[CPEO-MEF] BUFFERS: "Navy helps protect waterfront property through REPI" in Maryland

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Navy helps protect waterfront property through REPI

By Donna Cipollino
NAS Patuxent River Public Affairs (MD)
August 17, 2017

It was a winning situation for all agencies involved, as well as the residents of St. Mary’s County, when Snow Hill Farm — purchased for preservation and parkland purposes from a long-time private landowner — was opened to the public July 22 as Snow Hill Park.

Comprising 163 acres in the northern Hollywood area, the waterfront property was acquired with the help of funding from the DoD’s Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI) program, a key tool in minimizing encroachment that could impede or restrict military testing, training and operations. REPI allows the military services to enter into unique cost-sharing partnerships with state and local governments and private conservation organizations to preserve compatible land uses around military installations and to conserve natural landscapes in support of military readiness.

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For the entire release, see
http://www.dcmilitary.com/tester/news/local/navy-helps-protect-waterfront-property-through-repi/article_c217e3cf-b90f-513c-ad26-0be32595f582.html

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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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