Boise Barracks ordnance removal reports, 1997-2002.

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Boise Barracks ordnance removal reports, 1997-2002.

Reports issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, and contract consultants working for them regarding the use and storage of explosives and ordnance at Boise Barracks in the 19th and 20th centuries by the U.S. Army and Idaho National Guard, with plans for removal of ordnance from and environmental restoration of the firing ranges on the Barracks reserve and adjacent areas of the Boise foothills; together with minutes of the local Restoration Advisory Board meetings. The studies were conducted under the Defense Environmental Restoration Program for Formerly Used Defense Sites. Photocopies of older historical documents are included in the reports.

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