Protecting a Longleaf Pine Legacy
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Southeast North Carolina is the most biologically diverse ecoregion on the Atlantic seaboard north of Florida. This ecoregion includes globally-significant habitats supporting numerous kinds of plants and wildlife found nowhere else on Earth, including the famous Venus’ Flytrap. This land of the longleaf pine (the State Tree of North Carolina), also supports an equally charming though less well-known bird: the Red-cockaded Woodpecker, an endangered species now in peril due to habitat loss.
To help stem this loss, COASTAL PLAIN CONSERVATION GROUP (CPCG), a 501 (c)(3) organization, has established a Go-Fund-Me Campaign to help us raise donations to buy, manage, and protect 10 (ten) acres of critically-important longleaf pine-wiregrass habitat in Pender County, NC.
THE GOOD NEWS IS: We have already raised $89,100.00 toward our overall goal of $105,000.00!
This particular longleaf pine-wiregrass habitat is an open, sunlit forest supporting several hundred species of wildflowers and a diverse array of animals—including 16 species of frogs! Longleaf pine forests once covered 93 million acres of the American southeast, and after two centuries of conversion for timber and agriculture, the tiny fraction of remaining longleaf habitat is now jeopardized by development.
CPCG is working to protect this 10-acre parcel of ecologically-priceless habitat as safe haven for Venus’ Flytraps, pitcher plants, and orchids; along with Carolina Gopher Frogs, Spotted Turtles, and a charming family of Red-cockaded Woodpeckers that use this acreage to raise and support their offspring.
THE NEED FOR ACTION:
This 10-acre habitat, current home to a unique suite of plants, is also a conservation stepping stone for wildlife, including rare frogs, turtles, and birds. As example, endangered Red-cockaded Woodpeckers use this acreage during the day to hunt insects and spiders hidden in nooks and crannies of living pine tree bark. Each evening the woodpeckers return to roost in a specific tree cavity excavated in a living longleaf pine growing in protected property adjacent to this site.
Individual cavities in multiple trees are constructed and maintained by an adult woodpecker, aided by its “helper” offspring—an effort that may require months for a single bird to complete because longleaf pine wood is dense and hard.
Together, the woodpecker family maintains this “cluster” as their permanent home. A tightly-knit family, young helper birds remain with their parents through their first year to help raise the family’s next generation of offspring; a rare cooperative breeding behavior with wildlife, especially among birds.
The Red-cockaded Woodpeckers that use these ten acres are descendants of avian families that have occupied this site for centuries, producing many generations of birds that can each trace its genetic heritage to this particular stand of longleaf pines.
You can help us protect the natural heritage of this endangered species with a contribution to CPCG’s Go-Fund-Me campaign.
OUR GOAL:
Protect the integrity of a natural community that includes rare birds, carnivorous plants, and a suite of other plants and wildlife unlike any other on Earth. This endeavor is that significant, even though the acreage is relatively small.
OUR OBJECTIVE:
CPCG needs $105,000.00 to buy and protect an ecologically priceless 10-acre piece of longleaf pine habitat. We have already received $89,900.00 toward that goal and we are now within $15,100.00 of completing this campaign!
OUR TIMELINE:
CPCG is on a fast-track because the bulldozer is not far away. Our campaign to raise the remaining $15,100.00 to protect ten acres of longleaf pine habitat needs to be completed by October 15, 2015, to save a place in the wild for Venus’ Flytrap, Carolina Gopher Frog, Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Bachman’s Sparrow, and many other native plants and wildlife in need of help.
OUR THANKS
Thank you for your consideration of a donation to help protect this ecologically priceless “land of the longleaf pine.” Please feel free to contact me for more information about this and our other mission-driven COASTAL PLAIN CONSERVATION GROUP projects.
Donations to this CPCG Longleaf Pine Campaign are dedicated to Purchase, Monitor, Manage, and Protect a ten-acre tract of ecologically-priceless longleaf pine habitat in Pender County, NC.
Some donation categories to consider:
Wiregrass - $25.00
Pixie Moss - $50.00
Pitcher Plant - $100.00
Flytrap - $250.00
Live Oak - $500.00
Longleaf Pine - $1000.00
Habitat Acre - $2500.00
North Carolina’s state toast begins with, “Here’s to the land of the longleaf pine.” Your donation to our campaign will assure this tribute has value for future generations of people, and the plants and wildlife that enrich our lives.
