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Shameful Warmonger Ed Case pushes Sentinel Landscape Buffer zones for Military bases in Hawaii

Published by jalbertini on May 20th, 2024 in Hawaii Independence, Military, Pohakuloa, Radiation, Sacred Mauna Kea, Social Justice, Take Action!.

Warmonger Congressman Ed Case pushes Sentinel Landscape to create huge buffer zones (modern-day Moats) around the military castles of the US Empire. Shameful!

Thursday, May 16, 2024

  Feds Designate 2,000,000 Acres of Hawaii as ‘Sentinel Landscapes’
By Ed Case @ 2:02 AM :: 484 Views :: Environment, Congressional Delegation, Land Use, Military		  
Case Praises New Partnerships Among Twenty Federal, State, Local and Non-Governmental Entities And Congress To Help Conserve Two Million Acres In Hawai‘i

He worked with federal agencies to support the “Sentinel Landscape” designation to safeguard and maintain open lands that support agriculture, conservation and recreation on lands near military installations

News Release from Office of Rep Ed Case, Washington, DC, May 15, 2024

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) announcement today the designation of two million acres throughout the State of Hawai‘i as a Sentinel Landscape, a federal program that makes these lands eligible for millions in funding to support conservation efforts. The program creates partnerships between federal agencies, state and local governments, private landowners, land managers and non-profits to preserve sensitive lands and resources near military bases.

“This designation for Hawai‘i strengthens military and other federal efforts against threats to our recreational and agricultural lands, native forests and critical habitats, including sea level rise and extreme weather conditions such as drought that could bring on wildfires,” said Case, a member of the House Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Defense with jurisdiction over the Department of Defense (DOD), as well as of the House Natural Resources Committee.

The new Hawai‘i Sentinel Landscape spans over two million acres, featuring priority conservation, agricultural and DOD lands on Kaua‘i, O‘ahu and Hawai‘i Islands. The designation will apply to lands around several military installations across Hawai‘i, including the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kaua‘i; Marine Corps Base Hawai‘i, Joint-Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam and the U.S. Army Garrison Hawai‘i on O‘ahu, and the Pōhakuloa Training Area on Hawaiʻi Island.  

The program does not bring any new lands into federal ownership, but:

1.   Provides landowners and land managers with effective management tools and protection measures to support threatened and endangered species populations.

2.   Supports a landscape that is resilient to the impacts of increased severe weather events, sea level rise and wildfire.

3.   Develops initiatives that foster the sustained well-being of Hawaii’s conservation areas, working lands and local communities.

4.   Promotes land use near military bases that is compatible with DOD mission by safeguarding and maintaining open lands that support agriculture, conservation and recreation.

Through legislation, meetings, regular oversight and other actions, Case actively worked in Congress to support the Sentinel Landscape designation.

“My amendment in the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act enabled more federal agencies to participate in the Sentinel Landscape Program, expanding the resources the federal government can bring to our state to conserve lands for future generations,” said Case.

In 2021, Case joined with the other members of the Hawai‘i Congressional delegation in a letter to the federal agencies that oversee the program to support a proposal to designation. The delegation advocated for the federal government to “reduce incompatible development located near existing installations, foster collaboration won the unique habitat concerns for listed species, maintain resilience in the face of climate change, and preserve Native Hawaiian cultural activities, practices and historic sites.”

Attachment: Hawai‘i Sentinel Landscape Profile

 
Below is a peace leaflet I wrote nearly 3 years ago about MIlitary Sentinel Landscapes.

Stop Hawaii Military Madness!

Newest versions: “Sentinel Landscape” & Reaper Drones

 

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Reaper Drone

      Hawaii is already one of the most militarized (and military poisoned) places on the planet. There are more than 100 active US military installations in Hawaii. On Hawaii Island alone, there are at least 57 present and former US military sites on land (and near shore waters) totaling more than 250,000-acres in need of military clean up – everything from unexploded ordnance, to military chemical and biological weapons, Depleted Uranium (DU) radiation, etc. etc. After more than $400 million was spent to clean up Kaho’olawe, the island is still littered with unexploded ordnance on land and in near shore waters. Pearl Harbor, once Hawaii’s fish breeding center, is now a military polluted Superfund site. Nuclear waste has been discharged into Pearl Harbor and more than 2000 fifty-five gallon drums of military nuclear waste have been dumped off Oahu’s southern shores.

      First came Army Compatible Use Buffer Program (ACUB). Then Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI): https://www.repi.mil/ Now it’s Sentinel Landscape – all involve co-opting of environmentalism in the service of empire and the US war machine. Sentinel Landscape is really the creation of modern day buffer-zone “land moats” around the castles of US militarism. Those who get to lease the castle “land moats” on Oahu and Kauai have been mainly chemical GMO biotech Fortune 500 seed corporations. Whatever farm crops and animals raised near a toxic stew base like Pohakuloa, will likely carry the toxins of the base. A 10-mile radius “Sentinel Landscape” buffer zone is being proposed for Pohakuloa. It is said that most or all of Oahu, Kauai and the Big Island could be designated as a Sentinel Landscape in service of US militarism.

      If that is not enough to ponder, please be advised that Covert “Military Special Ops” Assassination Training is also taking place OUTSIDE of military bases, on public and private lands – parks, beaches, and near shore waters on all Hawaiian islands. In some cases, tourists and local residents unknowingly, are being used as props in that training. See http://malu-aina.org/?p=5833 And keep an eye out for the six new “Reaper” assassination drones that will soon be coming to Hawaii. https://www.staradvertiser.com/2021/03/24/hawaii-news/6-reaper-drones-will-be-based-on-oahu/?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral

See news article here on Sentinel Landscape: https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2021/08/18/hawaii-news/council-members-hear-pitch-on-sentinel-landscape-designation/ See the 2 min video on Sentinel Landscape here https://sentinellandscapes.org/

De-Militarize & De-Occupy Hawaii Now!

1. Mourn all victims of violence. 2. Reject violence & war as solutions. 3. Defend civil liberties.
4. Oppose all discrimination, anti-Islamic, anti-Semitic, anti-Hawaiian, anti-Black, anti-Asian, etc.
5. Seek peace through peaceful means and work for justice in Hawai`i and around the world.

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