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 Protected Federal Lands 



Military Lands . The Department of Defense has more public pro- 

 tected land in the Bay region than other Federal agencies. Topographic 

 maps show that much military land is undeveloped forests, marshlands, 

 and shorelines. Nine of the forty-three reservations and installations 

 listed below contain or are directly adjacent to what we later 

 determined to be valuable natural areas.* 



Name 



Aberdeen Proving Grounds (Army) 

 Fort George G. Meade (Army) 

 Navy Propellant Plant 

 Cedar Neck Naval Research Lab 

 Fort Belvoir (Army) 

 Dahlgren Weapons Lab (Navy) 

 Fort Eustis Military Reservation 

 Plum Tree Island Bombing Range 

 U. S. Navy Transmitter Station 



Location 



Harford Co. , Md. 

 Anne Arundel Co. , Md. 

 Charles Co. , Md. 

 Charles, Md. 

 Fairfax, Va. 

 King George, Va. 

 Newport News City, Va. 

 York, Va. 

 Nansemond Co., Va. 



hectares 



13 



,445 



5 



,252 





889 





566 



2 



,707 



1 



,495 



2 



,304 



1 



,212 





323 



28,193 



Four reservations enclose more than two-thirds of the total mili- 

 tary acreage in the Bay region with a diversity of land-use potential; 



Name 



Aberdeen Proving Grounds (Army) 

 Fort George G. Meade (Army) 

 Quantico Marine Corps Schools 



A. P. Hill Military Reservation 



Location 





Hectares 



Harford Co. , Md. 





13,445 



Anne Arundel Co. , 



Md. 



5,252 



Prince William & 





25,048 



Stafford Co's. 



, Va. 





Caroline 





28,967 



72,712 



