incompatible development

Around Town: DOD Readiness Program Accepting Proposals for Land Management Projects; Pentagon Study Finds Civilians Are Generally Cheaper than Contractors 0
- Congress/DoD, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
- December 20, 2018
DOD is now accepting pre-proposals from state and local entities and conservation groups for the 2019 Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration Program (REPI) Challenge, an initiative designed to leverage private and public funding to limit incompatible development in the vicinity of military installations and ranges, maintain or improve installation resilience, or relieve environmental restrictions. The
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Study Recommendations Aim to Protect Ft. Bragg over Long Term 0
- Mission Support/Community Partnerships
- May 18, 2018
Local officials are waiting to consider a series of recommendations to preserve training activities at Fort Bragg, N.C., as the post’s latest joint land use study nears completion. On Thursday the study’s sponsor, the Regional Land Use Advisory Commission, heard draft recommendations, including disclosing military impacts to property during real estate transactions, supporting regional efforts
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Training Sites in Florida, Minnesota, North Carolina Added to Federal Conservation Initiative 0
- Mission Support/Community Partnerships
- July 13, 2016
A federal conservation effort launched in 2013 to preserve working or natural lands that are critical to the nation’s defense mission on Tuesday added three military training sites to the program — Avon Park Air Force Range, Fla., Camp Ripley, Minn., and Eastern North Carolina. The Sentinel Landscapes Partnership — a collaboration among the departments of Defense, Agriculture and the Interior — is designed to improve military readiness, protect at-risk and endangered species, enhance critical wildlife habitat, and restore working agricultural and natural lands …
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Bill to Limit Wind Farms Fails in North Carolina House 0
- Mission Support/Community Partnerships
- July 11, 2016
Legislation banning wind energy projects across central and eastern portions of North Carolina used for military training flights failed to clear the House amid a contentious end-of-session showdown with the Senate over multiple bills before the state’s General Assembly adjourned last week. The measure approved in the North Carolina Senate last month was designed to protect missions at several installations by banning projects located in military training areas included on a map developed for the state’s Military Affairs Commission. The state’s new Department of Military and Veterans Affairs would have reviewed applications to build turbines and recommended whether to approve or deny them based on how the projects would affect military training …
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N.C. Senate Approves Bill Restricting Development of Wind Farms 0
- Mission Support/Community Partnerships
- June 23, 2016
The North Carolina Senate on Monday approved legislation banning wind energy projects across central and eastern portions of the state used for military training flights in an effort to protect missions at several installations. “I can tell you right now that a community, as far as the military is concerned, that is reactive is going to lose their military presence,” said state Sen. Norm Sanderson (R), whose district includes Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. “You cannot take a third of your largest economic driver in the state and throw it under the bus …
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Yuma to Consider Possible Sites for Moving Fairgrounds away from Air Station 0
- Mission Support/Community Partnerships
- June 23, 2016
Consultants for the city of Yuma last week shared the results of a feasibility study of possible locations to relocate the Yuma County Fairgrounds, which lies inside the clear zone and accident potential zone No. 1 for Marine Corps Air Station Yuma in southwestern Arizona. Concern about the proximity of the fairgrounds to the air station has grown in recent years as the property has become increasingly busy; it now is used for 200 days annually. In addition to concern about safety, noise issues also have been cited as a reason for considering relocating the fairgrounds …
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