[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, FUDS, TRIBES: Ordnance at Pt. Reyes National Seashore (CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

World War II-era bomb debris could be buried in Point Reyes National 
Seashore

Rob Rogers
Marin Independent Journal/Contra Costa Times (CA)
July 18, 2010

A new report from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers suggests there may be 
bombs, ammunition and other World War II-era ordnance buried within the 
woods and beaches of the Point Reyes National Seashore - and that 
there's a remote chance those explosives could pose a danger to staff 
and visitors at the national park.

"Our sense, based on the conclusions in this report, is that the 
likelihood is small," said Gordon White, chief of cultural resources 
management at the Point Reyes National Seashore. "Since June of 1947, no 
munitions have been found."

Yet a dispute between the corps and the Federated Indians of Graton 
Rancheria has stalled a more thorough investigation of the former Drakes 
Bay Range, an area about 11 miles southwest of Inverness that served as 
an artillery range, training ground and bombing range during World War II.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_15542940?nclick_check=1

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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
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