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Minnesota hunter walking trails revitalized with $300,000 LCCMR grant ahead of ruffed grouse season
View the original article on Grand Forks Herald
The project resulted in 66 miles of restoration on 35 hunter walking trails, more than 9 miles of new trails and improvements to 171 trailheads.
Ruffed grouse drumming counts up in northern and central Wisconsin regions, down in southwestern
The annual ruffed grouse drumming survey found higher drum counts in the north and central regions but lower counts in the southwest compared to 2023.
Read the original article on the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Ruffed grouse drumming increased this spring in two of three priority areas and the species appears to be on the upward phase of its traditional 10-year population cycle in Wisconsin, according to the Department of Natural Resources.
The DNR’s 2024 ruffed grouse drumming surveyshowed a 57% increase in drum counts statewide compared to 2023.
The Impact of Active Aspen Grove Management on Ruffed Grouse Habitat in the Lake States
We The Forest, in partnership with the Federal Forest Resource Coalition, explores how Aspen Grove management helps the habitat and ruffed grouse vitality. The Ruffed Grouse Society and American Woodcock Society embraces active forest management by focusing on the habitat in the Chippewa National Forest.
We were honored to be included in this video from featuring our Minnesota Forest Conservation Coordinator Scott Johnson.
In it, he discusses Aspen stand management through an example project site, as a component of our stewardship agreement in the Chippewa National Forest with the U.S. Forest Service.
The Hunting Dog Podcast: Progress for the forests, progress for the grouse
Jon Steigerwaldt from RGS gives us the latest and greatest from the progress made managing our woodlands. We talk logging we talk burning and we talk about what it takes to keep our forests healthy. We also talk a bit about…. our dogs!!
https://thehuntingdogpodcast.libsyn.com/progress-for-the-forests-progress-for-the-grouse
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 secured grants and funding agreements. Prior to 2020, the Great Lakes Team was managing less than $500,000 in habitat projects. In less than five years, this has grown to more than $7.25 million in grants and agreements with a variety of funding partners, including our Region 9 Stewardship Agreement with the U.S. Forest Service and 11 agreements with six national forests. In 2023 alone, our Wisconsin Private Lands Team assisted landowners in...
