[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: "More Military Bases Join ‘Sentinel Landscapes’ for Readiness Enhancement"

[Lenny Siegel]

More Military Bases Join ‘Sentinel Landscapes’ for Readiness Enhancement

By Terri Moon Cronk
DoD News, Defense Media Activity
July 12, 2016


WASHINGTON - Numerous military installations have joined the Sentinel Landscapes partnership to maintain military readiness while preserving local agriculture, natural resources and wildlife habitat, Defense Department officials announced today.

Avon Park Air Force Range, Florida; Camp Ripley, Minnesota; and the Eastern North Carolina region, which comprises numerous military installations, joined the cooperative partnership between DoD and the departments of Interior and Agriculture, DoD officials said.

In July 2013, the departments launched the Sentinel Landscapes Partnership through a memorandum of understanding to meet three critical goals: preserve working and agricultural lands, restore and protect wildlife habitat, and assist with military readiness. The first designees were Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington, Fort Huachuca in Arizona and Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Maryland, officials said.


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For the entire release, see
http://www.defense.gov/News-Article-View/Article/835331/more-military-bases-join-sentinel-landscapes-for-readiness-enhancement

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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