Rampart Shooting Range Cleanup - 25 April 09

[Chief_of_Scouts]

There will be a range cleanup at the Rampart Range shooting area on the 25th of April 2009 (Saturday). This is a multi-organizational event and should have a large turnout.

This cleanup is not hosted by the government, but should have some support from members of Fort Carson and the U.S. Forest Service.

If you live or shoot in the Colorado Springs area, please mark this day on your calendar and come out and help preserve our local public shooting ranges.

[EOD3Holcomb]

that happens to be the ONLY Saturday I can't do this! That is the Saturday of the Regional Science Fair for my 5th grade daughter who happened to do her Science Project on ".22lr Ballistics" and was asked to attend the Regional Science Fair at Palmer High School on that Saturday from 0830-1600.....I have to support my daughter who longs to carry-on the tradition of safe gun ownership that this country is trying to take away from us......I'm there with ALL of you in spirit!

[SkylarScaling]

Is this going to be an all day thing, or are there specific hours set up?

[Chief_of_Scouts]

It appears to be a cleanup then shoot. So cleanup should be in the morning. I will post more details as they develop.

[theGinsue]

Just got word that the CO DOW and the USFS will be working/coordinating this event.

I expect to be there as part of the Rocky Mtn Elk Foundation volunteer group for the DOW.

Looks like great possibilities for getting this place really cleaned up.

[gnihcraes]

This cleanup was just posted in the NRA ILA alert email received today.

http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Read.aspx?ID=4736

[Chief_of_Scouts]

We are expecting a large turnout for this one. Please car pool if you can, as parking may be an issue. If you do drive up, trucks will be nice in case we need the extra hauling capacity for trash collected.

The USFS will hopefully have a dumpster coordinated or at least the stake-side truck present to haul trash.

[roman gnome]

The last time we helped out they had a skid-dump and a front-end loader there,made it nice.

[shilly]

COLORADO: Shooting Area Clean-Up Day Scheduled on Two National Forests
The Front Range Shooting Sports Partners (FRSSP) has scheduled Saturday, April 25 to clean-up two popular shooting sites. One is an informal area on the Pawnee National Grassland in Weld County, and the other is the South Rampart Shooting Range on the Pike National Forest west of Colorado Springs. The FRSSP is a coalition that was formed several years ago to address the needs of recreational shooters along the Front Range. Partners in the coalition are the Colorado Division of Wildlife, U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Firearms Coalition of Colorado, Safari Club International, Colorado Backcountry Hunters and Anglers and 11 other state and private organizations. The clean up project is the first of its kind scheduled by the FRSSP. For further information on the Pawnee clean-up, please contact tjwilliams@fs.fed.us or call 970-295-6693. For the Rampart Range clean-up, please contact Richard Gandolf at dicknjudy@q.com or call 719-597-2722. For more details you may also go to http://wildlife.state.co.us/hunting/...sportspartners. If you shoot on federal lands in the state and are within reasonable driving distance of these sites, you would be making a tremendous contribution to the future of recreational shooting on federal lands if you could volunteer your time on April 25th at either site. If you can volunteer, we would appreciate you wearing a ball cap, jacket or other item that identifies you as a NRA member.

[Chief_of_Scouts]

Just a reminder...

We will be meeting at the Rampart Range shooting area Saturday morning. Weather is supposed to be nice and looks like a good chance to meet some fellow forum members. Also, might be a good opportunity to make some sales/buys/trades of items.

It doesn't matter what your organization or affiliation is, just come out to support your community.

See you there.