[CPEO-MEF] Smoke grenade found near village

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FAIRBANKS DAILY NEWS-MINER
Smoke grenade found near village
By KYLE HOPKINS, Staff Writer
June 24, 2003

Eielson Air Force Base technicians were called on Monday to dispose of a
smoke grenade found on old training grounds near the Native village of
Tanacross. The discovery came near the end of a yearlong effort to
assess the environmental impact of decades-old military action in the
area.

The project's focus is not uncovering ordnance, but village project
manager Adam Martin said Tanacross may now seek to also look
specifically for explosives and munitions.

"Since this live grenade was found, there's probably others like it," he
said.

The project ends this month, but the village and the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers are in talks to begin a new two-year cooperative agreement to
continue the work. Tanacross' village-owned company--Dihthaad Global
Services--was hired to scour 8,000 acres, looking for old military
structures, refuse, abandoned drums, soil contamination and other
leftovers that could affect the environment.

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