Many military installations are sanctuaries for flora and fauna because most are seldom subject to development pressures. DoD manages more than 25 million acres of land in many geographic locations and ecological regions. Additionally, the Navy is required to comply with the Marine Mammal Protection Act. As the numbers of listed species grow, DoD resource requirements will grow in both magnitude and complexity. Better management via improved inventory, monitoring, and impact assessment techniques will minimize inadvertent impacts of mission operations on TES, reduce incidental take, and minimize TES impacts on mission operations.
All installations have historic properties, archeological resources, and cultural sites.
Federal law requires all federal lands to be surveyed and significant archeological resources protected. This delays actions and often inhibits the full use of installation resources. The conservation technologies provided for cultural resource characterization, impact analysis and mitigation can significantly reduce this cost.