by Keith Schopp Claira was 12 when I knew. We were grouse hunting in thick cover on a snowy Minnesota morning, and my normally biddable shorthair who always checked back, […]
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Tips for Creating a Complex Forest
by Mark Herwig Forests and forest creatures, no matter what part of the country they’re in, benefit from more complexity. If you want more grouse, woodcock and other game and […]
Conservation Action Alert: Pelican River Forest Conservation Easement
RGS & AWS Members, The Pelican River Forest in Wisconsin is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to protect nearly 70,000 acres of working forestland in Oneida, Forest and Langlade Counties. The Pelican […]
Featured Habitat Project – Ruffed Grouse Habitat Demonstration Area: Maximizing Impacts and Paying Dividends
by Jon Steigerwaldt | RGS & AWS Forest Conservation Director – Great Lakes & Upper Midwest With funding from the Uihlein Foundation, RGS & AWS worked with the College of […]
The Hunting Dog Spring Tune-Up
by Seth Bynum, DVM As the snow recedes and winter eases her grip on the northern hemisphere, my mindset drifts from one of fond reflection of the past hunting season […]
What I Wish I’d Known When I Got My First Bird Dog
by Seth Bynum, DVM Those of us fortunate enough to share the fields and our homes with a bird dog understand the incredible joy and satisfaction they bring to our […]
Action Alert: Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania RGS & AWS members and friends, Increasing management and habitat improvement on the Allegheny National Forest is a key goal of ours in PA. To that end, RGS just […]
Action Alert: West Virginia
Speak up on HB2908 The West Virginia Division of Forestry (WV DOF) wants to increase habitat-oriented management on state forests, but due to lack of funding, the WV DOF has […]