[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: Washington State partnership "to Benefit Agricultural Lands, Wildlife Habitat and Military Readiness"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

U.S. Department of Agriculture
News Release No. 0142.13
July 10, 2013

USDA, Interior and Defense Departments Partner to Benefit  
Agricultural Lands, Wildlife Habitat and Military Readiness

First Sentinel Landscape Pilot in Washington State will Support Local  
Economy, the Conservation of Natural Resources and National Defense

WASHINGTON - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Interior Secretary  
Sally Jewell and Defense Acting Deputy Under Secretary for  
Installations and Environment John Conger announced today a federal,  
local and private collaboration that will preserve agricultural  
lands, assist with military readiness and restore and protect  
wildlife habitat.

Through the Sentinel Landscapes partnership, the U.S. Department of  
Agriculture (USDA), U.S. Department of the Interior (Interior) and  
Department of Defense (DoD) will work together in overlapping  
priority areas near military installations to help farmers and  
ranchers make improvements to the land that benefit their operation,  
enhance wildlife habitat, and enable DoD's training missions to  
continue.

"This is a great example of a federal, local and private  
collaboration working together to achieve greater results for the  
American people - in this case by enhancing conservation efforts  
while ensuring our national defense," Vilsack said. "As a result of  
this partnership between Federal agencies and private partners,  
producers will have greater certainty with regard to the environment,  
we'll protect habitat for at-risk species, and our Armed Forces will  
retain access to important training opportunities."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentid=2013/07/0142.xml

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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