Big Guns Come out for Battle

March 27, 2007

This morning the National Audubon Society had a press release about an upcoming press conference this Thursday in Washington DC about the US Navy’s plan to build and Outlaying Landing Field. (OLF) in Washington County next door to Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge. We will follow any developments on this story closely.

Navy Field Next to National Wildlife Refuge Opposed by Sporting and Conservation Groups

Press Briefing to Detail Risks to Pilots and Wildlife

WASHINGTON, March 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The following was
released today by the National Audubon Society:
WHAT: A coalition of the nation’s leading sporting groups and
conservation organizations will publicly request the Navy to move a
proposed jet landing field away from one of the nation’s most important
refuges for waterfowl and wildlife. Groups will brief media representatives
on the extreme risks posed by the Navy’s proposed Super Hornet landing
field on the Albemarle Peninsula of eastern North Carolina. The outlying
landing field, or OLF, is proposed in an area that is home to over 100,000
swans, geese, and ducks. State and national officials have expressed grave
concerns about the proposal.
WHEN: Thursday, March 29, 2007, 10:00 AM

WHERE: National Press Club, Murrow Room, Washington, DC

WHO: — National Audubon Society, Chris Canfield, Executive Director/Vice
President, North Carolina
— Ducks Unlimited, Scott Sutherland, Director of the Governmental
Affairs Office
— North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, Wes Seegars,
Chairman
— National Wildlife Federation, Sean McMahon, Senior Policy
Specialist
— Defenders of Wildlife, Noah Matson, Director Federal Lands Program
— Delta Waterfowl Foundation, Jason Wallace, Southeast Regional
Director
— National Wildlife Refuge Association, Evan Hirsche, President
— The Wilderness Society, Leslie Catherwood, Associate Director,
Wildlife Refuge Program
— National Rifle Association, Susan Recce, Director of Conservation,
Wildlife and Natural Resources
— Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation, Jeff Crane, Executive
Director