Air Force. Army.................................................................................................................................................. Navy.................................................................................................................................................. Proces verbal.................................................................................................................................... The President of the Federal Republic of Germany, His Majesty the King of the Belgians, the President of the French Republic, the President of the Italian Republic, Her. Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands and Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth, Believing that the Treaty signed at Paris on May 27 1952, establishing the European Defence Community is an essential factor in strengthening the defence of the free world through the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation ; Considering the community of interests between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the other countries of Western Europe, the part played by the United Kingdom in the defence of Western Europe, notably through the presence of armed forces of the United Kingdom on the mainland of Europe, and the reciprocal obligations undertaken in the Treaty between the United Kingdom and the Member States of the European Defence Community signed in Paris on the 27th day of May 1952 ; Recognising that the closest links between the United Kingdom and the European Defence Community are therefore required; Have appointed as their plenipotentiaries for the purpose of concluding an agreement to this end, The President of the Federal Republic of Germany ;
Air Force. Air Force Instruction (AFI) 32-7064, Integrated Natural Resources Management, provides guidance to manage natural resources on USAF installations and ranges. In addition, AFI 13212, Range Planning and Operations, provides specific guidance for range management. These resources are managed in accordance with the relevant federal laws, including the Xxxxx Act, using an INRMP as the principal tool under AFI 32-7064 and the sole tool under AFI 13-212. The INRMP is developed in cooperation with the USFWS, NOAA Fisheries (for installations that include or border marine environments), and the appropriate state fish and wildlife agency for the state in which the Air Force installation is located. Changes in an INRMP affecting its goals and objectives (including addition and/or deletion of projects) must be coordinated within and among appropriate USAF personnel, and should be coordinated with USFWS and the appropriate state fish and wildlife agency before they are implemented.
Air Force. Initial GIS estimates that the Air Force currently owns roughly 19% of the DoD-owned lands in the four states that are Parties to this Agreement. Unofficial estimates indicate that the Air Force has roughly 5-7% of the gopher tortoises on DoD-owned lands, but this does not account for potential habitat. In conjunction with DoD, the Air Force will obtain more accurate data to include actual and potential habitat acreage. In accordance with USAF Instruction 32-7064, Integrated Natural Resources Management, the Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan (INRMP) supports the military mission by combining a series of component plans into an ecosystem management approach and is the primary tool for managing species and their habitat at USAF installations. An approved installation INRMP assists the installation commander with the conservation and rehabilitation of natural resources consistent with the use of the installation to ensure the readiness of the Armed Forces. The following is a list of habitat conservation and management activities included within the installation INRMPs which have been utilized by some installations in the southeastern U.S. to conserve and enhance species such as the gopher tortoise. This listing is not meant to be all-inclusive, but merely examples of the various actions that have been historically taken by USAF installations as detailed in their individually approved installation INRMPs: • Conserving known xxxxxxx and surveying for new ones in areas of potential habitat if any construction or significant ground disturbing activities are planned. • Managing the natural communities to improve habitat. • Providing predator control programs capable of removing specific individual predators predating xxxxxxx, nests, or young hatchlings. • Limiting public access to selected areas of the installation, which helps protect against poaching. • Minimizing habitat conversion to incompatible land uses such as residential or commercial property on the installation. • Monitoring gopher tortoise population demography. • Monitoring incidence of upper respiratory tract disease (URTD). • Monitoring gopher tortoise activity and movement patterns to determine home range for individual tortoises. • Thinning forests and removal of hardwood midstory encroachment within known gopher tortoise/indigo snake habitat. • Conducting prescribed burning of forests and fields within known gopher tortoise/indigo snake habitat. • Maintaining locational and demographic...
Air Force. The Air Force shall be formed on the basis of the FAPLA Air Force, in accordance with the provision in section B, items 4 and 5 above. The details will be contained in directives issued by CCFA.
Air Force i. Describe the type of acquisitions, easements and other conservation protection of gopher tortoise habitat.
