View the original post on deerassociation.com In this episode of the Deer Season 365 podcast, we talk with Ben Jones of the Ruffed Grouse Society all about prescribed fire. Specifically, […]
Ecology
Featured Habitat Project – Downeast Lakes Land Trust Woodcock Habitat Restoration Project
by Todd Waldron | RGS & AWS Forest Conservation Director – Northeast Did you know that, according to the Land Trust Alliance, there are 506 community-based and regionally active land […]
Beyond the Birds – How Habitat Benefits Us All
by Greg Hoch The conservation community does a lot of habitat work that benefits wildlife. That wildlife may be prairie grouse in grasslands, ducks in wetlands or ruffed grouse and […]
Know Your Cover: Serviceberry
By Larry Partridge | RGS & AWS Forest Conservation Coordinator – Southern and Eastern U.P. of Michigan Featured photo by: Iva Vagnerova One of my favorite springtime activities is planting […]
Funding Opportunity for Northeast Wisconsin Landowners – Joint Chiefs Project
by Stefan Nelson – RGS & AWS Forest Wildlife Specialist Private forest landowners within the Northeastern portion of Wisconsin now have an additional funding opportunity available under the Environmental Quality […]
Know Your Cover – Wild Grapes
by Charlie Mize | RGS & AWS Public Lands Wildlife Forester – SW Virginia Wild grapes (Vitis spp.) are among the sweetest snacks available to ruffed grouse, who consume them […]
Improving Habitat on Private Lands in Pennsylvania
by Ben Larson | RGS & AWS Forest Conservation Director – Mid-Atlantic & Jake Tomlinson | RGS & AWS Forest Conservation Coordinator – Pennsylvania Those of us working on game […]
Patterns in the Forest
Forest Openings and Pollinators Too by Scott Johnson, RGS & AWS Forest Conservation Coordinator – Minnesota & NW Wisconsin We RGS & AWS members talk a lot about the size, […]
RGS & AWS Signs Stewardship Agreement on the Nantahala National Forest in North Carolina
The Ruffed Grouse Society & American Woodcock Society (RGS & AWS) recently signed the Sugar Creek Stewardship Agreement on the Nantahala National Forest in North Carolina. The project, previously shelved […]
Dear Hunter Project: The Give For Grouse Initiative – Giving Ruffed Grouse a Future
Ruffed Grouse, The King of Spring, the Bellwether of All Forest Wildlife, has a very fragile future. According to the Ruffed Grouse Society, their populations have declined at least 50% […]