As they keep closing all the free public ranges, it just pushes these shooters to a new area to shoot in the forest. What these bureaucrats don't understand is that by closing these locations they just create these same problem in a new location.

The answer is a municipal range like what has been proposed and being built on Ft Carson.
The problem with the Ft Carson range being built is it is on the south end of C. Springs and will charge shooters. Many shooters come to the Springs area from as far away as Denver/Castle Rock. But what they fail to understand is that with the available access to the forest many will still go to the forest and this problem will go on and on.

Another free range like Rampart is the only solution. A very low cost range might work but the proposed fees for Ft Carson will still drive people to shoot in the forest.

In years past when the population in the Springs area was lower I would frequent both Mt Herman and Rampart. I doubt I will ever use the Ft Carson facility. Even ranges like Isaak Walton fees are too high for many.

A low cost range similar to the city owned Elm Fork Shooting Sports Center in Dallas,TX is an excellent example of how it is done correctly; where range fees are lower than the drive costs to shoot on public lands. This will drive people to use the range instead of avoid it's costs.