Tag: US Army
Honoring military service and advancing U.S. Army Garrison Hawai‘i’s environmental mission
Last month, the U.S. celebrated Military Appreciation Month to recognize and honor the service and sacrifices of past and present military members, as well as their families. Since the mid-1980s, CEMML staff have been in embedded at military installations across the U.S and overseas, including over 100 in Hawai‘i. CEMML’s collaboration with the military community strengthens the military mission, augments resource conservation efforts across the Hawaiian Islands, and supports military members during and after their service.
June 5, 2026
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.
May 14, 2026
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.
April 22, 2026
CEMML develops massive map for military training exercise
For a recent large-scale training event at the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, an equally large-scale map was needed to facilitate the training work. CEMML staff were called upon to deliver a 49-foot by 26-foot map of three Army training areas near Fairbanks. Despite tight deadlines, CEMML staff from multiple Alaskan installations came together to assemble the map just in time for the training.
April 10, 2026
CEMML cultural resources team wins 2025 Secretary of the Army environmental award
CEMML professionals and U.S. Army staffers have worked together for several years to preserve archaeological and historical sites on bases located on the islands of Hawaiʻi and Oʻahu. Recently, their joint efforts earned them the Environmental Award for Cultural Resources Management, one of the Army’s highest honors for outstanding environmental stewardship and leadership.
October 27, 2025
Unearthing potential: Starting a career in archaeology with CEMML
For recent college graduate Harrison Wehmann, the detailed detective work of archaeology is exactly what he wants to be doing. After earning his bachelor’s degree with a double major in archaeology and history, and a master’s in underwater archaeology, he’s found the perfect opportunity through CEMML’s Early-career Development Program. Now, he’s building a career chasing history at Joint Base Langley-Eustis—and helping a military installation preserve its past.
July 6, 2025
CEMML staff present as part of Natural Areas Association webinar
CEMML Assistant Director, Mindy Clarke, and Principal Investigators Jennie Anderson and Dave Jones recently presented as part of a webinar hosted by the Natural Areas Association. Clarke began the presentations by providing an overview of CEMML and our work on military lands. Jones then presented on the ‘Importance of DoD Lands to Biodiversity Conservation,’ and Anderson wrapped things up with her insights on ‘Natural Resources Management Planning & Partnerships.’
April 1, 2025
Restoring native vegetation for endangered plants in Hawai’i
An article by CEMML staff member Lena Schnell was recently published in the U.S. Army’s Ecosystem Management Protection Bulletin. In the article, Schnell highlights how the Natural Resources Program at U.S. Army Garrison, Pōhakuloa Training Area and CEMML are working to restore native habitats of Pu’u Nohona O Hae, a prominent cinder cone on Hawai’i island.
January 14, 2025
Reaching zero: 26 years of eradicating non-native ungulates from conservation areas in Hawai’i
CEMML Hawai’i staff members Rogelio Doratt, Dan Jensen, and Lena Schnell contributed an article to the Department of Defense Natural Resource Program’s Natural Selections Summer 2024 Newsletter. The article details CEMML’s management action plan to keep 37,300 acres of native dryland habitat free of non-native ungulates. The article starts on page 6 of the linked newsletter.
July 5, 2024
CEMML conducts surveys to aid fisheries management at Fort McCoy
Every year, watershed management biologists and specialists with CEMML, in partnership with Fort McCoy’s Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch (NRB), hold fish surveys at Fort McCoy’s 10 lakes and ponds. Surveys are conducted using various methods to understand fish populations and the overall health of the waterways.
May 2, 2024
CEMML supports conservation efforts at Fort Hunter Liggett
CEMML biologists are key contributors to conservation efforts at Fort Hunter Liggett, a U.S. Army installation in west central California. Among FHL’s conservation efforts is improving the San Antonio River habitat of the endangered arroyo toad. The toad was listed as endangered in 1994 and faces a variety of threats to its survival, reproduction and persistence. CEMML aids the installation in the removal of non-native predators like the American bullfrog.
April 24, 2024
CEMML archaeological survey explores early 20th century history of Fort McCoy
An archaeological survey conducted by CEMML personnel in the summer of 2022 was initially meant to investigate the creation of several hundred concrete tent pads at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin. Research into the tent pads, dating from around the early 20th century, also unearthed additional information about other possible known archaeological features and sites around what is referred to as “Old Camp McCoy.”
February 21, 2024