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TBIs result from
jolt, strike to head tary organizations and see the dedication Dr. Benjamin Tuggle, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Southwest Regional director,
they bring not only to the protection of our center, presents the Service’s 2015 Military Conservation Partner Award to the Barry
by Staff Sgt. country but also to the protection of natural M. Goldwater Range. Accepting on behalf of the Air Force and Marine Corps is Col.
SCOTT LYLES resources,” Tuggle said. “It’s a privilege to Ricardo Martinez, left, Marine Corps Air Station Yuma commanding officer, and Brig.
partner with the armed forces to balance Gen. Scott Pleus, 56th Fighter Wing commander at Luke Air Force Base. The BMGR is
56th Medical Operations Squadron stewardship and natural resource conser- managed cooperatively by the Air Force (56th Range Management Office at Luke AFB
vation on military lands with the military and the Marine Corps (Marine Corps Air Station Yuma) in accordance with Public Law
LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. — mission. Military forces — our Airmen and 106-65 Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 to support the military training mission.
Most people associate traumatic brain Marines — in Arizona have made such a
injuries with military combat operations huge difference in ensuring that our pre- Council and BMGR Intergovernmental working groups, the Arizona Bird Conser-
or football injuries. In reality, any jolt or cious wildlife resources will endure not just Executive Committee currently chaired vation Initiative, the Arizona Interagency
strike to the head that may cause the for us to enjoy, but for future generations of by Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, the Desert Tortoise Team, the Sonoran Joint
brain to shake violently can result in a Americans to appreciate.” Sonoran Desert Conservation Partnership Venture Technical Committee, the Depart-
TBI. Events resulting in a TBI can include Team, and the Sonoran Joint Venture. ment of Defense Partners In Flight Steering
a bicycle incident, a slip and fall in your The BMGR and the service have a long- Committee, the Arizona Important Bird Area
kitchen or a motor vehicle accident. TBIs standing cooperative conservation relation- Additionally,BMGR natural resources staff Science Committee, and the Desert Thrasher
effect several aspects of functioning and ship that supports one of the largest single participates in Desert Landscape Conserva- Working Group.
may involve cognitive impairment, emo- landowner segments (about 1.5 million tion Cooperative climate change and GIS
tional dysregulation or physical problems. acres) of Sonoran Desert in the United
States. This eco-region has the highest di-
Cognitive impairments can include limi- versity of native plants of any desert in the
tations in concentration, focus and atten- world and includes more than 2,500 pollina-
tion. TBIs can also affect short-term and tor species, more than 600 native sh and
long-term memory and retention. In some wildlife species, and more than two-thirds of
cases, an individual may be misdiagnosed all migratory bird species that occur in the
with attention de cit disorder due to the United States, Mexico and Canada.
similarity of symptoms. Some may also
experience dif culty or delays with rate, BMGR actively participates in ve pri-
volume and articulation of speech, read- mary conservation partnerships to manage
ing, writing and executive functioning. desert basins, sand dunes, aquatic pools
(tinajas) and springs, canyons and moun-
Physical impairments may include bal- tain ranges, as well as listed and sensitive
ance, gait, hearing or sight impairments species that rely on these habitats. The ve
and other sensory related de ciencies. active partnerships include the Sonoran
Other physical problems can range from pronghorn recovery team; the at-tailed
headaches to loss of consciousness. TBIs horned lizard interagency coordinating
committee and the management oversight
See TBIs, Page 17 group; the Barry M. Goldwater Executive
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