BLM proposes to close thousands of Utah County acres to recreational shooting | Homestead Security | Forums

This is why we can't have nice things, heck it's hard enough to get people to clean up and maintain at our local range

The Bureau of Land Management is proposing to close 3,450 acres in Utah County's Lake Mountains to recreational shooting in response to years of resource damage that have scarred and spattered rock art, shot up rocks and trees, endangered public safety and ignited wildfires.

On Thursday, the BLM released a draft environmental assessment that favors the middle ground between leaving open all the public land in the planning area and closing more than 8,000 acres. Hunting and vehicle access would not be affected under this plan, expected to be finalized by year's end.

The BLM has been working in partnership with the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA) and Utah County to manage impacts arising from "undisciplined shooting," which has littered the landscape with fragments of obliterated "targets" that include toilets, leaded TV glass, appliances and paint cans. BLM holdings there are interwoven with state trust and private lands.

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