![]() This prospect galvanized a diverse coalition of rural residents to oppose the Piñon Canyon expansion. Under the Army’s proposal, a significant portion of southeastern Colorado would be transformed into the largest Army training ground in the US. In 2006 the Army announced plans to expand the PCMS by 169 000 hectares. In 1983 Fort Carson expanded into a 95 500-hectare training area in southeastern Colorado known as the Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site (PCMS). Against the backdrop of a series of base realignments and closures during the past three decades that have streamlined US military holdings nationwide, the US Army base at Fort Carson, Colorado, has been growing. ![]() This paper examines how rural communities in Colorado have confronted military expansion.
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