Accession Number:

ADA551344

Title:

Defense Coastal/Estuarine Research Program (DCERP) Strategic Plan

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

RESEARCH TRIANGLE INST (RTI) RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK NC

Personal Author(s):

• Cunningham, Patricia

Report Date:

2007-09-01

Pagination or Media Count:

94.0

Abstract:

Critical military training and testing on lands along the nations coastal and estuarine shorelines are increasingly placed at risk because of development pressures in surrounding areas, impairments due to other anthropogenic disturbances, and increasing requirements for compliance with environmental regulations. The U.S. Department of Defense DoD intends to enhance and sustain its training and testing assets and to optimize its stewardship of natural resources through the development and application of an ecosystem-based management approach on DoD facilities. To accomplish the above goal, the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program SERDP launched the Defense CoastalEstuarine Research Program DCERP at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune MCBCL in North Carolina. MCBCL provides an ideal platform for DCERP because it integrates coastal barrier, estuarine, coastal wetland, and terrestrial ecosystems, all within the boundaries of DoD properties.

Descriptors:

• *COASTAL REGIONS
• *ECOSYSTEMS
• *ESTUARIES
• *LAND USE
• *MILITARY TRAINING
• *NATURAL RESOURCES
• ENVIRONMENTS
• MILITARY FACILITIES
• PLANNING
• REGULATIONS
• REQUIREMENTS
• RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
• RISK
• SEDIMENT TRANSPORT
• SHORES
• SOIL CONSERVATION
• STRATEGY

Subject Categories:

• Ecology
• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE