Black-backed Woodpeckers and Forest Fires in California and the West
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 15, 2014
To protect this woodpecker and the post-fire ecosystems it depends on throughout California, in September 2010 the Center for Biological Diversity and the John Muir Project petitioned to list the bird under the California Endangered Species Act, earning it “candidate” status in the state, which does offer some protections for the bird.
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