Jul. 14, 2005
This act (16 USC 670a-670f, last amended in November 1997) authorizes the Secretary of Defense to carry out a program to provide for the conservation and rehabilitation of natural resources on military installations.
The Act makes the Secretary of each military department responsible for:
- determining whether an Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan (INRMP)
is appropriate for each installation
- preparing the INRMP in cooperation with the Secretary of the Interior,
acting through the Director of the US FWS, and the head of each appropriate
state fish and wildlife agency
- preparing and implementing the INRMP to reflect the mutual agreement of the
parties concerning conservation, protection, and management of fish and wildlife
resources
- ensuring, to the extent feasible, that sufficient number of professionally
trained natural resources management personnel and natural resources law
enforcement personnel are available and assigned responsibility to carry out all
of Title 16 - Conservation, including the preparation and implementation of
INRMPs (16 USC 670e-2).
Full Text of Act available
here.
Executive Order 13423
