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

April 19, 2021 by Ashley Peters

Register today for this virtual event: Wednesday, May 12, 11 am – 1 pm EST

This FREE working lands webinar hosted by Ruffed Grouse Society &American Woodcock Society and the NRCS Working Lands for Wildlife program will educate landowners and natural resource professionals on working lands conservation programs intended to benefit wildlife species and promote forest diversity.

This webinar has been approved for the following. Please register here to receive credit.

  • 2 CFE credits (category 1) with the Society of American Foresters
  • 2 CEUs (category 1) of the Certified Wildlife Biologist® Renewal/Professional Development Certificate Program for participation in the webinar
  • USDA-NRCS Conservation Planner Certification
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Filed Under: Events, Grouse Ecology, Habitat, News, Uncategorized, Watch, Wildlife Ecology, Woodcock Ecology Tagged With: American Woodcock Society, habitat, healthy forests, oak, ruffed grouse society, wildlife, working lands

Ruffed Grouse Society & American Woodcock Society partner with onX Hunt to support our mission for healthy forests and abundant wildlife

April 5, 2021 by Ruffed Grouse Society

CORAOPOLIS, Pa. (April 5, 2021) — The Ruffed Grouse Society & American Woodcock Society are excited to announce a new corporate partnership with onX Hunt. onX Hunt is a mapping app that enables users to know where they stand, and features multiple disturbance layers where grouse and woodcock thrive. The onX Hunt partnership will directly contribute to the RGS & AWS mission, supporting healthy forests, abundant wildlife, and conservation ethic in 2021. RGS & AWS will also work with onX to increase access and opportunity afield.

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[Read more…] about Ruffed Grouse Society & American Woodcock Society partner with onX Hunt to support our mission for healthy forests and abundant wildlife

Filed Under: Hunting, News, Read Tagged With: American Woodcock Society, conservation, conservation partners, Grouse, onx hunt, ruffed grouse society, Woodcock

Membership Special: Help us celebrate our 60th Anniversary!

March 2, 2021 by admin

With support from Pyke Gear, we’re offering a special deal when you join or renew at the $60 Conservation Membership level or above.*

We are celebrating 60 years of conservation success (1961 – 2021) at Ruffed Grouse Society & American Woodcock Society!

Join or renew your Conservation, Advocate, Uplander, and Centurion Membership level and you’ll receive a Pyke Gear gift coupon, 60th Anniversary tee & neck gator, AND the annual subscription to Covers Magazine. A 60th Anniversary decal and the RGS & AWS patch are also included.

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Filed Under: News, Read, Uncategorized Tagged With: american woodcock, American Woodcock Society, healthy forests, membership, rgs & aws, ruffed grouse, ruffed grouse society

Todd Waldron hired as RGS & AWS Forest Conservation Director for the Northeast Region

January 21, 2021 by Ashley Peters

Waldron brings a wealth of forest management experience and will help scale up habitat improvement for wildlife.

Todd Waldron profile

January 21, 2021 – Ruffed Grouse Society and American Woodcock Society (RGS & AWS) announced today that Todd Waldron was selected for a new Forest Conservation Director position in the Northeast Region. In the newly developed position, Waldron will build and manage a network to achieve forest wildlife goals across several states. The region includes New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. He will be based in New York.

[Read more…] about Todd Waldron hired as RGS & AWS Forest Conservation Director for the Northeast Region

Filed Under: Read Tagged With: American Woodcock Society, conservation, forestry, healthy forests, northeast, ruffed grouse society, waldron, wildlife

Pennsylvania Wilds Upland Bird Hunt: The Ruffed Grouse and American Woodcock Society Celebrate the Upland Lifestyle

December 17, 2020 by Anthony Giattino

Recapping the fun and fervor of the Upland Bird Hunt hosted annually in the Pennsylvania Wilds.

Upland hunting is a lifestyle. The conscious uplander is part hunter, conservationist, art lover, biologist, chef and storyteller. When people gather at the Ruffed Grouse Society’s Upland Bird Hunt (UBH) in the Pennsylvania Wilds, they celebrate that lifestyle, contribute to scientific research, and have a positive impact on the local community. 

