Workshop Descriptions
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Monday Workshops
Monday All Day Workshops
Endangered Species Act (ESA) Issues for DoD Short Course (Back to Top)
Tim Beaty, Chief, Fish and Wildlife Branch, Directorate of Public Works, Environmental Division, Fort Stewart / Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia
Kelly Brock, Chief of Naval Operations, Energy and Environmental Readiness Division, U.S. Navy
Gerhard (“Gary”) Stuebben, Deputy Chief, Cultural and Natural Resources Branch, Air Force Environmental Law Field Support Center
This interactive one-day course clarifies the listing and delisting process, includes topics such as critical habitat exemptions and exclusions, and offers lessons learned through case study examples. This course, intended for military test and training personnel and natural resource professionals, focuses on issues of particular concern for DoD, and is custom-designed for the target audience. It includes detailed case studies on ESA issues specific to military installations.
Monday Morning Workshops
Climate Change Adaptation 101 (Back to Top)
Maureen Sullivan, Director of Environmental Management, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Installations & Environment), and Federal Preservation Officer, Department of Defense (PDF Presentation)
Caspar Ammann, PhD, Project Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Climate and Science Applications Program (Presentation not available)
E. Robert Thieler, Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey (PDF Presentation)
Jeff Arnold, PhD, PE, Senior Lead, Global and Climate Change, US Army Corps of Engineers, Institute for Water Resources (PDF Presentation)
Dave Raff, PhD, US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation (PDF Presentation)
Dan Pridal, US Army Corps of Engineers (PDF Presentation)
Kevin Landwehr, US Army Corps of Engineers (PDF Presentation)
John A. Hall, Program Manager for Resource Conservation and Climate Change, Office of Secreatry of Defense (OSD), Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) and Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) (PDF Presentation)
Managers of the resources that support and sustain US military readiness have long been successfully adapting to impacts from the important drivers of global change and variability as they meet their readiness mission requirements. Climate change, both as observed now and as projected for the future, is having significant impacts to the management of the resources that ensure continued military readiness. This workshop will present a basic overview of what is climate change, why should the Department of Defense care, and what DoD is doing to adapt to changes in climate, from research and development to policy to planning. The workshop will address questions such as:
1. What are the Important Decisions Confronting Military Readiness Resources Managers Connected to Climate Change and Variability?
2. What do Global Climate Projections say about Change and Variability Relevant to These Resource Managers?
3. What are the Important Potential Effects of Future Climate Change for Future Extreme Weather and its Effects on Readiness Resources and Infrastructure?
4. What are the Important Roles for the Affected Communities?
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Executive Overview (Back to Top)
Pam Ellen Hudson, Esq., Counsel, Center for Seabees and Facilities Engineering/Civil Engineer Corps Officer School (CSFE/CECOS) (PDF Presentation)
The NEPA Executive Overview is a concise presentation on environmental planning responsibilities for decision making. Management theory, planning benefits and levels of analysis are the focus of this seminar. Senior military and civilians will learn how to correctly and effectively use their staffs and financial resources to streamline their responsibilities and duties under this primary Federal environmental law.
Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning (CMSP): Introduction and Simulation Exercise (Back to Top)
Robin A. Fitch, Director Marine Resources and At Sea Policy, Office Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Environment) (Presentation Not Available)
EO 13547, Stewardship of our Oceans, Our Coasts, and the Great Lakes, places a primary emphasis on CMSP. This four-hour workshop will introduce the EO 13547 goals and objectives, the National Ocean Council structure including the Regional Planning Bodies, a description of CMSP processes, and the tools and technology available to conduct CMSP. We will run a two-hour mini-CMSP exercise, followed by a Question & Answer/open discussion on CMSP with the workshop participants.
