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Military Installations:
The Other Public Lands
Dale D. Goble
University of Idaho
Federal Acreage
300,000,000
250,000,000
200,000,000
150,000,000
100,000,000
50,000,000
0
BLM
DOD
FS
USFWS
NPS
Congressional Research Service 2010
Distribution of endangered and imperiled species on federal agency
lands
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
BLM
DOD
FS
ESA status species
USFWS
NPS
Imperiled species
Scott et al. Bioscience 2008
Density of endangered and imperiled species on federal agency lands
4
Number of species per 100,000 hectares
3.5
3
2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5
0
BLM
DOD
ESA status species
FS
USWFS
NPS
Imperiled species
Scott et al. Bioscience 2008
Sikes Act of 1960
Authorized DoD
• to open military installations to hunting and fishing
• to manage wildlife, fish, and game through a
“cooperative” wildlife plan developed with U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service and the state fish and game
department
Sikes Act Improvement Act of
1997
Required planning and implementation
• to conserve and rehabilitate natural resources
• to ensure “sustainable use” of those resources
• to provide public access
Integrated Natural Resource
Management Plans (INRMP)
(A) “fish and wildlife management, land
management, forest management, and fish-and
wildlife-oriented recreation;
(B) Fish and wildlife habitat enhancement or
modifications;”
(D) “integration of, and consistency among the…
activities to be conducted”;
(F) “sustainable use by the public of natural
resources…”;
The Navy’s job:
The Navy shall be organized, trained, and
equipped primarily for prompt and sustained
combat [and] is responsible for the preparation
of naval forces for the effective persecution of
war.
10 U.S.C. • 5062(a)
INRMPs must
• be “[c]onsistent with the use of military
installations to ensure the preparedness of the
Armed Forces”
• “provide for… no net loss in the capability of
military installation land to support the military
mission of the installation”
INRMPs are to be prepared
• in cooperation with [USFWS and the state fish and
game agency and] shall reflect the mutual
agreement of the parties
INRMPs shall provide
• "fish and wildlife management, land management,
forest management, and fish- and wildlife-oriented
recreation"
Public participation
The Secretary of each military department shall
provide an opportunity for the submission of
public comments on [INRMPs].