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at AHATS. These sites will be rehabilitated in 2010 under the LRAM program. Realistic
artillery training requires firing points to be at least 15 acres of open area, each having greater
than 300 meters between the firing point and the tree line, sufficient ingress/egress, and several
„hides‟ within the adjoining forestland. Twenty-three field artillery firing point assessments were
conducted to monitor forest encroachment and provide for optimum training. Second phase of
the maneuver trail creation was conducted in 2009. This work consisted of clearing, grubbing,
and reseeding 43 acres of land to accommodate heavy vehicle maneuvers within a tactical
concealment area. Camp Ripley‟s A-11 and B-3 land navigation course was also assessed and
improved for traversibility. An assessment of maneuver training area hazards found that Camp
Ripley has 88 farmstead sites that currently interfere with field maneuvers. These farmstead
remnants can pose a safety hazard to troops, especially during limited visibility. This project will
fill in all depressions, remove foundations, and reseed with native grasses at designated sites each
year until completed. In 2009, 15 of the farmstead sites were closed (Figure 73), in addition to
the 15 closed in 2008. Table 28 details the monitoring schedule for these assessments.
Table 28. Monitoring schedule for RTLA assessments.
Project Name
FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14
Trail and Firebreak Condition North South North South North South North
Artillery Points
Set A Set B
Set A
(n-=23)
Set B
(n=23)
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Set C
(n=22)
Open Maneuver & Drop Zones Arno Ripley Arno Ripley
Maneuver Trails Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4 Phase 5
Restricted Areas Entire Entire
Land Navigation Courses
B-5 A-11,
B-3
B-7 B-5 A-11,
B-3
B-7 B-5
Training Hazards South Center North
UAV Aerial Survey Entire Entire Entire Entire Entire Entire Entire
Land Rehabilitation and Maintenance (LRAM) Program
Land Rehabilitation and Maintenance is an ongoing program whereby erosion control
measures and good vegetation management practices are employed to maintain and stabilize the
soil. LRAM is the component of the ITAM program that provides a preventive and corrective
land rehabilitation and maintenance procedure to reduce the long-term impacts of training on
Camp Ripley. LRAM uses technologies such as re-vegetation and erosion control techniques to
maintain soils and vegetation required to support Camp Ripley‟s mission. These specifically
designed efforts help to maintain Camp Ripley as a quality military training site and subsequently
minimize long-term costs associated with land rehabilitation. LRAM includes programming,
planning, designing, and executing land rehabilitation, maintenance, and reconfiguration projects
based on requirements and priorities identified in the Training Requirements Integration and
RTLA components of ITAM. A key component of the LRAM program is an annual assessment
that is conducted to document LRAM needs attributable to past years activities. In 2009, the
LRAM program rehabilitated and improved over 93 sites at Camp Ripley and 35 sites at AHATS.
2009 Conservation Program Report