Even in fantasy worlds, the push is for preservation.

When Colonel McClintock, Commander 96th Air Base Wing, spoke to Florida's House Military And Local Affair Policy Committee on Jan 13th, he spoke with confidence and support of the Florida Forever Program. It is a great help to military installations all over the state, as it buffers these installations from encroachment and helps conservation at the same time.

Connecting military base safety with conservation is not that unusual.

According to the December 2008 article referenced below, the Navy is restoring cedar trees to an old cranberry bog, after the land was purchased through New Jersey's Green Acres program. By planting trees, the Navy reduces the number of flocking birds. This compromises air safety near the military base.

Rachel Wolfanger (right, foreground) of the Navy installs part of the fence that will defend newly planted Atlantic white cedar seedlings from hungry deer in a conservation buffer around the Lakehurst Naval Air Engineering Station. (Photos by MICHAEL SYPNIEWSKI of the Tom's River Bureau)

And at the Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia, land preservation is being used to place a buffer between military operations/training and residential/commerical development.

The Marine Corps and its partners bought the 300-acre Merrimac Farm in Prince William last year, securing the Marines development rights. (Photos By Joel Richardson For The Washington Post)  

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