| OLF foes seek solutions |
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03-01-03
Washington Daily News
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| Their goal: Asking the state's elected leaders in D.C. to help ward off air, water pollution, noise and the further degradation of the tax base that they say an OLF would bring to Beaufort County....(more) |
| Anti-OLF group lobbies in D.C. |
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02-27-03
Washington Daily News
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| Residents lobbying to keep an OLF and its effects away from Beaufort County took their message to Capitol Hill on Wed. Homeowners, elected officials and real estate agents boarded a bus on Tuesday night in hopes of meeting NC's congressional delegation....(more) |
| Navy installs radar at OLF site |
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02-27-03
Washington Daily News
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| The Navy stationed a bird-counting radar at one site for a proposed OLF for a new fleet of jets. Thousands of geese and swans that spend the winter at the refuge pose a grave danger to the jets if they practice carrier landings in Washington County....(more) |
| Plymouth OLF tour opens eyes |
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02-21-03
Washington Daily News
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| Yet, the large swans that feed in these fields may pose a danger to jet pilots....(more) |
| Planned Navy landing field stirs economic, environmental worries |
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02-16-03
Washington Daily News
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| Navy says new strip will help ease tensions in Va., where the one OLF near Oceana is crowded by subdivisions whose residents are angry about noise. More than two years ago, an admiral wrote that noise was the primary reason the Navy wanted the new field....(more) |
| Flying in the face of Navy's jets - Pilots need place to practice, but runway could endanger birds |
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02-07-03
Charlotte Observer
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| Nearly half the world's known population of tundra swans winter in this northeastern corner of NC. Jet noise would flush birds off feeding grounds & roosts costing waterfowl energy for 3,000-mile migration to Northern nesting grounds....(more) |
| Navy looks at sites for airfield - Opponents say proposed facility would endanger pilots and wildlife |
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02-07-03
News & Observer
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| 80% of tundra swans on the Atlantic Coast winter in NC in area around Pungo Lake....swans arrive in NC after a 3,000-mile journey from western Canada and Alaska. They use the winter to build energy for the flight back to nesting and breeding grounds....(more) |
| Bucks for Bombsites? |
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10-30-02
Independent Weekly - Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill
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| Proposals for moving the Vieques operations here are a bitter pill for many Eastern North Carolina communities, because they already grapple with more than their share of noise and danger from longstanding jet and bomb exercises....(more) |
| ACN Letter sent to the OLF 6 County Steering Committee Regarding the lobbying firm of Ward and Smith |
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10-28-02
Albemarle Community Network
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| We wish to present to you some facts concerning the law firm of Ward and Smith which you, serving as the OLF Steering Committee, have hired as lobbyists to guide the counties´ opposition to an OLF in our region....(more) |
| North Carolina Nature Conservancy DEIS Comments |
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10-15-02
Noth Carolina Nature Conservancy
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| the region also provides critical habitat for wintering waterfowl such as tundra swan and snow geese that return each winter from summer nesting in the arctic. ...we respectfully suggest that NE North Carolina is not a very good place to build an OLF...(more) |
| Position Statement |
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10-09-02
The Wildlife Society North Carolina Chapter
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| Dear Commander:
The North Carolina Chapter of The Wildlife Society (NCTWS) is an organization of over 200 wildlife professionals devoted to guiding and promoting the conservation and management of wildlife resources throughout North Carolina. Our Cons...(more) |
| Pamlico-Tar River Foundation Comments for DEIS |
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10-09-02
Pamlico-Tar River Foundation
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| PTRF resents the fact that our eastern region, sparsely populated because of its wetlands, rivers, creeks and swamps, be considered less threatened by the impacts of an OLF than already heavily populated and developed areas....(more) |
| Letter to the Navy Summarizing AEA's Position on the DEIS |
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10-08-02
Albemarle Environmental Association
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| AEA believes it has discovered serious deficiencies in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement prepared by the Navy for siting an OLF in eastern North Carolina....(more) |
| Sierra Club, North Carolina, Cypress Group, Public Comments for the DEIS |
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10-07-02
Sierra Club, North Carolina Chapter
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| The impacts of the noise level created by the OLF on human activity as well as wildlife is not sufficiently addressed by the EIS. The jet noise from the nearby OLF would be a major adverse impact....(more) |
| Ducks Unlimited Comments to DEIS, October 7, 2002 |
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10-07-02
Ducks Unlimited
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| We urge the Navy to reject sites in eastern North Carolina if for no other reason than to avoid bird strikes that will endanger pilots and that will almost certainly occur if the OLF is located near these concentrations of wintering waterfowl....(more) |
| Geo Chem's Comments and Criticisms Entered Into The DEIS |
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10-06-02
Albemarle Community Network
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| I oppose a new airfield any where near the Albemarle Sound. These concerns are for the very fragile wetland areas, drinkable ground water issues, and the certainty of unplanned environmental contaminations, air crashes and fuel transportation disasters....(more) |
