[Description from Jersey Shore AWS president Mark Dreyfus; to prevent spot burn, map icon is located on Prospertown Lake WMA generally and not at project location] In the Fall of […]
Mid-Atlantic Projects
RGS Young Forest Partnership at Moraine State Park​ (Pennsylvania)
[Jeff Herrick, Habitat Management Biologist Contractor with the Wildlife Management Institute submitted the following blog for RGS’ Bellwether newsletter] Pennsylvania State Parks Create Forest Habitat Diversity to Benefit Young Forest […]
Forest management and habitat work on the Loyalsock State Forest​ (Pennsylvania)
In 2019, as part of a collaboration with the PA DCNR, RGS helped fund herbicide treatment as part of a forest management and habitat project on 26 acres of the […]
Fire line construction at Buchanan State Forest​ (Pennsylvania)
In 2019, RGS paid for the construction of 5 miles of fire lines at Buchanan State Forest, which will enable PA’s Bureau of Forestry to re-introduce prescribed fire and diversity […]
Collaborative habitat project at Erie National Wildlife Refuge​ (Pennsylvania)
Habitat Restoration (submitted by wildlife biologist and project coordinator Jeff Herrick; a version of this description was published in Covers magazine) In 2011, The Wildlife Management Institute (WMI) teamed up […]
Habitat management on SGL 42​ (Pennsylvania)
In close collaboration with the PA Game Commission (PGC), RGS supported habitat management planning and implementation on SGL 42 with funding from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in 2018 […]
The Laurel Highlands and PA Wilds Birdscapes project​ (Pennsylvania)
This project, which focuses on private lands in priority areas in PA, was funded by a 2020 grant from National Fish and Wildlife Foundation that RGS, PA Game Commission, the […]
Kittatinny Ridge​ (Pennsylvania)
In 2016, PGC foresters and the PGC’s grouse biologist Lisa Williams began working with RGS & AWS to develop a grouse habitat plan for the State Game Lands (SGLs) that […]
The Beulah Wildlife Enhancement Project on the Monongahela National Forest (West Virginia) ​
Updated September 2024: In the Greenbrier Ranger District of the Monongahela National Forest in eastern WV, logging is underway to implement our stewardship agreement for the Beulah wildlife enhancement project, […]
Early Successional Habitat Partnership (West Virginia)​
The Early Successional Habitat (ESH) Partnership is a five-year program that began in 2016 and includes Ruffed Grouse Society, WV Division of Natural Resources, USDA Forest Service. WV Division of […]
