Monday May 21 , 2012
United States Air Force, Air Combat Command, Retained Area United States Air Force, Air Combat Command, Retained Area

Air Force Retained Area
Former Badlands Bombing Range

Tribal Consultation Plan
Community Relations Plan

MATRIX and Native American Environmental were contracted by Air Combat Command to develop a Community Relations Plan and establish an overall Tribal Consultation Plan with the Oglala Sioux Tribe to facilitate excessing  the former Badlands Bombing Range (BBR) lands from Government ownership.   The BBR was established as a military ordnance training range in 1942 when the War Department acquired 341,726 acres of land.   In 1978, all remaining BBR lands were declared excess federal property with the exception of 2,486 acres referred to as the Air Force Retained Area.

The purpose of the Tribal Consultation Plan (TCP)  is to develop a consultation relationship and operational protocols between the Oglala Sioux Tribe (OST) and U.S. Air Force for clean-up of the Air Force Retained Area of the Badlands Bombing Range (BBR).    MATRIX developed the TCP  working with OST's Badlands Bombing Range Department and Ellsworth Air Force Base (EAFB). MATRIX helped facilitate a signing ceremony for the TCP between the Oglala Sioux Tribe President and Ellsworth Air Force Base Commander held on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

 

  • Project Name:
    Ellsworth AFB & Oglala Sioux Tribe, Tribal Consultation Plan for Excessing the Former Badlands Bombing Range Retained Area
  • Location:

    Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
    Former Badland Bombing Range
    USAF Retained Area

     
  • Project Details:


    Tribal Communications Plan
    Tribal Consultation Support
    Community Relations Plan
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