SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The Bureau of Land Management has transferred land to Utah County in hopes of establishing a public shooting range and reining in shooting on public lands.
The Salt Lake Tribune reports (https://bit.ly/1VAW6e6 ) that thousands of people visit the land west of Utah Lake each year to hone their shooting skills and many leave behind the detritus of target practice. Toilets, television, appliances and paint cans litter federal land and gunfire has damaged trees, signs and American Indian rock art.
The BLM is barred from operating shooting ranges, so the agency is giving the land to the county under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act.
Utah County Commission Chairman Larry Ellertson says construction on the range is expected to begin in spring and should be finished within a year.
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Information from: The Salt Lake Tribune, https://www.sltrib.com
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