2015 CPEO Military List Archive

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.

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For the entire story, see
http://kazu.org/post/after-burn-rare-look-behind-lines-fort-ord-cleanup#stream/0

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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