The Bureau of Land Management has drafted a recreation plan for a very popular target shooting area north of Phoenix called Table Mesa. NRA and many of its Arizona members have been involved in the planning process to ensure that target shooting at Table Mesa is protected and enhanced by this plan. BLM has scheduled a meeting June 30th to present the recreation plan to the public. The meeting will be held at 6:00 pm in the Deer Valley Community Center, 2001 W. Wahalla Lane, Phoenix.
It is important that as many NRA members as possible attend this meeting, not only to learn how this draft plan intends to provide for the future of target shooting at Table Mesa, but also to demonstrate the importance of keeping public lands open to hunting and target shooting. Without a strong showing from the pro-shooting community, BLM land management officials could be led to believe that there is little support for continued recreational shooting.
Rest assured that those who want to ban shooting, despite its extraordinary safety record through the years, will be present to provide their emotion-driven input into the planning process. The draft plan has not been posted yet, but will be on line at:
http://www.blm.gov/az/st/en/info/nepa/environmental_library/
rec_mgmt_plans/table_mesa.html
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