The Navy and the Interior Department on April 30 signed a memorandum of agreement establishing the terms of transferring the eastern end of Vieques, Puerto Rico, from the Navy to DOI for designation as a wildlife refuge, ending the Navy's controversial training activities there. After a lengthy battle in which citizens claimed the Navy's bombing activities had caused health and environmental impacts, the Bush administration promised that the Navy would leave the island by May 1. DOI's Fish & Wildlife...
