[CPEO-MEF] NATURAL RESOURCES, REUSE: Former Savanna Army Depot (IL) now teems with wildlife

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Big Story: Of hawks and hand grenades. An old Army depot now teems with wildlife

by Barb Ickes
Quad City Times
October 8, 2018

The little office is what you’d expect, mostly.

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On a table under the mounted birds of prey, however, is a collection that doesn’t fit the motif.

Scattered upon the little display table are hand grenades, mortar shells, shrapnel and bullets.

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Welcome to the Lost Mound Unit, formerly the Savanna Army Depot.

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The old depot property an hour north of the Quad-Cities, bequeathed to the Refuge when the Army shipped out about 15 years ago, contains a bunch of little surprises, rolled into one.

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For the entire article, see
https://qctimes.com/news/local/barb-ickes/big-story-of-hawks-and-hand-grenades-an-old-army/article_4c184b26-3ad0-5334-af63-2636e74b184b.html#20

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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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