Extinct woodpecker rediscovered in Arkansas

As a result of sound scientific research and cooperative efforts with public and private land owners the ivory billed woodpecker, previously thought to be extinct, has been discovered on bottom lands in the Delta of Arkansas. It has been six decades since the woodpecker was last seen.
Many of the forested wetlands in the South were excessively logged in the early 1900's, significantly decreasing acreage of habitat for the woodpecker. However, as a result of significant efforts by private landowners, over one-half million acres of bottomland hardwoods and wetlands have been restored in the Lower Mississippi River Valley, providing the ideal habitat for the woodpecker and opportunities for population expansion and recovery...