It is gratifying to know that MN may have played a part in saving this species. Back in the early '70s, there was a proposal (by the Corps I think) to channelize a portion of the Cache River. Minnesota DNR intervened in the court case that developed over the proposal because of the impact the proposal would have on a prime wintering area for Minnesota's mallards. A person from the Attorney General's office went down to Arkansas to help with the trial. Whether the portion of the Cache River that was proposed for channelization was where the woodpecker was found, I do not know. I would like to think that it was.
John Schladweiler New Ulm
