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Chippewa Valley Chapter 2024 Conservation Shoot

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Come support your local chapter of the Ruffed Grouse Society at our upcoming shoot.

Trap, 5 Stand and Skeet will be offered.
Shooters will receive a raffle ticket for every clay broken!
Cost: $50 per shooter; $225 per 5-person team (single registration)
Includes: 50 rounds: shooter’s choice of trap, skeet or 5-stand and lunch. Shooters can register twice!
Team: 50 rounds per person – Team’s choice of trap, skeet or 5-stand and lunch. Teams can register twice!
Not Included: Shells are not provided but can be purchased on site.

Register Online – Online ticket sales have closed for this event.

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Wisconsin River Chapter Birds & Brew

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Getting a little cabin fever? So are we! Come out for the evening and talk birds, dogs, habitat, conservation and scatterguns with passionate, likeminded folks. All preregistered attendees will receive tickets for door prize drawings.

Ken Blomberg from Wisconsin Woodcock Project will be speaking about placing GPS transmitters on woodcock to monitor migration and movement in Wisconsin.

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Online Registration

  • RSV(Pint): Limited-edition Birds & Brew Pint glass with 1 free fill and 3 door prize tickets – $20
  • RSVP: Free – Reserve your spot and door prize ticket.

David V. Uihlein Chapter Fall Conservation Banquet

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The David V. Uihlein Chapter Banquet Committee warmly awaits your presence at our annual gathering. A night filled with chances to secure delightful prizes, participate in raffles, and bid on unique auction items, all in support of a cause close to our hearts. Your attendance not only adds to the joy, but also provides an occasion for you to mingle with fellow conservation enthusiasts, united by the same passion. The funds raised will be devoted to the noble cause of forest wildlife conservation and bolstering the efforts of our local chapter. We’re delighted to have you as part of this...

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Rum River Chapter Dick Huempfner Memorial Sporting Clays Fun Shoot

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This fun, casual morning of shooting is a way to meet your fellow chapter members, catch up on the latest bird hunting news and sharpen your shooting skills before bird season.

Proceeds go toward conservation of forest wildlife and support of the local chapter.
Per county requirements half of the funds raised must stay in that county, per local ordinance.

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REGISTER ONLINE – Online ticket sales have closed. Please contact the ticket chair listed in the flyer link above for availability.

 

WI Coverts (Wisconsin)

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Agreement Narrative: WI Coverts Primary Funder: Wisconsin Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) SFI Implementation Committee (SIC) Location: UW-Madison Kemp Natural Resources Station, Woodruff, Wisconsin Innovation:  The Wisconsin Coverts Project began in March 1994 with the funding of a 3-year proposal by the Ruffed Grouse Society & American Woodcock Society (RGS & AWS). Most recently, the project has been the recipient of (6) 2-year (2013-14, 2015-16, 2017-18, 2019-2020, 2022-23, 2024-2025) Wisconsin Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI®) Implementation Committee (SIC) grants which have included matching contributions from RGS & AWS as well as support from the Department of Forest & Wildlife Ecology at UW – Madison, University of...

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WI NRCS Forest Wildlife Specialist Private Lands Program (Wisconsin)

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Agreement Narrative: WI NRCS Forest Wildlife Specialist Private Lands Program Primary Funder: Natural Resources Conservation Service  Location: Northern, Central, and Driftless Forest Priority Regions of WI  Innovation: With 58% of forest lands in Wisconsin being privately owned, engaging private non-industrial forest landowners in active management as part of a broad conservation strategy is an absolute necessity. Gathered across ownerships in Wisconsin, Forest Inventory Analysis (FIA) data shows that over the past 40 years, the largest loss of young forest habitat in aspen, oak, and hardwood forests inhabited by ruffed grouse and American woodcock has happened on privately held forest lands. Forests on private...

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