Table 5-4. Selected military installations in the eastern US with the potential to provide significant grassland habitat for grassland bird conservation Species richness* Ranking Based on Identification Total area Installation Grassland Potential number Type State (Ha) Wintering Breeding Fort Campbell 1 9 Army Kentucky 42772 11 7 Avon Park Bombing and Gunnery Range 2 37 Air Force Florida 34084 11 4 Letterkenny Army Depot 3 13 Army Pennsylvania 7823 9 9 Naval Weapons Support Center, Crane 4 6 Navy Indiana 25165 9 9 Redstone Arsenal 5 11 Army Alabama 15740 9 5 Fort McCoy 6 1 Army Wisconsin 25558 5 11 Fort Jackson 7 29 Army South Carolina 21331 10 5 Fort Bragg 8 27 Army North Carolina 53365 11 4 Fort Detrick 9 16 Army Maryland 852 9 8 Fort Rucker 10 40 Army Alabama 23920 12 3 Marine Corps Combat Development Command, Quantico 11 17 Marines Virginia 25070 8 6 Fort Drum 12 4 Army New York 44009 8 10 Naval Submarine Base, Kings Bay 13 35 Navy Georgia 5614 12 2 Fort Gordon 14 31 Army Georgia 22384 10 4 Fort A. P. Hill 15 19 Army Virginia 30304 11 4 Blue Grass Army Depot 16 8 Army Kentucky 6014 9 4 Fort Stewart 17 34 Army Georgia 113135 11 3 Camp Blanding 18 36 National Guard Florida 29932 12 2 Camp Atterbury 19 5 National Guard Indiana 16191 9 10 Fort Benning 20 39 Army Georgia 74199 12 4 Fort Polk 21 43 Army Louisiana 46036 13 3 Eglin Air Force Base 22 41 Air Force Florida 184793 12 3 Polaris Missile Facility 23 30 Navy South Carolina 7308 14 2 Fort Pickett 24 26 Army Virginia 15374 11 4 Naval Air Development Center, Warminster 25 14 Navy Pennsylvania 1363 11 5 Milan Army Ammunition Plant 26 10 Army Tennessee 10092 11 5 Naval Air Station, Oceana 27 25 Navy Virginia 2136 12 3 Fort Knox 28 7 Army Kentucky 44389 11 5 Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejune 29 28 Marines North Carolina 41329 12 4 Fort Eustis 30 22 Army Virginia 3262 10 3 Port of Savannah 31 32 Port Georgia 583 11 3 Hunter Army Airfield 32 33 Army Georgia 2064 11 3 Marine Corps Logistics Base, Albany 33 38 Marines Georgia 1438 10 4 Ravenna Training and Logistics Site 34 3 Army Ohio 8295 9 8 Camp Grayling 35 2 National Guard Michigan 16100 7 9 Camp Peary 36 20 Navy Virginia 3838 10 4 Naval Weapons Station, Yorktown 37 21 Navy Virginia 4237 10 4 Earle Naval Complex 38 15 Navy New Jersey 4065 10 3 Camp Shelby 39 42 National Guard Mississippi 3203 12 3 Langley Air Force Base 40 23 Air Force Virginia 1185 10 3 Craney Island US Naval Res 41 24 Navy Virginia 1286 11 4 Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base 42 45 Navy Virginia 660 12 3 Fort Story 43 44 Army Virginia 599 12 3 Volunteer Army Ammunition Plant 44 12 Army Tennessee 2859 10 3 Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren 45 18 Navy Virginia 1159 8 4 AVERAGE 22780 10.4 4.7 * Species richness is the maximum number of species possible in the county or counties occupied by the installation. Darker shading indicates high species richness, light shading indicates medium species richness and white indicates low species richness..