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Military Installations: The Other Public Lands Dale D. Goble University of Idaho
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Congressional Research Service 2010
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Scott et al. Bioscience 2008
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Sikes Act of 1960 Authorized DoD to open military installations to hunting and fishing to manage wildlife, fish, and game through a “cooperative” wildlife plan developed with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the state fish and game department
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Sikes Act Improvement Act of 1997 Required planning and implementation to conserve and rehabilitate natural resources to ensure “sustainable use” of those resources to provide public access
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Integrated Natural Resource Management Plans (INRMP) (A) “fish and wildlife management, land management, forest management, and fish-and wildlife-oriented recreation; (B) Fish and wildlife habitat enhancement or modifications;” (D) “integration of, and consistency among the… activities to be conducted”; (F) “sustainable use by the public of natural resources…”;
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The Navy shall be organized, trained, and equipped primarily for prompt and sustained combat [and] is responsible for the preparation of naval forces for the effective persecution of war. 10 U.S.C. 5062(a) The Navy’s job:
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INRMPs must be “[c]onsistent with the use of military installations to ensure the preparedness of the Armed Forces” “provide for… no net loss in the capability of military installation land to support the military mission of the installation”
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INRMPs are to be prepared in cooperation with [USFWS and the state fish and game agency and] shall reflect the mutual agreement of the parties
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INRMPs shall provide "fish and wildlife management, land management, forest management, and fish- and wildlife-oriented recreation"
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The Secretary of each military department shall provide an opportunity for the submission of public comments on [INRMPs]. Public participation
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