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Gordon Gullion: Sage of the Ruffed Grouse

October 30, 2020 by Anthony Giattino

Gordon Gullion played an integral role in the study of ruffed grouse as well as the history of the Ruffed Grouse Society. People tend to take scientific discoveries for granted. […]

Filed Under: Grouse Ecology, Habitat, Read Tagged With: Aldo Leopold, Cloquet Forestry Center, forest management, grouse habitat, University of Minnesota

Young Forest Initiative Creating Habitat for Grouse and Woodcock in New York – RGS

March 26, 2020 by Anthony Giattino

Young Forest Initiative in New York Creates Habitat for Ruffed Grouse and Woodcock Mongaup Valley Wildlife Management Area (WMA) is nestled against a part of the Delaware River that slithers […]

Filed Under: Conservation Policy, Habitat, Read Tagged With: american woodcock, forest management, grouse habitat, New York public land, ruffed grouse, wildlife management

The Special Relationship Between Grouse and Aspen – RGS

December 27, 2019 by Ryan Lisson

Why Well-Managed Aspen is the Best Grouse Habitat If you hunt ruffed grouse on the southern fringe of its range, aspen forest may not be all that relevant to you. […]

Filed Under: Grouse Ecology, Habitat, Read Tagged With: aspen, forest management, Grouse, grouse habitat

Reversing Ruffed Grouse Declines in Indiana

December 17, 2019 by Ryan Lisson

Up against an endangered listing, how can we help ruffed grouse in Indiana? Ruffed grouse used to be present across the Indiana landscape, but now they could be joining the […]

Filed Under: Grouse Ecology, Habitat, Read Tagged With: conservation, forest management, Grouse, grouse habitat, Indiana

The Importance of Alders for Grouse and Woodcock

December 5, 2019 by Ryan Lisson

Exploring Our Love (and Hatred) of Alder Thickets Maybe in your grouse hunting career, you’ve explored the edges of a tangled alder swamp while looking for birds. You’ve quite possibly […]

Filed Under: Grouse Ecology, Habitat, Hunting, Read, Wildlife Ecology, Woodcock Ecology Tagged With: alder, american woodcock, conservation, forest management, Grouse, grouse habitat

What is Highbush Cranberry (and Why Should You Care)? – RGS

October 24, 2019 by Ryan Lisson

How Highbush Cranberry Could Help Your Grouse Hunting Growing up in northern Minnesota, I was strictly warned as a child about which wild berries I could and could not eat […]

Filed Under: Habitat, Read Tagged With: forest management, Grouse, grouse habitat, highbush cranberry

Ruffed Grouse Habitat | Cost Share Planting for Private Landowners

September 13, 2019 by Ryan Lisson

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How You Can Improve Grouse Habitat on Your Property I’ve always loved the idea of leaving a legacy. Not for fame or glory, by any means, but for something simpler. […]

Filed Under: Habitat, Read Tagged With: conservation, cost share, forest management, grouse habitat, habitat, private lands, ruffed grouse, ruffed grouse society, upland bird

What We Can Learn from Grouse Drumming Surveys

August 15, 2019 by Ryan Lisson

What exactly does a drumming survey tell us…or not tell us? There’s something special about that feeling you get in the grouse woods in springtime – that moment when you […]

Filed Under: Grouse Ecology, Read Tagged With: conservation, forest conservation, grouse habitat, ruffed grouse, ruffed grouse society, upland bird, upland hunting, wildlife management

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