The red-cockaded woodpecker can be found in 11 southern states, from Georgia to Virginia to Texas. But that’s a smaller footprint from their habitat reach when Europeans first settled in the ...

Georgia saw one of the largest increases in ... including gopher tortoises and red-cockaded woodpeckers. The loss of longleaf pine forests is considered a critical factor in the possible ...

But, these woodpeckers are still on a precipice. Earlier this fall, Hurricane Helene wiped out many old longleaf pine trees with nests in Georgia’s Moody Forest. If we are to keep the comeback ...

The red-cockaded woodpecker’s existence is closely tied ... including Camp LeJeune, Fort Moore in Georgia, and Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. Without the order to restore a federally ...