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Kentucky Fish and Wildlife to hold public meeting on proposed shooting range

Kentucky Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Resources

The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources will conduct a public meeting Aug. 6 to discuss the proposed construction of a shooting range for public use and law enforcement training at Veterans Memorial Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Scott County.

The meeting will start at 6 p.m. It will be held outdoors at the proposed site off 173 Rogers Gap Road near Georgetown, Kentucky.

A map of the area is available on the department’s website at: http://fw.ky.gov by searching under the keywords, “Veterans Memorial.”

A drive-in meeting format will be used because of current public health guidelines for large gatherings related to COVID-19. Public health officials encourage attendees to travel only with members of the same household.

Safeguards will be in place at the location to follow current social distancing and other public health guidelines. Attendees will remain in their vehicles, but will be provided with printed materials and may listen to an on-site AM radio broadcast of information about the proposed range, and instructions on how to submit a comment or question.

For those unable to attend in person, comments or questions may be emailed to: fw.publicaffairs@ky.gov

Kentucky Fish and Wildlife currently has shooting ranges on eight of its wildlife management areas and one on Otter Creek Outdoor Recreation Area in Meade County. Target shooting is restricted to the range on any wildlife management area with a range.

Management area ranges are free for the public to use.

(provided by Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife)

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