American woodcock

Governed by the federal USFWS American Woodcock Population Status report (regional grain, not state-specific) — no state-specific woodcock survey exists here. Confirmed not yet published for 2026 as of a 2026-08-19 fresh check (fws.gov/media/american-woodcock-population-status-2026 still returns 404, matching the Tier A registry's 2026-08-17 capture); typical publish window is ~September.

No AR-specific woodcock survey exists — only the federal USFWS American Woodcock Population Status report applies. Confirmed not yet published for 2026 as of a 2026-08-19 fresh check (fws.gov/media/american-woodcock-population-status-2026 still returns 404); expected ~September 2026.

No CT-specific woodcock survey; Connecticut contributes routes to the federal Woodcock Singing-Ground Survey (Eastern Region) but publishes no CT-specific outlook. Governed by the federal USFWS American Woodcock Population Status 2026 report, confirmed still unpublished as of 2026-08-19 (same-day check already run this Tier B pass, direct fetch 404), expected ~September 2026.

No DE-specific woodcock survey; only the federal USFWS American Woodcock Population Status report (Woodcock Singing-Ground Survey, Eastern Region) applies. Confirmed still unpublished for 2026 as of 2026-08-19 (same-day check already run this Tier B pass, direct fetch 404), expected ~September 2026.

No FL-specific woodcock survey; only the federal USFWS American Woodcock Population Status report (Woodcock Singing-Ground Survey, Eastern Region) applies. Confirmed still unpublished for 2026 as of 2026-08-19 (same-day check already run this Tier B pass, direct fetch 404), expected ~September 2026.

No GA-specific woodcock survey; Georgia contributes field routes to the federal Woodcock Singing-Ground Survey. Governed by the federal USFWS American Woodcock Population Status report (Eastern Region), confirmed still unpublished for 2026 as of 2026-08-19 (same-day check already run this Tier B pass, direct fetch 404), expected ~September 2026.

No Illinois-specific woodcock survey; only the federal USFWS American Woodcock Population Status report (Woodcock Singing-Ground Survey) applies, and Illinois sits within the survey's core eastern range. Re-confirmed via direct fetch 2026-08-19: no 2026 edition listed on FWS's own report collection page. Expected in the next few weeks.

No Indiana-specific woodcock survey; only the federal USFWS American Woodcock Population Status report (Singing-Ground Survey) applies, and Indiana routes have fed the SGS annually since 1968 (1968-2004 trend: -7.0%/year average decline on IN routes, per the Tier A registry). Re-confirmed via direct fetch 2026-08-19: no 2026 edition listed on FWS's own report collection page. Expected in the next few weeks.

No Iowa-specific woodcock survey; only the federal USFWS American Woodcock Population Status report applies (Iowa's own snipe/rail/woodcock program status is an open question per the Tier A registry, but the federal report itself is the governing source). Re-confirmed via direct fetch 2026-08-19: no 2026 edition listed on FWS's own report collection page. Expected within the next few weeks.

No KS-specific woodcock survey; Kansas is gated by the federal USFWS American Woodcock Population Status report. Re-confirmed still unpublished for 2026 as of 2026-08-19 (FWS's own report-collection page lists no 2026 edition; 2025 edition dated Sept 2025), expected — per that same pattern — within the next few weeks.

No KY-specific woodcock survey. Whether Kentucky sits within the federal Singing-Ground Survey's core route network was an open question in the Tier A registry; resolved this pass — a KDFWR regional coordinator (Wes Little) is quoted discussing KY-specific woodcock counting difficulty, confirming KY does participate. Gated by the federal USFWS American Woodcock Population Status report, re-confirmed still unpublished for 2026 as of 2026-08-19.

LDWF runs no LA-specific population forecast (its banding project at Sherburne WMA/Atchafalaya NWR, since 1990, is harvest/movement research, not a forecast). Whether Louisiana — wintering rather than breeding range for the species — falls within the federal Singing-Ground Survey's route network was flagged undetermined in the Tier A registry; judgment call made this pass: Louisiana sits within the federal Central Management Region's season-setting framework regardless of local SGS route density (the harvest-relevant instruments — Parts Collection, HIP Diary Survey — draw on wintering-ground harvest data, unlike the breeding-only SGS), so the federal USFWS American Woodcock Population Status report is treated as the governing source, not a structural exclusion like Idaho's. Re-confirmed still unpublished for 2026 as of 2026-08-19.