To help stem this loss, COASTAL PLAIN CONSERVATION GROUP (CPCG), a 501 (c)(3) organization, has established a Go-Fund-Me Campaign to help us raise donations to buy, manage, and protect 10 (ten) acres of critically-important longleaf pine-wiregrass habitat in Pender County, NC.
THE GOOD NEWS IS: We have already raised $89,100.00 toward our overall goal of $105,000.00!
This particular longleaf pine-wiregrass habitat is an open, sunlit forest supporting several hundred species of wildflowers and a diverse array of animals—including 16 species of frogs! Longleaf pine forests once covered 93 million acres of the American southeast, and after two centuries of conversion for timber and agriculture, the tiny fraction of remaining longleaf habitat is now jeopardized by development.
CPCG is working to protect this 10-acre parcel of ecologically-priceless habitat as safe haven for Venus’ Flytraps, pitcher plants, and orchids; along with Carolina Gopher Frogs, Spotted Turtles, and a charming family of Red-cockaded Woodpeckers that use this acreage to raise and support their offspring.
THE NEED FOR ACTION:
This 10-acre habitat, current home to a unique suite of plants, is also a conservation stepping stone for wildlife, including rare frogs, turtles, and birds. As example, endangered Red-cockaded Woodpeckers use this acreage during the day to hunt insects and spiders hidden in nooks and crannies of living pine tree bark. Each evening the woodpeckers return to roost in a specific tree cavity excavated in a living longleaf pine growing in protected property adjacent to this site.
Individual cavities in multiple trees are constructed and maintained by an adult woodpecker, aided by its “helper” offspring—an effort that may require months for a single bird to complete because longleaf pine wood is dense and hard.
Together, the woodpecker family maintains this “cluster” as their permanent home. A tightly-knit family, young helper birds remain with their parents through their first year to help raise the family’s next generation of offspring; a rare cooperative breeding behavior with wildlife, especially among birds.
The Red-cockaded Woodpeckers that use these ten acres are descendants of avian families that have occupied this site for centuries, producing many generations of birds that can each trace its genetic heritage to this particular stand of longleaf pines.
You can help us protect the natural heritage of this endangered species with a contribution to CPCG’s Go-Fund-Me campaign.
OUR GOAL:
Protect the integrity of a natural community that includes rare birds, carnivorous plants, and a suite of other plants and wildlife unlike any other on Earth. This endeavor is that significant, even though the acreage is relatively small.
OUR OBJECTIVE:
CPCG needs $105,000.00 to buy and protect an ecologically priceless 10-acre piece of longleaf pine habitat. We have already received $89,900.00 toward that goal and we are now within $15,100.00 of completing this campaign!
OUR TIMELINE:
CPCG is on a fast-track because the bulldozer is not far away. Our campaign to raise the remaining $15,100.00 to protect ten acres of longleaf pine habitat needs to be completed by October 15, 2015, to save a place in the wild for Venus’ Flytrap, Carolina Gopher Frog, Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Bachman’s Sparrow, and many other native plants and wildlife in need of help.
OUR THANKS
Thank you for your consideration of a donation to help protect this ecologically priceless “land of the longleaf pine.” Please feel free to contact me for more information about this and our other mission-driven COASTAL PLAIN CONSERVATION GROUP projects.
Donations to this CPCG Longleaf Pine Campaign are dedicated to Purchase, Monitor, Manage, and Protect a ten-acre tract of ecologically-priceless longleaf pine habitat in Pender County, NC.
Some donation categories to consider:
Wiregrass - $25.00
Pixie Moss - $50.00
Pitcher Plant - $100.00
Flytrap - $250.00
Live Oak - $500.00
Longleaf Pine - $1000.00
Habitat Acre - $2500.00
North Carolina’s state toast begins with, “Here’s to the land of the longleaf pine.” Your donation to our campaign will assure this tribute has value for future generations of people, and the plants and wildlife that enrich our lives.
Organizer
Andy Wood
Organizer
Hampstead, NC