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 […]
Ecology
Featured Habitat Project – Southwest Virginia Update
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 […]
RGS & AWS sign Stewardship Agreement with USFS for work in Ottawa National Forest
RGS &AWS will lead implementation of a forest wildlife habitat project in Ottawa National Forest in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
Great Lakes/Upper Midwest Featured Habitat Projects
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 […]
Know Your Cover – Species-group profile: Cherries
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 […]
Know Your Cover: Southern Appalachian Forest Types
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 […]
Radio Tracking Woodcock Chicks
Unique study finds downed logs used extensively for predator cover before green up
Conservation organizations partner with Domtar to improve forest wildlife habitat
Pennsylvania’s state bird, the ruffed grouse, and a wide range of other Species of Greatest Conservation Need will benefit from the partnership
Featured Habitat in Michigan: Pigeon River Country State Forest
The Roger Moore RGS & AWS Chapter forged ahead with a key habitat project despite 2020 challenges and delays
Grouse are dangerously close to disappearing in the Southern Appalachians, but we can do something about it.
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.
