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 […]
