This document uses a Sustainable Landscape Initiative as a guide to maintaining the landscape and hardscape of Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB). It outlines the standards to be followed both by Tyndall AFB maintenance staff and outside landscape contractors engaged to maintain the base’s landscape assets.
Tyndall AFB has partnered with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to develop a Sustainable Landscape Plan for the installation that is based on Tyndall AFB’s Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan (INRMP). The primary objective of Tyndall AFB’s Natural Resources program is to ensure continued access to the land and airspace required to accomplish the Air Force’s mission while maintaining the natural resources in a healthy condition. The INRMP ensures that natural resources management and mission activities are integrated and align with state and federal mandates. The INRMP integrates and prioritizes wildlife, fire, and forest management activities to sustain and restore the base’s ecosystems and ensure “no net loss” in the operational capability of these resources to support the base’s mission activity.
The Sustainable Landscape Initiative is a comprehensive forward-thinking approach to landscape design, maintenance, and operations. The initiative addresses five program categories:
These maintenance guidelines focus on future activities once rebuild construction is complete and Tyndall AFB has achieved the functionality and aesthetic as the Installation of The Future. The maps in this document represent landscape zones or planning districts and are the best representation of these areas and zones at the time this document was produced. The buildings and other vertical items are also not an exact alignment, or location. The Landscape Master Plan will continue to evolve and modify as Tyndall AFB moves closer to becoming the Installation of The Future.
The design intent for the landscape at Tyndall AFB is to create a more natural appearance that resembles the native landscape already in existence on a large portion of the base. The shift in approach from large areas of maintained lawns to a more wooded and native shrub and native grass landscape enhances the natural beauty of the native landscape, reduces overall maintenance costs, and establishes a more sustainable and resilient approach to landscaping.
The work of the landscape contractor is primarily maintenance work in the Manicured, Maintained, and Airfield Zones.