A draft recovery plan outlining habitat needs and future conservation efforts aimed at preventing the extinction of the Ivory-billed woodpecker was made available for public comment today. Interested citizens, conservation organizations, state and federal agencies and others, will have 60 days to provide comments on the 185-page blueprint put together by one of the most talented recovery teams ever assembled by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. It is the first recovery plan crafted for this species and comments on the plan will be accepted by the Service until October 22, 2007. Evidence supporting the Ivory-billed Woodpecker’s rediscovery with the presence of at least one bird in the Bayou de View area of Cache River National Wildlife Refuge was announced in 2004 and 2005. The woodpecker’s rediscovery led to the need to develop a recovery plan. While the woodpecker’s existence has not been confirmed since, tantalizing evidence continues to be gathered in Arkansas, Florida’s panhandle, South Carolina, and other locations across its historic range. (learn more) |
FWS
Publishes Draft Recovery Plan for Ivory-billed Woodpecker and
Seeks Public Review and Comment
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IBW News Releases
- September 26 -- Three Natural Resource Management Agencies Express Cautious Optimism About Researchers' Evidence Suggesting Ivory-billed Woodpeckers Persist in NW Florida -- Learn more...
- May 18 -- Ivory-billed
Woodpecker Search Season Ends in Arkansas -- Learn more... - April 10 -- Georgia DNR and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Survey Remote Habitat for Evidence of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker -- Learn more...
Watch the trailer for
"A
Lost Bird Found"
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CBS News Feature on Ivory-billed Woodpecker
NOVA Feature on Ivory-billed Woodpecker
General brochure for the
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Woodpecker
Accomplishments Report 2008
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Accomplishments of Endangered Species Recovery FY 08 Funds
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Ivory-billed
Woodpecker
Accomplishments Report 2007
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2006-2007 Budget, and Background
Information
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Accomplishments Report
2006
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2006 Fact Sheet
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Computer scientists join in search for ivory-billed woodpecker
COLLEGE STATION — Computer scientists from Texas A&M University and the University of California, Berkeley, have installed a robot in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge to help natural scientists from Cornell University's Laboratory of Ornithology and the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission find the rare ivory-billed woodpecker.
The computer scientists -- Dr. Dezhen Song,
assistant professor in Texas A&M's Department of Computer Science,
and Dr. Kenneth Y. Goldberg, professor in UC Berkeley's departments of
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, and Industrial Engineering
and Operations Research — developed the robot, Automated Collaborative
Observatory for Natural Environments (ACONE), to scan the skies near
Brinkley, Ark., for birds. --
Learn more . . .
Three Natural Resource Management Agencies Express Cautious Optimism About Researchers' Evidence Suggesting Ivory-billed Woodpeckers Persist in NW Florida
Two Florida natural resource agencies and the federal agency overseeing the Ivory-billed Woodpecker’s recovery effort expressed interest in the latest results of work to find the elusive woodpecker in the Florida panhandle. At the same time, while the agencies indicated the evidence to date is promising, they said the bird’s presence is not yet confirmed. -- Learn more . . .
NASA Laser Casts Its Light Searching for 'Extinct' Woodpecker
Lasers are used everywhere these days, from performing surgery to protecting banks from thieves. Now a NASA laser onboard an airplane is helping researchers find the possible habitat of the ivory-billed woodpecker, which was thought to be extinct until recently. -- Learn more . . .
Ivory-billed woodpecker
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Questions and Answers -- 12-21-06
| On February 11, 2004,
kayaker Gene Sparling caught a glimpse of a large and majestic
woodpecker in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge of Arkansas.
The encounter spurred an extensive scientific search for a species
that many feared extinct. Additional sightings and a video from
the search have shown that the Ivory-billed Woodpecker has cheated
extinction. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and numerous partners have launched an ambitious recovery program to bring the Ivory-bill – one of the world’s most endangered birds – back from the brink of extinction. Check back often for updates on this recovery program. |
