[CPEO-MEF] REUSE, NATIVE PEOPLES: Badger Plant (WI) land to Ho-Chunk Nation

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

News Release
Office of U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin
December 5, 2014

U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Gets the Job Done on Transfer of Badger  
Army Ammunition Plant
Land Agreement Reached After More Than a Decade of Advocacy

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin announced today that an  
effort she has championed in Congress will finally be resolved with a  
provision in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Senator  
Baldwin's provision in the NDAA, a major step forward for the project  
started in 1997, will transfer Badger Army Ammunition Plant land and  
allow it to be put to its agreed upon reuse.

"I have been working on this since I first entered Congress, so I  
take great pride in bringing people together, giving the community a  
voice, and getting the job done," said Senator Baldwin. "I am pleased  
that hard work and persistence has paid off with this agreement. This  
helps solve a long standing problem and is a big win for the community."

"This land transfer has been held up in bureaucratic proceedings for  
far too long. Senator Baldwin's legislative provision will finally  
allow the land to be transferred and for our People to preserve and  
protect this special place," said Ho-Chunk Nation President Jon  
Greendeer. "We owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to Senator Baldwin  
and her office for her unrelenting determination to see this transfer  
take place. "County, city discuss future of 'old' highway shop site

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For the entire release, see
http://www.baldwin.senate.gov/press-releases/us-senator-tammy-baldwin- 
gets-the-job-done-on-transfer-of-badger-army-ammunition-plant-land-


See also http://cswab.org/baldwin-gains-land-transfer-to-ho-chunk- 
nation/

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org

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