RUFFED GROUSE SOCIETY
AMERICAN WOODCOCK SOCIETY
HABITAT MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR
RUFFED GROUSE AND WOODCOCK
A SHORT COURSE FOR FORESTERS
Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at the
First United Methodist Church
3813 Hadley Road
Clarks Mills, PA 16114
Registra on: 8:30 a.m. - Course starts: 9:00 a.m.
HABITAT MANAGEMENT COURSE: Join RGS Biologist Dr. Linda Ordiway, WMI Habitat Biologist/
Contractor Jeﬀ Herrick, and PA DCNR Forester Jake Scheib for this 6-hour course designed to educate forestry
professionals to develop young forest habitat management strategies on forestlands for ruﬀed grouse,
American woodcock and other forest wildlife.
SAF CREDITS: Foresters will receive 4.0 con nuing forestry education credits from the Society of
American Foresters for comple on
FIELD TOUR: The classroom will end at 11:30 a.m. with lunch to follow. A er lunch, a field tour demonstraon and discussion of local management sites will occur from 12:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EST.
• Par cipants Will Receive:
• Course Fee:
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• $30 Workshop Only
• $65 includes one-year membership to RGS or
4.0 Society of American Foresters con nuing education credits
Lunch
Supplemental materials for foresters and landowners
Contact informa on listed on RGS website referral service
AWS with one-year subscrip on to our awardwinning RGS magazine
• Host and Sponsors:
• Hosted by Wildlife Management Ins tute (WMI)
• MK Goddard State Park PA DCNR
PLEASE RESPOND NO LATER THAN APRIL 20, 2015 - Mail or email this form to:
Dianne Whetsell, DianneW@ruﬀedgrousesociety.org
451 McCormick Road, Coraopolis, PA 15108
Ques ons? Call 412-720-6034 - Linda
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~ RUFFED GROUSE SOCIETY MISSION ~
Established in 1961, the Ruﬀed Grouse Society is
North America’s foremost conserva on organiza on
dedicated to preserving our spor ng tradi ons by crea ng healthy forest habitat for ruﬀed grouse, American
woodcock and other wildlife. RGS works with landowners and government agencies to develop cri cal
habitat u lizing scien fic management prac ces.
ABOUT THE COURSE:
Understanding the need to more eﬃciently target private landowners, the Ruﬀed Grouse
Society developed the Habitat Management Strategies Course specifically designed to educate
forestry professionals to be er manage private lands for young forest habitat. “The objec ve of the
course is to provide consul ng foresters and other natural resources professionals with addi onal
forest management skills to work with private forest owners interested in developing or improving
habitat for ruﬀed grouse, American woodcock and other forest wildlife,” said RGS President and
CEO John Eichinger.
The course will provide par cipants with supplemental materials they can share with forest
owners as well as add to their own reference libraries. Par cipants will receive Society of American Foresters con nuing educa on credits. Finally, course par cipants will receive a free RGS
one-year membership, one-year subscrip on to RGS’s award winning magazine and have their
name (and company’s name) listed on a page of the RGS website no ng they completed the
course and are proficient to assist landowners with habitat improvements.
By providing foresters with the knowledge of grouse and woodcock ecology and the forest
management techniques necessary to implement these prac ces on private forestlands, it is the
hope of RGS that the long-term cumula ve eﬀect will result in new and enhanced habitat, stable or
increasing wildlife popula ons, increased quality outdoor experiences for species enthusiasts and
increased ability of foresters to be er address wildlife interests of private forest owners.
HEALTHY FORESTS ~ ABUNDANT WILDLIFE ~ SPORTING TRADITIONS
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