endangered species

July 23, 2025

Red-cockaded woodpecker improves from endangered to threatened

November 3, 2024 The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The red-cockaded woodpecker, an iconic bird in southeastern forests, has recovered enough of its population to be downlisted from an endangered species to a threatened one, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service […]

Feds: Relax protections for woodpecker endangered since 1970

September 26, 2020 Janet McConnaughey, The Associated Press

The red-cockaded woodpecker, a bird declared endangered in 1970 and surviving today in 11 states’ scattered longleaf pine forests, has recovered enough to relax its federal protection, officials said Friday. But not all wildlife advocates […]