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Military liaison urges broader view of installation resiliency, cites Sentinel Landscape and wildfire risk
Summary
Tyler Smith, the Military Installation Resiliency Program manager, told the council the military’s interest in Great Salt Lake issues centers on installation resiliency and training ranges and that conservation and landscape-scale resilience (including wildfire risk mitigation) support military readiness.
Tyler Smith, Military Installation Resiliency Program manager at the Utah Department of Veterans and Military Affairs, told the Great Salt Lake Advisory Council that the state’s military installations depend on broader landscape and ecosystem resilience.
Smith described his new liaison role and the Sentinel Landscape partnership among the Department of Defense, the Department of Interior and the Department of Agriculture. He said the Sentinel Landscape program recognizes that installation resiliency depends on healthy surrounding ecosystems and pointed to wildfire and water availability as threats that can affect training and mission support.
Smith specifically cited Hill Air Force Base’s strategic role and the Utah Test and Training Range’s large restricted airspace, saying installations need landscape-scale resilience in order to maintain surge and training capacity. He urged collaboration between military, state agencies and local partners to address shared risks.
The council did not vote on any military-related measures but welcomed the liaison role and asked staff to maintain contact with the Military Installation Resiliency Program.
