Fox Island, Wash., Homeowners Want to Sink Navy's Lab Plan.

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News | Date: January 19, 2004 | Copyright information

By Kris Sherman, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jan. 19--Some Fox Island residents are at war with the U.S. Navy over the Navy's plans to expand its research facilities on Carr Inlet.

Operations at the 50-year-old Fox Island Laboratory already have eroded island beaches, residents say, and they believe the Navy's plans will inflict even more environmental damage.

The Navy proposes to install a 240-by-60-foot pontoon barge 110 feet farther offshore than its existing floating facilities. The laboratory uses a collection of ...

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