[CPEO-MEF] EXPANSION: 11, 000-acre lease for Melrose Air Force Range (NM)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Bombing range lease signing ceremony Wednesday

Clovis News Journal (NM)
January 16, 2012

A signing ceremony is set for Wednesday in Santa Fe to pave the way  
for an expansion of the Melrose Air Force Range.

A two-part process will lease about 11,000 acres of state trust land  
in Roosevelt County to the U.S. Air Force. The range currently  
includes about 66,000 acres in northwestern Roosevelt County.

Officials scheduled to attend the signing ceremony at the state land  
office include Gov. Susana Martinez, Land Commissioner Ray Powell,  
and Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Terry Yonkers, along with  
state legislators and officials from Curry and Roosevelt counties.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.cnjonline.com/articles/state-46389-lease-land.html

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Lenny Siegel
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