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Ecology

Know Your Cover – Ironwood

December 9, 2022 by Ruffed Grouse Society

by Jared Elm | RGS & AWS Forest Wildlife Specialist – Wisconsin Ironwood (Ostrya Virginiana,) also called hop-hornbeam, is a small, deciduous tree in the birch (Betulaceae) family. Ironwood is […]

Filed Under: Covers Magazine, Ecology

Featured Habitat Project – Southwest Virginia Update

November 1, 2022 by Ruffed Grouse Society

by: Charlie Mize, RGS & AWS Public Lands Wildlife Forester – Southwest Virginia There it went, exploding out of the rhododendron and beelining for refuge in the next holler, the […]

Filed Under: Habitat, Southern Appalachian, Southern Appalachian Media

RGS & AWS sign Stewardship Agreement with USFS for work in Ottawa National Forest

June 24, 2022 by Ashley Peters

ottawa national forest sign

RGS &AWS will lead implementation of a forest wildlife habitat project in Ottawa National Forest in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan

Filed Under: Announcements, Eastern Great Lakes, Eastern Great Lakes Media, Habitat, Media, Read, Working Forests Model Tagged With: forest wildlife, habitat management, National forest, Ottawa

Great Lakes/Upper Midwest Featured Habitat Projects

May 19, 2022 by Jon Steigerwaldt

Jon Steigerwaldt | RGS & AWS Forest Conservation Director – Great Lakes/Upper Midwest In Support of Land Acquisition “Land, they haven’t found a way to make that out of plastic […]

Filed Under: Habitat, Western Great Lakes Tagged With: conservation, habitat

Know Your Cover – Species-group profile: Cherries

March 24, 2022 by Ruffed Grouse Society

by Stefan Nelson, RGS & AWS Forest Wildlife Specialist The Upper Great Lakes states have three species of native cherries, all belonging to the Prunus genus and the Rosaceae family […]

Filed Under: Covers Magazine, Grouse Ecology, Habitat

Know Your Cover: Southern Appalachian Forest Types

February 21, 2022 by Nick Biemiller

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 […]

Filed Under: Covers Magazine, Ecology, Habitat, Southern Appalachian Tagged With: habitat, southern appalachian

Radio Tracking Woodcock Chicks

February 7, 2022 by admin

woodcock research

Unique study finds downed logs used extensively for predator cover before green up

Filed Under: Covers Magazine, Ecology, Habitat, Read, Western Great Lakes, Woodcock Ecology Tagged With: american woodcock, American Woodcock Society, research, science

Conservation organizations partner with Domtar to improve forest wildlife habitat

December 14, 2021 by admin

Ruffed grouse by Timothy Flanigan

Pennsylvania’s state bird, the ruffed grouse, and a wide range of other Species of Greatest Conservation Need will benefit from the partnership

Filed Under: Announcements, Habitat, Mid-Atlantic, Read, Working Forests Model Tagged With: habitat, Mid-Atlantic, pennsylvania, ruffed grouse

Featured Habitat in Michigan: Pigeon River Country State Forest

July 14, 2021 by admin

RGS & AWS members work on habitat project in Michigan

The Roger Moore RGS & AWS Chapter forged ahead with a key habitat project despite 2020 challenges and delays

Filed Under: Chapter Updates, Eastern Great Lakes, Habitat, Read Tagged With: american woodcock, Eastern Great Lakes, Michigan, Read, ruffed grouse

Grouse are dangerously close to disappearing in the Southern Appalachians, but we can do something about it.

July 9, 2021 by Nick Biemiller

We must take immediate action on National Forests in the Southern Appalachians to prevent the extirpation of ruffed grouse and other at-risk wildlife species.

Filed Under: Ecology, Habitat, Read Tagged With: Grouse

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