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Graphic containing information on why individuals should not feed wildlife on military installation.

Oct. 28, 2021

Professionals warn against feeding wildlife

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — Jim Watson, 633d Civil Engineer Squadron pest management supervisor, has received reports of a fox that had charged a contractor near the 633d Medical Group.

JBLE celebrates Earth Day

May 1, 2019

JBLE celebrates Earth Week

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — Earth Day is an international holiday celebrated around the world April 22nd to demonstrate support for environmental protection and the significance of preserving natural resources. JBLE recognized the occasion by sponsoring numerous conservation themed events on the installations from April 22 to April 26.

The 733rd Civil Engineer Division environmental element at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., ensures mission success by managing natural resources to provide adequate land on which U.S. Army Soldier’s train. The deer population is an example of wildlife managed on JBLE. Overpopulation risks depletion of the understory of the forest, which could impact Soldiers land navigation training or other mission-related activities. (U.S. Air Force graphic/Airman 1st Class Kaylee Dubois)

May 31, 2017

Oh, deer: JBLE environmental ensures wildlife aids mission

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — Joint Base Langley-Eustis is comprised of roughly 11,000 acres, 8,000 of which are part of the natural forest landscape of Fort Eustis. In charge of preserving the natural resources across those 8,000 acres, enabling mission success across the installation, is the 733rd Civil Engineer Division environmental element. One of their most crucial roles is maintaining the deer population. This ensures the livelihood and protection of the installation’s wildlife, while also maintaining adequate training areas for U.S. Army Soldiers.

Karen Terwilliger, a local environmental expert, looks out to brackish water shores ideal for Diamondback Terrapin Turtle reproduction at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., May 10, 2017. Langley Air Force Base has restored 3,000 linear feet of its shoreline and plans to restore an additional 329 feet this year, providing natural flood prevention, and an added benefit of more area for the turtles to lay eggs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Natasha Stannard)

May 24, 2017

Last refuges for declining, rare, endangered species

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — “This area is perfect,” said Karen Terwilliger, a local environmental expert, as she pointed to a part of Langley Air Force Base’s shoreline that provides, not only a natural flood barrier, but a safe area for the Diamondback Terrapin Turtle, a declining species being surveyed at Langley AFB, to lay its eggs.