[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT, HABITAT: Camp Bullis (TX) "innovative solutions"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

CAMP BULLIS FINDS INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO ENCROACHMENT
FORESTED LAND PROTECTED ON ARMY INSTALLATION.

By Jim Cannizzo, Fort Sam Houston
Environmental Update (U.S. Army Environmental Center)
Fall/Winter, 2010

Camp Bullis, Texas, an island of mostly forested land now surrounded  
on three sides by urbanized areas of San Antonio, faces severe  
encroachment issues that could jeopardize its viability. The lesson  
learned at Camp Bullis is that seemingly monumental encroachment  
problems can be addressed through cooperative efforts and innovative  
solutions.

The 28,000-acre Army installation on the north side of the city is  
the only field training location for Fort Sam Houston (FSH). FSH is  
an urbanized 3,000-acre post in the heart of San Antonio that is home  
to Army medic training and soon to Department of Defense medic  
training. Camp Bullis' field training capability is a critical asset  
to Base Realignment and Closure 2005, which will move more than  
12,000 personnel to FSH by 2011.

Until the 1990s, Camp Bullis was on the outskirts of San Antonio with  
few developments around it. Now, San Antonio is the seventh largest  
and third fastest-growing large city in the United States, and Camp  
Bullis is surrounded on all but its northern boundary.


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For the entire article, see
http://aec.army.mil/usaec/newsroom/update/fallwin10/fallwin1003.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
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