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Dear editor:
The proposed Wyoming State Shooting Complex is in a very poorly chosen place.
Anyone who drives that stretch of road knows that is one of the highest wind corridors …
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Dear editor:
The proposed Wyoming State Shooting Complex is in a very poorly chosen place.
Anyone who drives that stretch of road knows that is one of the highest wind corridors around. Heavy, big rig haulers, of over 40 years-experience, driving that stretch between Cody and the Stage Stop area find, very often, that fighting the cross winds there to be treacherous and a concern for safety. Vehicles have been overturned by strong winds and harder gusts.
Also, ourselves and numerous other hunters who hunt that area encounter the same thing. That is just a very strong wind corridor.
The focus by Forward Cody, et. al., has been focused on selling Cody and area with the so-called economic advantage and downplaying more and bigger government to run it.
We feel that Forward Cody [Klessens], their task force and commissioners, by approval, are wrong for picking this area.
There needs to be a strong study on the wind at various points of this by putting meters out for a eight to nine months, especially winter. Take benches out there at various points, and try shooting. In the strong winds. We all know that the summer, there and elsewhere in the area, are not the strongest wind months. There are still strong winds then, more the rest of the year. And there are expected to be year-round shooting events.
If this is chosen out of the two options now in the running and competitors come but find the wind is a huge detraction, a lot could go down the tubes.
Has there been any consideration for EIS? For percolation study for septic for such a large proposed amount of people? We didn’t hear any of that brought up in the presentation. What steps are figured in, in all of the start-up and operating costs to comply with BMP for lead at outdoor and indoor shooting ranges? Visit: epa.gov/lead/best-management-practices-lead-outdoor-shooting-ranges.
It is too early for Klessens to pat himself on the back when in reality, even if the sight is chosen, without the consideration of the wind corridor, that was obviously not considered, it could be a huge flop.
Randy Selby
Wapiti
Neil Niemi
Cody
Pete Nielson
Cody