Outreach to Industry and State and Local Government to Support Compatible Renewable Energy Development (Back to Top)
Dave Belote, Director, DoD Siting Clearinghouse, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Installations and Environment) (PDF Presentation)
Joe Briggs, Commissioner, Cascade County, Montana (PDF Presentation)
Jon McQuiston, First District Supervisor, Kern County, California (PDF Presentation)
Bill Van Houten, DoD Siting Clearinghouse, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Installations and Environment) (PDF Presentation)
Renewable energy projects, including wind and solar, are developing on publicly and privately owned land throughout the country. With competition for land and airspace, a balancing of interest among renewable energy companies, military operations, endangered habitat and recreational uses, and private land development is required. In this year’s National Defense Authorization Act, Congress provided specific guidance to DoD on how to address multiple stakeholder needs and concerns. Gain insight from the Director of DoD’s Energy Siting Clearinghouse and state and local officials on actions to promote clean renewable energy while protecting critical military operational, test, and training capabilities. This workshop is repeated on Friday morning.
Planning Near Military Airports: The Military-Community Interface (Back to Top)
Anthony J. Danesi, P.E., J.D., Encroachment Program Manager, Naval Facilities Engineering Command - Asset Management (AM)
Bonnie Curtiss, Mission Compatibility Planner, Navy Facilities Engineering Command
Tamara Cook, Senior Transportation Planner, North Central Texas Council of Governments
Fred E. Pierson, Mission Compatibility Program Manager, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic
Amanda Smith, Regional Community Planning and Liaison Officer, Navy Region Southeast/NAVFAC SE
Rachel Wiggins, P.E., Community Plans and Liaison Officer, Naval Air Station Fort Worth, Joint Reserve Base
(Combined PDF Presentations: Part I and Part II)
How do you incorporate a military airfield into your local and regional planning? This course is designed to provide elected officials and planners in all levels of government and air installation leadership and military planners with an overview of military air operations and impacts and strategies for a successful partnership. Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Understand the military airfield mission and concerns over mission degradation.
- Understand the Air Installations Compatible Use Zones (AICUZ) program and its concepts, from aircraft noise and accident potential zones to compatible land use planning.
- Integrate strategies for a successful military-community relationship into local and regional planning.
Moving from Geek Speak to Plain Speak: Use of Maps in Land-use Decision Making (Back to Top)
Amy Hays, Geospatial Extension Specialist, Texas AgriLife Extension
Dr. David Salvesen, Deputy Director for the Center for Sustainable Community Design, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
(Presentations Not Available)
A major challenge in regional planning is consensus building in finding common ground, and understanding the challenges of managing shared resources. Geospatial data and tools can be used to engage stakeholders and local communities during public meetings or planning workshops. Geospatial data also can help users visualize and understand complex overlapping use, needs, and ideals. Given today’s use of tools such as Google Maps and Google Earth, the assumption is that data are freely and widely available; however, for site specific planning on small regional scales, the challenge still remains in obtaining and using appropriate data. This workshop will review options for making use of geospatial data and views, and demonstrate how geospatial data can be used to enhance regional planning exercises. Workshop participants will review tools for visualizing and managing geographic data to include mission requirements outside areas critical to mission sustainment. Examples of regional mapping efforts will be presented as case studies to reinforce workshop concepts. Participants will be able to work with various tools, and recreate/discuss how facilitated planning using geospatial tools can be undertaken.
DoD Renewable Energy Project Management/Analysis Using the Mission Compatibility Analysis Tool (MCAT) (Back to Top)
Steve Chung, NRSW Regional CPLO, Navy Region Southwest
Dwight Deakin, NAVAIR Ranges Sustainability Manager, U.S. Navy
David Little, GIS Analyst, Epsilon Systems Solutions
Tony Parisi, Head, Sustainbility Office, Naval Air Systems Command Ranges
Daniel Zelko, GIS Manager, Epsilon Systems Solutions, Inc.
(Presentations Not Available)
The Mission Compatibility Analysis Tool (MCAT) was initially developed by the Navy to provide a common operating picture of encroachment on test ranges in the Southwest. In 2011, Headquarters Air Force funded expanding MCAT to the national scale and to adapt the software for use by the DoD Energy Siting Clearinghouse staff. MCAT uses commercial off-the-shelf GIS and relational database software to identify potential land use conflicts, conduct defensible assessments, and support decision making. As part of the workshop, new accounts will be established for participants with a DoD CAC.
