[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: Camp Bullis (TX) "Works to Be a Good Neighbor"

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

A Military Camp Works to Be a Good Neighbor

By KATE GALBRAITH
New York Times
November 26, 2011

CAMP BULLIS - Reddish-brown cedar chips from recently cleared trees  
spread across a patch of ground in this United States military  
installation, in sharp contrast to the jungle-like growth nearby.

"Before, you couldn't hardly walk through it," James Cannizzo, a  
civilian environmental lawyer for Camp Bullis, said above the faint,  
distant hum of a giant cedar-eating machine. "Now, we can have a  
group of guys do field maneuvers."

Clearing cedar to expand training areas is a priority for the camp,  
just north of San Antonio, which helps train all medics in the United  
States military. Concerns about preserving habitat for the endangered  
golden-cheeked warbler, which has increasingly sought refuge on the  
installation's land as San Antonio’s suburbs swell, have stymied  
expansion.

But a series of deals with the Nature Conservancy, the latest of  
which was announced this month, is allowing the camp to clear  
thousands of acres of cedar (though oak trees are spared) inside its  
boundaries in exchange for permanent preservation of warbler-friendly  
ranchland outside the installation.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/us/camp-bullis-works-to-be-a-good- 
neighbor.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street, Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
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