[CPEO-MEF] FORMER SITES, MUNITIONS: Fort Custer (MI) "Hidden Hazards"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Hidden Hazards: The hunt is on at Fort Custer -- for military training weapons left behind

by Brittany Gray 
WWMT TV-3 News (Western Michigan)
May 16, 2018


Over at the Fort Custer State Recreation Area, there is a search going on -- using metal detectors. Rather than buried treasure, the hunters are seeking hidden hazards: military training weapons left behind.

During World War II, the area was Camp Custer, an induction and military training center. After the area was deeded to Michigan in 1971, the military cleared out. Recently, it was discovered that a few things might have been left behind.

So the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is going backwards – in time – to review the military’s use of the land now Fort Custer State Recreation Area, as well as other sites across the country. The corps' goal: Identify areas that might contain hidden hazards and remove them. Crews like the one at Fort Custer are doing similar searches at sites across the country.

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For the entire story, see
http://wwmt.com/news/i-team/hidden-hazards-the-hunt-is-on-at-popular-park-for-military-training-weapons-left-behind

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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>
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