North Carolina Sandhills Conservation Partnership

The mission of the NCSCP is to coordinate the development and implementation of conservation strategies for the red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis), other native biota, longleaf pine and other ecosystems in the Sandhills of North Carolina.

NCSCP In the News

Operation Knock on Wood - Nature Conservancy Magazine - 2011 Issue 4
North Carolina Afield - Winter 2011
Sandhills Conservation Partnership: 10 years of growth - Fayetteville Observer - September 19, 2010
Sandhills Conservation Partnership - Pinestraw Magazine - August 30, 2010
Fort Bragg and the Vanishing Longleaf Pine Ecosystem - Biodiversity Conservation Handbook - U.S. Department of Defense - 2008
On June 7, 2006, the U.S. Army and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service hosted "From Conflict to Collaboration", an event staged to celebrate the recovery of the red-cockaded woodpecker population on Fort Bragg. The Army and Fish and Wildlife Service's event highlighted the efforts of the Partnership to create conservation strategies that complied with Fort Bragg Army Base procedures. The result of years of negotiating culminated into celebratory event in the Sandhills.
FWS, Army declare red-cockaded woodpeckers 'recovered' at Fort Bragg - EENews - June 7, 2006.

NCSCP Press Releases

June 4, 2006 Army official commends NCSCP for its conservation efforts (Fayetteville Observer)

June 8, 2006 RCW recovery not a cause for celebration everywhere (Charlotte Observer)

June 8, 2006 NCSCP celebrates RCW recovery at Fort Bragg (Fayetteville Observer)

June 9, 2006 Observer editor highlights the success of the RCW recovery and longleaf pine conservation (Fayetteville Observer)

June 11, 2006 Charles Broadwell recounts his visit to RCW celebration (Fayetteville Observer)