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Private Lands Stewardship Project to
Benefit the Ivory-billed Woodpecker Audubon
Arkansas recently received a large grant to work with private
landowners to improve/create 600 acres of ivory-bill habitat
within its likely range in Arkansas.
The project objectives are to:
- Work with identified landowners to improve habitat on
private lands acreage employing appropriate techniques of
- reforestation of cleared or degraded areas and/or
- forest habitat improvement including: prescribed burning,
thinning and removal of exotic species as needed.
- Conduct baseline surveys and monitor habitat improvement
in order to evaluate the project’s success.
- Report on the project’s success as demonstrated
by monitoring and evaluation activities.
- Work with landowners to facilitate monitoring and continuation
of habitat improvements.
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