Reports

Workshop Report: Assessing Species Vulnerability to Climate Change, Applying the RMRS Assessment Tool-August 2010 (Legacy 09-433) (PDF)

On 8/30/2010, the Rocky Mountain Research Station (RMRS) conducted a workshop "Assessing Species Vulnerability to Climate Change. Using the RMRS-USFS assessment tool to assist management goals in the face of climate change" at the Tucson Regional Office of Arizona Game & Fish Department. The purpose of this workshop was to present the findings of Legacy Project #09-433 which used a recently developed species vulnerability to climate change assessment tool to identify relative vulnerability, areas of specific vulnerabilities and potential management actions for threatened, endangered and at-risk species on the Ft. Huachuca and Barry M. Goldwater Ranges in southern Arizona.
 

Publications

Endangered Species Bulletin, Spring 2011, Volume 36, No. 1 (PDF)

Natural Resources Funding Manual (PDF)

The Natural Resources Funding Manual identifies funding resources for which the Department of Defense (DoD) may apply, directly or through partnerships with local, state, or tribal governments; non-governmental organizations (NGOs); commercial organizations; or private landowners. It is intended to facilitate the search for funding sources, but is by no means a comprehensive list of all available resources.
 

Scanning the Conservation Horizon: A Guide to Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment (Legacy 09-460) (PDF)

This guide offers resource managers a way to understand the impact of climate change on species and ecosystems and is a new tool to support efforts to safeguard these valuable natural resources. The peer-reviewed guide is designed to help conservation professionals and natural resource managers craft effective strategies to prepare for and cope with the effects of rapid climate change on the nation's fish, wildlife, and natural habitats.
 

Designing a Geography of Hope: Practitioner's Handbook to Ecoregional Conservation Planning - Volume I and II, April 2000 (Legacy 00-135) (PDF)

The guidelines contained in this second edition provide methods for identifying the conservation sites where action needs to take place.
 

Guidance

Conserving Biodiversity on Military Lands: The Commanders Guide (PDF)

Biodiversity provides us with tangible and intangible benefits to our economy, our health, and our quality of life. For installation leaders, maintaining biodiversity also helps to ensure training and troop readiness. To do so successfully requires access to environments similar to those expected to be encountered in combat. This Guide provides a summary of what Commander's should know about biodiversity conservation. Coral Reef Conservation Guide for the Military
 

Coral Reef Conservation Guide for the Military (PDF)

The purpose of this Guide is to create awareness and outline procedures militaries should use to ensure safe and environmentally responsible behavior in and around coral reefs. Coral reefs are important for environmental, economic, recreational and strategic reasons. They are both beautiful and fragile resources which must be treated with respect. This Guide is intended to help military forces conduct their operations in these sensitive areas while minimizing the potential for adverse impacts to coral reefs.
 

Articles

Article:  Federal Lands and Endangered Species: The Role of Military Lands in Sustaining Biodiversity (PDF)

Bruce A. Stein, Cameron Scott, and Nancy Benton. This article details the findings from a Legacy study (published in BioScience, April 2008 / Vol. 58 No. 4). It explores how endangered and imperiled species are distributed across the federal estate to determine the relative stewardship responsibilities of the major federal land management agencies.
 

General Information

Endangered Species Bulletin (ESB)

News

Threatened and Endangered Species Research Update Newsletter (PDF)

November 2004
 

Threatened and Endangered Species Research Update Newsletter - November 2005 (PDF)

Threatened and Endangered Species Research Update Newsletter - November 2006 (PDF)

Budget Summary

DoD Threatened and Endangered Species Expenditures  (FY1994-FY2008) (PDF)