[TN-Bird] The Nature Conservancy's web page text (Ivory-billed)

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The Search for the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
The Ivory-Bill: A Ghost of the Old South
More than 50 years after the ivory-billed woodpecker was thought to be =
extinct in the United States, researchers now have found evidence that =
the majestic bird still lives.

In February of 2004, a kayaker caught sight of an ivory-billed =
woodpecker in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, an encounter =
that led to an extensive scientific search for the bird. Most had long =
given up hope for the ivory-bill, which had lost its habitat to =
intensive logging. But in Arkansas' Mississippi Delta, a swath of the =
Big Woods remains.

The Search Is On

Members of the ivory-bill search team in the Big Woods of Arkansas
Photo =A9 Mark Godfrey/TNCThat first sighting in 2004 launched a =
year-long search by the Big Woods Conservation Partnership, led by The =
Nature Conservancy and the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology.

Since then, the partnership's researchers have collected evidence they =
believe confirms the existence of the magnificent ivory-bill. The bird =
has been spotted more than a dozen times by a team of experts and =
searchers. These credible sightings, along with other evidence - such as =
video and possible recordings of the bird's distinctive double knock and =
video - have convinced scientists that in the woods of this swampy =
refuge, the ivory-bill woodpecker survives.

"The bird captured on video is clearly an ivory-billed woodpecker," said =
John Fitzpatrick, director of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Learn more about the search:
  a.. Timeline of the Search=20
  b.. Search Logistics: Learn about the technology and planning behind =
this unprecedented effort=20
  c.. Video News Release
  (.MOV, 3.1 MB, new window)
Hope for the Future
"Finding the ivory bill in Arkansas validates decades of great =
conservation work in the past and represents an incredible story of hope =
for the future," said Scott Simon, director of The Nature Conservancy of =
Arkansas. "For over 20 years, many agencies, conservation organizations, =
hunters and landowners have aggressively worked to conserve and restore =
the bottomland hardwood and swamp ecosystem. Now we know we must work =
even harder to conserve this critical habitat - not just for the =
ivory-billed woodpecker, but for the black bears and many other rare =
species of these unique woods."




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