2006 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 14 Aug 2006 03:22:09 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] Barking Sands (HI) for the birds
 
Migratory birds nearing frequent flier season

by Johnny Michael - United States Navy
Kauai Garden Island News
August 13, 2006

Two distinctly different populations have come to depend on the unique characteristics of a small strip of land located on the Westside of Kaua‘i.

Both the wedge-tailed shearwater (Puffinus pacificus), a migratory seabird, and the men and women who work at the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility call the area home.

PMRF, a small but highly important U.S. Navy test and training range, is situated on a half-mile wide, seven-mile long parcel of land located on the western side of what is called the Mana plain.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.kauaiworld.com/articles/2006/08/13/news/news03.txt

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