Military bases can face 20 overlapping species plans, and Virginia Tech wants one fix

Military bases can face 20 overlapping species plans, and Virginia Tech wants one fix

Large stretches of natural habitat can exist within military installations, making wildlife protection more complicated than it might seem. Virginia Tech said two of its researchers have each been awarded $2 million grants to improve how threatened and endangered species are managed on those lands. Rather than writing a separate recovery plan for every species that shares a landscape, the researchers want to manage the ecosystem as a whole. What…