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I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e

Expectations and Mission: Interagency Biologists on

Air Force Property

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Mr. Jason GibbonsAFCEC/CZOW

5Mar15

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e 2

Overview

• Air Force Leadership - One Mission

• Wildlife Services - Federal Leadership

• Managing Expectations and Expertise

o Air Force Safety Centero Air Force Civil Engineer Centero Wildlife Services


Mission

• Air Force Leadership - One Mission

Fly, fight, and win in air, space, and cyberspace


Mission

• Air Force Leadership - One Missiono Bird/Wildlife Aircraft Strike Hazards

Air Force Safety Center Air Force Civil Engineer Center


Mission


Air Force Safety Center – BASH Team Goal is the preservation of war fighting capabilities

through the reduction of wildlife hazards to aircraft operations.

Air Force's point-of-contact for worldwide on-site and remote technical BASH assistance.

Coordinate and develop policy, collect and analyze wildlife strike data through AFSAS, provide the BAM/AHAS for low-level BASH awareness, and coordinate for BASH equipment approval.


Mission


Air Force Civil Engineer Center – Environmental Management Directorate, Operations Division

Provides direct installation support by planning and programming environmental requirements, developing permits and plans, and executing projects.

Installation Support Teams (ISTs) serve as installation advocates and are the office of primary responsibility for execution, addressing regional issues or leading regional enterprise initiatives.

ISTs also develop, acquire, and oversee environmental-funded contracts in their regions.


Davis -Monthan AFBMaxwell/ Gunter AFB

Seymour Johnson AFB

JB Andrews

Hanscom AFB

Niagara Falls

Westover ARB

Homestead ARB

New Boston AFS

Pittsburgh

Minot AFBGrand Forks AFB

Laughlin AFB

DobbinsBMGR (Range)

Poinsett (Range)

Cape Canaveral

March ARB

Patrick AFBMacDill AFB Avon Park AFS

Moody AFB

McConnell AFB

Cannon AFB

Youngstown ARS

Vance AFB

Dyess AFB

Shaw AFB

Dover AFB

Edwards AFB

Luke AFB

Mountain Home AFB

Fairchild AFB

Malmstrom AFB

Ellsworth AFB

Holloman AFBSheppard AFB

Grissom ARB

Altus AFB

Hurlburt

Robins AFB

Carswell ARS

West Region

(EPA 4, 6 and 9)

East Region(EPA 1, 2, 3 and 4)

Midwest Region(EPA 5, 7, 8 and 10)

Hill AFB

Willow Grove

Los Angeles AFB

a/o 15 Jul 14

UTTR (Range)

Claiborne Range

Little Rock AFB

Buckley AFB

Air ForceAcademy Schriever AFB

Cheyenne Mnt AFS

F.E. Warren AFB

Wright-Patterson AFB

Beale AFB Travis AFB

Eglin AFB

Vandenberg AFB Nellis AFB

Kirtland AFB

Peterson AFB

Offutt AFB

Scott AFB

JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst

JB Langley-Eustis

JB Charleston

Barksdale AFB

Tinker AFB

JB San Antonio

AlconburyAvianoCroughtonFairfordIncirlikIzmirLajesLakenheathMenwith HillMildenhallMolesworthMoronRamsteinSpangdahlem

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS

611 CES

JB Elmendorf Richardson

KadenaKunsanMisawaOsanYokota

Eielson AFB

Clear AFS

PACAF Region

All overseas US Space Assets (Central Contracted @ Peterson)

Installation Support Team (IST)Regions

USAFE Region

Tyndall AFB

Installation Support Team (IST)

JB Cape Cod

Columbus AFB

Minneapolis-St Paul ARS

Keesler AFB

Goodfellow AFB

Creech AFB

Arnold AFB

Whiteman AFB

Rome Lab


Mission

• Air Force Leadership - One Mission o Air Force Instruction 32-7064 (Natural Resources):

“The primary objective of AF natural resources programs is to sustain, restore and modernize natural, statutory and workforce infrastructure to ensure operational capability.”

o Air Force Instruction 91-202 (Mishap Prevention):

“Minimize loss of Air Force resources and protect Air Force personnel from death, injuries or occupational illnesses by managing risks on- and off-duty.


USDA-APHIS-WS

• Wildlife Services – Federal Leadership

Authorized by Congress to provide leadership and assistance in wildlife damage management


USDA-APHIS-WS


Authorized by Congress: Animal Damage Control Act (1931):“The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to conduct such investigations, experiments, and tests as he may deem necessary in order to determine, demonstrate, and promulgate the best methods of eradication, suppression, or bringing under control on national forests and other areas of the public domain as well as on State, Territory or privately owned lands of (a long list of wildlife)… and other animals injurious to agriculture, horticulture, forestry, animal husbandry, wild game animals, furbearing animals, and birds, and for the protection of livestock and other domestic animals through the suppression of rabies and tularemia in predatory or other wild animals;


USDA-APHIS-WS


Authorized by Congress: Animal Damage Control Act (1931):“and to conduct campaigns for the destruction or control of such animals. Provided that in carrying out the provisions of this Section, the Secretary of Agriculture may cooperate with States, individuals, and public and private agencies, organizations, and institutions.”


