[CPEO-MEF] Mountain View Voice edit on Moffett Field wetlands

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Mountain View Voice
Editorial
Publication Date: Friday, December 13, 2002 

Swamped with Complex Issues, Marsh Quagmire Bogged down by NASA Plans 

The swath of land that sits between Mountain View and the open waters of
San Francisco Bay is equally burdened by vast potential and the bad
habits of NASA. 

With the $1 billion NASA redevelopment plan for Moffett Field and the
state/federal/private plan to restore the Cargill salt ponds both in the
works, NASA should add environmental conservation to its priority list
to create a cutting edge research park surrounded by restored tidal
wetlands. 

But relatively minor financial considerations and NASA's unwillingness
to partake in conservation efforts could stand in the way of restoring
local wetlands. 

...

For the entire editorial, see
http://www.mv-voice.com/thisweek/2002_12_13.editorial.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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