The Sikes Act The Sikes Act requires the DoD to develop and implement Integrated Natural Resources Management Plans ( INRMPs ) for military installations . The INRMPs are prepared in cooperation with the U . S . Fish and Wildlife Service and state fish and wildlife agencies to ensure proper consideration of fish , wildlife , and habitat needs . The Sikes Act requires INRMPs to be reviewed at least every five years by the military and the states . Air Force Instruction 32‐7064 , Integrated Natural Resources Management , guides the Air Force implementation of the Sikes Act .
United States Avian Hazard Advisory System ( USAHAS ) The U . S . Avian Hazard Advisory System ( USAHAS ) is a geographic information system‐based bird avoidance model developed by the U . S . Air Force used for “ analysis and correlation of bird habitat , migration , and breeding characteristics , combined with key environmental and man‐made geospatial data .” The model provides up‐to‐date information – “ near real‐time ” – about bird activity and movements to assist pilots and flight planners in the scheduling and use of flight routes . The model can also be used as a forecasting tool to estimate bird strike risk . Information from the North American Breeding Bird Survey , Audubon Christmas Bird Count , bird refuge databases , and the U . S . Air Force Bird‐Aircraft Strike database as well as public domain information regarding landfill locations is used to formulate the bird activity and movement data . The model is available for use by agencies and the general public , accessible from the USAHAS website at http :// www . usahas . com /.
United States Fish and Wildlife Service ( USFWS ) The ESA is administered by the USFWS and the Commerce Department ’ s National Marine Fisheries Service ( NMFS ). The USFWS has primary responsibility for terrestrial and freshwater organisms , while the responsibilities of NMFS are mainly marine wildlife , such as whales , and anadromous fish , such as salmon . Under the ESA , species may be listed as either endangered or threatened . “ Endangered ” means a species is in danger
of extinction throughout all or a significant portio means a species is likely to become endangered w
When a species is proposed for listing as endange ESA , USFWS must consider whether there are are essential to the species ’ conservation . Those are designation as “ critical habitat .” A critical habita necessarily restrict further development ; it is a re that they must make special efforts to protect the these areas .
Only activities that involve a federal permit , licen to destroy or adversely modify the area of critical this is the case , USFWS will work with the federal appropriate , private or other landowners to amen proceed without adversely affecting the critical h
4.3 . Keesler AFB Plans and Program
The Keesler AFB tools provide guidance for land u activities on and adjacent to the installation . The decisions that occur inside the fence line or withi military mission footprint in relation to the milita military mission .
These tools also provide guidance and establish m operating procedures during certain events , such conditions and / or the parameters for conductin of the complex . There are various installation too assisting and guiding land use decisions in regard
Air Installation Compatible Use Zones Study The U . S . DoD initiated the AICUZ program to assis communities in anticipating , identifying , and prom and development near military installations with
Background Report