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<text id=90TT0130>
<title>
Jan. 15, 1990: Business Notes:Real Estate
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
Jan. 15, 1990 Antarctica
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
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BUSINESS, Page 49
Business Notes
REAL ESTATE
Bomb, Bomb On the Range
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<body>
<p> Cattle ranchers and environmentalists are usually as much
at odds as the Hatfields and the McCoys. Yet in America's West,
everyone from cowboys to tree huggers is suddenly joining
forces against a common foe: the Pentagon. The Defense
Department is seeking to add 4.6 million acres of wilderness
to the 25 million acres of public land reserved for such
military uses as war games and bombing ranges. Claiming a need
for more space to create realistic battle simulations, the
military covets parcels in eight states, including California,
Nevada and Montana.
</p>
<p> Angry conservationists are predicting that tanks, planes and
infantrymen will wreak havoc with the environment. Ranchers
fear the destruction of prime grazing land. But because only
two of the 19 proposed land acquisitions require congressional
approval, the Pentagon is likely to prevail. Declares Minnesota
Congressman Bruce Vento: "They're going to listen to the
public, but in the end they'll do what they want."
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