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Fix Our Forests Act: Tackling Wildfires Through Market-Driven Forest Management Solutions

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As wildfires grow more frequent and devastating, the need for efficient and effective forest management has never been greater. At RGS & AWS, we’re gratified to see our elected leaders tackling this challenge head on. The Fix Our Forests Act, introduced recently in the U.S. House of Representative by Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) of the House Natural Resources Committee, represents a bold step forward in addressing one of the nation’s most pressing challenges: the health of forests and the communities that depend on them. The bipartisan Fix Our Forests Act, cosponsored by Rep. Scott Peters (D-Calif.), aims to advance active forest management,...

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Conservation Coming Soon …

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RGS & AWS is growing its conservation delivery team to improve habitat right where it’s needed most as told to Kristyn Brady This spring, RGS & AWS set out to grow its conservation delivery team in an important region for American woodcock – the Coastal Plain and Piedmont of North Carolina, South Carolina, southeastern Virginia and eastern Georgia – expanding the footprint of the organization and its habitat work based on cutting edge research. President and CEO Ben Jones sat down for a Q&A to discuss this new forest conservation director role, how hiring in a new region affirms the organization’s business model...

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Improving Habitat on Private Lands in Pennsylvania

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by Ben Larson | RGS & AWS Forest Conservation Director – Mid-Atlantic & Jake Tomlinson | RGS & AWS Forest Conservation Coordinator – Pennsylvania Those of us working on game habitat in the East face a dilemma: Because most forestland is privately owned, it’s critical to work on private as well as public lands. But what about hunting access on private lands? Luckily, numerous states have programs that provide hunting access to lands owned by participating private landowners. The Pennsylvania Game Commission’s (PGC) Hunter Access Program includes more than 1.8 million acres. Beginning in 2022, RGS & AWS has been partnering with the…

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Patterns in the Forest

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Forest Openings and Pollinators Too by Scott Johnson, RGS & AWS Forest Conservation Coordinator – Minnesota & NW Wisconsin We RGS & AWS members talk a lot about the size, species and spacing of trees. We talk about how historical disturbances of wind and fire maintained a shifting mosaic of forest characteristics, providing that ideal mix of young, dense forests so important for brood rearing habitat for ruffed grouse and American woodcock, and older forests that are imperative for ruffed grouse winter habitat needs, as well as for future young forests. Figure 1. A wind throw opening in an aspen forest. We talk about…

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RGS & AWS Signs Stewardship Agreement on the Nantahala National Forest in North Carolina

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The Ruffed Grouse Society & American Woodcock Society (RGS & AWS) recently signed the Sugar Creek Stewardship Agreement on the Nantahala National Forest in North Carolina. The project, previously shelved as a “no-bid” timber sale, will improve forest health and habitat through active forest management on 409 acres across a 1,912-acre project area. The project will include 192 acres of commercial timber harvests to create young and open forest conditions, 11 acres of roadside daylighting, 148 acres of post-harvest site preparation to establish natural regeneration, 10 acres of wildlife opening management, 48 acres of nonnative invasive plant control and installation of…

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

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This RGS & AWS project will be a catalyst for wildlife habitat restoration, which is urgently needed in Kentucky (October 31, 2022) – RGS & AWS signed a stewardship agreement with the USFS on the Daniel Boone National Forest in Kentucky to assist with implementation of the Little Flat Creek Stewardship Project, which is part of the South Red Bird Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Project on the Redbird Ranger District. The South Red Bird Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Project is the area of focus within the Daniel Boone National Forest, where RGS & AWS will be targeting the work. This area, covering more than…

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