Southern Appalachian forests are some of the most biologically diverse forests on the planet. Western North Carolina alone contains all the major forest types you would see driving from Georgia […]
RGS Blog
New Forest-Product Industry Partnerships Help Us Scale Up Our Habitat Improvement
Ben Larson highlights how new forest-product partnerships will help scale up habitat improvement and implement our model of working forests
Updates from RGS & AWS in the NE Region
Todd Waldron and Nate Kennedy highlight the great work happening in the Northeast Region
USDA announced details of the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities
The new Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities opportunity provides up to $1 billion for pilot projects that create market opportunities for commodities produced using climate-smart practices.
Radio Tracking Woodcock Chicks
Unique study finds downed logs used extensively for predator cover before green up
RGS & AWS submits written comments to Massachusetts’ Joint Legislative Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture (ENRA)
RGS & AWS submits written comments to Massachusetts’ ENRA
Conservation organizations partner with Domtar to improve forest wildlife habitat
Cover image: Ruffed Grouse by Angelica Wisenbarger In December of 2021, RGS, American Bird Conservancy, and Audubon Mid-Atlantic announced our new partnership with Domtar, a leading paper manufacturer with a […]
NFWF’s Central Appalachia Habitat Stewardship Program announces fifth year of grants
Habitat for forest birds, brook trout, eastern hellbender and freshwater mussels to be restored with $1.7 million in new grants
Woodcock as a Southern Bird
by Tom Keer A few winters ago, Quebec’s Don Keddy, a field trialer and grouse and woodcock hunter, had enough. The long, gray, Canadian winters are hard on bird doggers. […]