Photo 1 of RGS and AWS volunteers.  Photo 2 of Boy Scout Troop #82.

Tionesta, Pa.:  Saturday, 2/24, was a beautiful ‘bluebird’ day at Tionesta Lake as over 30 volunteers with the Ruffed Grouse Society (RGS) and American Woodcock Society (AWS) completed the planned alder renewal for wildlife. 

The project day was supported by volunteers from Boy Scout Troop #82; the following RGS or AWS Chapters: Allegheny Northwoods, French Creek, Greater Pittsburg, and Upland Bird Hunt; Pheasant Forever; and Keystone Conservation Action.

Later this spring, alder ‘whips’ should be sprouting from the cut stumps.  Alder thickets provide benefits to woodcock, ruffed grouse, warblers, rabbits, mice, voles, bobcats, and fox.  In addition to the cutting, the volunteers piled the cut alder into brush piles that will also benefit all of the above wildlife species.  This new habitat should provide benefits to wildlife for 20 to 30 years.

Thank you, volunteers!