Where’d the trees go?

Jackson Guard’s forestry section is clearing approximately 30 acres of trees around the Hwy 123/SR 85 interchange near the Northwest Florida Regional Airport to make room for the construction of a flyover. Eglin granted an easement to the Florida Department of Transportation to upgrade the interchange as part of the President’s federal stimulus program. Team Eglin members from the 96th Civil Engineer Group worked closely with state representatives to get the easement through the arduous out grant process in time to meet stimulus program deadlines. Construction is expected to begin this summer. (U.S. Air Force photo/Greg Murray.)

Tons of trash removed from Eglin Reservation

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Billy Barrow piles trash he removed from the Eglin Reservation during the Eglin Earth Day clean up April 18 in honor of Earth Week. More than four tons of trash was found at the cite including mattresses, dish washers, recliners, ply wood, roof shingles, privacy fence, carpet, tires, refrigerators and microwaves, just to name a few. The piles of trash were removed the next day. Most of the volunteers for this project are members of local off road and four wheel drive clubs. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman Anthony Jennings)

Tons of trash removed from Eglin Reservation

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- (left to right) Coast Guard Lt. j.g. Mark Bruno, Thomas Elliot and David Brooks remove sofas discarded in the Eglin Reservation during the Eglin Earth Day clean up April 18 in honor of Earth Week. More than four tons of trash was found at the cite including mattresses, dish washers, recliners, ply wood, roof shingles, privacy fence, carpet, tires, refrigerators and microwaves, just to name a few. The piles of trash were picked up the next day. Most of the volunteers for this project are members of local off-road and four-wheel drive clubs. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman Anthony Jennings)

Eglin Airmen, Coast Guardsmen protect human health, environment

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- U.S. Coast Guard's Petty Officer 1st Class Stephanie Rathburn, Marine Safety Unit, Wilmington, N.C., and Petty Officer 3rd Class Carl Shepard, Marine Science Technician, North Carolina Sector, bring their boat ashore after assessing the simulated spill area in Weekly Bayou during a spill response exercise.(U.S. Air Force photo/Jerron Barnett)

Eglin Airmen, Coast Guardsmen protect human health, environment

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Capt. Trey Doby, officer in charge of the 96th Aerospace Medicine Squadron Bio-Environmental Flight's Industrial Hygiene office, feeds hundreds of feet of boom out into Weekly Bayou during a spill response exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jerron Barnett)

Eglin Airmen, Coast Guardsmen protect human health, environment

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Eglin Airmen and Coast Guardsmen successfully completed a spill response training course and exercise. The mock scenario called for the team to contain more than a million gallons of jet fuel spilled from a simulated barge from speading from Weekly Bayou out into Choctawhatchee Bay. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jerron Barnett)