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- [Debra] Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni's

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environmental team presented the

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Bird/Wildlife Aircraft Strike Hazard,

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or BASH program, to the Iwakuni community

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to help spread awareness of how wildlife

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can affect the daily operations on the airfield.

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Mantec International Corporation,

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Natural Resources Program Manager, Taylor Houston

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says feeding wildlife has several risk factors.

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- Feeding the animals will attract animals,

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and that can directly impact

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air craft safety, and indirectly impact air craft safety,

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because there's a long chain of other actions

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that happen after you feed an animal.

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Animals carry disease, and so when

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you're interacting with a wild animal,

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you're putting yourself at risk.

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- [Debra] The BASH workshop targeted

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specific station communities,

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aviators, and grounds and maintenance crews.

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Naval Facilities Engineering Command,

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Natural Resources specialist, Lisa Lyren

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says the solution to reduce risk of hazards

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in the airfield is a shared responsibility.

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- Everyone here in Iwakuni's involved.

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It's a group effort.

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It's not just the airfield effort,

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it's the residents' effort, it's all the units here.

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Everybody has to be involved

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in reducing BASH risk here on the airfield.

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- [Debra] The environmental team encourages people

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to help in simple ways, such as trash segregation,

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report birds nests, and keep the air station free of litter,

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to avoid drawing wildlife on base.

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Reporting from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan,

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I'm Petty Officer Debra Daco.