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Superintendent Steve Schmelzer stands by his truck on the land formerly Badger Army Ammunition Plant near Baraboo, Wis., on April 10, 2014. The south central Wisconsin property where more than 23,000 people once toiled in making bullets, bombs and rockets during World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars will be open to recreational visitors for the first time since the 1940s. Some 1,500 buildings have been removed from the former Badger Army Ammunition plant on 7,500 acres of land adjacent to Devils Lake State Park near Baraboo. Production of ammunition ended in 1975 and the deconstruction of the plant has been underway since 2004. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal,M.P. King)

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An old sign is posted near Gate House 6544 on the land formerly Badger Army Ammunition Plant near Baraboo, Wis., on April 10, 2014. The south central Wisconsin property where more than 23,000 people once toiled in making bullets, bombs and rockets during World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars will be open to recreational visitors for the first time since the 1940s. Some 1,500 buildings have been removed from the former Badger Army Ammunition plant on 7,500 acres of land adjacent to Devils Lake State Park near Baraboo. Production of ammunition ended in 1975 and the deconstruction of the plant has been underway since 2004. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal,M.P. King)

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This April 10, 2014 photo shows the land formerly the Badger Army Ammunition Plant near Baraboo, Wis. The south central Wisconsin property where more than 23,000 people once toiled in making bullets, bombs and rockets during World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars will be open to recreational visitors for the first time since the 1940s. Some 1,500 buildings have been removed from the former Badger Army Ammunition plant on 7,500 acres of land adjacent to Devils Lake State Park near Baraboo. Production of ammunition ended in 1975 and the deconstruction of the plant has been underway since 2004. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal,M.P. King)

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A rubble pile sits on the land formerly Badger Army Ammunition Plant near Baraboo, Wis., on April 10, 2014. The south central Wisconsin property where more than 23,000 people once toiled in making bullets, bombs and rockets during World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars will be open to recreational visitors for the first time since the 1940s. Some 1,500 buildings have been removed from the former Badger Army Ammunition plant on 7,500 acres of land adjacent to Devils Lake State Park near Baraboo. Production of ammunition ended in 1975 and the deconstruction of the plant has been underway since 2004. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, M.P. King)