[CPEO-MEF] Florida Forever Buffers Florida Military Bases

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

News Release
The Nature Conservancy
February 6, 2008

Florida Forever Buffers Florida Military Bases to Protect Economy and 
Ecosystems

The Nature Conservancy works with state and federal programs to buy 
conservation land adjacent to military bases.

ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FL - The $52 billion in economic benefits the 
military and defense industries provide in Florida face two major 
threats: development encroachment on bases and the loss of healthy 
habitats for native species throughout the state. To address these 
threats and grow the economic strength of the military, bases must be 
protected by acquiring conservation lands important to the military, The 
Nature Conservancy said today in response to a study released Feb. 1 
that shows an $8 billion increase in military economic benefits over the 
past two years — or the equivalent of 9 percent per year.

An invigorated Florida Forever program combined with federal dollars 
allocated for base buffering will help protect Florida bases from future 
realignments or closures, according to the Conservancy and officials 
from the Florida Defense Alliance, an organization created within 
Enterprise Florida in 1998 to ensure that Florida, its military bases 
and its military host communities are improving base efficiencies.

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For the entire release, see
http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/florida/press/press3344.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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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