[CPEO-MEF] Fallon Naval Air Station (NV) buffer

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Editorial: Navy-county buffer a win-win agreement
	
Lahontan Valley News (NV)
May 11, 2006

Fallon’s golden goose appears to be nowhere near the chopping block.
In June 2005, this newspaper called for local officials to ensure that 
development did not encroach upon NAS Fallon. A recently-signed deal 
goes a long way to protect the naval base's capacity for the future.

The buffer zone agreement recently signed by Churchill County and the 
U.S. Navy encourages the transfer of development rights from 
agricultural lands near the base to areas the county deems fit for urban 
growth, especially northwest of Fallon.

Landowners can be compensated for their forfeiture of development rights 
and a conservation easement placed on the property.
The Navy has pledged $3 million toward the effort.

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For the entire editorial, see
http://www.lahontanvalleynews.com/article/20060511/OPINION/60511002
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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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