Nature Conservancy and Their Quest To Protect the Golden Cheeked Warbler

Golden-cheeked Warbler


Range/Habitat: Golden-cheeked Warblers nest only in central Texas, in mixed Ashe-juniper and oak woodlands in ravines and canyons. This species winters in evergreen-oak forest habitat in parts of southern Mexico and Central America.

Threats: The Golden-cheeked Warbler is a federally endangered species. Tall juniper and oak woodlands, their primary habitats, have been cleared to build buildings and roads or to grow crops for livestock. Other habitat areas were flooded when large lakes were built.

What TNC is Doing: The Nature Conservancy of Texas has established the Fort Hood Center for Cooperative Ecological Research in conjunction with the U.S. Army and Department of Defense to work for the management and protection of endangered species within Fort Hood. In Guatemala, Defensores de la Naturaleza is working to protect critical wintering habitat for Golden-cheeked Warblers in the Sierra de la Minas Biosphere Reserve.

Illustrations by David Allen Sibley from The National Audubon Society