Projects

On a 300-acre wooded tract in the Berkshires, logging 40 acres in a poor-quality timber stand yielded young forest that provides great habitat as it grows back into healthier mature woodland.

Biologists with New Hampshire Fish and Game, aided by hundreds of volunteers, have been creating and refreshing young forest on this 428-acre management area for over 20 years.

When a local Audubon chapter found fewer birds on their sanctuary, they decided to add some young forest and shrubland and ended up creating a sanctuary for all wildlife.

On aptly named "Cottontail Farm," a landowner has worked for years replacing invasive alien shrubs with native kinds, helping a rare cottontail rabbit along with birds, pollinators, and other wildlife.

Fresh habitat made by a "brontosaurus" and other creative management techniques, plus ongoing research by biologists, make this an important site for native cottontail rabbits.

Working with their woodland, a family uses different timber harvest practices to promote forest health and wildlife habitat, along with recreation, education, and a financial return.

On public land in western Massachusetts, biologists sited a timber harvest around an area of young trees, creating a mix of different-aged woods to benefit a range of wildlife.

Cutting trees, ousting invasive shrubs, and prescribed burning are some of the techniques conservationists are using to restore a heath ecosystem on a central Massachusetts farm.

Timber harvests stretching back to 1995 break up the "sameness" of forested habitat on this large management area, making for diverse tree species and ages that benefit wildlife.

Parts of this state forest are managed to create dense habitat needed by American woodcock, snowshoe hare, and ruffed grouse. Many other kinds of wildlife benefit, too.

Conservationists plant and care for native shrubs on a preserve owned by The Nature Conservancy, helping the highest concentration and the largest population of golden-winged warblers in Vermont.

Once slated to become a housing subdivision, this 151-acre preserve now protects old fields, rock outcroppings, vernal pools, and different-aged forest stands for wildlife.

On a high-elevation state forest in Randolph County, West Virginia, conservationists use a broad range of techniques to help wildlife and promote forest health.

Carefully planned commercial timber harvests in the Adirondack Mountains will sustainably create young forest now and into the future.

Timber harvests, prescribed burning, and “daylighting” logging roads help create and refresh young forest and shrubland in the Mattaponi and South river drainages.

On this expansive federal refuge in eastern Maine, biologists study habitat use and behavior of American woodcock while creating young forest that benefits many different kinds of northern wildlife.

A balance of habitats, including areas of young forest and alders, along with other native shrubs, attract and sustain a broad range of wildlife on this state-owned parcel.

The first parcel in Great Thicket National Wildlife Refuge, Nellie Hill Preserve offers habitat to a wide range of early successional wildlife, including New England cottontails.

On a former navy base on Rhode Island's coast, conservationists create and refresh early successional habitat for migrating songbirds and monarchs, New England cottontails, and other wildlife.

Carefully creating young forest and shrubland on this 613-acre private club helps wildlife while linking members to broader state and regional conservation efforts.

Along the coast of southern Maine, conservationists are planting native shrubs to create thick habitat needed by the New England cottontail, a rare regional rabbit, and many other kinds of wildlife.

Conservationists blended different management techniques to build a habitat for New England cottontails, birds, and other wildlife.

New Jersey Audubon and the state Division of Fish and Wildlife jointly developed a plan to create much-needed young forest on a popular wildlife management area.

A well-marked trail leads to young forest and shrubland habitat that provides food and cover for golden-winged and cerulean warblers, and a host of other wild animals, too.

Wells Reserve intensively manages sites to maintain 70 acres of linked young forest and shrubland that provide a home for New England cottontails and other wildlife.