Pinal County, discussed in detail in other sections of this chapter, have created concerns
regarding increased population densities and associated land uses, such as residential,
that may be incompatible with AZARNG military operations in the TFTA.
Without established protection measures such as ongoing coordination, airspace
controls, revised land use plans, zoning ordinances, and/or formal agreements it is likely
that over time, the area may become less suitable for military training.
Issue:
LAS‐3
AZARNG Site: There is limited space at Florence Military
Reservation.
Florence
Military
Reservation The amount of land that currently makes up
Florence Military Reservation is not large enough
to conduct collective live fire training or to
accommodate the full array of training
capabilities that are needed to support potential
AZARNG training requirements.
Compatibility Assessment
Florence Military Reservation is a Level V Training Center, is the AZARNG’s primary
training site for individual weapons qualifications, and serves as the Desert Training
Environment for the AZARNG. It offers a variety of weapons firing ranges, vehicle
maneuver areas, troop movement areas, bivouac, a mock village for various training, and
other activities. More information on the capabilities available and activities that occur
at Florence Military Reservation can be found in Section 3.6 of Chapter 3 of this
Background Report.
Although the total size of Florence Military Reservation is 18,616 acres, more than half of
this is only usable 22 days per year. Some of the land is owned by the DoD, but much of
the land is leased from the ASLD and BLM. The ASLD is a state agency tasked with the
management of state lands in order to generate revenue for specific Arizona
beneficiaries including state K‐12 public schools. The ASLD accomplishes this through the
sales and leasing of Arizona State Trust lands. Table 5‐5 provides a summary of the land
ownership by acreage for the land that makes up Florence Military Reservation.
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