Outlying Landing Field (OLF) News & Updates
Ducks Unlimited and the Navy's Outlying Landing Field (OLF)
As detailed in the letters and videos below, we do not support the Navy's decision to install an outlying landing field in Washington County, North Carolina. The close proximity of the landing field to large numbers of waterfowl is simply asking for disaster, both for the birds and for the Navy.
Bird strikes are a serious concern, as is the environmental impact of having large numbers of fighter aircraft performing low altitude maneuvers over such a richly populated waterfowl refuge. We urge the Navy and the US Senate to rethink the location of this landing field, in favor of a more environmentally sound location. The risks to Navy pilots would be reduced, and the risk to the waterfowl would be as well.
Click here for the latest on stopping the Outlying Landing Field.
News Releases
PDF Documents
- New: DU Response to the Navy's Feb. 2007 OLF SEIS (May 2, 2007)
- New: DU Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee - (April 18, 2007)
- New: DU Letter to House Appropriations Committee - (April 18, 2007)
- Statement by Scott Sutherland Regarding Navy OLF (March 29, 2007)
- Statement by Lloyd Goode Regarding Navy OLF (Draft SEIS) Hyde County Public Hearing (March 19, 2007)
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Statement on OLF (March 19, 2007)
- Letter from Gov. Easley to DU NC State Chairman Lee Warren (March 13, 2007 )
- Group Letter to President Bush Regarding Navy OLF (July 2005)
- DU Letter to the Senate Appropriations Committee (October 6,
2004)
- DU Letter to the Navy (August 8, 2003)
- DU Letter to the Navy (October 7, 2002)
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