[CPEO-MEF] Colorado encroachment

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Allard, Salazar urge Air Force to deal with development at Buckley,

Cherry Creek News (CO)
August 1, 2007

Denver - Many of our Nation's military installations, including several 
in Colorado, are facing accelerating development and population growth, 
otherwise referred to as 'encroachment,' near and around their lands. 
Unfortunately, encroachment has an impact on our military's training and 
preparedness. Colorado's Senators, today, wrote a letter to Secretary of 
the Air Force Michael W. Wynne regarding the Department of Defense's 
Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI) which has 
proven successful in protecting key military installations, ranges, and 
airspace from encroaching development. Unlike the Army, Navy and Marine 
Corps, the Air Force has not taken full advantage of the authority 
provided by Congress through REPI to create its own encroachment 
mitigation program.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.thecherrycreeknews.com/content/view/1582/2/
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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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