Video by Cpl. Loriann Dauscher | Marine Corps Installations East | 04.23.2024
Gary Haught, Threatened and Endangered Species program manager, and Aliza Sager, Red-cockaded woodpecker biologist and field coordinator, both with the Environmental Management Division, Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune, share how the Threatened and Endangered Species Program protects the Red-cockaded woodpecker population on MCB Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 23, 2024. Since 1986,......
Video by Airman 1st Class Meghan Hutton | 20th Fighter Wing | 05.22.2023
Carolina Causey, U.S Air Force 20th Civil Engineering Squadron endangered species manager, monitors red-cockaded woodpeckers breeding habits and success at Poinsett Range, S.C., May 22, 2023. Shaw’s red-cockaded woodpecker population has grown from 28 active clusters in 2015 to 38 active clusters in 2023, exceeding their population goal by eight clusters. (U.S. Air Force video by Airman 1st......
Video by Mary Estacion | Marine Corps Installations Command | 03.16.2021
In 1986, after the red-cockaded woodpecker was listed on the federal endangered species list, the U.S. military and the Marine Corps partnered with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to develop a program that would protect the red-cockaded woodpecker. Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune boasts 90,000 acres of forest land with 36,000 acres actively managed to support the woodpecker......
