30 May 2014

FNOD Restoration Advisory Board meets June 5

Community members can learn more about the Formerly Used Defense Site here and latest clean-up progress during the project’s quarterly Restoration Advisory Board meeting on Thursday, June 5, from 6:15 to 8:15 p.m.

13 Dec 2013

These noses know no limits

Don is a five-year-old German Shepherd, one of several explosive detection dogs that are working alongside their handlers at the Mullet Key Formerly Used Defense Site (FUDS) at Fort DeSoto Park in Pinellas County near St. Petersburg, Fla.

6 Dec 2013

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to hold public meeting on Orlando Range & Chemical Yard

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District will hold a public meeting Tuesday, December 10 beginning at 6:30 p.m. at Stonewall Jackson Middle School, 6000 Stonewall Jackson Rd., Orlando, Fla. Corps representatives will explain the Proposed Plan for the former Orlando Range & Chemical Yard Formerly Used Defense Site.

2 Dec 2013

Final 2013 FNOD Restoration Advisory Board meets Dec. 5

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will host its final 2013 quarterly meeting of the Former Nansemond Ordnance Depot Restoration Advisory Board Dec. 5.

15 Oct 2013

Work begins at Mullet Key Formerly Used Defense Site

Investigations have begun on the Mullet Key Bombing and Gunnery Range Formerly Used Defense Site, now known as Fort DeSoto County Park on Tampa Bay. Soon after the Labor Day holiday, contractors for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began surveying the site to mark the areas for investigation, which will then be cleared of brush and swept with digital metal detectors to identify buried metallic objects that may potentially be munitions remaining from past military activities.

30 Aug 2013

FNOD Restoration Advisory Board meets Sept. 5

Community members can learn more about the ongoing restoration efforts at the formerly used defense site in Suffolk, during the project’s quarterly restoration advisory board meeting Sept. 5.

26 Aug 2013

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completes work at Odyssey Middle School

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has completed its remedial action at Odyssey Middle School in Orlando, Fla. The school is located on the Pinecastle Jeep Range Formerly Used Defense Site, where the military conducted live-fire training and demonstrations during World War II.

25 Jul 2013

Cleanup progresses at Pinecastle Jeep Range

Cleanup is progressing on the Pinecastle Jeep Range Formerly Used Defense Site, Orlando, Fla., where the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is working to complete the clearance of World War II-era munitions and munitions debris remaining from past Department of Defense training and demonstrations.

10 Jul 2013

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers resumes work at former Pinecastle Jeep Range

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Jacksonville District has resumed work at the Pinecastle Jeep Range Formerly Used Defense Site, Orlando, Fla.

21 Jun 2013

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to hold public meeting on the Bushnell Army Airfield former gas yard

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District will hold a public meeting Wednesday, June 26 beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Bushnell Community Center, 407 E. Belt Avenue. Corps representatives will explain the Proposed Plan for the former gas yard located at the Bushnell Army Airfield Formerly Used Defense Site.