As the 106th Congress closed up shop last week, a measure to designate the Black Rock Desert as a conservation and wilderness area was tacked onto the final budget bill. The bill was a going-away present for retiring Democratic Sen. Richard Bryan, who fought to get the bill passed before the session ended. Test Site turns 50 Fifty years ago Monday, with President Harry Truman's designation of the Silver State as home to the nation's new program of continental nuclear testing, the Nevada Test Site became ground zero in one of the most vital technological struggles of the Cold War. Test Site turns 50 Fifty years ago Monday, with President Harry Truman's designation of the Silver State as home to the nation's new program of continental nuclear testing, the Nevada Test Site became ground zero in one of the most vital technological struggles of the Cold War. As the 106th Congress closed up shop last week, a measure to designate the Black Rock Desert as a conservation and wilderness area was tacked onto the final budget bill.
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