Ivory-billed Woodpecker | Southeast Region

Timeline

Schedule of Activity-Milestones
Appoint Recovery Team Executive Committee	May 24, 2005
Appoint Recovery Team/Working Groups	May 24, 2005
Appoint Corridor of Hope Conservation Team	May 24, 2005
Convene Steering Committee, Working Group Chairs and Corridor of Hope Conservation Team	June 21-22, 2005
Convene entire Recovery Team early Define role of Working Group and ID Tasks	August 2005
Meetings of Executive Committee and Steering Committee	As needed
First Draft of Recovery Plan sections from Work Groups	April 1, 2006
Technical Agency Draft of Recovery Plan-public review	September 30, 2006
Public Comment Period (60 days)	January 2007
Address Comments/Edit Plan	March 2007
Approve and Issue Final Recovery Plan	June 2007

Fast Facts --

In the early 1900s, conservationists warned of the impending extinction of the Ivory-billed woodpecker.

From 1937 to 1939, James Tanner, a young doctoral student at Cornell University, researched the Ivory-billed woodpeckers of the Singer Tract.

Prior to the 2004 discovery of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker at Cache River National Wildlife Refuge in Arkansas, this was the last authenticated sighting of the bird in the United States.

Much of the information comes from “Hope Is The Thing With Feathers: A Personal Chronicle of Vanished Birds” by Christopher Cokinos.

Last updated: March 11, 2010