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Sugar Creek Stewardship SPA (North Carolina)

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Agreement Narrative: Sugar Creek Stewardship SPA Primary Funder: Nantahala National Forest (Stewardship) Location: Nantahala Ranger District, Nantahala National Forest, North Carolina Innovation: Repackaging timber sale that previously went no-bid when offered as a conventional timber sale contract. Commercial timber harvests will create young and open forest conditions. Service work items include noncommercial habitat improvements such as thinning to promote hardwood saplings in middle-aged forests, wildlife field maintenance, nonnative invasive plant control, and roadside wildlife fields. The sale includes aerial logging operations, so there will be a need to support advanced timber harvesting systems in the project.  Impact: The stewardship project will generate the following...

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Dynamic Forest Restoration in Southwest Virginia

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Agreement Narrative: Dynamic Forest Restoration in Southwest Virginia  Primary Funder: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF)– Central Appalachia Habitat Stewardship Program Location: Southwest Virginia Innovation: RGS & AWS and our partners will implement active forest management that results in a mosaic of mixed-aged forests that support a diversity of songbird and wildlife species on state and private lands in southwest Virginia. We will create a Dynamic Forest Restoration Block (DFRB) focal area to diversify habitat on Channels State Forest, Hidden Valley WMA, and Clinch Mountain WMA, and surrounding private lands. Primary objectives of the project include: 1) perform conservation planning to develop a DFRB,...

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Don’t Get Beat by the Heat

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by Tom Keer

Summer is a difficult time to get a string of gun dogs ready for the upcoming grouse and woodcock seasons. Hot and humid temperatures combined with sunny, windless days make for tough pre-season training. If we want to build our gun dogs’ foundations so we’re ready to roll on opening day, then we’ve got to run our dogs during this hottest, most humid time of the year. Avoiding heat-related illness (HRI) is key.

What is Heat-Related Illness?

HRI occurs when the dog’s core body temperature rises faster than he can cool off. Dogs can experience one of two types of…

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Ruffed Grouse Society Hires Regional Engagement Coordinators and Forest Conservation Coordinators

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Ruffed Grouse Society Hires Emily Sliski as Mid-Atlantic Regional Engagement Coordinator Emily Sliski Emily is a Pennsylvania native who grew up in a family with strong hunting and outdoor traditions and values. She holds a degree in Outdoor Recreation, and her past jobs have included guiding adventure recreation activities, hosting outdoor community outreach events and, most recently, directing a year-round camp and retreat center. Emily’s personal upland passion and a desire to be part of the conservation world are what led her to apply for the position with RGS & AWS. “I feel a sense of urgency and responsibility to ensure that ruffed…

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President’s Message – Summer 2023

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Seeking Solutions by Benjamin C. Jones | RGS & AWS President & CEO photo by  Asbed Iskedjian The National Forest System is important to many of us. It equates to tens of millions of acres for hunting, fishing and outdoor recreation. The majority of our members have a national forest within 100 miles of home, or even right next door. I killed my first white-tailed deer on a national forest and I’ve enjoyed countless memorable hunts since. Indeed, national forests are meaningful, and their management is an ongoing priority for RGS & AWS. Not many single landowners hold as much habitat opportunity as the U.S….

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Gamebird Pizza

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by Jenny Nguyen-Wheatley If you’re looking for a recipe to please hunters and nonhunters alike, try using your gamebirds on pizza. Multiply this recipe to feed a crowd, and if you’re short on time, store-bought pizza dough will work just fine. My favorite is Pillsbury Pizza Crust, but be sure to follow the directions on the can for cooking the dough instead of what’s directed below for homemade dough. This recipe works best with mild gamebirds, such as ruffed grouse, pheasant, chukar and quail. Pizza is a great way to share your hard-earned wild game when you need to stretch meat a…

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