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North Fork of Pound Prescribed Burn  (Virginia)

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Agreement Narrative: North Fork of Pound Prescribed Burn  Primary Funder: Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Location: Clinch Ranger District, George Washington & Jefferson National Forest, Wise County, VA Innovation: The project provided funding to the Forest Service to complete a high-priority prescribed fire in the North Fork of Pound Special Area, covering over 5,000 acres. The burn was a second entry, and it accomplished its goal of maintaining the canopy gaps that were created during the prior burn and consuming ground fuels. This promotes early successional herbaceous and brushy species as well as fire-adapted tree species such as oaks and yellow pines. This project...

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Project Planning Support for the George Washington & Jefferson National Forest (Virginia)

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Agreement Narrative: Project Planning Support for the George Washington & Jefferson National Forest  Primary Funder: USDA Forest Service (Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds) Location: Clinch Ranger District, George Washington & Jefferson National Forest (GWJEFF) Innovation: This project increase capacity for planning active forest management projects to restore forest habitat conditions at large landscape scales on National Forest System lands in Virginia. RGS & AWS will collaborate with the GWJEFF to have our Forest Wildlife Specialists and Forest Wildlife Technicians develop a pipeline of active forest management projects to feed into the Forest Service’s National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) planning process. RGS & AWS foresters...

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Expanding the Geographic Scope of REGEN3 in Support of Forecasting Hardwood and Oak Restoration Potential Across the Eastern Hardwood Forest (Indiana, Virginia, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania)

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Agreement Narrative: Expanding the Geographic Scope of REGEN3 in Support of Forecasting Hardwood and Oak Restoration Potential Across the Eastern Hardwood Forest  Primary Funder: USDA Forest Service– Southern Research Station Location: Indiana, West Virginia, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania  Innovation: U.S. Forest Service researchers are in the process of expanding the scale and scope of a hardwood regeneration model, REGEN3, to areas beyond the current modeling footprint. This model is particularly useful for forecasting the success of natural oak seedling development after commercial timber harvests. This can be used to improve the outcomes of managing desired tree species and young forest conditions on private, state,...

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South Zone Jefferson Forest Management Support (Virginia)

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Agreement Narrative: South Zone Jefferson Forest Management Support    Primary Funder: USDA Forest Service  Location: Clinch Ranger District, Eastern Divide Ranger District, Mount Rogers National Recreation Area, George Washington & Jefferson National Forest (GW-Jeff)  Innovation: This is a modification to our challenge cost-share supplemental project agreement (21-CS-11080800-198). This project will support active forest management projects to improve overall forest health, wildlife habitat, and meet the objectives from the Forest Plan on the Clinch Ranger District, Eastern Divide Ranger District, and the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area. To accomplish this the Ruffed Grouse Society & American Woodcock Society (RGS & AWS) will perform active forest...

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Timberdoodle Pre-commercial Thinning and Site Preparation for Wildlife Habitat Enhancement (Virginia)

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Agreement Narrative: Timberdoodle Pre-commercial Thinning and Site Preparation for Wildlife Habitat Enhancement  Primary Funder: USDA Forest Service (BIL funds) Location: Clinch Ranger District, George Washington & Jefferson National Forest (GW-Jeff) Innovation: This agreement is being created as a mechanism through which to utilize funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Legislation (BIL), toward vital program activities in the Timberdoodle Ruffed Grouse Habitat Improvement Project area. The Timberdoodle Project is being implemented through a Stewardship Agreement with the RGS & AWS. This existing partnership is the vehicle through which these funds will be utilized in the project area. The purpose of this agreement is to document the...

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Dynamic Forest Restoration Blocks in the Cumberland Plateau (Tennessee, Kentucky)

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Agreement Narrative: Dynamic Forest Restoration Blocks in the Cumberland Plateau (TN, KY) Primary Funder: Lightner Sams Foundation Location: Daniel Boone National Forest, Kentucky Innovation: Our two-year project will use active forest management to diversify forest habitats and promote desired tree species for the benefit of at-risk wildlife species on private and public lands in the Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee and Kentucky. The project is focused on the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s northeastern Freshwater and Terrestrial Focal Area. Our project’s strategy and scope will expand on conservation initiatives by the Appalachian Mountains Joint Venture’s (AMJV) Cumberlands Focal Landscape and Kentucky’s Grouse and Young...

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