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Southern Appalachian

Enhance Your Woodlands: Financial and Technical Resources for Woodland Owners in Tennessee and Kentucky

December 15, 2022 by Ruffed Grouse Society

by Zac Chandler, Forest Wildlife Specialist Forester: Tennessee Developing a plan for your woods sounds simple, right? You consider what you would like your woods to look like and how […]

Filed Under: Southern Appalachian

Featured Habitat Project – Southwest Virginia Update

November 1, 2022 by Ruffed Grouse Society

by: Charlie Mize, RGS & AWS Public Lands Wildlife Forester – Southwest Virginia There it went, exploding out of the rhododendron and beelining for refuge in the next holler, the […]

Filed Under: Habitat, Southern Appalachian, Southern Appalachian Media

More than 950 acres of wildlife habitat to be improved in the Daniel Boone National Forest through Stewardship Agreement with USFS

November 1, 2022 by Ruffed Grouse Society

The South Red Bird Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Project is the area of focus within the Daniel Boone National Forest (KY), where RGS & AWS will be targeting the work. More than 950 acres are slated for habitat improvements through this project over the next 3 years.

Filed Under: Announcements, Media, Read, Southern Appalachian, Southern Appalachian Media, Working Forests Model Tagged With: american woodcock, aws, rgs, ruffed grouse, southern appalachian, working forests

Know Your Cover: Southern Appalachian Forest Types

February 21, 2022 by Nick Biemiller

Southern Appalachian forests are some of the most biologically diverse forests on the planet. Western North Carolina alone contains all the major forest types you would see driving from Georgia […]

Filed Under: Covers Magazine, Ecology, Habitat, Southern Appalachian Tagged With: habitat, southern appalachian

Working Lands for Wildlife — The Long View: Sustaining Our Oak Forests

April 19, 2021 by Ashley Peters

Register today for this Working Lands for Wildlife virtual event. Details: Successfully managing oak forests is no easy task. It requires knowledge, forethought, and patience. In this webinar, we will take the “Long View” by looking at how human history has influenced the oak forests in the U.S. This historical grounding will allow us to look forward and consider how our actions today can ensure we restore and sustain oak forests into the future.

Filed Under: Habitat, Southern Appalachian, Watch Tagged With: american woodcock, ruffed grouse, southern appalachian, Watch

Tackling Ruffed Grouse Habitat in Southern Appalachia

November 17, 2020 by Ryan Lisson

Checking in on Southern Appalachia’s Grouse Habitat Projects Steeped in history and rich with grouse hunting culture, the Southern Appalachian Mountains have long been associated with ruffed grouse habitat. Landowners […]

Filed Under: Habitat, Read, Southern Appalachian, Working Forests Model Tagged With: Georgia, Kentucky, north carolina, Read, South Carolina, southern appalachian, Tennessee, Virgina

Appalachian Ruffed Grouse: Ecology and Management

August 4, 2020 by Anthony Giattino

A synopsis and review of the book Appalachian Ruffed Grouse: Ecology and Management The Appalachian ruffed grouse population is like a classic, small-market major league baseball team battling the Yankees […]

Filed Under: Habitat, Literature, Read, Southern Appalachian Tagged With: ruffed grouse, southern appalachian

RGS & AWS Shares USFS Nantahala-Pisgah Forest Plan Revision Fact Sheet and Position Statements

June 4, 2020 by Nick Biemiller

Act Now: Submit Comments Here Numerous forest wildlife are at-risk in the southern Appalachians due to lack of forest diversity and an unnaturally single-aged forest (i.e., lacking very young and […]

Filed Under: Action Alert, Announcements, Habitat, Read, Southern Appalachian Tagged With: american woodcock, ruffed grouse, southern appalachian

RGS & AWS announces Forest Conservation Director to lead forest wildlife conservation efforts in the southern Appalachians.

April 30, 2020 by Ruffed Grouse Society

With funding donated specifically for the purpose, the Ruffed Grouse Society and American Woodcock Society (RGS & AWS) have moved forward with a new Forest Conservation Director position in the […]

Filed Under: Announcements, Read, Southern Appalachian Tagged With: Kentucky, north carolina, northeast, Read, Virginia

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