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This map shows the existing Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site (blue), phase one of the expansion plan (brown), land of the Comanche National Grassland (green), and Colorado State Wildlife Areas (orange) In 2003, the Army identified a need to expand PCMS by acquiring 6.9 million acres (27,923 km 2 ) of land owned by private citizens and the Comanche ...
On February 14, 2007, the U.S. Army announced it was moving forward with a plan to expand the Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site in southeastern Colorado. [11] If expanded, Piñon Canyon would be the Army's largest single training area in the nation, tripling the size of the current site by adding 418,000 acres (1,690 km 2 ) of private ranch land. [ 12 ]
The Army lands were part of the Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site (PCMS), a 238,000-acre (96,000 ha) facility devoted to military exercises. However, In 2007, the Army announced a plan to expand the PCMS by purchasing additional land and seeking to transfer the lands of the Comanche National Grassland to Army ownership. [ 12 ]
The Mesa de Maya in southeastern Colorado, looking west with the Spanish Peaks in the far distance 60 miles (97 km) away.. The Mesa de Maya is a prominent volcanic tableland rising 500 feet (150 m) to 1,200 feet (370 m) above the Great Plains in southeastern Colorado.
The Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site and surrounding area. After purchasing land to create the PCMS in the early 1980s, the U.S. Army hired archaeologists to document the material history of the area. From 1983 onward, archaeologists and architectural historians repeatedly surveyed the PCMS. [4]
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site;
HuffPost looked at how killers got their guns for the 10 deadliest mass shootings over the past 10 years. To come up with the list, we used Mother Jones’ database, which defines mass shootings as “indiscriminate rampages in public places” that kill three or more people.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site; El Pueblo (Colorado) Pueblo, Colorado ... By using this site, ...