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Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center Fort Pickett, Virginia Military Lands

Fort Pickett Main GateFort Pickett is located in the Piedmont physiographic province of southeastern Virginia approximately 100 kilometers southeast of Richmond.

CMI has been involved with various natural resource projects at Fort Pickett since 1999.

Current CMI projects at Fort Pickett:

  • Avian and Bat Habitat Assessment
  • Erosion Management
  • Development of FARSITE Fire Spread Model
  • Rapid Bioassessment of Roanoke Logperch Habitat
  • Macroinvertebrete Sampling
  • Conversion of GIS Data to Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDS)
  • Archeological surveys

Work previously conducted on Fort Pickett by CMI personnel:

  • Completion of an Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan (INRMP)
  • GIS Support Forest health monitoring of bivouac sites
  • Installation wide Forest Inventory
  • Integrated Training Area Management (ITAM) support
  • Prescribed Fire Management Plan
  • Detailed vegetation monitoring using LCTA II Methodology
  • Conducted installation wide point count survey to monitor avian species (2000)
  • Phase I archaeological excavations