The Regional Conservation Needs (RCN) grant...
Hermit Thrush
Photo by: Robert Royse
Box Turtle
Photo by: Jonathan Mays
Snowshoe Hare
Photo by: Mike Hodgson
Timber Rattlesnake
Photo by: Kelly Wiley
Gray Seal
Photo by: Jonathan Mays
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White-nose syndrome is a disease affecting hibernating bats, named for the white fungus that...
The Regional Conservation Needs (RCN) Grants Program funded project, Developing a...
The Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) is identified as a species of 'Severe...
Researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center presented...
RCN in Action
RCN PHASE 2; PROJECT 2 POLLINATORS; JOB 2 VEGETATION MONITORING PROTOCOLS
Many pollinators depend upon open habitats and canopy gaps for foraging, and recent studies suggest that, in the Northeast, xeric, fire-influenced grasslands and barrens support a unique native pollinator assemblage.[1] These habitats are found in states throughout the Northeast Region, require active management,...
RCN Program
The purpose of the Northeast RCN Grant Program is to address critical landscape-scale wildlife conservation needs by combining the resources of numerous wildlife management agencies, leveraging funds, and prioritizing conservation actions identified in State Wildlife Action Plans.
Over the last 50 years, the Northeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (NEAFWA) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) have created the largest multi-jurisdictional collaborative in the United States to...
