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Boise residents sue the Air Force over proposed training above Idaho cities
2019-04-10
[KTBV] The U.S. Air Force is facing a lawsuit that seeks to halt proposed training exercises over nine cities in southern Idaho, according to court documents.

Those cities include Boise, Mountain Home, Burley, Twin Falls, Grand View, Bruneau, Glenns Ferry, Hammett, and the Mountain Home Air Force Base.

The complaint was filed Monday in the U.S. District Court of Idaho by seven Boise residents and an environmental organization called Great Old Broads for Wilderness, which is a non-profit group that works to preserve public lands.

The lawsuit lists potential hazards the program could cause and says the Air Force did not do enough to inform the public or municipalities about its plans.

According to the complaint filed in court, the training "endangers the health, safety, and quality of life of Idahoans, as well as birds and wildlife."

"We're also challenging a lack of environmental review," Sarah Stellberg, an attorney with Advocates for the West, who filed the lawsuit, said.

According to the environmental assessment done by the Air Force in November, "no significant impact" was found on noise, air quality, airspace management, land use, health or safety.

The report stated that "all activities were found to comply with the criteria or standards of environmental quality and were coordinated with the appropriate federal, state and local agencies."

The proposed training could include up to 160 training events per year.

Stellberg said the lawsuit is asking the court to halt the training and not allow it to continue unless the Air Force can provide more public involvement and awareness, as well as a proper impact study, as required by law.
Posted by:746

#10  "They can submerge at low tide and maintain a blockade at that level"
Posted by: Frank G   2019-04-10 19:48  

#9  related, a similar group here on idyllic Whidbey Island is continuing to push to remove the Growlers from NASWI and close the Outlying field in Coupeville. Noise, they say. Well OLF was built in 1943 and unless these tree huggers were here then, they can go jump off a cliff ( hope that is not considered hate speech, maybe height speech however)
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2019-04-10 14:32  

#8  Anne Hausrath a typical northender, still thinks she's in Woodstock 1969. I wonder which house with all the rainbows painted on it is hers.
Posted by: warthogswife   2019-04-10 11:58  

#7  All left-coast imports, I'd presume. exactly..... also, Chobani is in Twin Falls
Posted by: 746   2019-04-10 11:53  

#6  This entire region, nine communities including Boise, and the Smelt Society only found seven people willing and able to be faces.

Chances they are associated with Chobani?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2019-04-10 11:45  

#5  Another NIMBY operation for New Mexico. We have the facilities. The Luftwaffe quit Holloman AFB. Heck, got to remember, they nuked New Mexico first. What's another federal operation you don't want hanging around your neighborhood?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-04-10 08:41  

#4  by seven Boise residents and an environmental organization called Great Old Broads for Wilderness

All left-coast imports, I'd presume.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2019-04-10 08:16  

#3  "Boise residents sue the Air Force over proposed training above Idaho cities"

The complaint was filed Monday in the U.S. District Court of Idaho by seven Boise residents and an environmental organization called Great Old Broads for Wilderness, which is a non-profit group that works to preserve public lands.


This, folks, is textbook 'burying the lede'.
Posted by: Raj   2019-04-10 07:46  

#2  These Cows don't own cattle
Posted by: Frank G   2019-04-10 07:41  

#1  Perhaps next winter the USAF will permit you to feed your own cattle.
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-04-10 05:01  

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