That's a relief, especially considering hunters' money was used to purchase the wildlife refuges in this country.
Birders, AR activists, Sierra Clubbers, none of these contribute a dime to the purchase and maintenance of these PUBLIC lands. Grrrrrrrrrr
Ping
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence............
From another News source:
No Sign of Woodpecker
Searchers were unable, this week to spot any sign of the ivory-billed woodpecker discovered last year in a remote Arkansas area. Speculation about the fate of the bird, perhaps the last example of a species thought to be extinct was ended this afternoon.
As soon as the first reports of the ivory-billed woodpecker came in, it was shot by a guy living in a shack. When interviewed, he said, "I always did want to see what one a' them things tasted like.
Travis "Toad" McAlester, who has lived on the border of this wilderness area, is an avid hunter, and has a life-long dream of dining on unusual animals. "Dang," he continued, "if it didn't taste just like them spotted owls I et up last summer. Waste of my damn time."
Heck, we all kow what has happened here..........its a bg conspiracy by the timber interests. They paid a few crackers to go in there with their shotguns and kill all peckerwoods so they can be allowed to come in and clear cut the forest. Those 1000 yr old cypresses will make a lot of garden mulch.
As soon as I get in the area, I'm going to rush right over there and catch some nice fish in that shallow water. Maybe I'll catch a few cottonmouths too.