[CPEO-MEF] LAND: BLM Lands at Pinon Canyon (CO)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Army foes challenge use of BLM lands at Pinon Canyon
Interior secretary will make decision in fall.


By PETER ROPER |
Pueblo Chieftain (CO)
August 3, 2011

Out among the 238,000 acres that make up the Army's Pinon Canyon  
Maneuver Site are 5,650 surface acres under the stewardship of the  
federal Bureau of Land Management.

That's a relatively small piece of the Pinon Canyon range, but the  
Army also needs BLM permission to train atop of some 141,554  
subsurface acres of mineral rights located at both Pinon Canyon and  
Fort Carson.

On Tuesday night, BLM officials came to Pueblo to hear from local  
residents about the Army's request to keep using those lands - a 15- 
year extension that is expected to be approved as a matter of course,  
given the Army's insistence on ramping up training at the range  
northeast of Trinidad. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has the job of  
making a final decision this autumn.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.chieftain.com/news/local/army-foes-challenge-use-of-blm- 
lands-at-pinon-canyon/article_e72cd1b4-bd8e-11e0-9a2b-001cc4c002e0.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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