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Land Deal Protects Critical Habitat
September 29, 2005 - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today it will acquire 1,440 acres of land from The Nature Conservancy to add to the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge in Arkansas – home to the recently rediscovered Ivory-bill Woodpecker and a host of other wildlife species.
The Service and the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission approved $1,944,000 from this year’s Migratory Bird Conservation Fund (commonly known as the Federal Duck Stamp program) to acquire 1,440 acres of the former Ray Coleman Howell Farm at Cache River NWR presently owned by The Nature Conservancy. An additional $486,000 MBCF funding has been made available that will acquire an additional 360 acres and is pending execution of the purchase agreement by the Service.
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