Michigan

Agreement Narrative: Big Wild Habitat Improvement Project Primary Funder: Michigan Wildlife Habitat Grant Program (WH23-160) Location: Pigeon River Country State Forest, Michigan Innovation: As a continuation in a long-standing partnership between RGS & AWS and the Pigeon River Country State Forest (PRCSF) working together to directly affect habitat within the forest, this project aims to improve multiple cover-types and access issues with a variety of different strategies.  By improving and maintaining forest openings and trails, introducing wildlife forage with the planting of soft-mass trees, creating early successional habitat, and working with the PRCSF to aid their prescribed burn program in a large complect...

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Agreement Narrative: Copper Country Habitat Restoration Project MOD01 Primary Funder: Ottawa National Forest  Location: Kenton Ranger District, Ottawa National Forest, Michigan Innovation: This cost-share agreement allows for the funding of an RGS-employed project coordinator who works with USFS staff to implement forest management projects on the Ottawa NF. This is mutually beneficial as it allows for RGS to implement on-the-ground habitat projects while assisting the often-understaffed Ottawa NF wildlife management division to implement goals outlined within the forest’s management plan.  2023 MOD Update: In 2023, working with the Ottawa NF, a Modification that added $262,622.83 in Great Lakes Restoration funding extended the employment of...

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