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Bird Conservation and Mission Support:
How Do Natural Resources Managers
Support the Training and Testing
Mission?
Richard A. Fischer, Ph.D.
U.S. Army Engineer R&D Center, Vicksburg, MS
US Army Corps of Engineers
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DoD Natural Resources Mgrs
Activities Support the Training and
Testing Mission
• Support the military mission by
ensuring sustained access to land, air
and sea resources while:
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Protecting important natural and
cultural resources
Meeting all legal requirements
Promoting compatible multiple uses
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Should We (can we??) Quantify Benefits
of Our Activities and Actions?
• While our activities consistently provide mission
support, there is little tangible and quantifiable
information that directly shows this support:
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Actions save DoD money?
Actions that provide more mission days?
By quantifying tangible benefits to the mission,
we increase awareness of our monitoring and
management programs and provide further
justification of the need for a focus conservation
activities.
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Why Does DoD Monitor Birds?
 Support the training and testing
mission
 Compliance with legislation
 Obtain basic inventory data
 Identify problems and their causes
 Help design management programs
 Evaluate successes and failures of
management
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Why Does DoD Monitor Birds?
Compliance with Legislation
• Migratory Bird Treaty Act (1918)
• Endangered Species Act
• Executive Order 13186
 2001 - “Responsibilities of Federal
Agencies to Protect Migratory Birds”
• Sikes Act
 Recognizes the importance of military lands for their
natural resources and provides mechanism for their
conservation while still meeting the military mission.
• Migratory Bird Rule
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Why Does DoD Monitor Birds?
Monitoring for Conservation
Secretive
Marsh Birds
Shorebirds
Raptor and Upland
Game Birds
Landbirds
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Waterfowl
Donnelly TA, Alaska
Alaska Sharp-tailed Grouse
Tympanuchus phasianellus caurus
Willow ptarmigan
US Army Corps of Engineers
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Monitoring Activities That
Support the Mission
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Barry M. Goldwater Range, East
John Arnett
Airspace no-fly buffers around a hypothetical Bald Eagle nest in Arizona
Red = 1 nautical mile radius (1994 to 2014)
- less than 40 occupied breeding areas in AZ
Green = 2,000 feet radius (2014-present)
US Army Corps of Engineers
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- over 50 occupied breeding areas in AZ
Patuxent River Naval Air Station
Kyle Rambo
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NASO Dam Neck Annex, VA
Michael Wright
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Management Actions That
Support the Mission
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Fort Wainwright, AK
John Haddix
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Reducing Conflicts When
Training Ranges are Habitat
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Naval Base Coronado, CA
Tiffany Shepherd
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Naval Base Coronado, CA
Tiffany Shepherd
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Naval Base Coronado, CA
Tiffany Shepherd
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Reducing Conflicts When Ranges are Habitat
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Reducing Conflicts When Ranges are Habitat
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Habitat Management and
Mission Support
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Fort Lee, VA
Dana Bradshaw
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Fort Riley, KS
Jeff Keating
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Fort Belvoir, VA
Greg Fleming
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Should We Quantify Benefits?
• Many examples of where our activities support the
mission, but we could do better job putting info together
• We need to do a better job of articulating the benefits of
our work (quantitatively and qualitatively)
• Document where monitoring and management actions
are providing cost savings or increasing training
capabilities
• Please provide input through your DoD PIF
Representative (www.dodpif.org) -- or --• [email protected]
“The tighter we can link what we do to mission
readiness, the more we can illustrate how
integral bird conservation is a Commander's
mission and the more support and acceptance
we will garner.” (Joe Hautzenroder, U.S. Navy)
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QUESTIONS?
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DoD Partners in Flight
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Fort Knox, Kentucky
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