From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Mon, 30 Mar 2015 12:12:17 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, FORMER SITES: "Colorado hikers beware: Live military munitions can be found on some public lands" |
Colorado hikers beware: Live military munitions can be found on some
public lands
By Kareem Maddox Colorado Public Radio March 30, 2015Camp Hale, in between Leadville and Minturn, still contains some explosive remnants of its time as a World War II training ground. U.S. soldiers, preparing for deployment to the Italian Alps, practiced using bullets, mortar shells, and grenades to test their performance at high altitude. Today, some of those munitions remain in the rugged mountain terrain, and may be still unexploded, says Ken Vogler of the state's Hazardous Materials and Waste Management Division. His munitions response team is responsible for the cleanup effort at the camp, which has been ongoing for more than five years. He says that it could last another decade. The area being investigated is about 95,000 acres of public land. Though the chance that any one person comes across a dangerous item is small, the number of people visiting the area is growing ... For the entire article, seehttp://www.cpr.org/news/story/colorado-hikers-beware-live-military- munitions-can-be-found-some-public-lands -- 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 _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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