Fast Facts --

In the early 1900s, conservationists warned of the impending extinction of the Ivory-billed woodpecker.

From 1937 to 1939, James Tanner, a young doctoral student at Cornell University, researched the Ivory-billed woodpeckers of the Singer Tract.

Prior to the 2004 discovery of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker at Cache River National Wildlife Refuge in Arkansas, this was the last authenticated sighting of the bird in the United States.

Press Contacts

Ivory-billed Woodpecker Communications Working Group - update January 12, 2006

Name		Affiliation	Phone	E-mail
Co-Chair
	Jeff Fleming	US Fish and Wildlife Service	404-679-7287	jeffrey_m_fleming@fws.gov
	Nancy Ledbetter	Arkansas Game and Fish Commission	501-223-6318	nledbetter@agfc.state.ar.us
Media
	Connie Bruce	Cornell Lab of Ornithology	607-277-1887	clb82@cornell.edu
	Diane L. Tessaglia-Hymes	Cornell Lab of Ornithology	607-254-2417	dlt1@cornell.edu
	Connie Dickard	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	601-321-1121	connie_dickard@fws.gov
	Don Morrow	The Trust for Public Land	850-222-7911 ext 22	don.morrow@tpl.org
	Gregg Patterson	Ducks Unlimited	901-758-3937	gpatterson@ducks.org
	Jennifer Koches	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	843-727-4707 ect. 214	jennifer_koches@fws.gov
	Jim Pogue	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	901-544-4109	james.t.pogue@mvm02.usace.army.mil
	Karen Foerstel	The Nature Conservancy	703-841-3932	kfoerstel@tnc.org
	Jay Harrod	The Nature Conservancy, Arkansas	501.614.5081	jharrod@tnc.org
	Keith Stephens	Arkansas Game and Fish Commission	501-223-6342	kastephens@agfc.state.ar.us
	Tim Ahern	The Trust for Public Land	415-495-4014 ext 425	tim.ahern@tpl.org
	Tim Gallagher	Cornell Lab of Ornithology	607-254-2443	twg3@cornell.edu
	Jane Jones-Schulz	Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission	501-324-9159	jane@arkansasheritage.org
	Erica Barton	Audubon	212-979-3197	ebarton@audubon.org
	Tom MacKenzie	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	404-679-7291	tom_mackenzie@fws.gov