Black Hawk Facility in Santa Fe?

From Citizens for Environmental Safeguards (CES):

(CES) Director Elaine Cimino will be speaking at the Veterans for Peace meeting on Wednesday evening, April 13 at 7:15 PM at Museo Cultural, on Paseo Peralta (Guadalupe St and the Railyard) in Santa Fe.

The Final Environmental Assessment will be released this month in April on the Blackhawk facility in Santa Fe NM.

Ms. Cimino will update the community as to the future military base and operations in Santa Fe, NM. A five year battle in the the federal courts was dissmissed pending an environmental review. It is now a whole new ball game.

The base is scheduled to include 24 blackhawk helicopters, 4 jets, 3 C-130 and other personel and equipment carriers. Operations are designed for training and support to the expanded training base in the US Forest Service area of the Caja del Rio, which is under a no-fly zone.

This operation is quite different from the first presentation made to the Santa Fe City Council who approved a 50 year lease for the facility supporting 9 helicopters (only), and when the US Army and NM National Guard promised a $6M yearly boost to the local economy. This area is also included in the Patriot Missile Defense systems that is being implemented throught NM. The final approval for the lease facility hung on one vote of the City Council and Patty Bushee who voted for the facility.

To find out more about this issue please attend.

Elaine Cimino, Director,
ecimino@cybermesa.com
1-800-424-9100