The Early Successional Habitat (ESH) Partnership is a five-year program that began in 2016 and includes Ruffed Grouse Society, WV Division of Natural Resources, USDA Forest Service. WV Division of Forestry, and National Wild Turkey Federation.
The partnership involves innovative funding and collaboration to create early successional habitat on state and federal lands, primarily with two skid-steer mounted mulching machines.
In 2021, the ESH partnership created over 20 acres of early successional habitat on the Potomac WMA on the Monongahela National Forest.
Since 2016, the ESH partnership has created 1,727 acres of early successional habitat.
