Agreement Narrative: Ruffed Grouse Society Great Divide Stewardship Primary Funder: Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest (Stewardship) Location: Great Divide Ranger District, Chequamegon National Forest, Wisconsin Innovation: This is a non-timber short-form stewardship […]
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PA Woodsman podcast with RGS
 This podcast features RGS Mid-Atlantic chapter leaders talking about RGS chapters and landscape-scale habitat work with the PA Game Commission, Bureau of Forestry, and other partners. Pennsylvania Woodsman – Grouse […]
RGS & AWS Advocates for Sustainable Forest Management in Forest Service Old Growth Proposal
As administration considers future of mature and old growth forests, RGS & AWS advances strategies for sustainable forestry, carbon stewardship, habitat conservation. Pittsburgh, Pa. – As the U.S. Forest Service […]
Ruffed Grouse Society & American Woodcock Society Promotes Jared Elm to Wisconsin Conservation Coordinator
RGS & AWS is happy to announce Jared Elm as the new Wisconsin forest conservation coordinator. For six years, Elm has played a vital role in assisting private landowners in […]
Meet Cooper
Written by: Glen Blackwood. Rockford, MI The RGS & AWS community is filled will folks from all walks of life. Their common thread being volunteerism, generosity and the friendships that […]
Thanksgiving Grouse Hunt
Written By: Bill Stein. Lars Lake, MN Several years ago my sister came up to spend Thanksgiving Day with my wife and son, Ben. While the turkey was cooking Ben […]
Why Hunt?
Written by: Pete Pointer. Wheaton, IL The ruffed grouse is found only in the heaviest habitat. When it takes off it does so at full speed (35 mph) and makes […]
Spring Willow
Written By: Gary Tunkavige. Sparta, NJ I call the covert Spring Willow. A whimsical name. I wish I could say that I thought up this name, but that was done […]
The King
Written By: Zack Pine. Tannersville, NY Grouse hunting is a game of miles, of constantly striking out. A game of humility and of patience. Grouse hunting is getting spooked by […]
The CELLAR HOLE GROUSE My Thanksgiving Harvest.
Written By: Ralph Fatello. Hampton, NH I have been hunting a covert that I call “The Cellar Hole” for the last 10 years. It’s basically an old foundation from the […]
