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"An undated list of Gunnery Range and Target Area Releases Since World | |||
War I1 by the Twelfth Naval District (12ND) states that the North | |||
Range (Lovelock North) of the Lovelock Aerial Gunnery Range consists | |||
676,758 acres of Public Lands and 41,241.34 acres of patented lands. | |||
The land was granted to the DoD from the Department of the Interior, | |||
Bureau of Land Management(BLM) in a letter dated 13 January 1945. No | |||
records pertaining to the usage of this property from 1945 until 1949 | |||
were found. A letter Permit from the Department of the Interior dated | |||
22 September 1949 granted 272,000 of the 71 8,000 acres to the DoD | |||
revoking the remaining 446,000 acres, stating that the 272,000 "is all | |||
that is available to the Navy." The DoD renamed the 272,000 acres to | |||
Black Rock Desert Gunnery Range." (FUDS Site Summary) | |||
== External Resources == | == External Resources == | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Rock_Desert_Gunnery_Range Wikipedia] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Rock_Desert_Gunnery_Range Wikipedia] | ||
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* [http://www.corpsfuds.org/reports/INPR/J09NV1115inpr.pdf Site Survey Summary Sheet for DERP FUDS Site No. J09NV1115 Lovelock North Gunnery Range] | * [http://www.corpsfuds.org/reports/INPR/J09NV1115inpr.pdf Site Survey Summary Sheet for DERP FUDS Site No. J09NV1115 Lovelock North Gunnery Range] | ||
* [http://www.corpsfuds.com/reports/other/J09NV1116realPropertyReport.pdf Real Property Report] | * [http://www.corpsfuds.com/reports/other/J09NV1116realPropertyReport.pdf Real Property Report] | ||
* Jerome E. Edwards, "[http://books.google.com/books?id=AggO8Q7uFKIC&lpg=PA127&ots=Z0fGQLnW7B&dq=Black%20Rock%20Desert%20Gunnery%20Range&pg=PA127#v=onepage&q=Black%20Rock%20Desert%20Gunnery%20Range&f=false Pat McCarran: Political Boss of Nevada]," Letter about 5,800 acres being set aside. The actual amount was as much a 700,000 acres. | |||
Revision as of 09:05, 17 February 2013
"An undated list of Gunnery Range and Target Area Releases Since World War I1 by the Twelfth Naval District (12ND) states that the North Range (Lovelock North) of the Lovelock Aerial Gunnery Range consists 676,758 acres of Public Lands and 41,241.34 acres of patented lands. The land was granted to the DoD from the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management(BLM) in a letter dated 13 January 1945. No records pertaining to the usage of this property from 1945 until 1949 were found. A letter Permit from the Department of the Interior dated 22 September 1949 granted 272,000 of the 71 8,000 acres to the DoD revoking the remaining 446,000 acres, stating that the 272,000 "is all that is available to the Navy." The DoD renamed the 272,000 acres to Black Rock Desert Gunnery Range." (FUDS Site Summary)
External Resources
- Wikipedia
- Loomis, David (1993). "Combat zoning: military land-use planning in Nevada"
- Site Survey Summary Sheet for DERP FUDS Site No. J09NV1115 Lovelock North Gunnery Range
- Real Property Report
- Jerome E. Edwards, "Pat McCarran: Political Boss of Nevada," Letter about 5,800 acres being set aside. The actual amount was as much a 700,000 acres.