Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Red Cockaded Woodpecker populations are rebounding in the Apalachicola National Forest

                The US Department of Agriculture says that red-cockaded woodpeckers are beginning to flourish in the southeast again.
Red Cockaded Woodpeckers were once found throughout 90 million acres of longleaf pine forests in the southeast.
Because of the destruction of much of their habitat the species fell to fewer than 2000 active clusters of 1 to 5 birds in 1990.
A recent population study found about 3,150 active clusters across the southeast.
The Apalachicola National forest has the largest population of the red cockaded woodpeckers in the world.
Some of the strongest growth has come in the Wakulla District population.
In the spring of 2005 there were 106 active clusters in this population.
That increased to 203 active red-cockaded clusters in 2015, marking another population milestone.

This fall, there are plans to relocate another 15 pairs of the woodpeckers over to the Wakulla District.


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