| From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
| Date: | Thu, 22 Oct 2015 16:28:53 -0700 (PDT) |
| Reply: | cpeo-military |
| Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, REUSE: "A Rare Look Behind the Lines on the Fort Ord [CA] Cleanup" |
After the Burn: A Rare Look Behind the Lines on the Fort Ord Cleanup By Krista Almanzan KAZU 90.3 Public Radio (Monterey Bay, CA) October 22, 2015 Any day now the Army hopes to resume prescribed burns on the former Fort Ord. It’s part of the clean-up process, which began when the Army base closed more than 20 years ago. To find out what happens after the smoke clears, I took a rare trip into the burn area with Lyle Shurtleff. He’s Munitions Response Manager for the Fort Ord Environmental Cleanup. Shurtleff pulls his SUV to a stop on a road in the impact area of the former Fort Ord. It’s where for nearly 80 years soldiers trained with bullets, bombs and hand grenades: just to name a few of the munitions that could still be out there. … For the entire story, see http://kazu.org/post/after-burn-rare-look-behind-lines-fort-ord-cleanup#stream/0 -- 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 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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