By Jeff Helsdon When Al Stewart was 12, he started woodcock hunting. Little did he imagine his passion would turn into a remarkable career. Al retired on April 1, 2021, […]
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Great Lakes/Upper Midwest Featured Habitat Projects
Jon Steigerwaldt | RGS & AWS Forest Conservation Director – Great Lakes/Upper Midwest In Support of Land Acquisition “Land, they haven’t found a way to make that out of plastic […]
Restoring the role of American elm in Upper Midwest Forests
Linda Haugen Plant Pathologist State and Private ForestryUS Forest Service – Eastern Region RGS & AWS is committed to developing and maintaining healthy forests, including involvement in the restoration […]
Getting to the Heart of Conservation
I’m a person whose life continues to be shaped by forests. When I was young, my family lived in the six-million-acre Adirondack Park, next door to the hardscrabble farm where […]
Presidents Message: Dynamic Forest Restoration
Healthy, wildlife-supportive forests are age-diverse, like a family with multiple generations of young and old.Â
RGS & AWS submits written comments to Massachusetts’ Joint Legislative Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture (ENRA)
RGS & AWS submits written comments to Massachusetts’ ENRA
Michigan Update for Fall 2021
Glen Blackwood, Director of Regional Development for the Eastern Great Lakes, provides a fall 2021 update for RGS & AWS in Michigan.
Michigan Wildlife Habitat Grant Awarded to RGS & AWS
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources recently announced that the Ruffed Grouse Society & American Woodcock Society was awarded a State Wildlife Habitat Grant in the amount of $56,800.
Ruffed Grouse Society & American Woodcock Society partner with onX Hunt to support our mission for healthy forests and abundant wildlife
The onX Hunt partnership will directly contribute to the RGS & AWS mission, supporting healthy forests, abundant wildlife, and conservation ethic in 2021.
Beyond The Bellwether of Our Forests – RGS
While the perils and challenges faced by ruffed grouse and American woodcock may be familiar to our conservation-minded members, the continental and even global significance of these issues may not […]
