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[Philmont] RBTI Meeting

Olan Watkins (OlanWatkins@COMPUSERVE.COM)
Thu, 15 Apr 1999 17:42:59 -0400


Some of you may not be aware that the Air Force is trying to establish a =
new =

low level bomber training route that will directly over fly Philmont at v=
ery =

low levels. The folling is a report from Mark Griffin, Director of Philmo=
nt =

PTC, of a public hearing of this Air Force proposal held this past Tuesda=
y =

night at Angel Fire.

YIS, Olan Watkins
=

----Forwarded Message(s)----

=46rom Mark Griffin at Philmont.

15-Apr-99 15:58:13
Sb: [Philmont] RBTI Meeting

Hello All.

It is snowing at Philmont. Hopefully we will get enough to make an impac=
t on =

the fire danger.

I couldn't post a message about the RBTI yesterday because our server was=
=

down. Hopefully this will get out today.

The meeting in Angel Fire went very well. All but one of the speakers (a=
bout =

30 of the 150 in attendance) was opposed to the route that went over =

Philmont. =

(The one had blind allegiance to the Air Force.) Many mentioned Philmont=
in =

a =

way that would have made you all proud. One lady talked about her son co=
ming =

to Philmont as a young man from the northeast and that it was his first =

wilderness experience - that would have been ruined by jets flying over a=
t =

400 feet.

David Vacker, the General Manager of Vermejo Park (Ted Turner's land) was=
=

there and voiced their opposition and said that the plan was ill-conceive=
d =

and that they would fight it vigorously.

Obviously there was no reaction from the Air Force, everything was record=
ed =

for the record. I understand the meeting in Taos last night was attended=
by =

over 500 people who were almost violent in their opposition to the route.=

The deadline for input to the Environment Impact Statement (EIS) is June =
16. =

Please encourage people to write to whomever they can before that date.

Some notes:

The EIS did not consider seasonal populations.

It does not even mention the Carson National Forest nor the Barker Wildli=
fe =

Area.

It did not mention the petroglyhs or Philmont's sites on the National =

Register of Historic Places.

It says that our area is currently a flight corridor so there is no =

additional =

impact. I believe that flying over at 30,000 feet is significantly diffe=
rent =

than 400 feet.

It said that our area's normal sound level is 45db?????? (That must be f=
rom =

the snoring in the summer.) And the residents would get used to the noise=
(up =

to 117db) after time - What about you guys that are only here for 12 days=
and =

living in a tent?

Other than that, it is generally inaccurate about everything else too.

From: "Mark Griffin" <wmarkgriffin@email.msn.com>

=

----End Forwarded Message(s)----


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