By actively creating and improving young-forest and shrubland habitats, the following organizations are helping to ensure a future for the American woodcock and the other wild animals that need early successional woodland. Please consider joining and donating generously to these organizations.
Connecticut Woodcock Council
The Connecticut Woodcock Council promotes appreciation and support for conserving woodcock and other early successional wildlife species and their habitats.
The Council incorporated in 2003, following a workshop where a broad spectrum of wildlife interests developed a consensus statement on how to help species in peril in Connecticut. During its first year, the Connecticut Woodcock Council worked at organizational development and fundraising. Both initiatives were successful, resulting in a council that included 15 leaders in wildlife conservation and the raising of more than $22,000 at the organization's first fundraiser.
Woodcock Minnesota
This nonprofit, volunteer-run organization funds research that benefits the American woodcock in Minnesota. Woodcock Minnesota is made up of woodcock hunters and woodcock watchers whose goal is to create habitat that will support woodcock while also benefiting the many other wild species that need young-forest habitat.
Woodcock Limited of Pennsylvania
A nonprofit organization founded in February 2007, Woodcock Limited of Pennsylvania is a fraternity of hunters dedicated to the welfare of the American woodcock. The group works with local, state, and federal organizations to promote research on woodcock and woodcock habitat, habitat management, and harvest management in Pennsylvania. The organization also engages in educational efforts to advance and improve the public's knowledge of the woodcock and its management needs.
Golden-Winged Warbler Working Group
This organization includes more than 80 U.S., Canadian, and Latin American ornithologists, conservationists, and wildlife managers from academia, federal and state agencies, international non-governmental organizations, and industry. The Working Group met for three days in August 2005 in Siren, Wisconsin, to develop priorities for research and strategies for outreach, education, and conservation action to benefit the golden-winged warbler. The group's stated goal is "Ensuring the conservation of Golden-winged Warbler populations through sound science, education, and management."
Ruffed Grouse Society
Members of the Ruffed Grouse Society are mainly grouse and woodcock hunters who support national scientific conservation and management efforts to ensure the future of this popular game bird. Headquartered in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, the organization employs wildlife biologists who work with private and governmental landowners to improve their lands for ruffed grouse, woodcock, and the songbirds and other wildlife that need similar habitats. The group offers programs to help private landowners, and it works with local, state, and federal governments to develop land management assistance programs.
Regional directors help organize local chapters of members who share a common interest in and passion for grouse and woodcock, as well as other wildlife, and who enjoy the lore, the dog work, the excitement, and the camaraderie of their fellow enthusiasts. Local chapters support land-management projects that improve conditions for grouse and woodcock. They also sponsor banquets that bring together people with common interests to share their adventures afield, honor their peers, and raise funds to support the group's conservation efforts.
Wildlife Management Institute
WMI is a nonprofit organization dedicated to sound scientific management of the continent's wildlife resources and habitat. WMI programs include the Hunting Heritage Action Plan, Conservation Leaders for Tomorrow, Northern Bobwhite Conservation Initiative, Western Quail Conservation Initiative, and the various Woodcock Regional Initiatives.
