Utah: BLM Proposes to Close Thousands of Acres in Utah County to Target Shooting

By Ammoland

Washington, DC – -(Ammoland.com)- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has released a draft plan to manage target shooting on the east side of Utah County’s Lake Mountains.

BLM’s proposal will amend the Pony Express Resource Management Plan to address the long term management of target shooting within the planning area.

Three management alternatives are presented. Alternative A would allow the current 893-acre temporary closure to lapse and implement no further closures or restrictions. Alternative B would make the temporary closure long term. Alternative C would expand the closure to other adjacent lands for a total of 3,450 acres closed to target shooting.

Recently the BLM announced the transfer of 150 acres of BLM lands to Utah County for the development of a shooting range at the southern end of the planning area on Soldier Pass Road.

The draft plan can be read online at: https://eplanning.blm.gov/epl-front-office/eplanning/nepa/nepa_register.do or at the following website: https.//www.blm.gov/ut/enbb/index.php(Navigate both sites via Utah>Salt Lake Field Office>EA>2015.Eastern Lake Mountains target Shooting Plan Amendment).

The public can submit comments on the draft plan through …Read the Rest

Source:: AmmoLand