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Around the world now, the rate is estimated to be one to three species lost every day – perhaps as high as one species every hour, and the rate is accelerating. Scientists predict that in the early twenty-first century, we will witness several hundred extinctions per day.
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Our future grandchildren may live in a world with fewer than half the species of plants and animals populating ours. Unitedstreaming video - Where Have all the Animals Gone? Endangered Species (Click on icon to play)
U. S. Vanished Species:
U. S. Vanished Species On the United States mainland, Louisiana has
6-10 presumed or possibly extinct. Sources: Nature Serve, The Nature Conservancy, and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
The Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus principalis):
The Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus principalis) According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Ivory-billed Woodpecker is thought to be extirpated from the wild in North America. However, the species has not been officially declared extinct. Conservationists have continued to hope that they may have survived in the largely inaccessible Louisiana bayou or elsewhere.
Before the heyday of the timber industry (1880-1900) the Ivory-billed Woodpecker inhabited virtually all mature river bottom timberland in the Southeast. :
Before the heyday of the timber industry (1880-1900) the Ivory-billed Woodpecker inhabited virtually all mature river bottom timberland in the Southeast.
SPECIES LISTED AS THREATENED (T), ENDANGERED (E), & CANDIDATE (C) IN LOUISIANA :
SPECIES LISTED AS THREATENED (T), ENDANGERED (E), & CANDIDATE (C) IN LOUISIANA TABLE LAST UPDATED - 2004 Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries