North Carolina Sandhills Conservation Partnership

09/21/2024

"The night a massive winter storm hit the pine barrens of the Carolinas, Jesse Wimberly lay awake listening to limbs popping in the forest surrounding his cabin. He had planted every one of the longleaf pines by hand."
Read this article from The Bitter Southerner.
https://bittersoutherner.com/feature/2024/burning-the-forest-for-the-trees-longleaf-pine-controlled-burn-janisse-ray

06/29/2024

Dr. Sorenson has actively participated in many of our NCSCP meetings.

06/15/2024

Members of the NCSCP participated in a joint meeting with the Greater Uwharrie Conservation Partnership and the North Carolina Longleaf Coalition this past week. We started the day in a beautiful longleaf dominated stand on the Uwharrie National Forest.

01/03/2024

The North Carolina Botanical Garden is sponsoring an extensive series of programs about the biotic significance of longleaf pine savannas, and efforts to conserve and restore them. Many of the programs are “hybrid” with online access for those who cannot physically attend. The offerings are numerous and diverse, including field trips, art classes, and lectures on history and cultural aspects of longleaf; biology and identification of trees, herbs, herps, & RCW; the role of fire and more. The May 30 lecture will focus on the history of the Sandhills Conservation Partnership, how it has been used as a model for collaborative conservation, and lessons that can be applied to other environmental conflicts. Lecture/trip leaders include many Sandhill Conservation Partnership members. Please consider attending, and forward this information to friends, neighbors, teachers, and others who might benefit!

Saving Our Savannas: Stories of the Longleaf Pine is a 6-month series of programs and events that honor the natural, cultural, and historic significance of these remarkable environments that are adapted to frequent fire, hold deep cultural significance, and are the origins of the reference to Tar He...

08/19/2023

With smart investment and continued public support, North Carolina can make our roads safer for people and wildlife alike.

This video was created in partnership with the team at Right of Passage to bring wildlife-vehicle collision hotspots to bring the locations into vivid focus. Witness how roads fragment natural landscapes across North Carolina and learn about the wildlife that must navigate them to survive.

08/17/2023

Check us out on our new website, designed last year but updated quarterly with resources from partnership meetings and field trips!

The NCSCP is a collaborative effort that brings together various federal, state and non-profit conservation groups to share information and resources related to conserving the vanishing longleaf pine ecosystem and recovering imperiled plants, animals and fungi in the North Carolina Sandhills.

08/17/2023

"One of the most inspiring conservation stories in American history is playing out on, of all places, a live-fire training ground at Ft. Bragg Army base in North Carolina. There, an improbable alliance is giving a special bird—the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker (RCW)—a new lease on life. After a clash between U.S. Fish and Wildlife and the U.S. Army revealed that low grade forest fires sparked by artillery and tracers inadvertently created excellent woodpecker habitat, the two sides joined forces to monitor and protect the birds on the base. Landowners on nearby properties are joining the effort—putting aside mutual suspicions and using fire to save the RCW and ignite a passion for wildlife."

One of the most inspiring conservation stories in American history is playing out on, of all places, a live-fire training ground at Ft. Bragg Army base in

09/09/2022

There are more endangered species living on acres managed by the U.S. Department of Defense than there are in the nation’s national parks.

08/31/2022

Sandhills Conservation Partnership -

Longleaf was the focus of the fall issue of The Nature Conservancy’s magazine. The issue featured Sandhills Prescribed Burn Association coordinator, Jesse Wimberley, Jackie Britcher and Stacy Huskins of Fort Bragg, and TNC's Calloway Preserve, among many other treasured and important areas supporting longleaf.

For millennia, longleaf pine forests stretched 92 million acres across the U.S. Southeast. Today, less than 5 million acres remain. But a growing effort to recover this ecosystem is taking root.

07/07/2022

More great longleaf efforts in the NC Sandhills.

Hoke County Community Forest is on its way to becoming an outdoor recreation haven and revenue generator for a small, diverse county in North Carolina.