Tuesday, December 13, 2005

-- Nature Conservancy Announcement & Partners --

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The official Nature Conservancy announcement of the 2005-6 winter search for the Arkansas Ivory-bill(s) is now posted, if you just can't get enough of these bulletins:

http://nature.org/ivorybill/press/press2174.html

Largely the same info that is already out there, but I did find the current list of "Ivory-billed Woodpecker recovery partners" rather impressive and noteworthy (the charisma of this bird can't be denied!):

Ivory-billed Woodpecker Recovery Partners

  • American Bird Conservancy
  • American Forest Foundation
  • Anderson Tully
  • Arkansas Forestry Association
  • Arkansas Forestry Commission
  • Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
  • Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission
  • Arkansas Parks and Tourism
  • Arkansas State University
  • Arkansas Wildlife Federation
  • Audubon Arkansas
  • Audubon Mississippi
  • Civic Enterprises
  • Cornell Lab of Ornithology
  • Ducks Unlimited
  • Earth Conservation Corps
  • Environmental Defense
  • Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
  • Florida Gulf Coast University
  • Georgia Department of Natural Resources
  • Greenwood Plantation
  • International Paper Company
  • Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
  • Louisiana Forestry Association
  • Louisiana State University
  • Mack’s Prairie Wings
  • Mississippi River Trust
  • Mississippi State University
  • National Audubon Society
  • National Council of Air and Stream Improvement
  • National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
  • Natural Resources Conservation Service
  • The Nature Conservancy
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
  • Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
  • Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
  • Trust for Public Land
  • Turner Endangered Species Fund
  • University of Arkansas at Little Rock
  • University of Georgia
  • University of Missouri
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • U.S. Department of Agriculture
  • Farm Service Agency
  • U.S. Forest Service
  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • U.S. Geological Survey
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