Welcome to DoD Partners in Flight
The Department of Defense (DoD) Partners in Flight (PIF) program sustains and enhances the military testing, training, and safety mission through proactive, habitat-based management strategies that maintain healthy landscapes and training lands. DoD PIF representatives assist installation natural resources managers in improving monitoring and inventory, research and management, and education programs involving birds and their habitats. The DoD PIF Strategic Plan identifies actions that support and enhance the military mission while also working to secure bird populations. These actions can be incorporated into installation Integrated Natural Resources Management Plans and Bird/Animal Aircraft Strike Hazard plans. DoD PIF works beyond installation boundaries to facilitate cooperative partnerships, determine the current status of bird populations, and prevent the listing of additional birds as threatened or endangered. DoD PIF provides a scientific basis for maximizing the effectiveness of resource management, enhancing the biological integrity of DoD lands, and ensuring continued use of these lands to fulfill military training requirements.
Spring 2021 Natural Selections Newsletter – 30 Years of DoD Partners in Flight
What’s New
How to Participate in the 2022 DoD PIF Backyard Bird Blitz
Spotlight Articles
DoD PIF Photo Library
You can view photos taken by DoD Natural Resources personnel and find information including photo policy, how to submit photos, and current taxonomy for this website at the DoD PIF Photo Library.