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	Spring 2010 The Department of Defense Sustainable Ranges Initiative (SRI) ensures the long-term viability and continuity of military training and testing areas while providing good stewardship for the land. Through a framework of continuing cooperative and coordinated efforts within government, and partnerships with groups beyond installation boundaries, DoD’s Sustainable Ranges Initiative is helping to safeguard America and sustain our lands and resources for years to come. Announcements December 7th, 2009 Camp Ripley Awards Recognition: 2009 Association of Minnesota Counties Annual Conference Awards >>read more January 4th, 2010 Preston Bryant, Secretary of Natural Resources, receives the Department of the Army’s Outstanding Civilian Service Medal >>read more January 22, 2010, Governor Crist Recommends $2.1-Billion Environment Budget, Revives Florida Forever: Stewardship of natural resources safeguards Florida’s present and future economy. Florida Forever has been a very important partner to the Office of the Secretary of Defense's Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative, leveraging resources around important missions including those at Camp Blanding and Eglin Air Force Base. >>read more 2010 REPI REPORT TO CONGRESS RELEASED >>read more
					In this Issue: Announcements Featured Partner Featured Conference Featured Articles From the Wires Regional Partnership Updates Future Conferences Upcoming Training

					Future Conferences April 26-30 NatureServe Conservation Conference 2010: Biodiversity without Boundaries Austin, TX >>web site May 3-6 National Mitigation & Ecosystem Banking Conference Austin, TX >>web site May 26-28 National Association of Counties (NACo) Western Interstate Region Conference Billings, MT >>web site June 14-17 National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Environment, Energy, & Sustainability Symposium & Exhibition (JSEM) Denver, CO >>web site June 15-17 The 2010 National Associate of Regional Councils (NARC) 44th Annual Conference and Exhibition Cleveland, OH >>web site June 15-16 National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) 2010 Summer Meeting Seattle, WA >>web site June 27-29 Western Governors Association (WGA) Annual Meeting White Fish, MT >>web site October 2-5 2010 Land Trust Alliance Rally Hartford, CT >>web site November 13-17 Restore America’s Estuaries’ 2010 National Conference on Coastal and Marine Estuarine Habitat Restoration Galveston, TX >>web site ::::::::::::: back to top ::::::::::::: upcoming Training April 26-28 Planning for Climate Change Using a Green Infrastructure Approach Shepherdstown, WV >>web site April 26-30 Endangered Species Recovery Planning and Implementation (CSP3173) Shepherdstown, WV >>web site May 24-28 Federal Activities and the Fish & Wildlife Coordination Act - (FWCA) (ECS3132) Shepherdstown, WV >>web site June 14-18 Wetland Restoration/Enhancement (ECS3105) Santee, SC >>web site June 28-July 2 Principles of Modeling for Conservation Planning and Analysis (ECS3149) Shepherdstown, WV >>web site August 3-6 GIS Tools for Strategic Conservation Planning Shepherdstown, WV >>web site October 25-29 Water Reuse for Intensive Fish Culture Shepherdstown, WV >>web site
	Featured Partner Sierra Club The Sierra Club is American’s oldest and largest grassroots environmental organization. Founded in 1892 by the naturalist John Muir, the Sierra Club has grown to over 1.3 million members working together to preserve wildlife and protect our communities. The Sierra Club is able to expand the depth and variety of its programs by partnering with the Department of Defense and other stakeholders. The Sierra Club’s Military Family Outdoors program connects military veterans, service members, and their families with the learning powers of our natural environment. *Through Operation Purple, this program offers a free week of summer camp to kids in military families.* >>read more The Sierra Club has published a short novel that shows the resilient connection man has with nature, even in a country ravaged by war. Birding Babylon: A Soldier’s Journal From Iraq, by Jonathan Trouern-Trend, is about the author’s time spent bird-watching while in Iraq as a member of the National Guard. >>read more Featured Conference Army encourages greener ways: Army’s Sustainability Conference, January 12-14, 2010 FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA— Army officials came together at Fort Bragg on January 12th to share ways of coping with an expanding military on installations with limited resources. The three-day conference emphasized sustainability as key to mission sustainment, and included topics such as planning, infrastructure, utilities, recycling, training areas and land management >>read more ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: back to top ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Featured articles Innovative Solutions Found for Camp Bullis’ Encroachment CAMP BULLIS, TEXAS—Camp Bullis is the only field training location for Fort Sam Houston, an urbanized 3,000 acre post in the heart of San Antonio which is home to Army medic training and soon to all DoD medic training. However, Camp Bullis faces severe encroachment issues which could jeopardize its viability. >>read more A Base for War Training, and Species Preservation, New York Times, Leslie Kaufman, Feb 21st, 2010 FORT STEWART, GEORGIA—Even as it conducts round-the-clock exercises to support two wars, Fort Stewart spends as much as $3 million a year on wildlife management, diligently grooming its 279,000 acres to accommodate five endangered species that live here. Last year, the wildlife staff even built about 100 artificial cavities and installed them 25 feet high in large pines so the woodpeckers did not have to toil for six months carving the nests themselves. >>read more U.S. Fleet Forces Command: All Things Missile program NORFOLK, VIRGINIA—U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) and U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) conducted a proof of concept test of the All Things Missile program Dec. 14-16 at the JFCOM test lab in Suffolk, Virgina. All Things Missile is an ongoing initiative to provide a Joint training environment for all aspects of missile defense by bridging gaps between systems used by military and government agencies. Eric Sealand (pictured) is the head of the Joint and Sustainment Training Office at U.S. Fleet Forces Command in Norfolk, Virginia. >>read more U.S. Fleet Forces Command: All Things Missile program VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA—Commander, U.S. Second Fleet, completed a Fleet Synthetic Training-Joint, or FST-J, in October. It was the culminating event in USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group’s Major Combat Operations pre deployment certification. >>read more
	:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: back to top :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: From the Wires February 23, 2010 State proposal cuts money that helps buy land to shield Oceana, The Virginian-Pilot, By Deirdre Fernandes >>read more February 18, 2010 Pentagon Making Room for Wildlife at Military Bases, New York Times, By Dina Fine Maron of Greenwire >>read more January 29, 2010 Air Force Space Command selected as Demonstration Command for Encroachment, Air Force Space Command Public Affairs >>read more January 4, 2010 Government buys land near Navy runway where subdivision had been planned, The Times-Picayune, By Paul Purpura >>read more December 31, 2009 Preservation Group Finds Bargains in Housing Bust, New York Times, By Leslie Kaufman, >>read more
	regional partnership updates

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