USDA-APHIS-WS


Authorized by Congress: Animal Damage Control Act (1931):o Strengthened in 1988 with the Rural Development, Agriculture,

and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. “… authorized to conduct activities… in the control of nuisance mammals and birds and those mammal and bird species that are reservoirs for zoonotic diseases…”

o Amended in FY2001 Agriculture Appropriations Bill “… The Secretary of Agriculture may conduct a program of wildlife services with respect to injurious animal species…”


USDA-APHIS-WS


Authorized by Congress to provide leadership and assistance in wildlife damage management


USDA-APHIS-WS


Provide leadership and assistance: Since 1931, with changes in societal values, WS’

policies and programs place greater emphasis on the part of the Act discussing “bringing (damage) under control,” rather than “eradication” and “suppression” of wildlife populations


USDA-APHIS-WS


Provide leadership and assistance: USDA National Wildlife Research Center, Fort

Collins, COo Evaluates damage situations and develops methods and tools o Designs studies to ensure that the methods developed to

alleviate animal damage are biologically sound, effective, safe, economical, and acceptable to the public.

o Produce the appropriate methods, technology, and materials for reducing animal damage.

o Through the publication of results and the exchange of technical information, the Center provides valuable data and expertise to the public and the scientific community, as well as to the operational WS program.


USDA-APHIS-WS


Provide leadership and assistance: WS Operations

T&E Species Protection

Columbia River Salmon

Western Snowy Plover

Aleutian Canada Goose

Public Health/Safety

Aviation/BASH

Rabies

Wildlife Disease Surveillance

Agriculture

Livestock Protection

Rice and Fruits

Commercial Timber

Aquaculture


USDA-APHIS-WS


Provide leadership and assistance: WS Operations

o Provide BASH or other WDM support at ~ 24 USAF installations nationwide

• Eglin • Shaw• Avon Park AFR• JBLE-Eustis• Tyndall• Hickam

• Wake Is

• Bellows• Malmstrom• Minot• Buckley• Scott

• Whiteman• JB Elmendorf-

Richardson • Beale• Travis• March• Sheppard

• Vance• Columbus• Laughlin

• Luke• JB San Antonio• Eielson• Eareckson


Expectations and Expertise

• Identifying appropriate projects

• Accepting respective roles and responsibilities

• Communication – internal and external



• Identifying appropriate projectso What is wildlife damage management?

“The reduction or alleviation of damage or other problems caused by, or related to, the

presence of wildlife”




Ecosystem classification

Vegetation Fish and Wildlife

Management Invasive Species Threatened and

Endangered Species Forest Management Wetlands Floodplains

Coastal and Marine Resources

Grounds Maintenance Wildland Fire

Management Outdoor Recreation Agriculture Outleasing BASH

INRMP emphasis:




Fish and Wildlife Management Baseline presence/absence surveys (12 months) Nuisance wildlife capture/removal and surveillance

Invasive Species Vertebrates-only; capture/removal and surveillance

Threatened and Endangered Species Focus on predators and T&E species protection USFWS/NOAA BiOp compliance

BASH Hazard assessment, wildlife hazing and depredation



• Identifying appropriate projectso What is NOT wildlife damage management?

Reconsider if needing:

Tree planting or habitat restoration (National Public Lands Day, Arbor Day, Earth Day…)

Recreation (Kid’s Fishing Day, other hunting/fishing programs)

Invasive plants/weed spraying

Wetland – 404 permit compliance

Building goose-nest boxes



• Accepting respective roles and responsibilities

Wildlife Services

Safety

Environmental



• Accepting respective roles and responsibilitieso Safety

Ensure airmen and aircraft operate in the safest possible environment

Identify, defend and communicate acceptable levels of risk

Implement programs and procedures to maintain that acceptable level



• Accepting respective roles and responsibilitieso Environmental

Ensure the installation is in compliance with federal and state laws, including those for fish and wildlife, cultural, air, water, hazardous waste and solid waste, ensuring operational capability

Acquire appropriate staff to implement and maintain compliance



• Accepting respective roles and responsibilitieso Wildlife Services

Embrace One-Mission approach: each squadron plays a role

Assistance on USAF property will increase with understanding and acceptance of roles and responsibilities

WS is the Subject Matter Expert in wildlife damage management (WDM)



• Communication – internal and externalo Information flow process:

Safety

Wildlife Services

CES/Natural Resources

How do we change this…




To this?

Safety

CES/Natural

Resources

Wildlife Services




Is there a working relationship between installation Safety and Environmental?

What level of support from AFSEC and AFCEC would benefit both parties?



• Communication – internal and externalo Safety and Environmental

Recognize and accept each other’s BASH roles and responsibilities

Depredation Permits are typically assigned by the Installation Commander

Non-USAF personal should not make policy or speak on behalf of the USAF

We can never allow our management approach to become emotional or personal



• Communication – internal and externalo Wildlife Services

Recognize and accept each USAF squadron’s role in BASH, regardless of who’s funding the program

On USAF property, incorporate Air Force Instructions into planning documents

Ensure mitigation recommendations are attainable and in accordance with applicable regulations


Summary

USAF Team Concept:“A diverse group of individuals working together with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, have group goals, and take an approach for which they are mutually accountable (AFI 91-202)”

BASHSafety, Environmental - One Mission


QUESTIONS?

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