership Special: Help us celebrate our 60th Anniversary!

March 2, 2021 by admin

With support from Pyke Gear, we’re offering a special deal when you join or renew at the $60 Conservation Membership level or above.*

We are celebrating 60 years of conservation success (1961 – 2021) at Ruffed Grouse Society & American Woodcock Society!

Join or renew your Conservation, Advocate, Uplander, and Centurion Membership level and you’ll receive a Pyke Gear gift coupon, 60th Anniversary tee & neck gator, AND the annual subscription to Covers Magazine. A 60th Anniversary decal and the RGS & AWS patch are also included.

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Filed Under: News, Read, Uncategorized Tagged With: american woodcock, American Woodcock Society, healthy forests, membership, rgs & aws, ruffed grouse, ruffed grouse society

RGS & AWS Northeast Forest Conservation Update: Part 2

February 25, 2021 by admin

How the Northeast’s public and private landownership patterns influence RGS & AWS conservation approach.

By Todd Waldron, Northeast Forest Conservation Director

In the most recent RGS & AWS conservation update from the Northeast Region, we looked at the Northeast Upland Gamebird Technical Committee 2017 findings in terms of how diminishing forest habitat diversity is impacting grouse, woodcock and many other forest wildlife populations. One consideration for how RGS & AWS and our partners will need to approach this challenge is to consider land ownership patterns across the Northeast.

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Filed Under: Habitat, Read, Uncategorized Tagged With: forest management, forest wildlife, Grouse, northeast, waldron, Woodcock

RGS & AWS Northeast Forest Conservation Update: Part 1

February 22, 2021 by admin

A primer for those curious about ecological issues impacting the Northeastern Region of the U.S.

By Todd Waldron, Northeast Forest Conservation Director

Photo by Todd Waldron

February 22, 2021 – If you and your dog have been covering countless miles through New England’s autumn woods and have only been flushing a fraction of the birds that you used to see – there is a reason for it.

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Filed Under: Grouse Ecology, Habitat, News, Read, Uncategorized, Wildlife Ecology, Woodcock Ecology Tagged With: forest management, forest wildlife, Grouse, northeast, waldron, Woodcock

Timber Management in the George Washington and Thomas Jefferson National Forest

February 18, 2021 by admin

The need for increased commercial timber harvest is at an all-time high. The Ruffed Grouse Society and American Woodcock Society (RGS & AWS) were encouraged to see a recent highlight addressing this critical issue for providing diverse, healthy forest habitat for abundant wildlife.

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Filed Under: Grouse Ecology, Habitat, News Tagged With: american woodcock, forest health, forest management, healthy forests, rgs & aws, ruffed grouse, Woodcock

Working Lands for Wildlife: In Pursuit of the Shifting Mosaic

February 11, 2021 by admin

Join RGS & AWS for this forestry-focused virtual event on February 25 , 2021 from 10:30 am – 1:30 pm.

Register today for a unique opportunity to explore and discuss working lands conservation. This FREE webinar will educate landowners and natural resource professionals on working lands conservation programs intended to benefit wildlife species and promote forest diversity.

This webinar has been approved for 2.5 Category 1 CEU’s by the Society of American Foresters; please register to receive credit.

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Filed Under: Events, Habitat, News, Watch Tagged With: aws, rgs, rgs & aws, working forests, working lands, working lands for willdlife

Action Alert: Join us TODAY in supporting a rule change by the USFWS

February 3, 2021 by admin

Photo by Ben Amstutz

Please take a minute to support federal forest management by commenting on a proposed U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rule.

We support this rule, which will address a harmful court decision that has stalled many important forest and wildlife management projects. Numerous lawsuits have exploited the current lack of clarity, including one that we’re fighting on Indiana’s Hoosier National Forest where high quality habitat is needed to reverse severe declines in ruffed grouse populations.

Read more: http://bit.ly/fws-newrule

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: action alert, healthy forests, policy, ruffed grouse, usfws

Todd Waldron hired as RGS & AWS Forest Conservation Director for the Northeast Region

January 21, 2021 by Ashley Peters

Waldron brings a wealth of forest management experience and will help scale up habitat improvement for wildlife.

Todd Waldron profile

January 21, 2021 – Ruffed Grouse Society and American Woodcock Society (RGS & AWS) announced today that Todd Waldron was selected for a new Forest Conservation Director position in the Northeast Region. In the newly developed position, Waldron will build and manage a network to achieve forest wildlife goals across several states. The region includes New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. He will be based in New York.

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Filed Under: Read Tagged With: American Woodcock Society, conservation, forestry, healthy forests, northeast, ruffed grouse society, waldron, wildlife

Coalition Supports Conservation on Indiana’s Hoosier National Forest

January 12, 2021 by Brent Rudolph

Photo By Steve Oehlenschlager

Amicus brief filed in support of Indiana’s Hoosier National Forest habitat project by Ruffed Grouse Society & American Woodcock Society, coalition of conservation groups

The ruffed grouse was listed as an endangered species in Indiana on December 16, 2020.

January 12, 2021 (New Albany, IN) – The Ruffed Grouse Society & American Woodcock Society led a coalition of conservation groups that filed an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana, related to the Houston South Vegetation Management and Restoration Project (Houston South Project) within Hoosier National Forest. The U.S. Forest Service faces a lawsuit that aims to shut down the project; RGS & AWS is not a party on the lawsuit, but the brief supports the Houston South Project and its objectives to restore habitat for ruffed grouse and other wildlife. The State of Indiana officially listed the ruffed grouse as a state endangered species on December 16, 2020.

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Filed Under: Action Alert, Conservation Policy, Habitat, News, Read Tagged With: american woodcock, conservation, forest habitat, habitat, Hoosier forest, Hoosier National Forest, houston south, Indiana, ruffed grouse

Ruffed Grouse in the Catskills, Then and Now

December 24, 2020 by Anthony Giattino

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The history, significance and future of ruffed grouse in the Catskills.

A sense of loss is wedded to hunting. When we’re in the woods, we fight the inevitable passing of time like characters in a tragedy whose ending is assured. Though it’s not the reason why we hunt, death is the logical conclusion of the enterprise, and a tinge of mourning follows the balletic descent of a shot grouse. Our beloved bird dogs barrel through the brush, and we smile, but we know they only have so many seasons in their short lives, and we want to hold on to those moments we share with them. We also develop an attachment to grouse habitat itself. Will birds still be here next year, or will the woods have aged just enough to crowd them out? Will parcelization decrease the integrity of the remaining habitat?

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Filed Under: Habitat, Read Tagged With: John Burroughs, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Ruffed Grouse Habitat, Young Forest Initiative

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