Monday Afternoon Workshops
Engaging the Media: Tactics for Media Interview Success (Back to Top)
Major Michelle Coghill, Chief, Media and Opinion Leader Engagement Branch, Secretary of the Air Force Office of Pubic Affairs
Catherine Jung, Program Director, Media Training, Secretary of the Air Force Office of Pubic Affairs (PDF Presentation)
Being able to communicate with stakeholders both inside and outside the fence line is critical to maintaining DoD's ability to conduct our mission. This workshop will offer training and case studies in media engagement that are adaptable to interactions with community stakeholders and dealings with other Federal agencies, State governments at all levels and Non-government Organizations (NGOs). The goal of the workshop is to equip participants to effectively connect with news media and their audiences, confidently adapt to a variety of interview settings, and skillfully develop and deliver clear, memorable messages.
Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI) - Partnering for a Sustainable Mission (Back to Top)
Bruce Beard, Program Director for the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI), The Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment (PDF Presentation)
Mary Burke, Online Learning & Curriculum Manager, Land Trust Alliance (PDF Presentation)
Alexandra Elias, AICP, Special Projects Director – Real Estate Division, Asset Management, Naval Facilities Engineering Command (PDF Presentation)
Steve Friedman, Chief of Real Estate, Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Julian S. Johnson, III, Private Landowner (PDF Presentation)
Deborah Keller, Senior Policy Representative for Department of Defense Conservation Partnerships, The Nature Conservancy - Florida Chapter (Presentation Not Available)
Nancy Natoli, Program Coordinator for the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI), The Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment (PDF Presentation)
Ryan Orndorff, Natural Resource Specialist, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps (PDF Presentation)
Mark Pentecost, Deputy Director, Georgia Land Trust (PDF Presentation)
This workshop will focus on the nuts and bolts of the DOD buffer program, encroachment, and partnership successes at military installations, highlighting Army and Navy models. Participants will learn how to initiate partnerships and projects with the military, and have opportunities to explore specific issues with subject matter experts. An exercise will explore an example scenario of competing land uses complete with challenges, concerns, questions, and new ideas.
Renewable Energy Technologies (Back to Top)
Jennifer DeCesaro, Market Transformation Lead, Solar Energy Technology Program, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Jose R. Zayas, Senior Manager, Renewable Energy Technologies, Sandia National Laboratories
Laura Smith Morton, Senior Advisor, Renewable Energy, US Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
(Presentations Not Available)
Wind turbines, photovoltaic arrays, and concentrated solar power are now common across the landscape, but what is on the horizon? Come hear experts in the field discuss some of the not so common renewable technologies and emerging concepts that are just over the horizon. How may these technologies impact your mission and how can we get ahead on reaching compatible solutions? Come join in the discussion.
Warfighter Adaptivity and Climate Change Adaptation - Are They Parallel Constructs? (Back to Top)
Frank C. DiGiovanni, SES, Director, Training Readiness and Strategy, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Readiness) (Presentation Not Available)
Dr. Bruce Stein, Director, Climate Change Adaptation, National Wildlife Federation (PDF Presentation)
Joel D. Scheraga, Senior Advisor for Climate Adaptation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (PDF Presentation)
Rose Mueller-Hanson, Manager, Leadership and Organizational Consulting, PDRI (PDF Presentation)
This workshop will bring together a diverse panel of experts to step back and assess the meaning of adapting to climate change as a construct and approach. In doing so, the session will explore connections to other relevant areas -- particularly, emerging warfighter adaptability frameworks. Such frameworks are being developed by DoD to enhance the military’s continued ability (both organizationally and at the individual troop level) to adapt to an increasingly uncertain global and operational security environment.
The workshop aims to tackle cross-cutting concepts and questions, including:
• How can large organizations and individuals best learn from, prepare for, and manage change and uncertainty?
