[JonnieCache]

I remember reading that launch sites are often nature reserves because they're launch sites. An exclusion zone enforced by armed guards does wonders for biodiversity.

The artillery training ranges I grew up near to were similarly lush.

[jonnathanson]

True, oddly enough. As is, famously, the demilitarized zone in Korea.

[scrumper]

And indeed are the verges of motorways (highways) in the UK, where stopping is prohibited unless in an emergency and a strip of land leading up to the hard shoulder is fenced off. They are excellent hunting grounds for hawks and other raptors.

[georgemcbay]

On a related note, the expansive Camp Pendleton Marine Corps base north of San Diego is probably the only thing stopping there being one giant urban sprawl all the way from San Diego through Orange County into LA.