Center Opposes Plan to Expand Holloman
Albuquerque Journal, August 6, 1997
"The Southwest Center for Biological Diversity has threatened to take the Air Force to court if it continues with a proposed expansion of Holloman Air Force Base near Alamogordo."
A bombing range and low-level flight paths are part of the proposal, which the Air Force is says is necessary to support an expansion of the German Air Force operation at Holloman.
æWe're definitely going to take the military to court if they proceed,' said Peter Galvin, a conservation biologist at the Center.
The Center is challenging an environmental impact statement done by Air Combat Command headquarters in Virginia that concludes the expansion will cause no significant environmental impact.
Galvin said the low-level flights will impact wilderness areas in the Gila National Forest as well as a wilderness study area north of the proposed bombing range."