[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 […]
