Sikes Act

The Sikes Act (16 USC 670a-670o, 74 Stat. 1052), was enacted into United States law on September 15, 1960. It provides for cooperation by the Department of the Interior and Department of Defense with State agencies in planning, development and maintenance of fish and wildlife resources on military reservations throughout the United States.

The Sikes Act attempts to ensure that fish, wildlife and other natural resources that exist on and are associated with military lands in the United States are protected and enhanced. The Sikes Act is written such that conservation activities are promoted while allowing military lands to continue to meet the needs of military operations. A primary tool for achieving conservation goals is through a planning document called an Integrated Natural Resource Management Plan, or INRMP. Installation commanders are responsible for ensuring that INRMPs are completed for their installation and in cooperation with state and federal fish and wildlife agencies. An INRMP is only valid for a period of five years, after which it must be reviewed and, if necessary, updated by the installation.

Cooperative conservation is also an important provision of the Sikes Act, as currently amended. It provides military service programs and installations the ability to enter into partnerships with State and Department of Interior agencies (such as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) that advance natural resource conservation on military lands.^[1]

References

↑ "Integrated Natural Resources Management Plans" (PDF). Denix.osd.mil. Retrieved 2013-08-17.

United States environmental law

Supreme Court decisions	Missouri v. Holland (1920) Sierra Club v. Morton (1972) United States v. SCRAP (1973) Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill (1978) Vermont Yankee v. NRDC (1978) Hughes v. Oklahoma (1979) Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife (1992) United States v. Bestfoods (1998) Friends of the Earth v. Laidlaw Environmental Services (2000) SWANCC v. Army Corps of Engineers (2001) Department of Transportation v. Public Citizen (2004) Rapanos v. United States (2006) Massachusetts v. EPA (2007) National Ass'n of Home Builders v. Defenders of Wildlife (2007) Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council (2009)

Major federal legislation and treaties	Rivers and Harbors Act (1899) Lacey Act (1900) Weeks Act (1911) North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 (1911) Migratory Bird Treaty Act (1918) Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (1934) Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (1954) Clean Air Act (1963, 1970) National Environmental Policy Act (1970) Clean Water Act (1972) Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (1972) Noise Control Act (1972) Endangered Species Act (1973) Safe Drinking Water Act (1974) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976) Toxic Substances Control Act (1976) Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (1977) CERCLA (Superfund) (1980) Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (1986) Emergency Wetlands Resources Act (1986)

Federal agencies	Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Council on Environmental Quality Office of Surface Mining United States Environmental Protection Agency United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Regulations and concepts	Best available technology Citizen suit Discharge Monitoring Report Environmental crime Environmental impact statement Environmental justice National Ambient Air Quality Standards National Priorities List New Source Performance Standard Not-To-Exceed (NTE) Right to know Total maximum daily load Toxicity category rating

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