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"More than 32,000 people submitted comments in opposition to the Air
Force's plan to expand its bombing range and cut off access to most of
Desert National Wildlife Refuge north of Las Vegas."
"“People from Nevada and across the United States are urging the Air
Force not to take this destructive step,†said Donnelly, Nevada state
director for the Tucson, Arizona-based environmental group. “Not one
acre of the refuge should be handed over for military
industrialization.â€
The Air Force wants to add 301,507 acres to the Nevada Test and
Training Range, a secure area that already covers more than 2.9 million
acres in Clark, Lincoln and Nye counties. Roughly 278,000 acres of the
expansion would be carved from the wildlife refuge, about half of which
is already under military control.
Environmentalists, hunters, off-road enthusiasts and tribal groups
have all come out against the expansion, which they say will endanger
wildlife, cut off access to public land and hurt rural recreation
economies."
Sources:
https://www.12degnorth.com/single-post/2018/02/19/Diverse-Community-Use-Alternative-and-the-BLM-Your-input-needed-for-multiple-land-use
https://www.reviewjournal.c...
#DontBombTheBighorn #getoutdoors #publiclandispublicland #getactive #ruralrecreation #trailcamping @RefriedBrean
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