MDIFW runs state routes feeding the federal Singing-Ground Survey (fieldwork late April-mid May, 10-stop roadside routes, just after sunset) but has no ME-specific standalone forecast document. Gated by the federal USFWS American Woodcock Population Status report, re-confirmed still unpublished for 2026 as of 2026-08-19.

No MD-specific woodcock forecast; Maryland participates in the federal Singing-Ground Survey route network. Gated by the federal USFWS American Woodcock Population Status report, re-confirmed still unpublished for 2026 as of 2026-08-19.

No MA-specific woodcock forecast; MassWildlife's own page on the species is narrative/observational ("Dance of the American Woodcock"), not a data report. State routes feed the federal Singing-Ground Survey. Gated by the federal USFWS American Woodcock Population Status report, re-confirmed still unpublished for 2026 as of 2026-08-19.

No Michigan-specific woodcock forecast; MI participates in the federal Singing-Ground Survey, and the new “Michigan Ruffed Grouse and Woodcock Dashboard” (launched Sept 2025) is an in-season hunter-reported flush-rate tool, not a pre-season population survey. Only the federal USFWS American Woodcock Population Status report applies, and it has not published a 2026 edition as of 2026-08-19 (confirmed via a direct fetch of the expected FWS media page, which 404s, and a fresh search of FWS's report-collection page, which lists no 2026 edition).

No MN-specific standalone forecast; MN participates in the federal Singing-Ground Survey. Only the federal USFWS American Woodcock Population Status report applies, and it has not published a 2026 edition as of 2026-08-19 (confirmed via direct fetch and a fresh search: no 2026 edition on FWS's report-collection page).

No MS-specific program; Mississippi sits in wintering, not breeding, range for woodcock, which structurally puts it outside the federal Singing-Ground Survey's spring route network — mirroring Louisiana's already-documented structural gap in this registry. Per the same judgment call already made for Louisiana in a prior Tier B batch: the federal USFWS Population Status report combines three instruments (SGS, Parts Collection, HIP Diary Survey), and the latter two draw on wintering-ground harvest data regardless of local SGS route density, with MS sitting within the report's regional management framework either way — so the federal report is treated as the governing source (not_yet_published) rather than no_program, applied here for consistency. It has not published a 2026 edition as of 2026-08-19 (confirmed via direct fetch and search: no 2026 edition on FWS's report-collection page).

No MO-specific program; only the federal USFWS American Woodcock Population Status report applies. Not yet published for 2026 as of 2026-08-19 (confirmed via direct fetch and search: no 2026 edition on FWS's report-collection page).

No NE-specific program; only the federal USFWS American Woodcock Population Status report (Central Region) applies, not yet published for 2026 as of 2026-08-19 (confirmed via direct fetch and search).

Folds into NHFG's annual Small Game Summary Report (spring drumming-count survey + post-season wing/tail collection + Small Game Hunter Survey), timed to the October 1 grouse/woodcock opener -- the 2025 edition published September 22, 2025. Not yet published for 2026 as of this capture (wildlife.nh.gov / nhfishgame.com still return HTTP 403 to direct fetch; no fresher edition surfaced via search). NH also contributes routes to the federal Woodcock Singing-Ground Survey (since 1968; historically stable 2.27-4.47 birds/route), whose 2026 federal report is separately not yet published either. Expected ~late September 2026 for the NH-specific edition, per the 2025 precedent.

No standalone NJ forecast; NJ participates in the Eastern Woodcock Migratory Research Cooperative Project (banding/telemetry, since 2018) and contributes routes to the federal Singing-Ground Survey, neither of which produces a pre-season forecast document. Federal USFWS American Woodcock Population Status report not yet published for 2026 as of this capture.

NY-specific: no standalone forecast; NY contributes hunter-reported flush rates to the same live NYS Ruffed Grouse Dashboard (fall Cooperator Ruffed Grouse and American Woodcock Hunting Log), a continuously-updated tool rather than a discrete annual report -- confirmed still ongoing, no 2026-dated summary found. Federal USFWS American Woodcock Population Status report (regional grain) also not yet published for 2026 as of this capture.

No NC-specific population survey found; gated by the federal USFWS American Woodcock Population Status report (Eastern Region, Woodcock Singing-Ground Survey), not yet published for 2026 as of this capture.

Only the federal USFWS American Woodcock Population Status report applies (no ND G&F-specific survey; the state's own Hunting Season Outlook magazine article folds woodcock in narratively only). Re-confirmed via direct URL check and fresh search that the 2026 edition has not been published as of 2026-08-19 (still only the 2025-08 edition found); ND G&F's own consolidated Hunting Season Outlook article (which would otherwise narrate woodcock) also remains unpublished for 2026.

