Projects

Kittatinny Ridge (Pennsylvania)

January 1, 2023 by Ruffed Grouse Society

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 run along the Kittatinny Ridge from Harrisburg to the Delaware River. From these discussions came a plan to increase young forest cover at a landscape scale over the next 10-15 years.The PGC’s SE Region Kittatinny Ridge grouse plan has 6 goals. The first goal is to regenerate a mosaic of young forest stands that shift across the landscape over time. 3,300 acres of young forest habitat have been established on the...

The Beulah Wildlife Enhancement Project on the Monongahela National Forest (West Virginia)

January 1, 2023 by Ruffed Grouse Society

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, creating 180+ acres of young forests. Thanks to the Monongahela National Forest, Big Timber Harvest (which bought the timber sale), and our local consulting forester, Crystal Johnston. As part of our first stewardship agreement with the Monongahela National Forest, we expect to soon sell the first set of stands (circled in red on the map below) in the Beulah Wildlife Enhancement Project. The project will create 146 acres of early successional and...

Early Successional Habitat Partnership (West Virginia)

January 1, 2023 by Ruffed Grouse Society

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 Forestry, and National Wild Turkey Federation.

The partnership involves innovative funding and collaboration to create early successional habitat on state and federal lands, primarily with two skid-steer mounted mulching machines.

In 2021, the ESH partnership created over 20 acres of early successional habitat on the Potomac WMA on the Monongahela National Forest.

Since 2016, the ESH partnership has created 1,727 acres of early successional habitat.

East Lynn Lake WMA (West Virginia)

January 1, 2023 by Ruffed Grouse Society

Property map available at wvdnr.gov

RGS’ Tri-State Drumming Feathers Chapter and RGS financially supported a collaborative, 4,000-acre habitat project with WV DNR, involving skid roads, tree saplings and seed.

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