HELENA – Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is shifting its approach toward a potential shooting range easement application on state trust land near Logan.

FWP staff are working on a comprehensive environmental assessment (EA) in collaboration with Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) staff to upgrade a user-created shooting area and build a more formal and safe shooting range on a portion of 86.4 acres of state trust land near Logan.

Initially FWP proposed a checklist EA with a focus only on the access portion of the project. That EA has been removed. The new EA for the easement and development of a shooting range will be available for public comment in the coming weeks. The comments received for the initial checklist EA will be considered as part of the public process for the future EA.

Recreational shooters have used the state trust land near Logan for years. In response to safety concerns, FWP and DNRC will analyze the development of a formal shooting facility at this site. That analysis will include the EA.