Texas Fauna Project

Red-cockaded Woodpecker

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Larry Shelton, a cabinetmaker and forestry consultant based near Nacogdoches, discusses the threats of modern silviculture to the niche species of the east Texas forests. As the Forest Service and lumber companies shift to younger-age tree farms, the old-growth obligates, such as the ivory-billed woodpecker and red-cockaded woopecker, have suffered.