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Right whale gives birth about 10 miles from proposed Undersea Warfare Training Range
A whale surveying team enjoyed a rare sight yesterday, as a right whale gave birth as they watched from a small plane. It was only the second time that a birth had been observed in this species, but the excitement was tempered a bit by the fact that it took place about ten miles from [...]
NRDC, allies take Navy to court over training range near right whale habitat
The new Navy Undersea Warfare Training Range (USWTR), being planned for off the coast of northern Florida, has hit a roadblock that’s been fairly visible since the location was announced last July: environmental groups are challenging the permitting process that allows construction to commence before the Navy completes its environmental assessment of future operations there. [...]
Georgia Questions “Considerable Speculation” in Navy sonar range assessment
The Navy is facing some push-back from the states of Georgia and Florida in the initial stages of gaining the necessary approvals for proceeding with their plans for a 500 square mile training range offshore from Jacksonville. The Navy had hoped to have the states’ comments in hand by this week, but Florida expects to [...]
AEI Summary of Navy EIS for Undersea Warfare Training Range
In October, 2005, the Navy released the first of their sonar-inclusive EIS’s, a Draft Environmental Impact Statement covering plans for a 500 square mile Undersea Warfare Training Range (USWTR), primarily for up to 480 anti-submarine mid-frequency active sonar exercises per year, including 100 ship-based events (2/week on average, lasting 3-4 hours each). This may serve to [...]
Navy Says Right Whales Not at Risk Near New Training Range
The US Navy has released a Final EIS for its long-planned Undersea Warfare Training Range (USWTR), and has settled on an area off Jacksonville as its preferred location. This was one of three areas under consideration, and marks a shift from earlier plans to locate the range off North Carolina, which met widespread resistance from [...]
Undersea Warfare Training Range DEIS Moves Site to Florida, Near Right Whale Calving Area
A new Draft Overseas EIS released by the Navy shifts the preferred site for a long-planned sonar training range from North Carolina to Florida, near Jacksonville. The 575 square mile Undersea Warfare Training Range would be outfitted with a grid of instrumentation which is designed to provide detailed feedback during training missions using mid-frequency active [...]
