Brosnan Forest provides a protected habitat for 79 groups of the endangered Red-cockaded Woodpecker.

One of the numerous ponds located within Brosnan Forest.

Ralph Costa, a RCW recovery coordinator with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, monitors an RCW nesting cavity. Costa was instrumental in enrolling Brosnan Forest in the RCW Safe Harbor program in 1999. Costa and five graduate students have been conducting RCW research at Brosnan Forest since 1998.

Longleaf pine seedling displaying its natural resistance to fire.