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Douglas County approves application for Turkey Tracks shooting-range grant
Summary
Douglas County commissioners unanimously approved applying for a $300,000 Colorado Parks and Wildlife shooting-range grant with a $100,000 cash match and $100,000 in-kind match to build phase 1 of the Turkey Tracks Shooting Range, citing federal land-use decisions and long-standing resource and safety concerns on the Pike National Forest.
Douglas County—s Board of County Commissioners on March 11 voted unanimously to apply for a $300,000 shooting-range grant from Colorado Parks and Wildlife, with a $100,000 cash match from the general fund and $100,000 in in-kind services from the county to fund phase 1 of the Turkey Tracks Shooting Range.
The application seeks grant funding to help build a multi-part recreational shooting facility at Turkey Tracks, a long-used dispersed-shooting site southeast of Westcreek adjacent to Forest Service Road 343 near Highway 607 and across from Rainbow Falls. County staff and the Southern Shooting Partnership say the site will absorb recreational pressure displaced by a recent Pike National Forest decision that closes portions of the forest to dispersed shooting and authorizes construction of several managed ranges.
County Open Space environmental resources coordinator Andy Howe told commissioners the request is to secure the CPW grant with county matches and in-kind contributions. "The request is County…
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