In this FACTivity, you will research black-backed woodpeckers and learn about what they eat and where they prefer to build nests. Then you will pretend to be a black-backed woodpecker and write a letter to another species of woodpecker to describe your life living in post-fire forests in the Sierra Nevada. The question you will answer in this FACTivity is: What attracts Black-backed woodpeckers to their habitat? Materials: Computer/internet access or access to a library for research Writing uten Topics: Fire, Wildlife, Creating Writing, Habitat, Informational Writing, Post-Fire Conditions, Research Activity, Woodpeckers.