[CPEO-MEF] Camp Hero UXO, Long Island, NY

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Under the Radar, a Montauk Park

By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM
New York Times
November 24, 2006

THE sign reads "Danger: Possible Unexploded Military Ammunition."

Nearby, birds dart in and out of twisted trees, streams bubble in the 
underbrush and red foxes rustle the dense, undisturbed woods that 
eventually give way to grassy bluffs. Far below, fishermen balance on 
wet slabs of rock, casting their lines into the hissing Atlantic.

War does not initially come to mind in this place, a sprawling 
waterfront state park known as Camp Hero in Montauk on Long Island. Yet 
along the serene trails dappled with verdant patches of moss and purple 
wildflowers are imposing remnants of its military past.

Weeds and bittersweet berries insinuate themselves through barbed wire 
fences. The words "Do Not Enter" are stenciled in black on sealed 
barracks and bunkers. And a rusting radar tower looms over the landscape 
like an unsightly sibling of the gleaming Montauk Point Lighthouse.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/24/travel/escapes/24hero.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org


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