Ivory-Billed Woodpecker, Perhaps Extinct, Holds Up Development

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ANDREW DeMILLO

Published: Jul 21, 2006, 01:22 AM ET
Updated:Feb 10, 2022, 01:18 PM ET

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.— A federal judge temporarily stopped construction on a $320 million irrigation project yesterday, ruling the changes could disturb the habitat of a woodpecker that might or might not be extinct.

Ivory-Billed Woodpecker, Perhaps Extinct, Holds Up Development

Ivory-Billed Woodpecker, Perhaps Extinct, Holds Up Development

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