The Virginia Department of Game & Inland Fisheries (DGIF) is thrilled to
share big news for a federally endangered species in Virginia: a pair of
red-cockaded woodpeckers has moved in to Big Woods WMA in Sussex County!
This is the first documented occurrence of red-cockaded woodpeckers
residing on the WMA. The arrival of these red-cockaded woodpeckers at Big
Woods marks a major landmark in DGIF’s conservation efforts for this
endangered species.
Read all about it here in DGIF's blog article:
https://www.dgif.virginia.gov/blog/foraging-new-ground-a-pair-of-endangered-woodpeckers-has-found-a-new-home-in-big-woods-wildlife-management-area/
Information on visiting Big Woods WMA can be found here:
https://www.dgif.virginia.gov/vbwt/sites/big-woods-wildlife-management-area/
A new species profile on red-cockaded woodpecker can be found here:
https://www.dgif.virginia.gov/wildlife/information/red-cockaded-woodpecker/?utm_source=dgif_blog&utm_content=rcw_new_ground
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subscribe to our free monthly emails, called "Notes From the Field" here
and select "wildlife updates":
https://www.dgif.virginia.gov/the-outdoor-report/
*Jessica Ruthenberg*Watchable Wildlife Biologist
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*Virginia Department of Game & Inland Fisheries*
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