Comments closed August 12
Oppose locking up Pinon Canyon public lands for 15 more years
Bureau of Land Management · Fort Carson, Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site
- What
- The Army wants to extend its control over Colorado public lands, blocking grazing, recreation, and public access until 2041.
- Where
- Fort Carson, Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, CO
- How much
- Fort Carson and Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site in Colorado would remain closed to grazing, recreation, and other public uses for another 15 years.
- Decided
- Comments closed August 12, 2026. No decision document is on file yet.Date from Federal Register ↗, read May 16, 2026.
Where these four lines come from
- WhatOur plain-English read of the Federal Register 2026-09638 ↗. Check it against the agency’s own words under Case.
- WhereThe places and states the notice names, as PLAN read them.
- How muchThe first sentence of our What’s at risk read of the notice; the whole read is under Case.
- DecidedAugust 12, 2026, from Federal Register, the document’s comment close date (federalregister.gov) ↗. Read May 16, 2026. The decision document is the one on file in PLAN’s record.
- Read from PLAN’s record November 9, 2026.
What the proposal said, and what the decision did
No figure from the proposal has been checked against the decision on this fight yet. What the record does hold is the issues ledger below.
No decision document is on PLAN’s record for this fight yet. When the agency’s decision lands, what it answered goes here.
Affects public lands
The Army wants to extend its control over Colorado public lands, blocking grazing, recreation, and public access until 2041.
What’s at risk
If this goes through
Our plain-English read of the official notice ↗. Check it against the agency’s own words below.
In the agency’s own words
The Department of the Army (Army) has filed an application requesting that the Secretary of the Interior extend the Fort Carson- Pinion Canyon Military Lands Withdrawal established by Congress in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 as extended by Public Land Order No. 7783 for an additional 15-year period. The withdrawal, established by Congress, as extended, expires on September 22, 2026. This notice advises the public of a 90-day opportunity to comment on the withdrawal extension application and gives notice of a public meeting.
The groups on this fight
4 groups predicted likely to care in Colorado
Predicted likely to care is a guess from the group's sourced work in Colorado, with no link to this decision. Give straight to them; nothing routes through us.
- Rocky Mountain Wild
Predicted likely to care · a guess
Colorado BLM Lease Sale, Colorado: Joined the formal challenge to the January 2026 replacement lease sale and previously sued BLM over the Roan Plateau leases.
- San Juan Citizens Alliance
Predicted likely to care · a guess
Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, Colorado: Shaped the 2010 management plan, has fought oil and gas leasing decisions inside the monument for two decades, mobilized against the 2017 monument review, and states it continues to defend CANM.
- Thompson Divide Coalition
Predicted likely to care · a guess
Thompson Divide, Colorado: A conservation group working on Thompson Divide.
- WildEarth Guardians
Predicted likely to care · a guess
Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado: Named petitioner against the Uinta Basin Railway over habitat destruction in the basin.
Every group above is on STAND for Public Lands, with its court record, its filings and who backs it.
Who signs it
The notice names no signer PLAN could read. PLAN names a decision-maker only when the document names one.
The ground
The window has closed, so there’s no watch to set on it here.
The photograph on this page: Pronghorn in sagebrush steppe. It’s the country this decision sits in, not the site itself. More Than Just Parks.
In court on this ground
No court case we track is over Fort Carson.
Who holds the vote
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