PR funds do have limits.   I believe its split by the amount of conservation area in the state.

PR funds do have limits.   I believe its split by the amount of conservation area in the state.

It is possible though.  Myself and several volunteers worked with the Department of Forestry in Oregon to get a public range built in the forest.  It was the first of the kind for Oregon and a rare occasion where citizens and the state government worked together for a greater good.  They got the funds to build a few simple lanes and us volunteers would be the stewards keeping it clean and educating shooters. 

It was much less expensive for the state to build this than deal with the forest fires that shooters were causing shooting at dry stumps and brush

https://www.google.com/maps/place/North+Fork+Wolf+Creek+Public+Range/@45.7830051,-123.3665722,515m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x799fbebc95ad84!8m2!3d45.7830822!4d-123.3650842

Its worked out well enough that they are now looking into building multiple ranges around the state. 

President of Hawaii Rifle Association, Harvey Gerwig, interviewed about the Big Island gun range on NRA TV's Cam and Company today, August 21, 2017.

https://www.nratv.com/series/cam-and-company/video/cam-and-company-2017-harvey-gerwig-gun-range-for-big-island-of-hawaii/episode/cam-and-company-season-13-episode-162

President of Hawaii Rifle Association, Harvey Gerwig, interviewed about the Big Island gun range on NRA TV's Cam and Company today, August 21, 2017.

https://www.nratv.com/series/cam-and-company/video/cam-and-company-2017-harvey-gerwig-gun-range-for-big-island-of-hawaii/episode/cam-and-company-season-13-episode-162

Thanks for keeping us updated PP.

Update I saw recently:
http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2018/10/24/video-hawaii-shooting-range-update-from-gmac/

14 months to get to talking about noise levels? 

Update I saw recently:
http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2018/10/24/video-hawaii-shooting-range-update-from-gmac/

14 months to get to talking about noise levels?

Hey, they spent 14 years talking about the north Kona site! Maybe longer. Tom Lodge and the others who have voluntarily sat year after year through interminably long meetings dealing with bureaucratic mangling and arbitrary and capricious pronouncements they pull out of their ass at the last minute... those guys deserve pay!

We'll probably have a range and lawful open carry at about the same time... some day far far far far far in the future. Or maybe not.

Hey, they spent 14 years talking about the north Kona site! Maybe longer. Tom Lodge and the others who have voluntarily sat year after year through interminably long meetings dealing with bureaucratic mangling and arbitrary and capricious pronouncements they pull out of their ass at the last minute... those guys deserve pay!

We'll probably have a range and lawful open carry at about the same time... some day far far far far far in the future. Or maybe not.

DLNR and The Maui liquor commission cut from the same cloth???
Sounds like