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![U.S. Marine Corp tank photo by Department of Defense](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20170105052018im_/https://www.fws.gov/endangered/media/tank-dod.jpg)
In a valuable training exercise, a 26-ton Marine Corps tank plows through pickleweed in wetland mudflats, improving habitat for endangered Hawaiian stilts before the nesting season.
Photo credit: Department of Defense
In 2004, in accordance with the National Defense Authorization Act (Public Law number 108-136), Congress enacted an associated amendment to the Endangered Species Act.
Section 4(a)(3) exempted the Department of Defense from critical habitat designations so long as an integrated natural resources management plan prepared under section 101 of the Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 670a) and acceptable to the Secretary of the Interior is in place.
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July 15, 2013
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