PUBLICATIONS

 

Regulations & Forms

• Fort Drum Regulation 420-3 Hunting, Fishing, & Other Outdoor Recreation (Unofficial Version effective & updated 4 Sep 2024 -- 18 pages).
• Fort Drum Regulation 420-3 Hunting, Fishing, & Other Outdoor Recreation (Official Version effective & updated 4 Sep 2024 -- 28 pages with summary of changes). 
• Fort Drum Regulation 190-13 Physical Security (updated 1 Mar 2020) (see Chapter 8: Privately Owned Weapons & Ammunition)
• Fort Drum Form 601-E Registration of Personal Firearm or Weapon (fillable document -- if it doesn't open, it can still be downloaded and filled in)
• Fort Drum Form 601-E Registration of Personal Firearm or Weapon (must be printed and then filled out)
• Fort Drum Regulation 420-6 Forest Products (updated 1 Aug 2020)
• Fort Drum Regulation 40-6 Control of Animals and Communicable Diseases of Animals (approved 01 Jan 2020)

 

Plans

• Fort Drum Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan (INRMP) (updated May 2024)

                                     

                                          Recreation Information

• Recreation on Fort Drum fact sheet (updated Mar 2024)
• Fishing Fort Drum brochure (updated 2015)
• Hunting Fort Drum brochure (updated 2019)
• Disabled Access Hunting on Fort Drum brochure (updated 2020)

 

 

Wildlife Viewing & Natural History Information

Mammals

• Bats of Fort Drum brochure (2018) 
• Fort Drum Fish & Wildlife and Cultural Resources: Bats & LeRay Mansion (pp. 1 & 7-8) in Department of Defense Legacy Resource Management Program Natural Selections newsletter, June 2009.
• DoD Joins the Battle to Save Bats (pp. 40-41) in US Fish & Wildlife Service Endangered Species Bulletin, Spring 2011.
• Patterns of Acoustical Activity of Bats Prior to and Following White-Nose Syndrome Occurrence (pp. 125-134) in Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management, 2011.
• Canids of Fort Drum brochure (2018) 
• Black Bear Project on Fort Drum Military Installation Oct 2004 - Apr 2007 Final Report, 2011.
• Estimating Black Bear Density Using DNA Data from Hair Snares (pp.318-325) in Journal of Wildlife Management, 2010. 
• Temporal Sampling Frame Selection in DNA-based Capture-mark-recapture Investigations (pp. 42-51) in Ursus, 2012

Birds

• Birds of Fort Drum brochure (2018)
• Birding on DoD Lands: Fort Drum, NY in Winging It
• A Brief Guide to Birding Fort Drum, NY in Kingbird
• American Woodcock on Fort Drum Military Installation, New York (pp. 241-248) in Northeastern Naturalist, 2008.
• Fading Drums: Does Hunting Play a Role in the Decline of Ruffed Grouse in New York (pp. 12-16) in New York Conservationist, October 2010.
• Fall-Winter Survival of Ruffed Grouse in New York State (pp 395-410) in Northeastern Naturalist, 2011.

Reptiles & Amphibians

• Snakes of Fort Drum brochure (2018) 
• Turtles of Fort Drum brochure (2018)
• Frogs and Toads of Fort Drum brochure (2018)

Invertebrates

• Butterflies of Fort Drum brochure (2018) 
• Crayfish of Fort Drum brochure (2018) 
• Mussels of Fort Drum brochure (2018) 

 

Threatened & Endangered Species Information

• Biological Assessment for the Indiana Bat (Myotis sodalis) 2009-2011 Fort Drum, New York. 160 pp. (11 MB)
• Biological Assessment on the Proposed Activities on the Fort Drum Military Installation, Fort Drum, New York (2012-2014) for the Federally-endangered Indiana Bat (Myotis sodalis). 138 pp. (14 MB)
• Biological Assessment on the Proposed Activities on Fort Drum Military Installation, Fort Drum, New York (2015-2017) for the Indiana Bat (Myotis sodalis) and Northern Long-eared Bat (Myotis septentrionalis). 166 pp. (8 MB)
• Biological Assessment on the Proposed Activities on Fort Drum Military Installation, Fort Drum, New York (2018-2020) for the Indiana Bat (Myotis sodalis) and Northern Long-eared Bat (Myotis septentrionalis) 87 pp. (3 MB)
• Biological Assessment on the Proposed Activities on Fort Drum Military Installation, Fort Drum, New York (2021-2023) for the Indiana Bat (Myotis sodalis) and Northern Long-eared Bat (Myotis septentrionalis) 91 pp. (3 MB)
• Biological Assessment on the Proposed Activities on Fort Drum Military Installation, Fort Drum, New York (2024-2026) for the Indiana Bat (Myotis sodalis), Northern Long-eared Bat (Myotis septentrionalis), and Tricolored Bat (Perimyotis subflavus) 94 pp. (3 MB)