The Army is considering some changes to its Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site, a training ground in Southern Colorado located between La Junta and Trinidad. Officials at Fort Carson Army post near Colorado Springs say the goal is to modernize the site. The proposed changes are aimed at better supporting large-scale military exercises that use both air and land resources.
Before the Army can implement any changes, though, it must undergo a 45-day public comment period, which began at the end of November, as part of federally required environmental and historic preservation reviews.
Changes at the nearly 236,000-acre training site could include expanding restricted airspace, renovating and improving infrastructure at troop quarters, constructing new training ranges, and establishing a dedicated area for disposing of unexploded ordinances. The Army also wants to study removing or abandoning part of a natural gas pipeline that crosses the area…