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Hand-Cutting Hope: Non-Commercial Aspen Regeneration in the Great Lakes

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by Seth Finkel, RGS & AWS Western U.P. Public Lands Project Coordinator In the Great Lakes region, it’s difficult to understate the importance of young aspen for ruffed grouse and American woodcock as well as a multitude of other non-game species. For decades we could count on the timber industry’s hunger for pulp to keep aspen cut on rotation and keep habitat on the landscape. Unfortunately, this situation is no longer the case. There are tens of thousands of acres of rapidly aging aspen forest that will never be commercially harvested, typically due to terrain that makes operating equipment dangerous or...

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Action Alert: U.S. Forest Service National Old-Growth Amendment

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At RGS & AWS, we’re proud to work with the U.S. Forest Service on sound forest management that promotes abundant wildlife, healthy forests, and opportunities for people to enjoy the outdoors. As the USFS considers a proposal that would guide stewardship of old growth and mature forests, we commend the Service for staying true to its mission – and relying on sound science as a guide. This despite a steady drumbeat of falsehoods and faux research from anti-forest management groups. RGS & AWS staff have been focused on this issue for over two years. Now, your input is sought by the Forest...

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RGS & AWS Continues to Grow Impact in the Great Lakes Region

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by Jon Steigerwaldt, RGS & AWS Forest Conservation Director – Great Lakes and Upper Midwest RGS & AWS continues to grow our impact in the Great Lakes region, a critical area for our mission-related work that spans seven states – Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. We’re pleased to announce that our rapid rate of growth and escalating work necessitates the addition of new senior staff leadership. We are dividing the Great Lakes Forest Conservation Region into eastern and western divisions, adding a senior-level forest conservation director position to continue to build out our growth in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. This...

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Stefan Nelson Moves Within RGS & AWS From Wisconsin to Minnesota as Forest Wildlife Specialist

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RGS & AWS is happy to announce Stefan Nelson as the new Minnesota forest wildlife specialist. For two and a half years, Nelson had played a vital role in assisting private landowners in the northeast part of Wisconsin as a forest wildlife specialist with RGS & AWS. He worked in his partnership role with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, where he helped private landowners assemble the contractors, consultants and state and federal funding opportunities to accomplish their forest management and wildlife habitat objectives. Based out of Duluth, Minnesota, Nelson will be working in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service to lead...

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Sam Lau Moves Within RGS & AWS From Integrated Forest Habitat Biologist to Forest Wildlife Specialist

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Sam Lau will move from his position as integrated forest habitat biologist in Northeast Wisconsin to serve as a forest wildlife specialist based out of Medford, Wisconsin. In a partnership with the Natural Resources Conservation Service partnership position that focuses on assisting landowners enrolled in cost incentive programs that implement appropriate land practices to benefit wildlife on their properties. These practices include, but aren’t limited to, tree plantings, early successional habitat, alder shearing, brush management, forest stand improvement and pollinator plantings. A Wisconsin native, Lau earned a Bachelor of Science majoring in wildlife research and management from UW-Stevens Point. He has...

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RGS & AWS Leads Coalition to Support Forest Management on Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest

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RGS & AWS is leading the charge to support sustainable forest management in Wisconsin, forming a 30-member coalition in support of the Fourmile Vegetation Management Project, a significant forest management initiative in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest. Once implemented, the project will complete 12,277 acres of forest/habitat management and wildland fire risk reduction projects in northern Wisconsin. In addition, it will create 5.3 miles of controlled burn lines, create 1.2 miles of new access road construction and maintain more than 36 miles of hunter-walking trails, all contributing to the preservation and enhancement of the forest ecosystem and in coordination with the Chequamegon-Nicolet...

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