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 program manager receives award from National Military Fish and Wildlife Association
In April, CEMML’s Lena Schnell was presented with the Military Natural Resource Conservation Research Award for her work at Pōhakuloa Training Area on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi. Over her 23 years with CEMML in support of PTA, Schnell has developed management programs for federally listed plant and wildlife species that support adaptive management and Endangered Species Act compliance.

CEMML helps the Park Service get data into scientists’ hands
As part of an effort to better manage National Park lands, an Inventory and Monitoring program has been underway since 1998. Through a partnership between NPS and CEMML, CEMML’s Issac Quevedo coordinates the data publication team and is helping lead a push to standardize data that is collected with the parks and disseminate it publicly.

Video: CEMML watershed management biologist discusses 2026 fish surveys at Fort McCoy
CEMML watershed management biologist, Derek Maki was interviewed by Scott Sturkol of the Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office in Wisconsin and discusses how completing fish surveys help manage fisheries at the installation.