From: | Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com> |
Date: | Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:20:11 -0800 (PST) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT - Quantico (VA) buffer |
Merrimac Farm latest gain in conservation effort Ken Perrotte Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star (VA) February 14, 2008 Francis Barger admires the 44-pound striper he caught in the Chesapeake Bay. A300-ACRE FARM adjacent to Quantico Marine Corps Base is the latest property to join the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries' lineup of wildlife management areas. The VDGIF recently acquired Merrimac Farm in Prince William County with support from the Prince William Conservation Alliance (PWCA), MCB Quantico, and the McDowell family, previous owners of the property. Closing the $2.859 million deal required a creative pooling of resources. The PWCA obtained an $820,773 Virginia Land Conservation Foundation grant, the Department of the Navy contributed $1,429,750, and the VDGIF provided $608,997 from its capital funds. The military contribution came from a special account designed to help protect installations against encroachment by incompatible development. ... For the entire article, see http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2008/022008/02142008/356068 -- 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> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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