by Benjamin C. Jones | RGS & AWS President & CEO Like many of you, I love to see habitat improvement – crews working in the woods, logs going to […]
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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 […]
Action Alert: Keep Forestry Alive in Massachusetts
Photo Credit: BILL GREENE/GLOBE STAFF FILE The Boston Globe recently published an Argument article asking readers if they would support a moratorium on commercial harvesting of state forest land. As […]
Ohio DNR Looking for Input on Ruffed Grouse Hunting Survey
RGS & AWS members act now to enhance ruffed grouse and American woodcock habitat by taking Ohio DNR Survey! In 2019, the Ohio Division of Wildlife (ODW) offered an online […]
Become an Advocate – Here’s How You Can Support Green Mountain National Forest’s Telephone Gap Integrated Resource Project.
Please speak up regarding forest health and habitat diversity on the Green Mountain National Forest before March 13, 2023. Click HERE. The Green Mountain National Forest is inviting public comments […]
Message to Members Re: Nantahala & Pisgah National Forest Plan
The Nantahala & Pisgah National Forest’s (the Forests) Forest Plan was finalized on February 17, 2023. RGS & AWS has been deeply engaged throughout the Forest Plan revision process advocating […]
Old forest not the best for ‘bellwether’ birds
Read The Original article The tall canopy of mature trees that graces the forests near Brevard may be attractive, but the old growth masks a subtle side affect: a less-than-the-best […]
Grouse are BRINGING THE NOISE to the upcoming Pheasant Fest in Minneapolis!
Host Bob St.Pierre is joined by representatives from Ruffed Grouse & American Woodcock Society, North American Grouse Partnership, Minnesota Sharp-tailed Grouse Society, Minnesota Prairie Chicken Society and Wisconsin Sharp-tailed Grouse […]
A Field Tour of Early Successional Habitat Improvement Projects in North-Central Minnesota
by Scott Johnson | RGS & AWS Forest Wildlife Coordinator – Minnesota & NW Wisconsin RGS & AWS staff and partners in Minnesota organized a two-day field tour event in […]