EPISODE · Jul 24, 2024
In Florida, BLM, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service use fire to save an endangered woodpecker
from On the Ground
In 2018, a Category 5 hurricane blasted through Lathrop Bayou in the Florida Panhandle, knocking down trees and leaving a huge path of destruction. A few years later, specialists on a field trip noted that a very small population of red-cockaded woodpeckers, which are on the Endangered Species List, were alive on the Bayou's small peninsula. In February 2024, BLM and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service specialists conducted a prescribed burn on the peninsula with the intent to rejuvenate the landscape and make it more favorable to the woodpeckers and other wildlife species who live there. In this episode, we interview Bart Kicklighter, State Fire Management Officer for BLM's Eastern States State Office.
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In this episode, David Howell interviews Bart Kicklighter, BLM's State Fire Management Officer for the Eastern States Office. Kicklighter began his career studying the red-cockaded woodpecker, and many years later managed a prescribed fire at Lathrop Bayou in the Florida Panhandle. He hopes that the prescribed fire will help this small population and other species that live in the Bayou.
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In Florida, BLM, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service use fire to save an endangered woodpecker
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