CEMML directs environmental planning that meets military training objectives, complies with federal regulatory requirements, and protects natural and cultural resources.
Environmental Planning Services
- Preparation and updating of integrated Natural Resources Management Plans (INRMPs) and Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plans (ICRMPs)
- Develop new INRMPs/ICRMPs, including carrying out required surveys.
- Format INRMPs/ICRMPs to comply with DoD Branch standards.
- Conduct analysis to complete annual updates and five-year revisions.
- Assist with developing goals, objectives, and projects (GOPs).
- Development of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analyses and documents, including environmental assessments and environmental impact statements.
- Management plans for fish and wildlife, forestry, and wildland fire; biological assessments; and policy reviews and analyses.
Latest CEMML Stories
CEMML Early-career Development Program Offers Experience in Managing Military Lands
The CEMML Early-career Development Program gives college students and recent graduates opportunities to work at military installations on natural and cultural resource projects. As seasonal technicians, participants learn new skills, receive mentorship, make career-aiding connections, all while getting paid doing it.
A Life-long Love of Plants: CEMML Botanist Retires After Three Decades at CSU
Nancy Hastings’ love for plants and spending time in the outdoors led her to Colorado State University in 1989 to pursue a graduate degree in Range Science. After graduating, she would spend the next 34 years as a botanist with the university’s Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands (CEMML), helping military installations across the U.S. and overseas manage their natural resources.
CEMML Assists with First Prescribed Burn of 2023 at Fort McCoy
A team of CEMML wildland fire fighters recently assisted U.S. Army installation Fort McCoy with it first prescribed burn of 2023. Prescribed burns are crucial for improving wildlife habitat, controlling invasive plant species, restoring and maintaining native plant communities, and reducing wildfire potential.