2010 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:43:48 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] FUDS, NATIVE PEOPLES: Former Wildwood Air Force Base, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
 
'Back to brown' : Group plans to remove eye sore

By Tony Cella
Peninsula Clarion (AK)
July 13, 2010

The Kenai Natives Association will begin the removal of former Wildwood Air Force Base operations building between the end of July and August.

Kenaitze Indian Tribe Environmental Coordinator Brenda Trefon said that the structure, referred to as Building 100, has become a target of graffiti and vandalism. Trefon said that the first phase of the project will focus on removing the concrete structure and hauling it to landfills. The environmental coordinator said that the tribal government will recycle most of the metal, but the concrete cannot be used again.

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She said that the Native association does not want to re-develop the land until an assessment of the water and soil contamination is complete.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/071310/new_675369414.shtml

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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