[CPEO-MEF] U.S. Forest Service shuts down Index (WA) gun club

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[Index is the name of the town. - LS]

Lead problem jams gun club

By Yoshiaki Nohara
Everett Herald (WA)
December 19, 2005


INDEX - After joining the Index Sportsmans Club in 2000, Bill Boardman
always enjoyed target shooting with his shotgun in the scenic
environment of Index.

...

But it's been more than a year since Boardman shot clay pigeons at the
club's shooting range in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest just
west of the town.

...

About a year ago, the U.S. Forest Service shut down the club's
activities after a study found spots with high concentrations of lead
from lead shot in the woods off the club's shooting range. The club's
permit, which a club must have to shoot in a national forest, expired
long ago.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/05/12/19/100loc_b1gunclub001.cfm


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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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