A monument to the "grand experiment"

a tree with a bright pink ribbon around it
Photo By/Credit
Craig Watson/USFWS
Date Shot/Created
08/20/2019
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
85 B 8 – one of the first trees to receive an artificial cavity after Hurricane Hugo. The tree still stands as a monument to the “grand experiment” that helped bring back red-cockaded woodpeckers in the Francis Marion National Forest.
Ecosystem
Forest
Species
Picoides borealis
Subject tags
Endangered and/or Threatened species
Forests
Wildlife restoration