Refuge at Savanna Army Depot

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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Lost Mound refuge now open

By Kay Luna
The Quad-City Times
April 13, 2004

SAVANNA, Ill. -- Ted Farrey lives just down the road from the old Savanna
Army Depot, and he's been fishing the Mississippi River backwaters there
for years.

"It's real good fishing," the 62-year-old retiree said. "But don't tell
anybody, or they'll all come here."

They just might, if environmental preservationists and economic
development leaders have anything to say about it.

A long lineup of regional, state and federal officials vowed during a
dedication ceremony Tuesday to preserve and promote the uniqueness of
the new Lost Mound Unit of the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife
and Fish Refuge at the old military depot.

They said the refuge will bring environmental and economic benefits to
northwest Illinois, which has suffered the blows of many industry
closings and job losses, including the phasing out of the old Army depot
five years ago.

"This is just the beginning," said U.S. Rep. Don Manzullo, R-Ill., who
is credited for setting up a team of military, environmental and other
government officials to get the Army property turned over as a wildlife refuge.

"The next step is marketing this to the rest of the country, to let them
know how rare of a place we have here," Manzullo said. "It's part of
returning the Savanna Army Depot and the beauty back to the people."

The new refuge covers 9,404 acres of natural habitat for rare wildlife
and plant species, including about 4,000 acres of uplands and about
5,500 acres of bottomland at the river.

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for the entire story, see
http://www.qctimes.com/internal.php?story_id=1026894&t=Gateway&c=30,1026894

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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>
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