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Pentagon pushed to use vast swath of desert wildlife refuge 'primarily' for military purposes, rough copy bill says

The U.S. Air Force is seeking to assert control over as much as two-thirds of a wildlife refuge in Nevada for training troops and testing weapons, according to a legislative proposal sent by military planners to the Department of the Interior and obtained by The Washington Post.

The military’s Nevada Test and Training Range already encompasses much of a vast stretch of southern Nevada desert originally set aside for bighorn sheep, desert tortoises and other wildlife. But the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service retains primary authority over the refuge to halt military drills that would otherwise disturb key habitat for plants and animals.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2019/11/03/pentagon-pushed-use-vast-swath-desert-wildlife-refuge-primarily-military-purposes-draft-bill-says/

 

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