Forest Service (Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests)
Public scoping and four open houses on the proposal to include management direction in the Forest Plan were completed in August and September 2015. Approximately 1,600 letters of comment were received from the public. Issues raised during scoping include suitability of recreational sport shooting areas near homes and wilderness, noise, wildfire risk, shooting ranges, lead, wildlife impacts, and shooter rights. The Forest Service is reviewing these comments and gathering more information to aid in developing potential scenarios for Recreational Sport Shooting Management, and eventually development of specific alternatives for environmental analysis. Information about this project is located at www.fs.usda.gov/goto/arp/recshootingmgt.
Progress continues at the Devil’s Nose Designated Shooting area on the Clear Creek Ranger District off of Highway 103. This area was designated through a site-specific analysis completed in January 2015. Site design will be completed in 2016, with construction beginning in 2017.
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