Improving the community and investing in the future of the ruffed grouse and American woodcock 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”...
American Woodcock Society
An Important Day for Grouse and Woodcock | Giving Tuesday
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 StoreOur 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. ...
Conservation Doesn’t Sleep – RGS & AWS Featured on The Hunting Dog Podcast
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 [Read more…] about Conservation Doesn’t Sleep – RGS & AWS Featured on The Hunting Dog...
Early Successional Habitat Creation Project in Vermont
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...
RGS & AWS Proudly Partner on Pyke Gear Original Film “Get Busy Living”
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...
Oswayo Valley Student Artist Featured at Upland Bird Hunt in the PA Wilds
St. Marys, Pa.: Zane Malogrino of Shinglehouse, Pa., and a student at the Oswayo Valley School District in Potter and eastern McKean Counties, was the featured artist at the 12th Annual Upland Bird Hunt in the PA Wilds on 11/6. Zane’s fine artwork specializes in laser engraving of wooden “home use” pieces, such as serving trays, hat racks, key racks, coasters, clocks, and bottle openers.
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