[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT - Quantico (VA) buffer

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

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.

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For the entire article, see
http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2008/022008/02142008/356068

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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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