{"id":44721,"date":"2020-01-16T16:23:15","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T16:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/01\/16\/elizabeth-warren-mating-sagehens-and-the-navys-need-to-blow-stuff-up\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:54:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:54:57","slug":"elizabeth-warren-mating-sagehens-and-the-navys-need-to-blow-stuff-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/01\/16\/elizabeth-warren-mating-sagehens-and-the-navys-need-to-blow-stuff-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth Warren, mating sagehens and the Navy\u2019s need to blow stuff up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

RENO, Nev. \u2014 The U.S. Navy has concluded no significant environmental harm would come from its proposed tripling of the size of a Nevada bombing training range, a massive expansion opposed<\/a> by neighboring tribes, conservationists and at least one Democratic presidential candidate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adding more than 1,000 square miles (2,589 square kilometers)<\/a> to the range at Naval Air Station Fallon 65 miles (104 kilometers) east of Reno is critical to meeting combat training needs for modern aircraft and weapons systems that have outgrown training capabilities over the past two decades, the Navy says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Critics say that in addition to adversely impacting fish and wildlife, the expansion would restrict access to public land for hunters, ATV riders and back-country explorers, including at a national wildlife refuge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The expanded range would cover an area half the size of the state of Delaware.<\/p>\n\n\n\t