19 May 2023 PMRF Earth Day Highlights Education, Partnerships and Conservation PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY, Hawaii - The young eyes locked on Timothy Golden in eager anticipation of what was to come. A quiet fell over the crowd and then, POP!, a white plume suddenly appeared and delightful cheers erupted from the visiting schoolchildren...
09 February 2023 Naval Support Activity Panama City Partners with Florida Forest Service and Operation Outdoor Freedom for a Deer Reduction Operation PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. – To protect the base’s natural resources and habitat as well as prevent property damage and increased health risks to humans and deer, Naval Support Activity Panama City’s Environmental team will partner with the Florida Forest Service and Operation Outdoor...
24 January 2023 Five Species on San Clemente Island Declared Fully Recovered NAVAL BASE CORONADO, Calif. - Decades of collaborative conservation efforts on U.S. Navy-owned San Clemente Island resulted in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s announcement today that five species – San Clemente Island paintbrush, lotus, larkspur and bush-mallow plants and...
20 January 2023 Let it Bee KEKAHA, Hawaii - Pollinators play a vital role in life on Earth. Seventy-five percent of the world’s flowering plants and approximately 35% of the world’s food crops depend on pollinators to reproduce. One of the world’s top eight pollinators is bees...
20 September 2022 FRCE hosts state environmental secretary MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. - Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) recently hosted a visit by North Carolina Secretary of the Environment Elizabeth Biser, with a focus on the command’s commitment to environmental stewardship and an emphasis on the work FRCE does to protect the...
19 September 2022 Dark Skies: Steps Toward Another Season Without Fallout KEKAHA, Hawaii - Kaua`i is home to a wide variety of bird species. Of these species there are a few that rely on natural light to guide them to sea...
27 July 2022 Military Sealift Command Helps Protect the Environment PACIFIC OCEAN - Military Sealift Command (MSC) is made up of civilian mariners and ships traveling the world to refuel and replenish ships at sea, keeping the U.S. Navy mission ready, through refueling-at-sea, connected replenishments and vertical replenishments...
28 April 2021 Sub School Students keep it Green for Earth Day GROTON, Conn. - “Teamwork makes the dream work,” said Chief Engineman Bradley Bruns, First Lieutenant Department leading chief petty officer. “We managed to get months and months of work done the last few days. Big thanks to SUBSCOL [Naval Submarine School], and all the other departments that came...
11 December 2020 Navy-Funded Research Team May Have Discovered New Whale Species Researchers funded by the Naval Sea Systems Command Monitoring Program believe they have discovered a new species of beaked whale in the waters off Mexico’s Baja Peninsula...