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Civilian Marksmanship Program pitches $30M marksmanship park near Payson, addresses contamination and RPP hurdles
Summary
The Civilian Marksmanship Program asked the Outdoor Adventure Commission to consider supporting a Talladega-style marksmanship park near Payson City. CMP said it would pursue BLM land through the RPP process, commit internal capital and remediation for lead contamination, and asked the commission to consider up to $2 million in assistance.
Greg Raines, chief commercial officer of the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP), told the Utah Outdoor Adventure Commission that CMP wants to build a Talladega-style marksmanship park adjacent to Payson City that would include ranges out to 1,000 yards, an expanded unknown-distance range, and a larger clubhouse and visitor amenities.
Raines described CMP as a national 501(c)(3) that operates a 500-acre, $28 million facility in Talladega, Alabama, and said CMP has an endowment it described as more than $250 million. The Payson proposal is currently envisioned as a roughly $30 million facility sited on about 537 acres of BLM land; CMP said it intends to use the…
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