Coronado recognized with CNO Environmental Award

Naval Base Coronado (NBC) was recently awarded the 2008 Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Environmental Award for Natural Resources Conservation in the Large Installation category. “We are grateful that the Natural Resources program at NBC has been recognized by the CNO,” said NBC Environmental Installation Program Manager Luis Perez. The award recognizes all the hard work and efforts contributed by the conservation program as a whole and not in just one area. NBC’s Environmental department is responsible for eight naval installations in San Diego County including San Clemente Island. San Clemente Loggerhead Shrike and California Least Tern are just two of the 25 federally endangered species that NBC supports. In addition to animal species, the program is designed to protect plants and land on NBC installations. Read the entire Navy Compass article here.