From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | 9 Mar 2006 19:23:57 -0000 |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] Ft. Ord (CA) controlled burns |
Up In Smoke Army plans to stop paying for relocation of residents during prescribed burns. By Raul Vasquez Monterey County Weekly (CA) March 9, 2006 The Army is hoping to nix an environmental rule that requires it to temporarily relocate families when it burns contaminated lands on the former Fort Ord. That proposal is being met with heated opposition from nearby residents, largely because the last two times the Army attempted to perform "controlled" burns on military lands, fires quickly spread out of control. The Army sets fire to lands as a means of clearing them of brush, so that teams can go in later and pick out munitions debris. The most recent Army-planned burn happened in October of 2003, when workers intended to scorch 500 acres of land littered with more than half-a-century’s worth of unexploded munitions. Once the fire was lit, however, winds shifted unexpectedly and the flames ran roughshod over more than 1,500 acres of land over several days. The fire came within a few hundred feet of Gen. Jim Moore Boulevard and the ensuing black smoke engulfed much of Monterey County, literally blotting out the sun. ... For the entire article, see http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/issues/Issue.03-09-2006/news/Article.news_feature_4 --
_______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@list.cpeo.org http://www.cpeo.org/mailman/listinfo/military | |
Prev by Date: [CPEO-MEF] Vandenberg AFB (CA) jet fuel spill Next by Date: [CPEO-MEF] Homestead Air Reserve Base (FL) mefand housing | |
Prev by Thread: [CPEO-MEF] Vandenberg AFB (CA) jet fuel spill Next by Thread: [CPEO-MEF] Homestead Air Reserve Base (FL) mefand housing |