Agronomic Principles in Support of Military Land Sustainment.

Sustaining landscapes to train military forces requires taking advantage of a variety of land management tools.  Many of the fundamentals of military land management have their origins in agronomic principles.  This poster will highlight major land management and land rehabilitation technologies implemented on military lands as a result of agronomic and related research and development.  The intent of the paper is to cover the change in land management thinking, from commodity controlled actions and compliance management to more formal Conservation and pollution prevention.  Through this transformation modern military land management has become more of a multi-disciplinary activity with focus on land stewardship, but also sustainment of lands for long term use.  While single species and/or single issue management is still prevalent, and driven by regulatory requirement, the broader strategic objectives, like agronomic principles, are being applied through a series of unique tools and programs for military land management.