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A beautiful place with improvements, water, fishing, 

 hunting, and all for $54 an acre. My first thought when I 

 heard the asking price for Aerojet 's Coyote Springs land was 

 they were over-charged! 



The conservation district gives land ratings by agricultural 

 value on a scale of 1-8 — 1 being best. Coyote Springs 

 Valley is a low 8. The soil is skeletal and acres of water 

 would not make it suddenly fertile. 



This acreage is desolate! 



The Federal Land Bank estimates land values in the West by > 

 how many head of stock can be supported by the tract of 

 land. The highest rate given is $1000 per head. Geyser — 

 with all it's beauty and water and forage — can support 4,000 

 head of cattle. It should be worth even more than 2 million 

 dollars, lowest at least $250 dollars an acre and it goes 

 for $54. 



The Aerojet land can support 40 head of cattle for only 30 

 days every 4-10 years, making it worth less than 40,000 for 

 30 days every 4-10 years. The BLM says rarely is it used 

 because rarely is there forage and that lasts no longer than 

 30 days. 



The highest possible use for Coyote Springs is what Aerojet 

 proposes. The good to Nevada and Lincoln County is 

 immeasureable. It is funny that Federal Land Bank charges 

 $1000 per head of cattle, while the Federal Government 

 charges $60,000 a head. I wish Geyser could net so well! 



Coyote Springs Valley is North of Las Vegas — 57 miles in the 

 middle of a vast rubble desert. The plant life is hostile 

 and wildlife minimal. 



I feel secure in my concerns for the environment that 

 Aerojet is a responsible and effective addition to the 

 environment. I think the cheunpion of the tortoise grossly 

 underestimates the adaptability of the tortoise and it's 

 intelligence and ability to survive. 



Do you realize that only 2% of the endangered and extinct 

 animals bacame so in the last few thousand years? 



Aerojet will protect and preserve the wildlife while 

 enhancing their environment. 



In rural Nevada the small town, isolated from mainstreeun 

 U.S.A., faces slow and sure extinction. It would be a 

 terrible loss to America if all rural America fades to ghost 

 towns because human quality of life took a back seat to 

 reptile lifestyle. 



