Military Training: Implementation Strategy Needed to Increase Interagency Management for Endangered Species Affecting Training Ranges

Abstract

Military lands provide habitat for more than 300 species that must be protected under the Endangered Species Act and many other species that may become endangered. In some cases, military installations provide some of the finest remaining habitat for these species. However, Department of Defense (DOD) officials stated that protection of endangered species may result in land-use restrictions that reduce the militarys flexibility to use land for training. GAO was asked to examine the (1) extent to which DOD and other nearby federal land managers in the region are managing cooperatively for endangered species affecting military training ranges and (2) factors that can limit cooperative management for endangered species on military training ranges.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2003
Accession Number
AD1152017

Entities

People

  • Barry Hill
  • Barry Holman
  • Byron Galloway
  • Mark Little
  • Michelle K. Treistman
  • Patricia Mcclure
  • Patricia Nichol
  • R. K. Wild
  • Tommy Baril

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Birds
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Endangered Species
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Environmental Security
  • Geographic Regions
  • Governments
  • Habitats
  • Interagency Coordination
  • International Relations
  • Law
  • Military Training
  • Public Policy
  • United States
  • Wildlife

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Archaeological Resource Survey
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Marine Mammal Biology