Washington DFW Restricts Target-Shooting On The Wenas Wildlife Area

By Ammoland

OLYMPIA, WA – -(Ammoland.com)- Starting June 1 2016, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) will restrict target-shooting hours in the Wenas Wildlife Area southwest of Ellensburg to help reduce the risk of wildfires.

The restriction, which will be in effect through Sept. 30 216, will limit target shooting to the hours between sunrise and 10 a.m., when the risk of starting a wildfire is less severe.

Cindi Confer Morris, manager of the WDFW wildlife area, said bullets have sparked more than a dozen fires at Wenas in recent years, including one that torched 9,000 acres.

In response, the department has restricted target shooting every summer since 2012, and closed the wildlife area to all shooting in 2014 and 2015 due to extreme fire danger.

“Unfortunately, we could be facing severe fire conditions again this summer,” Confer Morris said. “The vegetation grew like crazy in early spring, and now it’s drying out and curing in the warm weather that has followed.”

Public notice of the limited hours will be posted at all entry points and at established target shooting …Read the Rest

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