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DENVER—The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking to protect Fort Carson and its Pinon Canyon training area from mineral development for 15 more years.
About eight square miles of surface public lands and 221 square miles of subsurface federal minerals within Fort Carson and the Pinon Canyon training site are currently withdrawn from being considered for mineral leases or development. The withdrawal is set to expire Sept. 22 unless it’s extended.
The Bureau of Land Management is reviewing an application from the corps to extend the withdrawal for 15 more years.
The agency says it will hold a public meeting on the request, but an exact time and place hasn’t been chosen yet.
