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AWS Jersey Shore Chapter Habitat Project Day

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EVENT POSTPONED FROM MAY 5 DUE TO WEATHER FORECAST. The Jersey Shore chapter of the American Woodcock Society in partnership with New Jersey Fish & Wildlife have identified our spring 2024 woodcock habitat project at Prospertown Lake WMA, Monmouth County NJ. Next steps will be to plant a perimeter of 125 alder trees to a connecting field and create staggered growth edges along the mature treeline. New Jersey Fish & Wildlife will fund the smooth alder seedlings. The Jersey Shore chapter will contribute by supplying a team of volunteers for the planting of smooth alder seedlings. Following the planting, they will apply seedling...

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AWS Northern Ohio Chapter Highlandtown WA Habitat Day

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Come put boots on the ground and be a part of a work day to help build healthy forests and abundant wildlife.  This work day is open to all ages.

People wishing to help should meet at the area office at 9 a.m. and carpool to the work site. We will be planting, tubing, and staking 300 apple and pear trees for soft mast adjacent to our previous aspen and alder planting. Planting sites will be started with gas powered auger, then expanded by shovel. Bring a shovel if possible.

Pizza will be provided for lunch.

AWS Northern Ohio Chapter Grand River Planting

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Come put boots on the ground and be a part of a work day to help build healthy forests and abundant wildlife.  This work day is open to all ages. People wishing to help should meet at the area office at 9 a.m. and carpool to the work site. We will be planting, tubing, and staking 300 apple and pear trees for soft mast adjacent to our previous aspen and alder planting. Planting sites will be started with gas powered auger, then expanded by shovel. Bring a shovel if possible. Pizza will be provided for lunch. We will also plant at the Highlandtown...

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

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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 as a “no-bid” timber sale, will improve forest health and habitat through active forest management on 409 acres across a 1,912-acre project area. The project will include 192 acres of commercial timber harvests to create young and open forest conditions, 11 acres of roadside daylighting, 148 acres of post-harvest site preparation to establish natural regeneration, 10 acres of wildlife opening management, 48 acres of nonnative invasive plant control and installation of...

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

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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 news and happenings, planting of 1,000 containerized seedlings of various mast-producing shrubs and a walking tour of habitat activities adjacent to the planting site.

The day will start with a welcome and light refreshments at 9 a.m. in the PGC parking lot off Gold Mine Road (north of state route 443). The first hour of the program will include RGS chapter news and events, national news and PGC current program objectives...

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Know Your Cover – Northeastern U.S. Forests

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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, and there are some notable grouse and woodcock hunting opportunities for those willing to travel. Along with its major east coast population centers, this diverse region contains several classic landscapes that have been traditional strongholds for our favorite upland bird species – including the north Maine woods, the 6-million-acre Adirondack Park, Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, the White Mountains, Berkshires, Catskills and the Connecticut River Valley. The Northeast’s sprawling hardwood, pine and spruce forests...

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