Habitats: Coniferous Forests, mixed forests, deciduous forests, riparian.  North Carolina fall line Sandhills, made of cretaceous and early tertiary rocks, in a rolling hill topography, 300 feet above costal plain lowlands and slightly higher than Piedmont. Severely draughty, low fertility soils and xeric plant communities.

Land Use: Military training, wildlife conservation, water supply, hunting

Primary Threats: Disturbance to birds, soil erosion/degradation, predation, residential/commercial development, drought/hurricane. Avian threats on installation limited mostly to direct (disturbance, facilities development) or indirect (erosion impacts from military training. Additional avian threats may include parasitism and/or predation.

Protection Status: Extensive management program to monitor and reduce land use impacts and enhance habitats for wildlife. USFWS and NCWRC are signatory partners on Integrated Natural Resource Management Plan. All significant federal actions subject to NEPA process.

Conservation Issues: Avian threats o installation limited mostly to direct (disturbance, facilities development) or indirect (erosion impacts from military training). Additional avian threats may include parasitism and/or predation.

Birds: The site is comprised of extensive longleaf pine-sandhills habitat (Criteria 3).  Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Bachman’s Sparrow, Brown-headed Nuthatch, Loggerhead Shrike, American Kestrel and Lark Sparrow. Healthy populations of longleaf, forested grassland birds such as Brown-headed Nuthatch, Blue-headed Vireo, Bachman's sparrow, Prairie Warbler, Pine Warbler and Summer Tanager. Abundant large (up to 300 individuals) mixed winter foraging flocks. Avian monitoring/research includes M.A.P.S., B.B.I.R.D.,200 plus point counts, winter foraging flock studies, fire and avian community studies and landscape ecology studies.