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Dynamic Forest Restoration Blocks in the Cumberland Plateau (Tennessee, Kentucky)

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Agreement Narrative: Dynamic Forest Restoration Blocks in the Cumberland Plateau (TN, KY) Primary Funder: Lightner Sams Foundation Location: Daniel Boone National Forest, Kentucky Innovation: Our two-year project will use active forest management to diversify forest habitats and promote desired tree species for the benefit of at-risk wildlife species on private and public lands in the Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee and Kentucky. The project is focused on the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s northeastern Freshwater and Terrestrial Focal Area. Our project’s strategy and scope will expand on conservation initiatives by the Appalachian Mountains Joint Venture’s (AMJV) Cumberlands Focal Landscape and Kentucky’s Grouse and Young...

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Peter’s Branch Stewardship Project (Kentucky)

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Agreement Narrative: Peter’s Branch Stewardship Project  Primary Funder: USDA Forest Service  Location: Daniel Boone National Forest, London, Kentucky  Innovation: This is a stewardship agreement between RGS & AWS and the Daniel Boone National Forest. The purpose of this agreement is to promote forest health and improve wildlife habitat. Commercial timber harvests will create young and open forest conditions across 569 acres. Service work items include noncommercial habitat improvement treatments across 720 acres. RGS & AWS’s Forest Wildlife Specialist in Kentucky will administer the project on-the-ground.   Impact: The project will accomplish the following outputs: 1) 569 acres of commercial timber harvests, 2) 69 acres of...

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Increasing the Pace and Scale of Forest Restoration and Wildlife Habitat Improvement in Eastern Kentucky

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Agreement Narrative: Increasing the Pace and Scale of Forest Restoration and Wildlife Habitat Improvement in Eastern Kentucky. Primary Funder: USDA Forest Service Landscape Scale Restoration Program Location: Eastern Kentucky (Pineville, Kentucky) Innovation: In Eastern Kentucky, forest wildlife populations have declined since the 1980’s resulting in historically low population levels. Achieving biologically significant levels of young forests, open forests, and late-successional closed forests is critical to support viable wildlife populations and healthy forests on a landscape scale. Our project will facilitate active forest management in priority landscapes from Kentucky’s Forest Action Plan and the Kentucky Ruffed Grouse and Young Forest Strategic Plan to restore...

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Double G Stewardship Project (Tennessee)

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Double G Timber Sale  Agreement Narrative: Double G Stewardship Project Primary Funder: USDA Forest Service Location: Tellico Ranger District, Cherokee National Forest  Innovation: The purpose of this stewardship project is to improve habitat conditions for ruffed grouse and other wildlife species, and to achieve the Cherokee National Forest’s Forest Plan objectives. There is a need to increase the amount of desired hardwood trees to provide quality forage for wildlife. In addition, trees and shrubs are encroaching on the existing grassy and herbaceous openings that occur within the area. There are also opportunities to enhance foraging and watering sites for bats and other wildlife and...

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Restoring Forest Habitat for Wildlife in the Cumberland Plateau (Kentucky, Tennessee)

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Agreement Narrative: Restoring Forest Habitat for Wildlife in the Cumberland Plateau (KY, TN)  Primary Funder: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation- Cumberland Plateau Stewardship Fund  Location: Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee and Kentucky Innovation: Over the course of two years, our project will improve forest habitat conditions in the Cumberland Plateau region of Tennessee and Kentucky. We will use active forest management techniques to enhance the diversity of trees and structures within these forests, with a specific focus on benefiting wildlife species that are at risk. Our efforts will be concentrated in the northeastern Freshwater and Terrestrial Focal Area identified by the National Fish and...

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2021 Grouse Habitat Improvements on Cold Mountain Game Land and the Roaring Creek Tract of Pisgah Game Land (North Carolina)

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Agreement Narrative: 2021 Grouse Habitat Improvements on Cold Mountain Game Land and the Roaring Creek Tract of Pisgah Game Land.  Primary Funder: North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) Location: Western North Carolina Innovation: Our project will increase capacity to conserve ruffed grouse and other “Species of Greatest Conservation Need” identified in the North Carolina State Wildlife Action Plan through forest habitat management. The Ruffed Grouse Society & American Woodcock Society (RGS & AWS) and the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) will restore habitat diversity (structure and age-class) at biologically significant landscape scales. In addition to reversing declining grouse and other wildlife numbers, the holistic...

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