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DOW OFFERS GRANT MONEY FOR SHOOTING RANGE IMPROVEMENTS

DENVER, Colo.–The Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) is initiating a new grant program to provide funding for shooting ranges and shooting areas in Colorado.  The goal of the grant program is to increase public recreational shooting opportunities for hunter education, marksmanship training, youth shooting opportunities and other recreational shooting throughout the state.

The DOW Shooting Range Grant funding may be used for creating new shooting ranges and shooting areas, as well as to enhance existing ranges and shooting areas.

The grant funding will come from a combination of DOW cash funds from sale of sportsman licenses or federal funds from Section 10 of the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs Improvement Act of 2000.

The DOW anticipates making up to a total of $500,000 available for this program beginning with the state fiscal year that began July 1, 2009.  Applicants will be required to provide a minimum of 25% of their request in the form of funding or “in-kind” contribution as matching funds for federal funds.

Applications will be accepted for ranges that will be of a substantive public benefit. Substantive public benefit is considered to be: Enhancing the DOW Hunter Education Program opportunities; Expanding shooting opportunities for the general public; and Enhancing opportunities for youth mentoring programs.

Landowners, local governments, DOW, other state and federal agencies and organized shooting/sportsman and youth organizations are eligible for grant consideration.  Ranges that provide opportunities for hunter education classes and fulfillment of the live fire requirement in obtaining a hunting license, ranges closer to high population centers, and ranges that provide a broad range of shooting opportunities will receive a higher ranking during the review and approval process.

During the initial year of this program, the deadline for application submittal is Dec. 31, 2009. For details and further information visit the DOW Web site at (www.wildlife.state.co.us/hunting/resources) or contact the DOW Grant Program Shooting Range Grant Coordinator, Larry Strohl (303-291-7346) larry.strohl@state.co.us.

For more information about Division of Wildlife go to: http://wildlife.state.co.us.

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