North Florida's Red Cockaded Woodpecker may keep protections, but lose its endangered status

Biologists were dealt a crushing blow last year—an endangered woodpecker, native to the Southeast U.S. was declared extinct. Now some are declaring victory for another endangered woodpecker that makes its home in North Florida and South Georgia, but others argue the declaration of victory for the Red-cockaded Woodpecker is premature.

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