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In early 2004, the ivory-billed woodpecker, a ghost of the old South, flashed through a swamp sparking an unprecedented search.
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The Big Woods
At 550,000 acres, the Big Woods of Arkansas are the second-largest contiguous block of bottomland hardwood forest in North America.
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Learn fascinating facts about the, ivory-billed woodpecker, the "Lord God Bird."
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Photo credits (left to right): © Mark Godfrey/TNC (inset: ivory-billed woodpecker courtesy of David Allen)
The Big Woods Conservation Partnership is led by The Nature Conservancy and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and includes Ark. Audubon Society, Ark. Parks and Tourism, Ark. Game and Fish Commission, Ark. Natural Heritage Commission, Ark. State University, Ark. Wildlife Federation, Audubon Arkansas, Audubon Society of Central Ark., Birdman Productions, LLC, City of Brinkley, City of Clarendon, Civic Enterprises, LLC, Louisiana State University, National Audubon Society, National Wildlife Federation, Oakwood College, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the University of Ark. at Little Rock.
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