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Carver's Creek

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Red cockaded woodpecker
© NC Chapter

LOCATION: 
Southern Coastal Plain                                 Cumberland and Hoke Counties 

SIZE IN ACRES: 
Carvers Creek Preserve - 1,173 acres

INVOLVEMENT IN ACRES:                           3,919 acres

TOPOGRAPHICAL MAPS:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

Topographical maps are available by contacting:
NC Geographical Survey.
1612 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1612.
(919) 715-9718
www.geology.enr.state.nc.us/ 

ACTIVITIES & AMENITIES:
Hiking, Birding, Wildflowers

OWNERSHIP & ACCESS:
The Nature Conservancy Sandhills Project Office                                         
P.O. Box 206 
140 SW Broad Street 
Southern Pines, NC 28388
(910) 246-0300
nature.org/northcarolina

SITE INFORMATION:
One of the most endangered ecosystems in the country, the remaining longleaf habitat is threatened by conversion to loblolly pine plantations, development and fire suppression.

Longleaf pine savannas can support as many as 50 different plant species in one square meter. Fire is woven into the life cycles of many plants and animals; longleaf seedlings can only germinate in an open, fire-maintained understory, while red-cockaded woodpeckers nest almost exclusively in mature stands of fire-dependent longleaf.

To protect North Carolina's largest and most intact longleaf commuities, The Nature Conservancy has targeted the Sandhills region, home to 250 birds, 67 mammal, and 83 reptile and amphibian species.

CONSERVATION HIGHLIGHTS:
In 2001, The Nature Conservancy purchased the 1,173-acre Carver's Creek Preserve in Cumberland County, just north of Fayetteville on the eastern edge of the Sandhills. The preserve protects a mosaic of Sandhills communities, including pine/scrub oak sandhill, and wetland areas such as seeps, stream pocosins and a small swamp. The natural area is home to several active red-cockaded woodpecker colonies and several populations of Sandhills pyxie-moss.

The Nature Conservancy is a member of the North Carolina Sandhills Conservation Partnership, a group of local, state and federal partners working to conserve, protect and enhance the unique ecology of the Sandhills.

DIRECTIONS:
Please contact the Nature Conservancy staff at the Sandhills Project Office for the latest access information.