Designated Shooting Areas - email from NRA

NRA email:

The Northern Front Range Partnership has developed a survey on its website to gather information about attitudes, opinions and shooter interests along Colorado’s Front Range. The Partnership is the US Forest Service (USFS), Colorado Parks and Wildlife, and the counties of Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin and Larimer. The purpose of the Partnership is to develop “a landscape-level, multi-jurisdictional strategy to provide safe, responsible and accessible recreational sport shooting opportunities while addressing conflicts near residential areas and with other recreational users across the northern Colorado Front Range.”
Last year, the NRA alerted our Colorado members that the USFS is in the process of amending the management plan for the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests (ARNF) to address recreational shooting along the Front Range.
Based on comments the USFS received to its initial announcement, including the letter sent by the NRA and 29 other national sportsmen’s organizations, the USFS proposed a direction for managing recreational shooting guided by the four components listed below and invited public comment. The NRA submitted comments.

(1) Adding Forest Plan goals and objectives for recreational sport shooting.
(2) Identifying lands as suitable for dispersed recreational sport shooting.
(3) Identifying lands as not suitable for dispersed recreational sport shooting for safety reasons.
(4) Identifying sites that are suitable as designated shooting areas.
Details about the proposed direction can be found at www.fs.usda.gov/goto/arp/recshootingmgt, along with a map that shows which lands the USFS believes are suitable for recreational shooting, which lands are not suitable, and which are being proposed as designated shooting areas.
Completing the survey is the next step in seeking public comment. The NRA urges you to take the opportunity to answer and submit the survey as soon as possible to ensure your voice is heard. It is critical to the future of recreational shooting in the ARNF that shooters take the time and make the effort to engage in this planning process. Shooters and hunters who shoot on the ARNF are in the best position to chart the future of recreational shooting on over 1.3 million acres of forest lands.
Survey Link:
http://www.sportshootingpartners.org/

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Cool. This is probably one of the best chances for visibility among front range shooters.

If you live along the northern front range area, please fill this out for the benefit of all recreational shooters in Colorado!

The window to take the questionnaire isn't working for me ?

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In the near future we will all be shooting at pulbic ranges, not by choice.

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Originally Posted by StagLefty

The window to take the questionnaire isn't working for me ?

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Maybe try this link, hopefully it will take you straight to the survey. http://www.sportshootingpartners.org...tional-survey/

I did it earlier this morning and flagged it in case it didn't show up here before EOD. Thanks for sharing it and filling it out, everyone!

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I would support a public range before a public golf course. [Coffee]

Done. Thanks for pointing this out.

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This forum has 5947 members and when we're finally asked for our opinion, we can only give a dozen or so responses?

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I no longer live in that area, but filled out the survey anyway. I would of preferred to have a remarks area for free form text comments. It seems that quite of bit of land is being closed down, with only two designated areas being proposed. I would think they could come up with more designated areas.

Responded, but I don't expect anything truly useful to come from it.

The FS is useless and seems to want to kick people out of the forests.

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Done. Not that it will matter. The FS will do whatever they want (ban shooting period) anyways.

Thanks to the OP for posting this. Done.

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Originally Posted by hurley842002

So is it mandatory that I respond to the thread "done", or can I just take the damn survey and call it good? Just checking...

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Done, yesterday (don't want to be chastised)

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Originally Posted by jslo

Done, yesterday (don't want to be chastised)

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Ditto. I didn't realize that there was a requirement to take up forum space for a redundant "done" post. But I will appease.

Aye aye.

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I feel under no obligation to report on what I chose or do not choose to do. That is my business and responsibility, not a reason to beg for a Scooby Snack.

I did it, but I could not understand why they want to know if I can hear gun shots from my house? Of course I can, I live in Aurora, duh!

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Originally Posted by HoneyBadger

This forum has 5947 members and when we're finally asked for our opinion, we can only give a dozen or so responses?

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Done.

Some of us work and have family stuff to do during the week and only have time for snarky comments and shenanigans during the week.

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Thank you.

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Originally Posted by Big E3

I did it, but I could not understand why they want to know if I can hear gun shots from my house? Of course I can, I live in Aurora, duh!

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The whole reason this is even a thing is because for the past few years a bunch of yuppies have been buying houses in the mountains near NFS land and then complain about gun shot noise or "safety" bs. So stupid, hold your realtor accountable not us shooters.

I marked that I could hear gunshots, and I live in Thornton.

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Sent in my comments last week when I received my daily update from the NRA.

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Sent in my comments and told them I see no reason for any increased restrictions.

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Originally Posted by COShooter

The whole reason this is even a thing is because for the past few years a bunch of yuppies have been buying houses in the mountains near NFS land and then complain about gun shot noise or "safety" bs. So stupid, hold your realtor accountable not us shooters.

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It work for them to complain when they lived in Kalifornia. They figure they will try it again now that they are here. They know exactly what they were doing when they bought there houses in the mountains. Now we must change to meet there requirements.

After you are here a while you'll figure out most of what I post here is with my tongue firmly in my cheek.