Wolf at the Door: Competing Land Use Values on Military Installations.

摘要

Federal land use law and policy have evolved from encouraging settlement and development to requiring retention and multiple use. A fierce, sometimes violent, competition has developed for the use of this land, as federal land management agencies seek to serve all ends with limited resources. Now these land management agencies are calling on the military to share its training lands to support non-military goals. With increasing frequency, the military is being asked to play a major role in wildlife conservation, and to set aside its land for the protection, and even the introduction, of endangered species. The military should continue its policy of wise stewardship, but should seek protective legislation, in the form of amendments to the endangered species act. The U.S. should move toward a national land management strategy by creating a National Trustee Board to establish and implement land use policy. In addition, DoD should appoint a Wildlife Coordinator, or "Wildlife Czar" to oversee the various wildlife conservation programs on military installations. The Wildlife Czar should sit on the National Trustee Board, so that DoD will have a formal voice in the development of federal land management policy.