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Greater Pittsburgh Area Chapter Fundraiser Shoot 2026

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This event is a great opportunity to shake off the rust with 100 challenging clay targets, reconnect with friends, share a few stories, and maybe even settle some scores along the way.

A hot lunch will be provided by MISSION BBQ, and attendees will have the chance to win numerous door prizes. We’ll also be raffling off a beautiful side-by-side shotgun—just in time for the upcoming season.

Come out for a great day of shooting, camaraderie and conservation support.

Questions? Contact Luke Onorato – LukeOnorato@gmail.com

 

Greater Pittsburgh Area Chapter Summer Birds and Brew with BHA 2026

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Come join the Ruffed Grouse Society (RGS) and Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) at Stick City Brewing for a Birds & Brew collaboration night bringing together new and old friends who share a passion for conservation and the outdoors. Enjoy great company, raffles, and other exciting prizes. Stick City will also be brewing their renowned Umbellus Oat Stout—a beer crafted in celebration of the King of Uplands.

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Know Your Cover: Lesser-Known Woodcock Covers Along the Atlantic Coastal Flyway 

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by Ben Larson, Mid-Atlantic Forest Conservation Director  The Atlantic coastal flyway includes some of the most densely-populated and highly-disturbed landscapes in the county, but it’s also a critical migratory pathway for woodcock. Along the Atlantic coastal plain, the American Woodcock Conservation Plan emphasizes that “stopover habitats available as feeding covers are critically important to migrating woodcock.”  With the region’s historic conversion of forests to farms and cities – and the more recent reduction in forest management – woodcock are finding and using whatever covers they can, which we’re identifying with migration data and partners. We’re getting innovative, too, creating habitats in new...

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Chapter Spotlight – Central New York

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by Nate Kennedy, RGS & AWS Northeast Regional Engagement Coordinator In the Northeast, we have chapters with lengthy and impactful histories with chapters named for incredible RGS & AWS members like Brian Hays and Russ and Carole Dyer, others named for upland writers like William Harnden Foster and Burton Spiller and, even, chapters named for the historic regions they work to steward. Central New York’s been referred to as “the Chapter that others should aspire to become” and their annual banquet’s been called the premier sporting event of the area. They’ve got a past to be proud of and are still going...

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Susquehanna River Valley Chapter and PGC Habitat Day at SGL 134

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The Susquehanna River Valley Chapter of the Ruffed Grouse Society is partnering with the Pennsylvania Game Commission for a habitat improvement project on State Game Lands 134 near Proctor on Saturday, April 11.

Volunteers are needed to assist with the installation of fencing around tree seedlings that have been planted at the site. Volunteers should bring work gloves and eye protection. We expect to finish by lunch time. Please bring your own water and snacks.

The PGC will furnish all of the tools and supplies needed. The event will take place rain or shine, so please dress for the weather.

We will be...

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