BLM Proposed shooting sites

[452b264]

BLM is considering four shooting facilities surrounding Maricopa county and is looking for public input during meetings that are scheduled for June 11 th/ June 13th. They are also taking input during June 3rd / July 2 nd, online. This would be a good time to push for at least one or two facilities where we can shoot long range.

https://www.nraila.org/articles/20190606/arizona-blm-proposes-building-four-new-recreational-shooting-sites-near-phoenix

 https://eplanning.blm.gov/epl-front-office/eplanning/planAndProjectSite.do?methodName=renderDefaultPlanOrProjectSite&projectId=122638&dctmId=0b0003e8813f241d

https://eplanning.blm.gov/epl-front-office/eplanning/planAndProjectSite.do?methodName=dispatchToPatternPage&currentPageId=185712

https://eplanning.blm.gov/epl-front-office/eplanning/planAndProjectSite.do?methodName=dispatchToPatternPage&currentPageId=185716

[452b264]

I am going to give this a bump since we have meetings starting tomorrow. 

[AZ8]

Thanks for sharing. I’ll send in my comments. Looking at the proposed sites, nothing in the east valley. Here’s an overview. It will open up in Google Earth.

 

https://eplanning.blm.gov/epl-front-office/projects/nepa/122638/174215/211727/Recreation_Shooting_Sports_Pilot_Locations.kmz

[452b264]

1 hour ago, AZ8 said:

Thanks for sharing. I’ll send in my comments. Looking at the proposed sites, nothing in the east valley. Here’s an overview. It will open up in Google Earth.

 

https://eplanning.blm.gov/epl-front-office/projects/nepa/122638/174215/211727/Recreation_Shooting_Sports_Pilot_Locations.kmz

The only places I can think to put a shooting facility in the east valley would be east of gold canyon, around florence or to the north of saguaro lake. I do believe the location near casa grande is already being used and they are expanding the site.

[AZ8]

Yeah, no really good place on the east side. Too many recreational conflicts nearby. A lot of that land is State Trust too. Add a growing retirement population in and around Gold Canyon, doubt it’ll fly.

[1uglydude]

19 hours ago, AZ8 said:

Thanks for sharing. I’ll send in my comments. Looking at the proposed sites, nothing in the east valley. Here’s an overview. It will open up in Google Earth.

 

https://eplanning.blm.gov/epl-front-office/projects/nepa/122638/174215/211727/Recreation_Shooting_Sports_Pilot_Locations.kmz

Until you get past Florence, there is almost no BLM land on the east side...and a lot of the stuff past Florence is wildernes.  There is some used for flood control in the immediate vicinity of homes around the Mesa/AJ line and one small section out near the Peralta road.   Other than that, you're looking at Forest Service and State Trust Land.  So, that's why you aren't seeing anything for us east valley people in this proposal.