In a closed door session Virginia officials have offered the Navy alternative OLF sites.
“Finding an appropriate outlying landing field location is considered to be the key to a future of Oceana,” said Robert P. Crouch Jr., Gov. Timothy M. Kaine’s assistant for commonwealth preparedness, who presented the sites on Capitol Hill.
Of the Virginia sites, Surry and Southampton counties each have three potential sites, two are in Sussex and Greensville counties, another straddles Sussex and Southampton counties and the northernmost site is in King and Queen County.
The sites are “largely agricultural properties,” Crouch said.
Hopefully an alternative will be identified so the Pocosin National Wildlife Refuge will definitely be off the list. I came across this photo journalist’s story about Site C in the Greensboro News & Record that is certainly worth a look so check it out. He has capture many of the images that those of us who love that area have seen and experienced as well as explain what the fight is over.
Other Stories I’ve done on the OLF
