Natural Resources: Lessons Learned Regarding Public Land Withdrawn for
Military Use (Testimony, 06/29/94, GAO/T-NSIAD-94-227).

Military operations had not been hampered at the six withdrawn sites GAO
visited in Alaska, Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico, but these operations
had constrained resource management activities. Military commanders at
five of the sites said that they changed some training exercises to
accommodate concerns for wildlife; at one site, officials expressed
concern about meeting training needs because of environmental
constraints. However, the Defense Department restricted access to three
sites, making it difficult for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to
carry out resource management activities. Such restrictions and the
overall military presence have led BLM to assign a low priority to
resource management on military lands. A lack of information on resource
conditions prevents an overall assessment of the impacts. The six sites
could improve resource management by enhancing interagency cooperation
and by strengthening systems to monitor resource management actions.
Resource management at the Goldwater Range in Arizona was an example of
effective cooperation between BLM and the military.

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 REPORTNUM:  T-NSIAD-94-227
     TITLE:  Natural Resources: Lessons Learned Regarding Public Land 
             Withdrawn for Military Use
      DATE:  06/29/94
   SUBJECT:  Wildlife conservation
             Public lands
             Military operations
             Environmental monitoring
             Real property acquisition
             Land management
             Interagency relations
             Conservation
             Natural resources
             Military training
IDENTIFIER:  Alaska
             Arizona
             Nevada
             New Mexico
             
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