[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: Camp Williams (UT)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Camp Williams grapples with urban growth

By Amy Joi O'Donoghue
Deseret News
September 26, 2010

HERRIMAN - The neighborhood critics who assert Camp Williams should 
relocate in light of a devastating fire underscore a report by the 
National Governor's Association that says urban encroachment is the No. 
1 threat to the future of military installations across the country.

An estimated 80 percent of those installations are facing urban growth 
higher than the national average, according to the report, and only a 
handful of states are embracing strategies to counter the problem.

Even as Camp Williams, its neighboring communities and Salt Lake and 
Utah counties embark on a planning process to formulate compatible land 
uses, such measures have been formalized for more than a decade with its 
neighbor to the north - Hill Air Force Base.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700068666/Camp-Williams-grapples-with-urban-growth.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
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