[CPEO-MEF] Army partners with Ducks Unlimited

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Army partners with Ducks Unlimited to preserve wetlands

By Spc. Nancy Van Der Weide
Army News Service
July 13, 2006

WASHINGTON - The Department of the Army advanced on its goal to prevent 
encroachment by establishing a new partnership between the Army 
Compatible Use Buffer Program and Ducks Unlimited July 7.

The partnership allows Ducks Unlimited - an organization committed to 
the conservation, restoration and management of wetlands and associated 
habitats for North American waterfowl - to work with the Army to 
identify opportunities for wetland creation and management near 
installations participating in the ACUB program, said Chad Henry, 
director of training for the Training Lands Office.

"It gives the troops more area to train as realistically as possible," 
he said. "We are going to protect the longevity of our ability to train."

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For the entire article, see
http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/read.php?story_id_key=9291

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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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