[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: Ventura County (CA) Naval Base

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Commander tells farmers Navy wants to save land

By Scott Hadly
Ventura County Star (CA)
May 23, 2008


Sowing the seeds of future cooperation, the commander of Naval Base 
Ventura County told a group of local farmers Thursday that the Navy 
might be their best ally for protecting their fields from creeping 
development.

At an annual business meeting of the Ventura County Farm Bureau, Capt. 
Brad "Brick" Conners said both the Navy and farmers have an interest in 
preserving agricultural land from encroaching urban development.

Conners' keynote talk at the annual Farm Bureau meeting at Ventura's 
Pierpont Inn was a first. No one from the base has spoken to the group 
before, and he said it was part of a broader mission by him and his 
command staff to communicate with local leaders about the work they do.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/23/commander-tells-farmers-navy-wants-to-save-land/

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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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