Sam Hamilton Quotations

Finding birds is a critical part of the recovery process and we're hoping for some exciting news.

After many months of careful review, consideration and discussion of the best available scientific information and more than 4,000 public comments, I am confident that listing the Alabama sturgeon as endangered is the right decision.

Now that the leaves have fallen, conditions are much improved for seeing and hearing the birds.

The Federal Duck Stamp program has made it possible for the Service and its partners to conserve vitally important wetland habitats for the benefit of waterfowl. This acquisition at Cache River National Wildlife Refuge is no different. But one of the reason's this program is so important to the Service's national wildlife refuge system is because the land conservation it makes possible benefits so many other wildlife species, not the least of which is the Ivory-billed Woodpecker.

We felt all along that the White River was probably the core of the bird's habitat and it was dispersing out.

This is an exciting opportunity to better document the existence and learn more about this magnificent bird. Now that the leaves have fallen, conditions have improved for seeing and hearing the birds. Finding birds is a critical part of the recovery process and we're hoping for some exciting news.