Approach for the Development of Integrated Natural Resources Management Plans (INRMPs) for Eleven Navy Installations in the Southeastern United States
✍ Scribed by David Helter
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Weight
- 274 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1048-4078
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
The Sikes Act Improvement Act mandates that all U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) installations
prepare and implement an Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan (INRMP) by November 17, 2001.
The INRMP is a management‐planning document that establishes guidelines for the use and conservation of
natural resources on lands and waters under DOD control, and incorporates as its primary goal the support of its
military mission, while managing, protecting, and enhancing the biological integrity and productivity of
military lands and waters.
This article discusses the philosophy and holistic approach used in preparing the basic programmatic
structure of the INRMPs for 11 of the U.S. Department of the Navy's installations. It also includes
discussions on the formulation of goals and objectives that initiate a logical sequence of actions for achieving
the long‐range aim of ecosystem management, and on the development of issue‐based,
long‐term practices for managing natural resources, as well as how these issues were used in the
formulation of goals and objectives. Management practices for activities related to land management, forestry
management, fish and wildlife, outdoor recreation, and land impact are also addressed.
This article explores the use of and rationale for the development of natural resource‐management
focuses in the context of the functional areas recognized for each installation. Functional areas have been
identified at each installation for the purpose of acknowledging the existing use of discrete areas for the
military mission, and to identify natural resource‐management focuses with geographic emphasis on the
management practices (e.g., outdoor recreation and forestry management) necessary to achieve the
long‐term goals and objectives of the INRMP. This article concludes with a discussion on recurring issues
in the preparation of the INRMP and future expectations of, and needs for, the INRMP. © 2001 John Wiley
& Sons, Inc.