| The Nature Conservancy Clarifies Role with OLF at Sandbanks Site |
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05-16-08
Press Release
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| In response to an article in Tidewater News the Nature Conservancy posted a letter on its North Carolina website yesterday. "We are thrilled that the Nature Conservancy has publicly stated they are not working with the Navy to promote the Sandbanks site."...(more) |
| Scoping session |
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05-15-08
The Tidewater News, Franklin, Southampton, Isle of Wight - Virginia
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| The Gates County, N.C., public scoping session May 2, with 671 in attendance, was the largest of the seven sessions held by the Navy in Southside Virginia and northeast North Carolina earlier this month....(more) |
| Letter to Virginia's Tidewater News about Navy's proposed Outlying Landing Field |
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05-15-08
The Nature Conservancy in North Carolina
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| Admiral Anderson's comments may have conveyed the impression that The Nature Conservancy views an OLF at the Sandbanks site - or any of the other four proposed locations - as a positive conservation opportunity. That impression is inaccurate....(more) |
| Possible OLF sites called endangered |
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05-14-08
Virginian-Pilot
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| A historic preservation group's annual list of the state's most endangered sites names a proposed Navy landing field as a threat to local history in four counties....(more) |
| OLF SCOPING MEETING A SUCCESS! |
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05-10-08
Press Release
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| The Navy's OLF Scoping Meeting in Gates County on Friday, May 2, had a huge turnout. Over 671 people came out to show their broad opposition!...(more) |
| OLF foes not impressed with scoping sessions |
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05-09-08
The Tidewater News, Franklin, Southampton, Isle of Wight - Virginia
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| With the close of the last of those meetings Wednesday in Surry County, a 30-day period began in which people who still have questions or concerns may submit them in writing, either online or by mail....(more) |
| Next in OLF plan: Noise tests |
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05-09-08
Virginian-Pilot
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| Former Navy carrier pilot Lambertson: It's not realistic unless you go to ground level & take back off. Cruising at the 600-foot landing pattern will not re-create the noise level of jets touching down, taking off at full thrust which is really deafening....(more) |
| Navy plans low flights over Virginia, North Carolina sites |
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05-08-08
Virginian-Pilot
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| Jets would fly about 600 feet above ground in a race track shaped pattern typical of "touch and go" carrier landing drills without touching down, Navy spokesman Ted Brown said....(more) |
| Navy plans jet flyover in Camden to demonstrate noise - Residents listen, give input on proposed OLF |
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05-06-08
Daily Advance
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| The Navy will be flying F/A-18 SuperHornets over Camden County in the next year to show the community what type of noise they would make if a pilot training field was located here....(more) |
| Southampton's OLF 'scoping' session is biggest yet |
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05-03-08
The Tidewater News, Franklin, Southampton, Isle of Wight - Virginia
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| A major complaint of NOVAOLF was they were unable to get specific information about such things as expected noise levels at specific locations or what particular properties within the areas targeted for the OLF would need to be taken over by the Navy....(more) |
| In Two Victories, SELC Shows What It Takes to Protect Treasured Places - Navy Jets vs. Migratory Waterfowl |
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05-03-08
Southern Environmental Law Center
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| This past January, after Congress passed bills that denied authorization and funding for the project, the Navy finally announced it was abandoning its plan for the OLF....(more) |
| Residents grill Navy on landing field plan in Prince George |
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04-30-08
Progress-Index, Petersburg, VA
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| Ted Brown, media relations officer for the U.S. Fleet Forces Command, said the open house is to show the process the Navy will take to draft its Environmental Impact Statement for each of the five proposed sites....(more) |
| Citizens meet 'experts' |
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04-30-08
The Tidewater News, Franklin, Southampton, Isle of Wight - Virginia
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| For OLF opponents, the most important component of the scoping meetings will be the opportunity they have to pose questions and make suggestions they wish to be considered as part of the Navy's federally mandated environmental impact statement....(more) |
| Noise top concern at OLF scoping session - Meeting is one of seven scheduled |
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04-30-08
Daily Advance
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| Residents raised the issues of pollution and economic impact. But what seemed to matter most to the crowd gathered here Monday was the anticipated effect of noise from the Navy's outlying landing field proposed for nearby Camden County....(more) |
| Two Kennedy Covington Attorneys Honored at The Power of Justice Luncheon - Outstanding Pro Bono Service Recognized |
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04-28-08
Press Release
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| Chris Lam played an integral role in the firm's nationally recognized pro bono representation of two economically distressed counties in eastern NC in their lawsuit against the U. S. Navy over its decision to build an OLF within five miles of a NWR....(more) |
| Five things to know about the Navy's OLF search |
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04-27-08
Virginian-Pilot
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| A new round of public meetings is about to start as the Navy resumes its quest to find a site for a practice landing field to serve Oceana Naval Air Station....(more) |
