The Thin Green Line: An Assessment of DoD's Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative to Buffer Installation Encroachment

by Lachman, Beth E.; Wong, Anny; Resetar, Susan A.

• ISBN13: 9780833041722
• ISBN10: 083304172X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-03-10
• Publisher: RAND Corporation

Summary

This monograph assesses the effectiveness of DoD's Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative to help testing and training installations deal with encroachment from sprawl and other sources. The authors identify the main causes of encroachment; detail the benefits, both to the military and local communities, of buffering areas near installations with REPI projects; and provide recommendations for how to improve REPI's effectiveness. One-liner: This monograph assesses the effectiveness of DoD's Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative in helping military installations develop partnerships to address encroachment with buffering projects on non-military lands.

Table of Contents

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Introduction	p. 1
Understanding the Encroachment Threat	p. 3
How Encroachment Is Being Addressed	p. 19
Methodology and Criteria for Assessing the Accomplishments of the Buffering Activities	p. 37
Assessing Accomplishments Across All the Buffering Projects	p. 45
Findings	p. 79
Recommendations to Improve Military Conservation Buffering	p. 95
The Importance of Biodiversity	p. 107
An Assessment of Eglin AFB's Buffering Activities	p. 111
An Assessment of Fort Carson's Buffering Activities	p. 129
An Assessment of Fort Stewart's Buffering Activities	p. 143
An Assessment of MCAS Beaufort's Buffering Activities	p. 159
An Assessment of NAS Fallon's Buffering Activities	p. 175
An Assessment of NAS Whiting Field's Buffering Activities	p. 189
Background Information on Selected Buffering Projects	p. 201
The Land Price Trend Analysis	p. 211
Bibliography	p. 215
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