No ODNR-specific pre-season woodcock survey exists; only retrospective harvest/effort context comes via the irregularly-published Ohio Hunter Questionnaire (Small Game Analysis), last directly confirmed edition 2020-21 (Aug 2021), with a fresher 2023-24/2024-25 edition not located this pass either (a research gap, not a confirmed discontinuation, since the underlying URL is a stable overwritten-in-place filename). Only the federal USFWS American Woodcock Population Status report gives a forward population-status read; re-confirmed not yet published for 2026 as of 2026-08-19.

No confirmed current ODWC-specific woodcock survey exists -- the only Oklahoma-specific data found anywhere is a single historical 1975-76 roadside singing-ground count (148 displaying males, 25 sites); Oklahoma sits at/beyond the western edge of the core Woodcock Singing-Ground Survey area. Only the federal USFWS American Woodcock Population Status report applies for a population-status read; re-confirmed not yet published for 2026 as of 2026-08-19.

No PA-specific pre-season woodcock forecast exists; the closest PA-specific data is retrospective harvest-per-100-hunter-days from PGC's Game Take and Furtaker Survey (2024-25 edition, published July 23, 2025, directly read in the Tier A pass: woodcock harvest rate decreased year-over-year). A 2025-26 edition was checked for directly this pass (guessed URL 404s) and via search -- not found, despite the ~late-July publish precedent already having passed. Only the federal USFWS American Woodcock Population Status report (Woodcock Singing-Ground Survey, Eastern Region -- PA is a core participating state) gives a forward population-status read; re-confirmed not yet published for 2026 as of 2026-08-19.

No RIDEM-specific woodcock population survey exists; the only RI-specific data point is incidental harvest participation captured in the annual Pheasant Program Report's hunter survey -- 8.4% of 2025-26 pheasant-permit respondents also harvested woodcock (directly read this pass in the 2025-26 report, published June 2026), not a population index. Only the federal USFWS American Woodcock Population Status report (Woodcock Singing-Ground Survey, Eastern Region) applies for a forward population-status read; re-confirmed not yet published for 2026 as of 2026-08-19.

No SC-specific woodcock survey exists; only the federal USFWS American Woodcock Population Status report (Eastern Region, Singing-Ground Survey) applies. The 2026 edition has not been published yet (confirmed via direct fetch of the USFWS report collection page, 2026-08-19) -- expected ~September per its typical annual window.

No TN-specific woodcock program exists; only the federal USFWS American Woodcock Population Status report (Eastern Region) applies, and its 2026 edition has not been published yet (confirmed via direct fetch of the USFWS report collection page, 2026-08-19).

Structural, not a search miss: Texas is wintering, not breeding, range for American woodcock, so it falls entirely outside the federal Woodcock Singing-Ground Survey's route network. TPWD runs no TX-specific woodcock survey of any kind; only a statewide open season with HIP registration applies.

VT contributes routes to the federal Woodcock Singing-Ground Survey (Eastern Region) rather than running its own program; no VT-specific outlook exists. The federal 2026 edition has not been published yet (confirmed via direct fetch of the USFWS report collection page, 2026-08-19).

Virginia has no VA-specific woodcock outlook; VA DWR's ruffed grouse drumming routes were explicitly sited using the same criteria USFWS uses for woodcock singing-ground routes, but the state publishes no standalone woodcock forecast. Only the federal USFWS American Woodcock Population Status report (Eastern Region) applies, and it remains unpublished for 2026 -- re-confirmed via a direct fetch of fws.gov/media/american-woodcock-population-status-2026 (404) on 2026-08-19.

No WV-specific woodcock survey or outlook exists; WV lies within the Appalachian core of the species' range but publishes no standalone outlook. Only the federal USFWS American Woodcock Population Status report (Eastern Region) applies, and it remains unpublished for 2026 -- re-confirmed via a direct fetch of fws.gov/media/american-woodcock-population-status-2026 (404) on 2026-08-19.

No WI-specific woodcock population survey exists; WI participates only in the federal Singing-Ground Survey and points hunters to the FFLIGHT habitat-locator tool (which maps habitat, not population trend). Only the federal USFWS American Woodcock Population Status report applies, and it remains unpublished for 2026 -- re-confirmed via a direct fetch of fws.gov/media/american-woodcock-population-status-2026 (404) on 2026-08-19.