The Finger Lakes National Forest Woodcock Habitat Restoration Project was initiated in the winter of 2022. RGS & AWS leveraged a grant from the National Forest Foundation to begin restoring […]
Projects
Paul Smith’s College Habitat Project (New York)​
Situated within Paul Smith’s College’s 14,000 acres of northern hardwood and conifer forestlands, this 20-acre timber harvest and demonstration site allows students and visitors to observe the results of wildlife-friendly […]
Partridge Run WMA Stewardship Project​ (New York)
The Mid-Hudson RGS & AWS Chapter has recently signed a Voluntary Stewardship Agreement (VSA) with NY DEC Region 4 to enhance grouse habitat diversity on the 4,500 acre Partridge Run […]
Massachusetts Dynamic Forest Restoration Initiative​ (Massachusetts)
The Massachusetts Dynamic Forest Restoration Initiative is a public/private lands partnership between RGS & AWS, Mass Wildlife, Mass DCR, Mount Grace Land Trust and National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) which […]
Eastern Woodcock Migration Research Cooperative​ (Maine)
The Russ & Carole Chapter and Central Maine Chapter of RGS & AWS is supporting the Eastern Woodcock Migration Research Cooperative by providing funding over the next 3 years in […]
2020 Chippewa National Forest Shared Stewardship Agreement – Black Duck​ (Minnesota)
January 4th, 2022; Cass Lake Minnesota – Timber harvesting is underway on RGS/AWS’s first National Forest Shared Stewardship project. This is the same project we highlighted in our Winter 2021 […]
2022 Chippewa National Forest Stewardship – Deer River (Minnesota)
Deer River Minnesota- On July 5, 2022 RGS/AWS signed a Shared Stewardship project agreement with the Deer River Ranger District of the Chippewa National Forest. Under this agreement, RGS/AWS will […]
Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council (LSOHC) – Moose Habitat Collaborative Phase IV​ (Minnesota)
In 2020, RGS/AWS joined the MN Moose Habitat Collaborative and together with a wide range of partners, put together a landscape level habitat project on the north shore that aims […]
Hunter Walking Trail – Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR) Grant​ (Minnesota)
On December 6th, 2021, RGS & AWS President Ben Jones signed a $300,000 Hunter Walking Trail grant that was recommended by the LCCMR for Environment and Natural Resources Trust fund […]
Sawyer Co Private Lands Alder Aspen Project​ (Wisconsin)
Beginning in 2018, Wisconsin Forest Wildlife Specialist Jared Elm began working with Jason Stewart who had heard of some potential project opportunities available through the Federal Farm Bill. Jason owns […]
