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Ongoing coverage of the Lake Christine Fire from Aspen Public Radio News

CPW To Host Second Community Meeting On Future Of Gun Range

Elizabeth Stewart-Severy
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Aspen Public Radio

On Monday, Colorado Parks and Wildlife is hosting the second of two community meetings to discuss the future of the Basalt gun range.

After two individuals allegedly using tracer rounds ignited the Lake Christine Fire, some Basalt residents have pressed to permanently close or relocate the shooting range. At a meeting last week, advocates for the range reportedly outnumbered those who want to see a change.

A draft agenda indicates that CPW officials will provide history about the range and answer questions. There will be stakeholders from each side of the issue invited to speak for about five minutes each. The remainder of the meeting will be focused on generating solutions.

Mike Porras with CPW said this will be an ongoing process, and there is no timeline to reopen the range. He said the agency will consider a variety of ways to make gun ranges across the state safer and quieter.

 

Aspen native Elizabeth Stewart-Severy is excited to be making a return to both the Red Brick, where she attended kindergarten, and the field of journalism. She has spent her entire life playing in the mountains and rivers around Aspen, and is thrilled to be reporting about all things environmental in this special place. She attended the University of Colorado with a Boettcher Scholarship, and graduated as the top student from the School of Journalism in 2006. Her lifelong love of hockey lead to a stint working for the Colorado Avalanche, and she still plays in local leagues and coaches the Aspen Junior Hockey U-19 girls.
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