[CPEO-MEF] Camp Bonneville articles

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Nonprofit could aid cleanup at Army site 
Clark County explores the options, including bringing in a land trust to
help rehabilitate Camp Bonneville into a park 


FOSTER CHURCH 
The Oregonian 
March 16, 2005

VANCOUVER -- Clark County may reach out to an independent conservation
group to advance its stalled efforts to turn the 3,840-acre Camp
Bonneville into a county park. 

An attempt in 2003 to fast-track the property's transfer from the Army
to the county failed. Now the county is considering whether it should
seek out an organization, such as the Trust for Public Land, to oversee
the cleanup and work on a transfer of ownership. 

County administrator Bill Barron emphasized that the county's interest
is preliminary and that no steps have been taken to begin the process.
But he added that such an arrangement could be advantageous. 

"Conservation groups are skilled and knowledgeable about holding large
tracts of land that are impaired and have a good track record in
cleaning them up," he said. 

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.oregonlive.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/metro_north_news/1110971070110990.xml?oregonian?nn

In the same issue, also see

Repairs to camp's fence will start soon 

The Oregonian 
March 16, 2005


VANCOUVER -- A neglected portion of an 11-mile fence surrounding Camp
Bonneville will be repaired, likely beginning this weekend, according to
Eric Waehling, the Army's environmental coordinator for the camp. 

The deteriorated state of the fence became an issue recently after
Christine Sutherland, a member of the citizens group advising the Army
on the camp, videotaped a lengthy section of the fence near a trail
adjacent to the Autumn Hills subdivision. The fence is missing or
damaged in places and, at one point, the trail diverges and a fork leads
directly into the camp. 

The tape was seen by members of the Washington Department of Ecology,
which sent a stern letter to Waehling asking that the Army repair the
fence. 

Waehling said the damaged sections of the three-strand barbed wire fence
would be replaced, using materials that he said are now on hand. He said
U.S. Navy Seabees, the Navy construction force, would assist on the
project. 

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.oregonlive.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/metro_north_news/1110971175110990.xml?oregonian?nn

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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
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