LAS‐3C: Explore partnership opportunities for establishing buffer land. Primary Party:
The AZARNG should work with Pinal County and the Town of Florence to identify
potential partnerships with willing landowners to use additional land outside the
current boundaries of Florence Military Reservation for military buffer areas.
Strategy Type:
Timeframe:
Geographic Area:
FMR Land Use MCA
AZARNG
Partners:
Pinal County
Town of Florence
Willing landowners
ASLD
BLM
LAS‐3D: Develop comprehensive strategies to demonstrate needs for training and
buffer land. Primary Party:
The AZARNG should identify and outline a comprehensive approach for
demonstrating the need for secured lands for military operations and buffers. The
approach should include a report, such as a white paper, that includes potential
implementing strategies and describes the strategic importance for AZARNG to
prepare the nation’s forces for the future “knowns and known‐unknowns” of modern
warfare. For example, live training with new and existing technology and expanded
formation sizes (dismounted, wheeled, tracked, rotary winged, fixed winged, and
unmanned aerial vehicles) that will be employed against a peer nation state in full
scale combat requires more maneuver space than is currently available at Florence
Military Reservation.
Strategy Type:
Timeframe:
AZARNG
Partner:
U.S. Army
Geographic Area:
N/A
LAS‐3E: Explore the potential for leasing additional ASLD land. Primary Party:
The AZARNG should coordinate with the ASLD and Pinal County to explore
opportunities for leasing additional ASLD land to the north of Florence Military
Reservation that the AZARNG can use for buffer areas or additional ground‐based
activities. If this strategy is carried forward, it should be orchestrated in conjunction
with strategy COM‐3A. If additional ASLD lands are identified that could support
AZARNG training, but are not contiguous to Florence Military Reservation, the
AZARNG should consider if such land may be appropriate to establish a lease with the
ASLD for use of the land. Consideration for appropriateness would include distance
from Florence Military Reservation, accessibility, usability of the land based on
terrain, and existing use of the land. Any lease would require appropriate fees and
processing.
AZARNG
Partners:
ASLD
Pinal County
If deemed appropriate, the AZARNG should also engage with the ASLD to consider
options for leasing land around or near the sites of Rittenhouse Training Site,
Silverbell Army Heliport, and Picacho Peak Stagefield to provide encroachment
buffers to support military operations.
Strategy Type:
Timeframe:
Geographic Area:
N/A
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