[CPEO-MEF] WILDLIFE, SONAR, NATIVE PEOPLES: Alaskans protest Naval exercises

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

News Release
Eyak Preservation Council
May 18, 2105

Giant Flotilla Navy Protest in Cordova

Saturday, May 16th 2015 over 100 boats and hundreds of onlookers  
joined in a peaceful protest to demonstrate against the Navy's  
planned training activities in the Gulf of Alaska scheduled to start  
this June.

Starting June 15th, the Navy wants to conduct a training exercise  
called ‘Northern Edge’ in the Gulf of Alaska, very close to the South  
Central Alaskan coastline. This combined training exercise uses  
dangerous sonar and weapons in what the Navy calls ‘realistic’ war  
games. The training area overlaps with State Marine Protected areas,  
NOAA Fisheries Protected areas and include critical and Essential  
Fish Habitat.

These trainings are planned to take place during the most prolific  
breeding and migratory periods of the marine supported life in the  
region (salmon, whales, birds and more) as they make their way  
towards Prince William Sound and beyond.

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For the entire release, see
http://www.eyakpreservationcouncil.org/blog/giant-flotilla-navy- 
protest-cordova/

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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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