Tag: Target Shooting
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County seeks control of target shooting area in southern Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Local government officials are looking to take control of a piece of Pike National Forest that has long been a popular, controversial area for target shooting. North of Woodland Park, across the Douglas County line…
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Forest Service bans recreational shooting across much of Pike National Forest
The U.S. Forest Service has announced major changes to recreational shooting in one of the Front Range’s most popular national forests. Supervisor Ryan Nehl recently finalized a plan several years in the making to address what land managers have called “unsustainable” gunfire across Pike National Forest, encompassing El Paso, Teller, Douglas and Park counties. The…
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Forest Service bans recreational shooting across much of Pike National Forest
The U.S. Forest Service has announced major changes to recreational shooting in one of the Front Range’s most popular national forests. Supervisor Ryan Nehl recently finalized a plan several years in the making to address what land managers have called “unsustainable” gunfire across Pike National Forest, encompassing El Paso, Teller, Douglas and Park counties. The…
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Forest Service bans recreational shooting across much of Pike National Forest
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The U.S. Forest Service has announced major changes to recreational shooting in one of the Front Range’s most popular national forests. Supervisor Ryan Nehl recently finalized a plan several years in the making to address…
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Forest Service bans recreational shooting across much of Pike National Forest
The U.S. Forest Service has announced major changes to recreational shooting in one of the Front Range’s most popular national forests. Supervisor Ryan Nehl recently finalized a plan several years in the making to address what land managers have called “unsustainable” gunfire across Pike National Forest, encompassing El Paso, Teller, Douglas and Park counties. The…
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Mixed reactions to draft plan for target shooting in Pike National Forest
Amid mixed support and opposition, officials have drafted a plan for managing recreational shooting across the national forest near Front Range populations. The plan has been years in the making — the “Integrated Management of Target Shooting Project,” the U.S. Forest Service calls it. The project was formally launched in 2021 to address what the agency…
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Management proposed for recreational shooters across Pike National Forest
Debate continues over the U.S. Forest Service’s mission to control recreational shooting across public lands close to Front Range populations. It’s been an ongoing debate for about three years now, ever since officials launched a project called “Integrated Management of Target Shooting on the Pike National Forest.” The project has garnered standing-room-only meetings and hundreds…
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Trail Talk: Exploring Colorado’s beautiful wilderness shouldn’t come with fear of stray bullets
My brother, father, uncles and cousins were all deer hunters back in Wisconsin. I learned to shoot a .22 when I was 12 and enjoyed target shooting using soup cans at my grandparents’ farm. Guns are a tool and have a purpose. I am also an avid hiker and love to lose myself above Palmer…