Camp Grant (IL) cleanup

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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Ordnance Removal
Atwood Park, New Milford, IL

WIFR News - 23
Erica Hurtt

For decades U.S. Army troops trained for war at the camp grant rifle
range in New Milford. Now the range is a place where the stateline seek
the peace of Atwood Park.

"The fact that the military camp was here is the reason we have a park.
We had the land donation and we capitalize on the history. There are
still target pits and bunkers," says Rockford park district
environmental program coordinator Katie Townsend.

This spring the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is working to remove any
potentially dangerous remnants from the rifle range.

"Since this is the fourth phase of past work we don't expect to find
much of anything," said U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project manager
Walt Perro.

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for the entire story, see
http://www.wifr.com/home/headlines/678262.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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