The NRI Ecological Resilience Team conducts Species Status Assessments for species of conservation concern, including species like the red-cockaded woodpecker, the diamondback rattlesnake, lake sturgeon, Key deer, wood turtle and the gopher tortoise. The team works directly with multiple state and federal agencies, and private entities, in compiling the best available science that will serve as the basis of Endangered Species Act (ESA) decisions from listing, delisting and downlisting.

To accomplish the institute’s goals, the team works to develop and promote conservation strategies and delivery systems to support species of concern through innovative ESA-based solutions, by identifying and promoting revitalized and reshaped collaborative relationships between key partners, particularly state and federal wildlife agencies.