[CPEO-MEF] Ft. Bragg (NC) woodpecker update

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Fort Bragg Achieves Endangered Species Milestone 

U.S. Army Environmental Center 
Environmental Update
Winter 2006

The recovery of a well-known endangered species achieved a milestone in
November with the help of an Army-civilian partnership centered on Fort
Bragg, N.C.

Wildlife biologists validated more than 350 potential breeding groups of
red-cockaded woodpeckers on and around the installation, surpassing the
goal set by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service?s recovery plan for this
primary core population. There are ten other designated primary core
populations of this species in the United States.

The Army was able to announce the achievement five years ahead of
schedule because of the dedicated commitment of the North Carolina
Sandhills Conservation Partnership, said Tad Davis, Deputy Assistant
Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety and Occupational Health.

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For the entire article, see
http://aec.army.mil/usaec/publicaffairs/update/win06/win0602.html


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Lenny Siegel
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