Northeast: Project Details
Connecticut
Maine
Past: Mongaup Valley WMA
Massachusetts
Upcoming: Finger Lakes National Forest
New Hampshire
Green Mountain National Forest
Maine
Eastern Woodcock Migration Research Cooperative
The Russ & Carole Chapter and Central Maine Chapter of RGS & AWS is supporting the Eastern Woodcock Migration Research Cooperativeby providing funding over the next 3 years in support of a PhD research position that will work with Drs. Erik Blomberg and Amber Roth to continue the EWMRC’s woodcock research efforts.
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Dynamic Forest Restoration Initiative
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 will restore and enhance wildlife habitat diversity on over 2,000 acres across central and western Massachusetts – starting Summer 2022.
Massachusetts Dynamic Forest Restoration Initiative
The Massachusetts Dynamic Forest Restoration Initiative is a public/private partnership between RGS & AWS, Mass Wildlife, Mass DCR, Mount Grace Land Trust and National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) which will restore and create forest wildlife habitat on over 2,000 acres. This project is funded by the USFS’ Landscape Scale Restoration Grant.
New York
Partridge Run WMA Stewardship Project
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 Wildlife Management Area in Albany County, NY
Paul Smith's College Habitat Project
Finger Lakes National Forest Woodcock Habitat Restoration
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 woodcock habitat on the Hector District. We worked with the NF biologist to identify 7 blocks of woodcock habitat that needed to be reset to early successional habitat and the mastication work was completed by a local contractor in February 2022.
Figure 8 Hunting Access Project
RGS & AWS’s North Country Chapter is working with NY Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and the forest manager LandVest to expand seasonal recreational access on the 3,939 Figure 8 Public Use Area in the Sable Highlands Conservation Easement Area. This project entails parking area and gate construction work that will open up the access road seasonally during bird hunting season and provide parking areas.
Vermont
Green Mountain National Forest Early Successional Habitat Creation Project
Green Mountain National Forest Early Successional Habitat Creation Project – RGS & AWS is leading the way as the conservation partner in support of the 12,000 + acre Early Successional Habitat Creation Project on our federal public lands in Vermont. The Green Mountain Chapter RGS & AWS has provided funding for project planning & layout and forest wildlife & bird monitoring for the project, which is slated to begin in Fall 2023.
