2008 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 20:49:31 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Badger Ammo Plant (WI) natural history
 
Restored Badger Ammo site could someday be boon for naturalists

Anita Weier
Capital Times (WI)
August 5, 2008

Standing on a bluff at the northern edge of the vast Badger Army Ammunition Plant, you can see land swept flat by ancient glaciers, "driftless" areas missed by the ice and remnants of prairie, oak savanna and thick woods.

"It's a beautiful view from the bluff," said Craig Karr of the Department of Natural Resources.

"The geologists are very excited about this being a public property," added Karr, who will oversee public input when some of this area is eventually transferred from the Army to the DNR. "It is unique. It shows the ancient sea beds, the glaciation, the terminal moraine."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.madison.com/tct/news/299453

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