A Battle Over Land Between the Military and a State That ‘Has Given Enough’
The Air Force is trying to expand its warfare training zone in Nevada, closing off parts of a wildlife refuge.
By Thomas Fuller
June 25, 2019
DESERT NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Nev. — Beams of sunlight shone through the clouds like a celestial spotlight on a recent evening in the Mojave Desert, lighting up cliffs, tracts of yucca plants and slabs of volcanic rock covered with ancient stone carvings.
Greg Anderson, a member of the Moapa band of Paiutes, bathed in the rich light, miles from the nearest paved road, and studied an image of a deer etched on the rock face. The connection with thousands of years of history gave him the chills.
“Goose bumps all up and down my arm,†he said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/25/us/nevada-wildlife-refuge.html
