Environmental Sector
The environment office studies the relationship and compatibility of military activities with wildlife. They use GIS (Geographic Information System) to determine training sites, figure out what areas have historic value, where eagle nests are and much more. Wildlife that is specifically studied are: bald eagle, white-tailed deer, black bear, blandings turtle and timber wolf. The Environmental office has won awards for their work at camp ripley and with the local area. The list of awards is as follows:
2008 Secretary of the Army, Environmental Security Award "Natural Resources Conservation- Large Installation"
2005 Secretary of the Army, Environmental Security Award "Natural Resources Conservation-team"
1998 Secretary of the Army, Environmental Security Award "Natural Resources Conservation- Large Installation"
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