Colorado National Forest Shooting Area CLOSED

[Boulderlaw]

Here is the closure order:
http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/arnf/conditions/closure-orders/brd/10_01_2010_02formerallensparkdump.pdf


Please contact your congress critters:

Senate:
http://markudall.senate.gov/?p=casework_form
http://bennet.senate.gov/contact/

House (2nd CD):
http://polis.house.gov/Contact/ContactForm.htm

General:
http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml

Here is what I wrote:

Congressman Polis,

Recently, the Forest Service closed a popular, safe, and well-maintained recreational shooting area outside of Lyons:

http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/arnf/conditions/closure-orders/brd/10_01_2010_02formerallensparkdump.pdf

As a long-time user of this public land, this closure comes as a shock to me. Over the past five years I have enjoyed using this public land for recreational shooting. It has a good backstop, is in an extremely rural area, and is perhaps the only location within the Boulder area where recreational shooting is still allowed and feasible on public lands.

I have always been a good steward of this area, picking up the trash I generate and any trash left by others. In the past year, I have been picking up less and less trash because there simply is not much trash left there anymore. The public has done a remarkable job of keeping this shooting area clean and safe. And that commitment to stewardship has only improved in the time I have been visiting this public land.

The Forest Service has indicated that the closure is due to health and safety concerns; however, the shooting area has been used safely for decades. Nothing has changed in the past few years that would justify this dramatic about-face.

Also, as an attorney specializing in public land use issues, I have grave concerns about the legality of the Forest Service's closure of this shooting area. This action smacks of arbitrary and capricious decision-making, which is expressly forbidden by Federal law.

I respectfully urge you to contact the Forest Service and request that the shooting area be reopened pending a full investigation of the health and safety concerns that may or may not justify modifying the public use of this land.

Best,
Jim Manley, Esq.

[shooter32]

Done.

[Hazcat]

Sent

[Boulderlaw]

Allenspark Recreational Shooting Project

Here's the map.
http://a123.g.akamai.net/7/123/11558...LT1_028780.pdf

Comments are due ~ June 24.

Here is the main page.
http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/arnf/project...?project=32622

Also discussed over here: http://www.co-ar15.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24010

[BAC]

Allenspark Recreational Shooting Project

Here's the map.
http://a123.g.akamai.net/7/123/11558...LT1_028780.pdf

Comments are due ~ June 24.

Here is the main page.
http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/arnf/project...?project=32622

Also discussed over here: http://www.co-ar15.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24010

Those links didn't work for me.  Try these:

http://a123.g.akamai.net/7/123/11558/abc123/forestservic.download.akamai.com/11558/www/nepa/69056_FSPLT1_028780.pdf

http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/arnf/projects/ea-projects/nepa_project.shtml?project=32622

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