Accession Number:

ADA280299

Title:

Natural Resources: Defense and Interior Can Better Manage Land Withdrawn for Military Use

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC NATIONAL SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIV

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

1994-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

59.0

Abstract:

The law defines how DoD and the Department of the Interior agencies are to operate in managing the resources of lands controlled by the military. Military needs have priority over resource management. DoD is authorized to establish military uses on the lands without consulting with Interior, and Interiors resource management activities require DoD concurrence. The law requires Interior to develop a resource management plan after consultation with DoD. It also requires both Interior and DoD to enter into an agreement to implement the resource management plans. Interiors Bureau of Land Management BLM has primary resource management responsibilities at all six sites. Another Interior agency, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service FWS, manages two national wildlife refuges that have airspace under military control Goldwater Range in Arizona and the Nellis Range complex in Nevada

Descriptors:

• *ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
• *LAND USE
• *DAMAGE CONTROL
• *RANGES(FACILITIES)
• MILITARY OPERATIONS
• MILITARY REQUIREMENTS
• TOXIC HAZARDS
• VEHICLE TRACKS
• EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL
• WILDLIFE
• HABITATS
• WATER RESOURCES
• NATURAL RESOURCES
• RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Subject Categories:

• Environmental Health and Safety

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE