[CPEO-MEF] Camp Bonneville (WA) "has potential to be recreational gem for Clark County"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

In Our View: Plan for Camp Bonneville
Former Army site has potential to be recreational gem for Clark County


Columbian (WA)
September 8, 2017

Clark County’s Camp Bonneville Military Reservation site has the potential to be a gem for local residents. So, as cleanup efforts continue at the former military training facility, the goal must be to prepare the area for safe and extensive public use.

That is a daunting task, considering the 3,840-acre site was used for live-fire exercises to train soldiers from 1909-95. That left behind an untold amount of lead contamination and a staggering number of unexploded munitions. But as the clearance continues — a project being paid for by the U.S. Army on land now owned by Clark County — the long-term prospects for camping or hiking or other recreational activities are intriguing. As The Columbian wrote editorially in 2015, “A jewel of a property such as Camp Bonneville is an opportunity that Clark County must polish.”

Along those lines, the Washington Department of Ecology is seeking public comment through Sept. 18 regarding proposed changes to the cleanup plan for the area (http://tinyurl.com/y9qvxagj). Any changes must be undertaken with concern for public safety in preparing an addition to the county’s numerous recreation outlets.


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For the entire editorial, see
https://www.columbian.com/news/2017/sep/08/in-our-view-plan-for-camp-bonneville/#.WbrdpKEiXM0.email

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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