Texas Fauna Project

Red-cockaded Woodpecker

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Mary Ruth Holder is an environmental attorney who served at the Texas Attorney General's Office, and led the legal division at the Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission. While at the AG, she participated in litigation to protect the red-cockaded woodpecker. Here she talks about recent efforts to downlist the bird, likely reliant on artificial nestboxes, rather than a full restoration of the forest.