[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: Camp Pendleton (CA) buffer dispute

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Buffer land deals stalled

Military, state officials disagree about appraisal information

By Mike Lee
SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE (CA)
August 23, 2008

CAMP PENDLETON - Business partners Moe Nezami and Abraham Poladian own 
land that conservationists love. Their Fern Creek Ranch, a 140-acre 
flower farm, includes a crystalline stream that serves as an oasis deep 
in the hills of De Luz.

The ranch is supposed to become part of a national effort to buffer 
military bases such as Camp Pendleton from urban encroachment and 
preserve land as wildlife habitat. The Pentagon, state agencies, 
nonprofit groups and others have teamed up to buy properties surrounding 
the bases.

But wrangling between the military and California's Wildlife 
Conservation Board has stalled the purchase of the flower farm and other 
parcels around Camp Pendleton.



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For the entire article, see
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/military/20080823-9999-1m23buffer.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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