State seeks comment on shooting rules

OLYMPIA — The state Department of Fish and Wildlife is asking the public to submit written comment on a proposed target shooting rule update by June 10.

The proposed rule update defines recreational target shooting, identifies when and where target shooting is allowed or prohibited, and describes allowable and prohibited targets for use on public lands managed by the agency.

The proposed rule also defines a required backstop as an unobstructed earthen mound or bank at least 8 feet in height, which must stop the progress of and contain all projectiles, ricochets and fragments.

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