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Highlands Chapter Conservation Banquet

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Here’s an opportunity to lend your valuable passion for the outdoors and conservation to positively impact our area’s woods and wildlife.

Join us for our annual banquet.

Your attendance supports forest wildlife conservation efforts in our region and is a fun opportunity to meet other conservation leaders and win all sorts of items and prizes geared toward hunting, fishing, and the outdoors.

Please consult your state’s COVID-19 guidelines and your doctor before attending events. For more, visit cdc.gov.

Contact ticket chair for tickets.

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North Central Michigan Chapter Conservation Banquet

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Here’s an opportunity to lend your valuable passion for the outdoors and conservation to positively impact our area’s woods and wildlife.

Join us for our annual banquet.

Your attendance supports forest wildlife conservation efforts in our region and is a fun opportunity to meet other conservation leaders and win all sorts of items and prizes geared toward hunting, fishing, and the outdoors.

Purchase Tickets  Online ticket sales have closed. Please contact the ticket chair listed in the flyer below for availability.

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Featured Habitat in Michigan: Pigeon River Country State Forest

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RGS & AWS members work on habitat project in Michigan

Roger Moore RGS & AWS Chapter forged ahead with a key habitat project despite 2020 challenges and delays By Glen Blackwood, Eastern Great Lakes Director of Regional Development Originally published in Spring 2021 issue of Covers Magazine. “Conservation is NOT canceled” has been the overriding mantra of RGS & AWS, our chapters and membership during the past year. While the pandemic’s impacts caused fundraising and other chapter events to be postponed, our work on young successional forest management and wildlife habitat creation continued in 2020. Through everything, RGS & AWS members and staff forged ahead, ensuring that conservation remained a priority. One such...

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Ruffed Grouse Society | American Woodcock Society Working to Improve Aspen Management in the Huron-Manistee National Forests

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Ruffed Grouse Society and American Woodcock Society (RGS|AWS) staff are engaged in review of an exciting proposal to reinvigorate aspen management on the Huron-Manistee National Forests Comments may be submitted on the proposal by Feb 5, 2020RGS|AWS public comments are included for members and supporters that may wish to provide substantive input of their ownWe encourage comments to request consideration for additional, responsible forest treatments The Ruffed Grouse Society and American Woodcock Society (RGS|AWS) have been engaged in discussions with United States Forest Service (USFS) staff regarding the need to address the decline in aspen harvest within the Huron-Manistee National Forests (HMNF)...

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Heather Shaw featured on The Hunting Dog Podcast – RGS

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Tune in to The Hunting Dog Podcast | Grouse Update featuring Heather Shaw

In December, Ruffed Grouse Society and American Woodcock Society biologist Heather Shaw was featured on an episode of The Hunting Dog Podcast with host Ron Boehme,

The Hunting Dog Podcast
“RGS Biologist Heather Shaw joins me to talk about the status of grouse around the great Lakes. and a few nuggets of info that you need to hear.”

Listen | The Hunting Dog Podcast – Grouse Update featuring Heather Shaw

A Kentucky Grouse Hunter Travels “Up North”

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Mention the words “Up North” and it conjures up different images for different people.  For some it is the sandy beaches of Lake Michigan or any of the other Great Lakes, for others it is the snow of winter and the accompanying snow skiing or riding snowmobiles.  For the fisherman it is the lakes and rivers searching for trout, walleye, northern pike, muskies, or Lake Perch. For the football fans it is the Green Bay Packers or the Minnesota Vikings.  The waters of Lake Superior produce record size smallmouth bass. And mention the Upper Peninsula (UP) and thoughts...

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