[CPEO-MEF] Ft. A.P. Hill (VA) buffer

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

A. P. Hill buffer preserved

By JENN ROWELL
Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star (VA)
December 19, 2006

Army officials have reached agreement with several conservation groups 
to protect 1,320 acres near the post from development.

The agreement, which will be signed today, is a first for the Caroline 
County post. Officials there hailed it as a major step in protecting the 
fort's training programs.

"From the military standpoint, the people who are really going to 
benefit from these easements are the fighting men and women training at 
the installation," A.P. Hill spokesman Ken Perrotte said. "These 
easements help preserve realistic conditions for training."

A.P. Hill is entering into a partnership with The Trust for Public Land, 
The Nature Conservancy, The Conservation Fund, Virginia Outdoors 
Foundation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to acquire the first 
conservation easement under the Army Compatible Use Buffer Program.

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For the entire article, see
http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2006/122006/12192006/244992

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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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