• As DoD and others engage in climate change adaptation, are there lessons to be learned and applied from human adaptive research and experience?
• Can such lessons be applied to strategic planning for climate change in a way that will best sustain future military readiness?
Planning for and Reacting to the Worst Case Scenario: Disaster Response Planning for Historic Properties (Back to Top)
(Presentations Not Available)
This half-day workshop focuses on the “worst case scenario” of how to prepare, respond and recover when natural disasters impact your cultural properties. The images of devastated historic neighborhoods in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, and the recent destruction in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and Joplin, Missouri leaves little doubt that severe weather can strike anywhere. DoD historic properties are also vulnerable (historic buildings were recently destroyed by a tornado at Fort Leonard Wood, MO) and adequate disaster response planning often lacking.
By utilizing the multiple historic resources of the Carnton Plantation (an anti-bellum property in Franklin, TN) workshop participants will break into small groups to evaluate and discuss the various aspects of disaster response planning including; preparedness, response, recovery and regulatory requirements. Through input from Tennessee National Guard personnel who have been part of recent disaster response teams, and utilizing the “hands on” setting of Carnton, participants will evaluate and discuss the various considerations and challenges of disaster response planning. Groups will present their findings and recommendations in the form of “checklist considerations” during the on-site wrap up session, the results of which will be made available via email after the conference.
The DoD Noise Program - New Developments in Presenting, Analyzing, and Discussing Community and Environmental Noise (Back to Top)
Lynn Engelman, Air Force Civil Engineer Encroachment/Noise Program Manager, Planning Division, Office of the Air Force Civil Engineer (PDF Presentation)
Dr. Ben Sharp, Director, Technology Development, Wyle (PDF Presentation)
Catherine Stewart, Program Manager, U.S. Army Public Health Command, Operational Noise Program (PDF Presentation)
Michelle E. Swearingen, Acoustical Engineer, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (PDF Presentation)
Between the establishment of the DoD Noise Program and the Department of Defense Noise Working Group (DNWG) in 2005, the imminent fielding of the F-35 with its non-linear propagation of noise, the advent of Joint Basing, and public objections to changes or establishment and use of special use airspace, the issue of community/environmental noise has regained notoriety. During the last five years, the DNWG and the individual Military Services have pursued a number of activities to help the field with analyzing noise impacts and improving explanations of noise to help the public better understand what they will experience. This session will explore those policies, models, and guidance as a way of helping noise, AICUZ, and NEPA contractors and program managers better understand what they mean relative to their work. This session will also provide an opportunity for the field to identify additional conferences, training, research, tools, and guidance that are needed for community/environmental noise.
DoD Renewable Energy Project Management/Analysis Using the Mission Compatibility Analysis Tool (MCAT) (Back to Top)
Steve Chung, NRSW Regional CPLO, Navy Region Southwest
Dwight Deakin, NAVAIR Ranges Sustainability Manager, U.S. Navy
David Little, GIS Analyst, Epsilon Systems Solutions
Tony Parisi, Head, Sustainbility Office, Naval Air Systems Command Ranges
Daniel Zelko, GIS Manager, Epsilon Systems Solutions, Inc.
(Presentations Not Available)
The Mission Compatibility Analysis Tool (MCAT) was initially developed by the Navy to provide a common operating picture of encroachment on test ranges in the Southwest. In 2011, Headquarters Air Force funded expanding MCAT to the national scale and to adapt the software for use by the DoD Energy Siting Clearinghouse staff. MCAT uses commercial off-the-shelf GIS and relational database software to identify potential land use conflicts, conduct defensible assessments, and support decision making. As part of the workshop, new accounts will be established for participants with a DoD CAC.
