The Young Forest Initiative offers stories and news about early successional habitat and young forest management from local and national publications and our partners.
Funding from NSF helps advance New England cottontail research Two-pronged approach to help a rare regional rabbit Research on an island population of New England cottontails, along with studies of mate selection in a zoo setting, will lead to more effective conservation breeding of these rare regional rabbits.
Can science help save the box turtle? Learn about box turtles from a Q&A with a field researcher "We want to understand when and where turtles are moving in part so we can advise landowners on how to avoid accidentally killing the turtles."
NFWF grant to restore Appalachian oak-pine forests Funding will connect researchers, practitioners, and landowners More than $450,000 is earmarked for oak-pine forest restoration on public and private lands in North Carolina, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
New York brings spruce grouse back in the Adirondacks More than 1,000 birds released since 2013 Since 2013, biologists with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation have released more than a thousand spruce grouse to restart and strengthen a population of this rare bird in the Adirondack region.
Zoo-bred New England cottontails released in Maine Fifteen New England cottontail kits find a new home Fifteen New England cottontail kits, produced at the Queens Zoo through conservation breeding, were recently released into young forest and shrubland habitat in coastal Maine.
Bringing bobcats back to the Garden State "Bobcat Alley" helps threatened cats move across a developed landscape Bobcats had vanished from New Jersey by the 1970s, but today blocs of protected woodland help bring this feline predator back, as conservationists link population cores and potential habitat corridors between them.
Harvesting timber for a more-diverse forest A creative approach to logging on a National Forest in Vermont Tree cutting on the Green Mountain National Forest will encourage old growth woodlands in select areas while also creating some young forest habitat for wildlife.
Planting and enjoying a wildflower meadow Native bees and butterflies find food in wildflower meadows A conservation-minded Pennsylvania couple converted 8 acres of old hayfield into wildflower meadows that help native bees find food, shelter, and protection.
Research helps cottontail breeding program leap ahead Successful conservation breeding for a rare regional rabbit You're probably thinking "How hard can it be to breed rabbits?" If so, you might be surprised.
"It takes habitat, and habitat takes work" Helping bobwhite quail at a Maryland management area In Maryland, conservationists used controlled burning, forest clearing, and planting native vegetation to grow great bobwhite quail habitat on Nanticoke River Wildlife Management Area, where the quail population quadrupled over the last four years.
