Sustainability and National Security

Sustainability National Security Military Lands Management: The Ecological Foundation of Sustainability William W. Doe III 11 ...

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Introduction Since the early 1990’s, the U.S. Armed Services have developed and implemented a wide range of initiatives and prog ...

to a particular region of the world. Thus, the Army needs diverse landscapes in which to train units and test equipment as “oper ...

371 Figure 1. Map of major U.S. military installations (Doe 2011). military land inventory. Land management respon- sibilities l ...

response to hurricanes, tsunamis and earthquakes (Doe et al. 2006). While the total footprint remains ap- proximately the same a ...

Ground, AZ, a weapons, equipment and vehicle test site in the desert, comprising approximately one mil- lion acres (404,700 ha). ...

374 vegetation characteristics across continents, which also exhibit similar landforms, soil, flora, fauna, and ecological succe ...

Historical Roots and Evolution of Environmental Stewardship in the Army The Army’s engagement with land stewardship and natural ...

Range of the Rocky Mountains in the 1830’s, included geologists, botanists, zoologists, artists, surveyors, as- tronomers and me ...

The Army emerged from the frontier era at the be- ginning of the 20th century as an international power beginning with World War ...

publish a variety of professional service manuals (re- ferred to as Training Circulars and Field Manuals) to codify and address ...

public universities, such as Colorado State Univer- sity and the University of Virginia (Doe 2010; Zeidler 2010). Integrated Nat ...

home to Eglin AFB and other major DOD installations, was enacted in 1960 “to promote effectual planning, development, maintenanc ...

and community members to enjoy the outdoors and local environments associated with military installa- tions. In order to accompl ...

inventorying and monitoring of vegetation and soils, rehabilitation and repair of damaged lands, and GIS mapping and modeling (B ...

species of flora and fauna and become increasingly valuable for their ecological value and ecosystem ser- vices. The DOD has ove ...

Military lands are required to comply with the pro- visions of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and other environmental laws. Th ...

Each of the services has incorporated policies re- garding ecosystem management and biodiversity con- servation into their natur ...

Encroachment Issues and Conflicts Despite the many successes and strides noted by the military in moving towards a sustainable l ...