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27¼ Road shooting range closed Saturday morning (07-27-10)
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — The 27 ¼ Road Shooting Range will be closed to public use this Saturday morning, July 31, for clean-up and maintenance.
The range will be closed from 8 a.m. to noon. Volunteers will be collecting and removing trash from the rifle range and pistol range. Anyone interested in helping with the clean-up may sign up online at VolunteerOutdoors.net or by calling the BLM at 970-244-3000.
The rifle and pistol ranges are managed by the BLM Grand Junction Field Office. They are free to the public and usually open from sunrise to dusk every day, except for occasional maintenance, training or special events. They are popular with local recreational target shooters as well as hunters sighting-in their rifles prior to hunting season.
The shooting range is located on a well-marked route approximately six miles north of H Road, on north 27¼ Road. It consists of a pistol emphasis area and a 1,000-meter rifle range, which has 12 sheltered shooting benches.
A dedicated group of local volunteers donates hundreds of hours annually at the range, installing and maintaining range signs and targets, and picking up illegally dumped trash. Much of the range improvements are made possible through donations by local businesses and contributions from the Colorado Division of Wildlife.
The BLM manages more land - over 245 million acres - than any other Federal agency. This land, known as the National System of Public Lands, is primarily located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The Bureau, with a budget of about $1 billion, also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. The BLM's multiple-use mission is to sustain the health and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. The Bureau accomplishes this by managing such activities as outdoor recreation, livestock grazing, mineral development, and energy production, and by conserving natural, historical, cultural, and other resources on public lands.
2815 H Road Grand Junction, CO 81506