For those who dwell in the southern lands of the valley, there is a semi-popular, yet semi-unknown shooting area up Spanish Fork Canyon. The area is absolutely littered with all sorts of crap that people have left behind, and you could probably make a killing on brass recycling if you gathered up all the casings on the ground.
I took my 5 year old son up there to teach him how to shoot his Savage bolt action, and even he said "Why don't people take their garbage with them?" :dunno:
Anyway, long story short, I thought it might be nice to hold a UCC event there and clean up the place a bit.
My questions are:
1.) Does BLM / Forest Service / State provide any sort of dumpsters for events like this? It would be nice if some agency would volunteer the supplies, if we volunteered the labor.
2.) Is anyone in the Utah County area interested in participating in something like this?
I would check with the county and ask if they have anything available for something like this, if not they probably have a good idea of whom may and be able to direct you to them.
If you explain exactly what the reason is you may get further as it is something which helps the community at large. Another option is if you know of a Boyscout who needs an Eagle Project this would definitely fall in line with community service. I would let them know where the location is and offer your services to help them earn their Eagle. As long as the project is cleared by their Board then it would be a great experience, especially for the young man involved.
I think an Eagle project would be ideal for this, too bad all the kids I know are are in the 3-6 year old range! I'll have to ask around, it would be a great project.
I think it would go a long way for gun owners / users of the area to participate in a clean up project, to show that we can be responsible with our hobby. Too many shooting areas are getting trashed, and giving the gun community a bad name. Maybe we deserve it. :disgusted:
cdrhoad and pedman are two of the people who set this up on the west side of Utah lake. They may have some good info for you. The BLM helped out at the last cleanup we had.
Thanks for stepping up! I'm thinking sometime in September...was even thinking of making a BBQ out of it or something. I'll get things figured out and organized a little better, and keep you posted.
I live in Payson.. Never been there, so would be nice to see alternate spots, as well as clean the the crud up. Good lesson for the kids too.
I'm in.
P.S. Any word on a date?
I'm in and would bring my two boys. My 8-year old has a cub scout requirement to do some conservation type stuff and trash cleanup is one of those reqs.
So I was just there today (like an hour ago) and the area is really awful. This cleanup really should happen. Forget the dumpster, if we can just get trash bags and a truck we can get this thing done.
Yeah, it's ridiculous how littered it is. You'd think people could be a little better. My wife and I were there a couple of weekends ago, and we hauled out four trash bags of crap that was just in our immediate area, and it didn't even put a dent in things. Would have done more, but we only had four bags with us.
Let's plan on Saturday, the 13th. Does that work for everyone? We could do another date if that's bad, but at this point, I agree - let's just do it.
Thanks to everyone who has volunteered!
I'll borrow one of dads many trailers we can use for hauling it off.
Exactly... All you dang GUN NUTs with your guns! Why do you have to Target shoot anyway, can't you find a better "hobby" LOL :lolbang: Anybody else ever read that on KSL haha
Depending on how big the area is and how many people show up, it could possibly be done before conference next weekend for all us crazy mormons. Could you get r done in an hour or so? Unless we are going to "relitter" after we clean up. :lol2:
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