Grouse Habitat Work

[dan]

Looks like my grant is going to be accepted for a cfwip grant! Going to get advice from the biologists, but what else besides aspen and high bush cranberries would you plant for grouse habitat?
Dan

[Sharon]

http://www.dnr.state.mi.us/publications/pdfs/huntingwildlifehabitat/Landowners_Guide/Species_Mgmt/Ruffed_Grouse.htm


Best info near the end of the article.

[dan]

thanks go info the biologist did quickly mention having various stages of aspen. Wonder how much aspen seedlings will cost to plant 5-6 acres?
looking forward to this project will keep you all updated
Dan

[deb]

Around here the grouse feed on the dried fruit of the Shumack in the winter.
deb

[be2man]

I've seen them budding in birch and apple trees in the winter, and also various dogwood species, some with berries in late fall/winter. I think buds are their mainstay in the winter, birch, aspen, poplar. They also use dense areas of evergreens/cedar for roosting if there's not enough snow cover.