Sandhills Ecological Institute
Charity Organization
Why pick this one
Sandhills Ecological Institute conducts red-cockaded woodpecker research and monitors more than 300 clusters annually from Southern Pines.
Best for
- Red-cockaded woodpecker population research
- Longleaf pine ecosystem education
- Wildlife cluster and cavity monitoring
- Red-cockaded woodpecker translocation projects
- Artificial cavity and restrictor-plate management
Look elsewhere if
- Routine residential landscaping or general wildlife removal
- Emergency environmental services
- Commercial services unrelated to longleaf pine or red-cockaded woodpecker conservation
Specialties
- Red-cockaded woodpecker demographic research and monitoring
- Annual monitoring of more than 300 red-cockaded woodpecker clusters
- Red-cockaded woodpecker translocation
- Artificial cavity construction and restrictor-plate management
- Longleaf pine ecosystem research and education
Certifications
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Safe Harbor Program
- Virginia Tech Walters Lab collaboration
What makes them different
- Established in April 1998 as a nonprofit research organization in Southern Pines, North Carolina
- Continues a 38-year red-cockaded woodpecker demographic study initiated by North Carolina State University
- Monitors more than 300 red-cockaded woodpecker clusters annually
- Has facilitated construction of approximately 200 artificial cavities and monitored about 60 restrictor plates
- Conducts red-cockaded woodpecker translocation between monitored populations in the North Carolina Sandhills
- Serves
- Southern Pines
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 515 Midland Rd Ste E, Southern Pines, NC 28387-3300
- Phone
- 19106950872
- Website
- https://sandhillsecological.org
Services
- Ecological research
- Wildlife population monitoring
- Conservation management
- Environmental education
- Red-cockaded woodpecker recovery support