Workshop on New Grass Germplasms
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Danny Moss, Wyoming National Guard
Problems here are similar to those at the Orchard Training Area in Idaho.
to K per year is spent on seed.
Army Corps of Engineers
Bill Casale, Sacramento District
The Corps of Engineers does both military and civil works projects. On
the military side, the Corps is a reimbursable agency that does tasks for other
organizations. In this capacity we do not manage lands, we act as advisors,
mostly for the Army but also for the Air Force and Navy. On the civil works
side, the Corps does manage lands around lakes, reservoirs, flood control
projects, and multi-use lands. On the lands managed by the Corps we do have
problems with invasive species, such as cheatgrass and star thistle. Urbanization
is also a problem, creating conflicts between multi-use management and heavy
recreation use.
Army Environmental Center
David Lorenz, USDA-NRSC liaison to AEC
The Army Environmental Center, located at Aberdeen Proving Ground,
Maryland, provides installation support concerning the environment including
but not limited to reclamation, acquisition, compliance, restoration, range and
munitions, conservation, human resources, pollution prevention, cleanup,
unexploded ordnance (UXO), and technology demonstration and transfer.
National Park Service
Pamela Benjamin, Intermountain Region
The National Park Service (NPS) currently is composed of 389 park units
nationwide, encompassing 83 million acres of land.
are major issues for the National Park Service (NPS). Both of these issues are
identified as reportable Performance Management Category 1 Mission Goals
for the NPS in accordance with the Government Performance and Results Act.
Close to three million acres are currently identified service-wide as "targeted"
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