[CPEO-MEF] Pinon Canyon (CO) expansion on hold

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Back to drawing board on Pinon Canyon

By PETER ROPER
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN (CO)
July 20, 2007

Facing a possible cut-off in funding for the project, Army Secretary 
Pete Geren announced the Army is "going back to the drawing board" on 
the planned expansion of the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site in order to 
consider ideas on how to help the regional economy as the Army goes 
ahead with its effort to acquire the 414,000 acres it wants to add to 
the training site northeast of Trinidad.

In a letter to Colorado Sens. Ken Salazar and Wayne Allard dated 
Thursday, Geren repeated the Army's often-stated goal of acquiring land 
from "willing sellers," but also said it intends to look at ways to 
offer some economic "enhancements" to the region.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.chieftain.com/metro/1184916008/1

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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