[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: Whiting Field (FL) buffer

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

State buys land to buffer Whiting Field

Dusty Ricketts
Northwest Florida Daily News
June 9, 2009

MILTON - The state of Florida has purchased 1,390 acres near Whiting 
Field to protect the naval air station from encroachment.

Gov. Charlie Crist and his Cabinet on Tuesday finalized the purchase 
from the Nature Conservancy for $5.1 million. The Navy is funding more 
than $1.27 million, or 25 percent of the sale.

"The land will be used as a buffer around the air base," said Sterling 
Ivey, a spokesman for Crist's office. "There will also be some 
recreational use with the land."

The purchase also includes 622 acres on the western edge of the property 
designated for off-road vehicles.

To date, the state has invested more than $900 million to acquire more 
than half a million acres around military bases, including 27,000 acres 
near Eglin Air Force Base in Okaloosa and Walton counties, according to 
the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/million-18042-acres-florida.html

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Lenny Siegel
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