Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… By Janet McConnaughey, Associated Press The red-cockaded woodpecker, a bird declared endangered in 1970 and surviving today in 11 states’ scattered longleaf pine forests – including in North Carolina, has recovered enough to relax its federal protection, officials said Friday. But not all wildlife advocates agree. “The red-cockaded woodpecker … Continue reading Feds want to relax protections for woodpecker endangered since 1970