Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust is a recipient of a Cornell Land Trust Grant for 2023. The Cornell Lab’s Land Trust Bird Conservation Initiative awarded grants to 14 land trusts […]
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RGS & AWS Awarded $110,000 from New York Natural Resources Conservation Service Grant
The New York Natural Resources Conservation Service awarded the Ruffed Grouse Society & American Woodcock Society (RGS & AWS) Northeast conservation team a $110,000 Conservation Innovation Grant to implement critical […]
RGS & AWS Society Signs $50,000 Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest Stewardship Agreement
Through this non-timber, short-form stewardship agreement, the U.S. Forest Service is providing RGS & AWS with Bipartisan Infrastructure funding of $50,000 to evaluate and assess no-bid timber sale payment units […]
The Importance of Partnerships in Conservation
By Todd Waldron | RGS & AWS Forest Conservation Director – Northeast I was a hunter long before I was a forester. A decade before basal area, stocking charts and […]
The Flusher Formula
Top training techniques to make you and your flushing dog a more effective team By: Nathan Ratchford When it comes to grouse dogs, pointers get the lion’s share of attention, […]
Grouse Camp Revival
The pursuit of inner peace and gray-phase ruffed grouse in Eastern Washington By: Brad Trumbo Late September in Washington’s Blue Mountains is magical. Golden wheat stubble infiltrates somber evergreen timber, […]
Recap of September 26, 2023 Pennsylvania Habitat Call
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Update on PA Game Fund Diversion Bill Â
As a follow-up to our prior email on HB 1300, RGS hopes the following information and links help clarify the situation and stakes for PA Game Commission, for habitat improvement, […]
2022-2023 Michigan Ruffed Grouse Drumming Survey Report Results
Photo by: Tim Flanigan The second year of Michigan Drummer Survey data is now available. Since the pause in the survey in 2015, a lot has happened with the ruffed […]
Oppose diversion of wildlife conservation funding in PennsylvaniaÂ
During a habitat coordination meeting with the Pennsylvania Game Commission on August 31, the Ruffed Grouse Society & American Woodcock Society learned of action taken in the State Senate that […]
