Adaptation Strategies for Training Lands and Ranges at Fort Leonard Wood, MO

Abstract

In the United States and its territories, the Department of Army manages approximately 11 million acres of land for military use. The repeated and consumptive use of these lands for military training and testing activities, which is unique to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), creates a significant land management challenge. Superimposed upon these types of disturbance-related impacts are climate change scenarios that predict warming and greater climatic variability for the foreseeable future, including more frequent and severe droughts and intense storm events. This work identified and described several key planning and management activities that can be implemented in the face of a changing climate to ensure that training and testing ranges at Fort Leonard Wood, MO will continue to provide sustainable, realistic, and cost effective training opportunities for the warfighter well into the future.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1023395

Entities

People

  • Andrew M. Hamblin
  • Annette L. Stumpf
  • Dick L. Gebhart
  • Ryan R. Busby
  • Susan J. Bevelheimer

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Climate Change
  • Climate Change Adaptation
  • Department Of Defense
  • Ecology
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Materials
  • Military Training
  • Natural Resources
  • Organic Materials
  • Plants
  • Soil Science
  • Solid Waste
  • Standards
  • Training
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Facility/Structural Engineering.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Wetland-Land-Environmental Management.