First phase of 1,000-yard range in Mineral County underway
Mineral County Shooting Sports Association Vice President Shawn Heyer (left) and Howard Vigue take a break and reflect on who has been involved in the range construction. “Craig Shepard, Knife River donated the concrete and then Mark Yurdana and his son helped in pouring it. They are contractors here in town (Superior). The 4-H archery coaches Rusty Parkin and Ladd Nakasone have helped out an awful lot and then our crew, Meadow Creek Contracting,” said Heyer.
The site of the 1,000-yard shooting range is under construction in Mineral County. (Monte Turner/Mineral Independent)
The Mineral County Shooting Sports Association recently received $80.000 from the Montana FWP Shooting Range Development Grant Program for Phase 1 of its 1,000-yard range.
“One of the goals of the MCSSA since purchasing this property was to develop a 1000-yard range. There is great interest throughout western Montana and beyond to have a 1000-yard shooting range designed for multiple opportunities,” Dave Brink explained. Brink is the Secretary of the MCSSA. “The MCSSA has the space to safely accommodate such a development and we were approached by the Western Montana Fish and Game Association (WMFGA), who operate the Deer Creek Range in East Missoula, to partner in developing the 1,000-yard range on our property at Lozeau. The WMFGA generously offered in-kind technical design and grant writing assistance, construction materials, and financial support for this project. We determined that the project would have to be phased in multiple grant cycles to complete. The MCSSA does not have the resources to complete such a project all on its own,” he shared.
This is a matching grant so there is around $160,000 they are working with today.
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