RGS & AWS is leading the charge to support sustainable forest management in Wisconsin, forming a 30-member coalition in support of the Fourmile Vegetation Management Project, a significant forest management […]
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Hunt in Iowa: Non-Resident Deer Tag Auction Fundraiser Coming Soon
Iowa is known for having some of the biggest whitetail bucks – and some of the best whitetail hunting – in the nation. We’re therefore thrilled to share an amazing […]
Honoring Robert J Lytle
“I very often don’t agree with Bob, but that doesn’t make him wrong and me right. On the other hand, I place a high value on Bob as a Director. […]
President’s Message – Summer 2024
by Benjamin C. Jones, President & CEO Our English setter, Pax’s, name came from the genus for American woodcock: Scolopax. Pax is also Latin for peace, although he often missed […]
Satellite Tracking and the Science of Woodcock Migration
by Erik Blomberg, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Wildlife Fisheries and Conservation Biology, University of Maine Each year around the second week of March, I make a habit of […]
Return of the Timberdoodles
Banding American woodcock in the spring by Bailey Peterson “The early bird gets the worm.” Obviously, whoever wrote that quote was referring to the woodcock returning to their breeding grounds […]
Action Alert: Virginia
Until Friday May 24th, RGS members can support forest management and habitat improvement on the GW-Jeff National Forest. RGS will submit formal comments, but it’s very helpful for individuals to […]
Alder Cutting at Tionesta Lake to Improve Woodcock Habitat
Forest County, Pennsylvania After the USACE consulted with Ben Larson of RGS, on ways to improve wildlife habitat along Tionesta Creek. Ben suggested they regenerate patches of alder along Tionesta […]
Lebanon Reservoir Access Trail on State Game Lands 211
Dauphin, Lebanon & Schuykill Counties An ATV access trail was built to get contractors into an isolated portion of State Game Lands 211 to complete a noncommercial cutting project that […]
Great Lakes Region Update
by Jon Steigerwaldt – Forest Conservation Director | Great Lakes Region Staff Expansions New positions at RGS & AWS are driven by our strategic growth in conservation delivery and in […]
