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habitat management

Featured Habitat Project – Ruffed Grouse Habitat Demonstration Area: Maximizing Impacts and Paying Dividends

March 30, 2023 by Jon Steigerwaldt

by Jon Steigerwaldt | RGS & AWS Forest Conservation Director – Great Lakes & Upper Midwest With funding from the Uihlein Foundation, RGS & AWS worked with the College of […]

Filed Under: Covers Magazine, Habitat Tagged With: covers magazine, habitat management, habitat projects

RGS & AWS sign Stewardship Agreement with USFS for work in Ottawa National Forest

June 24, 2022 by Ruffed Grouse Society

ottawa national forest sign

RGS &AWS will lead implementation of a forest wildlife habitat project in Ottawa National Forest in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan

Filed Under: Eastern Great Lakes Tagged With: forest wildlife, habitat management, National forest, Ottawa

Land Trusts: A Natural Partner in Habitat Protection and Management

August 31, 2021 by Ruffed Grouse Society

by Anne Fleming Published in Covers Summer 2020 The hunting community has a long-standing land conservation legacy across the United States. A tremendous amount of conservation is and has been […]

Filed Under: Covers Magazine, Habitat Tagged With: forest conservation, habitat management

FEATURED HABITAT PROJECT – Town Forests for Local Conservation

August 3, 2021 by Seth Heasley

Errol Town Forest and Milan Community Forest Printed in Covers Spring 2020 We derive great benefit from public land as a venue – for many of us, the only venue […]

Filed Under: Covers Magazine, Habitat Tagged With: forest conservation, forest management, habitat, habitat management

Featured Habitat Project – Seeking New Partnerships to Increase Impacts

July 20, 2021 by Jon Steigerwaldt

by Jon Steigerwaldt | RGS & AWS Regional Biologist Published in Covers Winter 2020 Nestled into the bedrock of the Grand Rapids, Minnesota, community for almost 120 years is a […]

Filed Under: Covers Magazine, Habitat, Western Great Lakes Tagged With: forest management, habitat management, Ruffed Grouse Habitat, woodcock habitat, young forest habitat

Establish Soft, Hard Mast for Gamebirds and Improve Your Hunting in the Bargain

April 7, 2021 by Ruffed Grouse Society

by Mark Herwig Originally printed in Covers magazine – Spring 2019 A few years ago, a buddy and I made an interesting “discovery of the grouse kind” while hunting a […]

Filed Under: Covers Magazine, Habitat Tagged With: grouse habitat, habitat management, Ruffed Grouse Habitat

West Nile Virus in Ruffed Grouse and Test Kit How-To Video

September 25, 2020 by Andrew Spellman

An update on West Nile Virus in Ruffed Grouse and a test kit how-to video. The second-year results for the Great Lake states’ collaborative West Nile Virus (WNV) study are […]

Filed Under: Announcements, Grouse Ecology, Habitat, Read Tagged With: conservation, habitat, habitat management, ruffed grouse, ruffed grouse society, west nile virus

2019 Annual Report | President’s Message

July 23, 2020 by Benjamin C. Jones

The Ruffed Grouse Society holds a distinct reputation among conservation groups, and with that, a unique responsibility. I’m reminded of our duty every time an issue affecting forest wildlife comes […]

Filed Under: Announcements, President's Message, Read Tagged With: american woodcock, American Woodcock Society, annual report, conservation, forest management, habitat management, ruffed grouse, ruffed grouse society

Upland Nation Podcast with Scott Linden features a conversation about RGS & AWS

April 2, 2020 by Ruffed Grouse Society

RGS & AWS President and CEO Ben Jones recently joined Scott Linden, host of the Upland Nation Podcast to discuss recent news of an organizational re-structure and changes to the […]

Filed Under: Announcements, Habitat, Listen Tagged With: American Woodcock Society, forest conservation, habitat management, ruffed grouse society

Ruffed Grouse Society & American Woodcock Society Announces Re-Structure

March 30, 2020 by Ruffed Grouse Society

Coraopolis, PAFor Immediate ReleaseMarch 30, 2020 The Ruffed Grouse Society & American Woodcock Society (RGS & AWS) announced that the group is moving forward with a planned re-structure of its […]

Filed Under: Announcements, President's Message, Read Tagged With: American Woodcock Society, forest conservation, habitat management, ruffed grouse society

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