Endangered Species Bulletin -- January/February 1997

When picturing wildlife habitat, most people envision a park or wildlife refuge, not a military base. But Department of Defense installations contain some of the best remaining habitats for our nation's vulnerable plant and animal species. In terms of acreage, the Defense Department is the fifth largest Federal land manager. Extensive areas of exceptional ecological value have been spared from development by the closures necessary for military testing and training. In 1991, Congress directed the Pentagon to "address urgent issues of biological diversity" as part of the Defense Department's Legacy Resource Management Program. To help accomplish this task, Defense has reached out to form resource management partnerships with the Fish and Wildlife Service, Forest Service, The Nature Conservancy, and a variety of other organizations. This edition of the Endangered Species Bulletin features some of these cooperative efforts.

Endangered Species Bulletin -- January/February 1997 -- Feature Story

(Reprinted from the Endangered Species Bulletin* Vol. XXII No. 1)