[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: Idaho Guard searches Gowen Field

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Idaho Guard on the hunt for old bombs

By KATHLEEN KRELLER
Idaho Statesman
April 25, 2012

Contractors and staff at Boise’s Gowen Field are working to make sure  
the past doesn’t come back to haunt them.
Using sound waves, digital maps and federal dollars, they are  
searching where bombs, grenades and ammunition were once stored.

Two areas are of special interest: a large field along Gowen Road  
that until the 1970s served as a munitions storage area; and the  
grounds around an old Marine Corps barracks.

The Idaho National Guard has Military Munitions Response Programs at  
military properties across the state, said Maj. Jim Hawkes, an  
environmental manager at the base.
 ...


For the entire article, see
http://www.idahostatesman.com/2012/04/25/2090787/idaho-guard-on-the- 
hunt-for-old.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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