The Eastern New Mexico Sentinel Landscape, covering over 2.4 million acres, is anchored by Cannon Air Force Base and Melrose Air Force Range, which provide training and testing opportunities for the 27^th Special Operations Wing, 26^th Special Tactics Squadron, and 43^rd Intelligence Squadron. The landscape boundary overlaps with the Ogallala Aquifer, the sole source of domestic water for Cannon Air Force Base and its surrounding communities. Partners are focused on safeguarding water supplies; sustaining installation and community resilience to the impacts of intensive agriculture and climate change; enhancing wildlife habitats by promoting grasslands and restoring playas; protecting working agricultural lands and advancing innovations for sustainable farming; and building community partnerships through education and training. 

The Great Salt Lake Sentinel Landscape, spanning over 2.7 million acres in northern Utah, contains the Western Hemisphere’s largest saline lake and four military installations with unique missions and capabilities. Hill Air Force Base, Camp Williams, Tooele Army Depot, and Air Force Little Mountain Test Facility offer extensive training, testing, and logistical support for all the Military Services. As Utah is one of the fastest growing and driest U.S. states, partners will focus on mitigating encroachment through mutually beneficial land management programs; managing wildfires; building resilience in Utah’s military installations; protecting migratory bird and mule deer migration corridors through projects that safeguard critical habitats; and bolstering installation and community resilience by enhancing and protecting water sources and the Great Salt Lake ecosystem.

The Hawaiʻi Sentinel Landscape spans over two million acres and includes priority conservation, agricultural, and military mission lands on the islands of Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, and Hawaiʻi Island. Rapid urban and residential development threatens essential agricultural lands, native forests, and critical habitats, while also obstructing low elevation flight and drone training, radar, and communication antennas. Similarly, climate threats, extreme weather anomalies, and sea level rise impacts military readiness, community resilience, and cultural resources. Partners are focused on promoting land use that is compatible with military missions by safeguarding and maintaining open lands that support agriculture, conservation, and recreation; providing landowners and land managers with effective management tools and protection measures to support threatened and endangered species populations; supporting a landscape that is resilient to the impacts of increased severe weather events, sea level rise, and wildfire; and developing initiatives that foster the sustained well-being of Hawaiʻi's conservation areas, working lands, and local communities.

In the Lenape language, Kittatinny means “Big Mountain.,” which describes the geography of Kittatinny Ridge Sentinel Landscape well. Located in eastern Pennsylvania’s Appalachian Mountains, it encompasses forested ridges and fertile valleys that provide clean water, sequester vast amounts of carbon, and serve as a crucial corridor for rare wildlife and songbird migration. The landscape is anchored by Fort Indiantown Gap, the busiest National Guard training center, the Army’s second busiest heliport, and one of only three specialized Army National Guard aviation facilities. With the primary mission of preserving military mission readiness, operations, testing and training capabilities, KRSL partners are focused on increasing coordinated and holistic land conservation, natural resource protection, and stewardship initiatives; supporting working lands productivity and economic development; and improving nature-based recreational resources and access to sustain small-town economies.

The Mojave Desert Sentinel Landscape in California covers about 3.5 million acres of the western Mojave Desert and is located north of Los Angeles and the Inland Empire. Increasingly under pressure from development and climate change, this region is home to the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, National Training Center Fort Irwin, Edwards Air Force Base, Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, and Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, multi-mission public lands, and dozens of endangered and threatened species. The sentinel landscape brings together a diverse group of state and local, Federal, Tribal, and non-governmental organization partners focused on increasing climate resilience among species and ecosystems; reclaiming and rehabilitating up to 50,000 acres of priority habitats; and mitigating encroachment, incompatible development, and the impacts of wildfires and climate change. These partner efforts support critical military missions while safeguarding listed species and vulnerable ecosystems.