Washington D.C. – Environmental wear from artillery practice on Fort Hood will continue to be abated with funds approved today in Washington through the request of Congressman John Carter (R-Round Rock). Carter succeeded in winning $333,000 in funds from the House Appropriations Agriculture Subcommittee for the ongoing Fort Hood Range Revegetation Project.

"This project plays a key role in maintaining the quality of the range so that our soldiers can continue to train," says Carter, an Appropriations Committee Member and this year’s House Army Caucus Co-Chairman. "Additionally, it has proved to be very beneficial in enhancing the water quality in our region’s watersheds – watersheds that residents rely on for drinking water and farmers use for agriculture. Maintaining the range so that it can continue to be used in troop readiness efforts at Ft. Hood and protecting Central Texas watersheds is something I am proud to support, and I am hopeful that these funds stay included as this bill moves through the legislative process," Carter added.

The Ft. Hood Range Revegetation Project is a joint project between Texas AgriLife, Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and Fort Hood to revegetate four different areas where heavy artillery traffic has disturbed soils and left the land largely without vegetation. This plan also gives Fort Hood the ability to utilize more if its land for training purposes as well enhances the water quality in some of the regions main watersheds, the Bosque and Leon Rivers, and Lakes Waco and Belton.

Fort Hood Range Revegetation Funds Renewed in House Appropriations