[CPEO-MEF] Plum Tree Island (VA) ordnance

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Plum Tree backers support cleanup
The Poquoson City Council and community discuss getting rid of bombs on 
the island.

BY DAVE SCHLECK
Hampton Roads Daily Press (VA)
May 25, 2005

POQUOSON -- Plum Tree Island goes way back for Poquoson residents.

Watching the skies light up above the marshy flatlands was a form of 
evening entertainment in the 1950s, when planes from nearby Langley 
Field splattered the island with bombs and gunfire.

About 10 years ago, voters ousted half the City Council, feeling 
threatened by plans to expand Plum Tree Island National Wildlife Refuge.

Tuesday night was another chance to voice opinions. This time, it was to 
talk about cleaning up bombs on the island.

About 50 residents, watermen and hunters met at Poquoson Yacht Club. 
Outside the meeting hall, a wet northeast wind lapped water onto a wisp 
of land called Messick Point. Inside the meeting hall, several 
government agencies withstood a storm of viewpoints about the land just 
across the creek.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/dp-22753sy0may25,0,5773869.story?coll=dp-news-local-final

--
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
http://www.cpeo.org


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