Presenters/Authors:

Kara Coats, DoD REC Attorney, Region 5, US Army/DoD, Aberdeen Proving Ground: Kara.S.Coats@usace.army.mil

Air Force/DoD Regional Environmental Coordinator(s), https://denix.osd.mil/rec/

Navy/DoD Regional Environmental Coordinator(s), https://denix.osd.mil/rec/

Abstracts:

Join programmatic and legal representatives from the DOD’s Regional Environmental Coordinator (REC) program for a lively discussion of how the DOD REC program assists installation Natural Resource managers! Presentation will include: encroachment prevention techniques; partnering models to protect threatened and endangered species in harmony with mission needs; natural resource manager regional networking opportunities with installations and state regulators; and DOD REC state legislative and regulatory outreach tools.