[CPEO-MEF] Camp Pendleton (CA) buffer

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Conservationists, Pentagon do deal

By Mike Lee
SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE (CA)
August 18, 2007

CAMP PENDLETON - With help from the military, conservationists are 
planting a figurative flag atop Santa Margarita Peak by finalizing a 
long-delayed land purchase.

The deal marks the latest success story for an unusual nationwide 
alliance between environmentalists and the Pentagon. It gives Camp 
Pendleton a buffer against suburban sprawl and allows "green" groups to 
maintain an open-space corridor for animals that travel to and from the 
base.

The Trust for Public Land in San Francisco is using $3.1 million from 
the state and federal governments to buy a 1,206-acre parcel that 
includes the peak. Once the transaction is completed, which could be as 
early as Monday, the group will turn the property over to the Fallbrook 
Land Conservancy to own and manage.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/military/20070818-9999-1mi18buffer.html

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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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