DoD Cultural Resources Management Program Town Hall (Back to Top)
Serena Bellew, Deputy Federal Preservation Officer, Department of Defense, ODUSD (I&E) (PDF Presentation)
To capitalize on the gathering of DoD cultural resources managers and other cultural resource professionals, the DoD Historic Preservation working Group (HPWG) would like to invite you to an open forum session designed to foster the exchange of ideas, challenges and successes. The goal of this meeting is to provide a venue for all levels of professionals working within the DoD cultural resources community to meet for open discussion with their peers and the military service headquarters/OSD CR professionals. Each participant may propose a topic of discussion or pose a question to the HPWG and/or their fellow participants. Time and participant numbers permitting, a second round will be initiated once everyone has been given the opportunity to speak. So bring your tough questions, good news stories and challenges, and leave with feedback, information and insight.
Friday All Day Workshops
American Indian Communications Training (Back to Top)
Anita Dragan, Owner, AD Consulting, Inc.
David Sanborn, Senior Tribal Liaison, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Installations & Environment)
Jim Van Ness, J.D., Senior Associate General Counsel, Department of Defense
This workshop is an overview of the DoD 3-day course, "American Indian Cultural Communications Course". The instructors will provide valuable information for DoD staff, installation tenants, and contractors whose work could impact Indian tribes or who may work with tribal members. The training will explore the relationship of the Federal government with sovereign Indian Nations, from historical Indian laws to the genesis of the DoD American Indian & Alaska Native Policy and Instruction Number 4710.02: DoD Interaction with Federally Recognized Tribes. Tribal cultural and communication concepts will be interspersed throughout the training. Attendees will explore practical applications for tribal consultations; relevant audience situations, issues or concerns will be the foundation of on-site strategy development. There will be opportunities for individual time with the instructors.
Community Plans & Liaison Officer Training: Forging Effective Relationships with Neighboring Communities (Back to Top)
Brigadier General Bob Barnes (Ret, U.S. Army), Senior Policy Advisor (DoD), The Nature Conservancy
Peter Boice, Deputy Director, Natural Resources, The Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment
Amy Duffy, Managing Member, Duffy Consulting
Jeff Eisenberg, Principal, Rockspring Resource Solutions
Fred Engle, Energy and Environmental Policy Analyst, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Training Readiness and Strategy
Janice W. Larkin, Range Sustainment Outreach Coordinator, U.S. Department of Defense
James F. Leary, Director for Real Estate, PDASN(EI&E), Department of the Navy
Clare Mendelsohn, Director of the Air Force's Western Regional Environmental Office and the DoD Regional Environmental Coordinator for the Pacific Northwest, U.S. Air Force
Alan F. Zusman, AICP, Senior Associate, TEC Inc.
(All PDF Presentations - Zip File)
Community Plans & Liaison Office (CPLO) serves as the Base Commanding Officer's direct representative with local communities, public elected officials, other government agencies and major landowners surrounding their Military Base. CPLO works with local, state and federal officials to coordinate planning of mutual interest issues within the surrounding communities. The workshop is focused on addressing common challenges faced by the CPLO community and is designed for those serving in CPLO positions or similar local, regional or national positions.
Cultural Resource Management (Advanced) (Back to Top)
Serena Bellew, Deputy Federal Preservation Officer, Department of Defense, ODUSD (I&E)
Susan Enscore, Geographer, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory of the Engineer Research and Development Center
Jeff Irwin, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Headquarters
Michelle A. Michael, Architectural Historian, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast
Steve Smith, Army National Guard-South Carolina
Megan Weaver Tooker, Historic Landscape Architect, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory of the Engineer Research and Development Center
(Presentations Not Available)
Workshop focuses on the areas of cultural resources management that should be part of all healthy CRM programs, but are often overlooked or difficult to program for. Topics will include, but not be limited to: Section 110 requirements, how to evaluate your historic surveys and ensure they meet DoD standards, tips on strengthening the relationship with your SHPO, and tips on streamlining CRM at the installation level. This workshop is beyond just the basics of Section 106 compliance, it will provide ideas for improving your program overall which leads to better mission support. Please bring ideas, problems and solutions for the group to discuss.
*This workshop is restricted to federal employees and onsite contract support with a Common Access Card (CAC).
