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| Above, the front entrance to the Fort Wingate Army Depot. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
About 10 miles west of my home (as the crow flies), Fort Wingate sits unused since 1993. It is a former Army depot.
Two tribes have come to an agreement with the federal government on future restoration of the Fort Wingate property.
AP News (Associated Press) reported:
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Two Native American tribes, the state of New Mexico and the U.S. Army have finalized a restoration plan for a former military installation near Gallup.
Explosives and munitions were stored and disposed of at Fort Wingate until it closed in 1993.
The Navajo Nation, Zuni Pueblo and the New Mexico Office of Natural Resources Trustee reached an agreement with the federal government in March 2022 to settle claims that land, water and cultural resources were negatively impacted by hazardous substances at the site.
The site now is undergoing environmental cleanup before the tract of land can be transferred to the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs to benefit the two tribes. Both tribes have long-standing historical ties to the lands in and around Fort Wingate, which sits on about 24 square miles (62 square kilometers). The land is almost entirely surrounded by federally owned or administered lands, including national forest and tribal lands.
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