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Filed Under: Events, Hunting, Read, Why We Hunt Tagged With: american woodcock, American Woodcock Society, pennsylvania, ruffed grouse, ruffed grouse society, upland hunting

Becoming a Member of the Ruffed Grouse Society

December 10, 2020 by Chris Ingram

Improving the community and investing in the future of the ruffed grouse and American woodcock

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Photo by Zack Griswold

Like many age-old notions in life in which we can never remember the exact instance of discovery or introduction, I cannot recall the moment or setting in which I first learned of or heard about the Ruffed Grouse Society (RGS). The organization as I knew it was innately synonymous with the ruffed grouse, bird hunting and conservation altogether. Although ruffed grouse and bird hunting were not an integral part of my upbringing, the day would come when the “the birds” and the “organization” would become something extremely near and dear to my heart.

[Read more…] about Becoming a Member of the Ruffed Grouse Society

Filed Under: Hunting, Read, Why We Hunt Tagged With: american woodcock, American Woodcock Society, conservation, ruffed grouse, ruffed grouse society

An Important Day for Grouse and Woodcock | Giving Tuesday

December 1, 2020 by Ruffed Grouse Society

Today is GivingTuesday and forest wildlife need your support

Thank you to the folks who have already donated early! We have $30,000 available to match donations for today. Don’t miss the opportunity to double your impact.

Two ways you can donate:

  • The Upland Store
  • Our Facebook #GivingTuesday Page: Please share our fundraiser with your friends and family! You can donate in the Upland Store AND invite your Facebook friends and share the fundraiser through Facebook. If you’d like to join us and learn more about RGS & AWS and our work, we’ll be live on CrowdCast this evening from 6 – 8 pm ET, which will be streaming on Facebook and YouTube as well.
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Filed Under: Action Alert, Events Tagged With: American Woodcock Society, conservation, forest conservation, Giving Tuesday, ruffed grouse society

Conservation Doesn’t Sleep – RGS & AWS Featured on The Hunting Dog Podcast

November 30, 2020 by Ruffed Grouse Society

RGS & AWS Communications and Marketing Director, Ashley Peters, along with Director of Regional Development in the Southeast, Mike Neiduski, were featured on a recent episode of The Hunting Dog Podcast.

During a conversation with host and RGS & AWS member Ron Boehme, Ashley Peters and Mike Neiduski share RGS & AWS news and updates with The Hunting Dog Podcast audience. After brief introductions, the conversation moves on to the RGS & AWS conservation mission and its challenges and opportunities.

Listen on | Apple | Spotify

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Filed Under: Listen Tagged With: American Woodcock Society, forest conservation, habitat, hunting dog podcast, podcast, ruffed grouse society

Early Successional Habitat Creation Project in Vermont

November 24, 2020 by Brent Rudolph

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Featured in Fall 2020 issue of Covers Magazine.

Authored by: Brent Rudolph, PH.D and Anthony Giattino

People born east of the Hudson River extend this prayer of John Winthrop’s when hunting grouse in the west: “May the Lord make it like that of New England.” Writers like Burton Spiller and William Harnden Foster helped enshrine New England as a “City Upon a Hill” for grouse hunters. Ruffed Grouse Society and American Woodcock Society members in New England recognize that much work needs to be done if the revered heritage memorialized by Spiller and Foster are to endure. Fortunately, other partners also understand the serious conservation needs that demand commitment to this work.

[Read more…] about Early Successional Habitat Creation Project in Vermont

Filed Under: Habitat, Hunting, Read Tagged With: American Woodcock Society, early successional forest, early successional habitat, habitat, new england, ruffed grouse, ruffed grouse society, vermont

RGS & AWS Proudly Partner on Pyke Gear Original Film “Get Busy Living”

November 20, 2020 by Ruffed Grouse Society

RGS & AWS are among a list partners including Backridge Ammunition, Limb Lab, Wilderness Athlete and K9 Athlete in collaboration with Pyke Gear to present their original film, “Get Busy Living”.

About the film: “Randy Herlein never expected his life to change the way it did. He was an active upland hunter and outdoorsman that hit a bump in the road, but it didn’t stop him. In fact, he found a renewed longing to conquer each new challenge in the road ahead . Randy wasn’t about to let the cancer that took his leg keep him from a Get Busy Living state of mind. We hope Randy’s story inspires you.”

Filed Under: Hunting, Watch, Why We Hunt Tagged With: American Woodcock Society, Pyke Gear, ruffed grouse society, upland hunting

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