Conservation Groups Comment on Management Plan for Colorado Recreational Shooting

By Justin Stakes

Washington, DC -(AmmoLand.com)- On May 29, 32 national pro-sportsmen’s organizations, including the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF), sent formal comments to the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) on the proposed management plan for recreational shooting in Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests (ARNF) in Colorado.

The comments respond to a USFS press release issued on May 4, announcing the beginning of a public scoping process on a proposal to include Forest Plan management direction for recreational sport shooting, and requests comments from the public on the proposal.

Currently, the 1997 Forest Plan does not provide designated direction on how to manage recreational shooting sports on Forest Service land. Because the issue has become more prevalent in recent years, the letter directly requests that the USFS conduct a thorough analysis of the shooting access needed to maintain adequate shooting opportunities. Developing an effective, long-term management plan is inadequate without first understanding the volume of recreational shooting taking place in the planning area of ARNF.

In 2006, 40 pro-sportsmen’s organizations, along with the Department of Interior (DOI), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the …read more

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