[CPEO-MEF] Camp Ripley (MN) buffer zone

[lsiegel@cpeo.org]

Military officials want buffer zone around Camp Ripley

Associated Press
Duluth News Tribune (MN)
October 20, 2005

LITTLE FALLS, Minn. - In an attempt to make sure development doesn't
threaten operations at Camp Ripley, military officials plan to ask
nearby landowners to sell their property, or their development rights.

Officials are using $1.5 million from the Department of Defense to
protect a 3-mile circle of land around the military base, said Marty
Skoglund, the camp's environmental supervisor.

...

Camp officials want to either buy land within the buffer area or buy a
conservation easement, which limits development.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/news/politics/12956271.htm

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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