The Significance of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker

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Published April 29, 2005 at 12:00 AM EDT

Phillip Hoose explains the importance of the ivory-billed woodpecker sighting. Hoose is author of The Race to Save the Lord God Bird and senior conservation planner for the Nature Conservancy's Canada-U.S. Partnership.

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