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Environmental planning services are provided by the Fort Worth District through Environmental Resources Branch in Environmental Division. Environmental Resources Branch has a well rounded interdisciplinary staff of professionals in the fields of wildlife and fisheries biology, forestry, archeology, historic architecture, geology, and environmental engineering. These environmental professionals support the District and it's customers with their responsibilities for resource stewardship and compliance with environmental and cultural resources laws.

Every effort is made to achieve a balance between use of in-house staff and contract capability in meeting our customers needs. In addition to the in-house capability identified above, the Branch retains significant funding per year in contract capability. These contracts include several broad discipline Professional Services Indefinite Quantity (IDQ) Contracts. Additional Professional Services contracts are in-place specifically to support cultural resources efforts. All of these Professional Services contracts are available for field surveys, technical evaluations, studies, and reports. Additionally, the Branch maintains several A-E type IDQ contracts which include design capability as well as the service capabilities of the other contracts.

Customers supported by the Environmental Resources Branch are as varied as the capabilities that the Branch maintains. Memorandums of Agreement are maintained with several Major Commands to provide natural and cultural resources support. Agreements are in-place with the US Air Force Air Combat Command for worldwide support ranging from preparation of Environmental Impact Statements for major force-structure changes or munitions/weapon system programs to Environmental Assessments on minor construction and with the US Army Materiel Command for providing cultural resource support to that Command's installations nationwide. At the request of US Air Force Material Command, the Branch was recently designated by HQ USACE as the Cultural Resources Program Manager for that command. Additionally, under the USACE designation as an "Environmental Support District" which was originally established to support the Army's Environmental Compliance Assessment System, the Branch manages the Army Environmental Center's "Title V" Air Permitting program and regionally supports other programs such as preparation of Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans. Designation as an Environmental Support District was carried forward by agreement between HQUSACE and AEC to be inclusive of a large array of Environmental (non-HTRW) support focusing on NEPA and natural and cultural resources.

Work performed by the Branch has led to a Memorandum of Agreement between the Department of Defense Joint Task Force Six and Fort Worth District for investigations of biological and cultural resources along the US/Mexico border which was recently expanded to the western states. This agreement includes the preparation of a comprehensive Geographic Information System (GIS) database of the entire border region. On the Civil Works side, similar agreements are in-place with US General Services Administration, Immigration and Naturalization Service, and Department of State for environmental studies and site surveys.

Types of environmental planning services performed by the Branch for it's customers, including appropriate coordination with the public and Local, State, and Federal agencies, are as follows: