Exit 52 Shooting Range
Why would Cowlitz County need a shooting range?
- No PUBLIC shooting range in Cowlitz County
- Timber Companies closing access to their forest areas
- There are no safe appropriate shooting areas available
- County population 96,000 (2005), Growth approximately 3% for past 10 yrs
- Over 30,000 gun owners in the county
- One Outdoor Store alone sells 20,000 hunting licenses annually
- Casual shooting is dangerous and a source of annoyance to neighbors
- Nine private ranges can not meet the needs of the public
Project Design
- Range perimeter fenced with warning signs in sight of each other
- All bullets will be contained by baffles, 15’ high berms & ricochet eye brows on impact berms
- Firing line structure will be noise abatement equipped
- A training building capable of 50 people
- Restroom facility an ADA Porta Pot
- Parking for 50 vehicles w/ handicapped spaces
What About Surrounding Property?
- Range is designed for minimum noise
- The nearest home is 1100’ west
- The shooting direction will be northerly
- Firing line generally out of view of neighbors
- Range will be fenced with warning signs
- 240 acres of dredge spoil property still available for other recreational uses
- No impact on adjacent river/ponds
- Paved access road can easily accommodate range traffic