DoD Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (PARC) Implementation Workshop (Back to Top)
Robert Lovich, PhD., Senior Natural Resources Specialist, Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) SW, Desert Integrated Product Team
Priya Nanjappa, Amphibian & Reptile and Invasive Species Coordinator, and State Liaison to PARC, Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
Chris Petersen, Natural Resource Specialist, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic
Terry Z. Riley, PhD, Federal Agencies' Coordinator, Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (PARC), Natural Resource Stewardship and Science, Biological Resources Management Division, National Park Service
This workshop will kick off the initial implementation phase of the DoD-PARC Strategic Plan. The workshop will discuss how proposed project elements were identified and prioritized by key representatives from military installations across the CONUS. The Plan and its implementation will support the military mission and establish a framework for identifying, conserving, and sustaining herpetofaunal resources on military lands. The workshop will:
1. Incorporate herpetofaunal management and conservation with existing natural resources and land management programs and INRMPs.
2. Improve long-term planning and efficiency and promote better integration of mission and resource requirements.
3. Provide sound science-based management and conservation guidelines, priorities, and objectives for reptiles and amphibians on DoD Installations.
Ecological Forestry on Military Lands (Back to Top)
Bruce A. Buttrey, Natural Resource Manager - Forester, Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs (PDF Presentation)
Susan Cohen, NAVFAC Engineering Service Center (Presentation Not Available)
John A. Hall, Program Manager for Resource Conservation and Climate Change, Office of Secreatry of Defense (OSD), Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) and Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) (PDF Presentation)
J. Kevin Hiers, Prescribed Fire Program Manager, Eglin Air Force Base (PDF Presentation)
Steve Jack, Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center (PDF Presentation)
Robert Larimore, Installation Management Command (Presentation Not Available)
Joan Walker, U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station (Presentation Not Available)
DoD uses and manages an extensive and diverse acreage of forested landscapes. These landscapes provide the physical backdrop against which DoD trains its military personnel and tests military equipment. These forested ecosystems also provide habitat for a multitude of species and various ecosystem services, the appropriate management of which enables DoD to sustain its use of the land and also meet its stewardship obligations.
This workshop will discuss how the priorities of DoD land use—sustainable mission support and stewardship—can be met in forested landscapes through the practice of ecological forestry. The workshop will introduce the concept of ecological forestry and describe the current state of the science and associated silvicultural tool and practice development that DoD land managers can use for ecologically sustainable management of installation forests so as to maintain the continued supply of desired ecosystem services, including realistic training settings and mission support in general and maintenance of native biological diversity.
Friday Morning Workshops
Biennial T&E Range Encroachment Survey Process: Its Purpose and Information Requirements (Back to Top)
Alison Caughman, Policy Support Analyst, Test Resource Management Center
Lou Husser, Senior T&E Policy Analyst, Test Resource Management Center
Cynthia Lindberg-Ross, Policy Support Senior Analyst, Test Resource Management Center
To train appropriate members of the T&E community concerning the purpose of the biennial survey, the process and timeline for gathering data, how the inputs are compared and contrasted and how the results may affect future Departmental Planning.
Outreach to Industry and State and Local Government to Support Compatible Renewable Energy Development (Back to Top)
Dave Belote, Director, DoD Siting Clearinghouse, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Installations and Environment) (PDF Presentation)
Joe Briggs, Commissioner, Cascade County, Montana (PDF Presentation)
Jon McQuiston, First District Supervisor, Kern County, California (PDF Presentation)
Bill Van Houten, DoD Siting Clearinghouse, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Installations and Environment) (PDF Presentation)
Renewable energy projects, including wind and solar, are developing on publicly and privately owned land throughout the country. With competition for land and airspace, a balancing of interest among renewable energy companies, military operations, endangered habitat and recreational uses, and private land development is required. In this year’s National Defense Authorization Act, Congress provided specific guidance to DoD on how to address multiple stakeholder needs and concerns. Gain insight from the Director of DoD’s Energy Siting Clearinghouse and state and local officials on actions to promote clean renewable energy while protecting critical military operational, test, and training capabilities.
