habitat

RGS & AWS Signs Stewardship Agreement on the Nantahala National Forest in North Carolina

May 30, 2023 by Ruffed Grouse Society

The Ruffed Grouse Society & American Woodcock Society (RGS & AWS) recently signed the Sugar Creek Stewardship Agreement on the Nantahala National Forest in North Carolina. The project, previously shelved […]

Charles E. Bechtel, Lehigh Valley & South Mountain Chapters Field Day

March 1, 2023 by Alison Kelley

Join the Ruffed Grouse Society’s Southeast region for an opportunity to work and interact with staff from the Pennsylvania Game Commission. This field day will include chapter and national RGS […]

Know Your Cover – Northeastern U.S. Forests

June 15, 2022 by Ruffed Grouse Society

by Todd Waldron | RGS & AWS Northeast Region Forest Conservation Director The U.S. Northeast is home to more than 50 million acres of mixed northern hardwoods and boreal forests, […]

Stewart Makes Huge Contributions to Grouse and Woodcock During Career

May 27, 2022 by Ruffed Grouse Society

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, […]

Great Lakes/Upper Midwest Featured Habitat Projects

May 19, 2022 by Ruffed Grouse Society

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 […]

Know Your Cover – Hawthorn

May 11, 2022 by Ruffed Grouse Society

by Jared Elm | RGS & AWS Forest Wildlife Specialist Covers Magazine – Spring 2019 We say hawthorn, thornapple, whitethorn, hawberry – or maybe even an occasional expletive when it […]

Know Your Cover: Southern Appalachian Forest Types

February 21, 2022 by Nick Biemiller

Southern Appalachian forests are some of the most biologically diverse forests on the planet. Western North Carolina alone contains all the major forest types you would see driving from Georgia […]