Editing Fort Carson (section)

===Controversy===
On February 14, 2007, the U.S. Army announced it was moving forward with a plan to expand the Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site in southeastern Colorado.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.denverpost.com/ci_5225670 | work=Denver Post | first=Mike | last=McPhee | title=Ft. Carson expansion OK'd}}</ref>  If expanded, Piñon Canyon would be the Army's largest single training area in the nation, tripling the size of the current site by adding {{convert|418000|acre|km2}} of private ranch land.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071106063802/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21617003/ "Army site expansion angers ranchers"], MSNBC. Nov 4, 2007 [https://web.archive.org/web/20080421204750/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/?search=MSNBC&q=%22pinon+canyon%22&id=11881780&FORM=AE&os=0&gs=1&p=1]</ref> At 650,000 acres (2630&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}), it would be nearly the size of the state of [[Rhode Island]].

Many in the local civilian population are opposed to this plan, because much of the land in rural areas that would be added to the training site is civilian-owned ranch land, and many current landowners are unwilling to be supplanted, regardless of the compensation that may be offered. The Pinon Canyon Expansion Opposition Coalition, an activist group opposing the plans, says that former maps it obtained from the Army showed a "future expansion area" significantly greater than is now being contemplated. The Army's position is that expansion is essential for preparing soldiers for battle in evergrowing theaters such as Afghanistan and the Middle East.

On November 25, 2013, the U.S. Army announced that its plan to expand the Piñon Canyon Maneuver site had been cancelled.<ref>"Mark Udall Welcomes the U.S. Army's Decision on the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o94-Jd5L7DM, accessed 29 July 2015</ref>

In response to a Congressional ban on Army funding for an expansion plan, the United States Air Force moved in with a plan to use the area for [[V-22 Osprey]] flights.<ref>Roper, Peter. [http://www.chieftain.com/news/local/article_fec2f4d0-f074-11df-98d3-001cc4c03286.html "Air Force the new Pinon Canyon foe."] ''[[The Pueblo Chieftain]]'', November 15, 2010</ref>