CPW seeks quick solutions to Basalt gun range issue

Got a solution to the Basalt shooting range issue that you can verbalize in 60 seconds? That’s how much time Colorado Parks and Wildlife has allotted for public comments at today’s meeting on what to do about the property where the Lake Christine Fire ignited on July 3. The discussion, the first of two on the topic, starts at 7 p.m. at Basalt High School. The second meeting will be held on Monday beginning at 6 p.m. in the same location. The gun range is located on state-managed recreational property. The midvalley fire allegedly was started by two people using tracer bullets at the gun range amid Stage 2 fire restrictions, and destroyed three houses, scarred 12,588 acres of mostly backcountry forest and cost millions of taxpayer dollars to fight. The containment level has been listed at 90 percent for the past couple of weeks as firefighters continue to battle hot spots within steep, hard-to-reach terrain at Basalt Mountain. Several ground rules have been laid out for the meetings, many of them created at a closed-door planning session Aug. 2 that included area government and law-enforcement officials. CPW area wildlife manager Perry Will has said that he wants the discussions to be civil. The meetings are expected to focus on the short- and long-term future of the range, which lies less than 2,000 feet of the heart of Basalt. Many residents have said they want to see the shooting area closed and/or relocated, while other range users throughout the […]

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