[CPEO-MEF] REUSE, NATURAL RESOURCES: Newport Depot (IN) reuse authority votes to destroy restored tallgrass prairie

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

From Phil Cox philwcox@gmail.com:

On December 14 the Newport Chemical Depot Reuse Authority voted to convert the largest black soil tallgrass prairie in the State of Indiana to row crops.  Unfortunately, the board was convinced that the prairie wildlife would simply find some other place to survive.  The conversion will be done as part of the Board approved contract for Farmers National Company to manage the agriculture portion of the property.  I do not know if this includes all 336 acres or not; as some of the existing prairie area was to be adjacent to a proposed recreational trail. Bids to lease the agricultural tracts (including the tallgrass prairie area) are to be accepted in the near future; as soon as Farmers National Company can get everything that is required ready (maybe by sometime in January).

For background, see

http://www.cpeo.org/pubs/NewportPrairie.pdf

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Lenny Siegel

Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight

a project of the Pacific Studies Center

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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545

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