Rifle and Outdoor Pistol Range Closures will start next week

The Rifle Range and the Outdoor Pistol Ranges will be closed all day 
on Monday through Thursday beginning the 19th of  October. (That's next week.)


The LANL/LANS transition and the FY07 budget issues delayed the 
sampling process by a month or so, but the initial sampling is 
scheduled to begin next week.  The actual start date depends on an 
accelerated procurement, so it is possible that the field activities 
could be delayed a week or or.  Despite the  can get a  uncertainty 
with the schedule, we need to plan on the geologists arriving next 
Wednesday, and going into the field on Thursday.

Field activities will take place Monday through Thursday.  The field 
crews will not be working down range on Fridays. The rifle range and 
pistol pits will be closed all day Monday through Thursday, and then 
will be open all day Friday through Sunday.  Because the sampling has 
been delayed, the field crews will be working longer days.  It will 
not be possible for us to open for the last hour of the day as I had 
previously hoped.

The shotgun ranges and the indoor range will remain open Monday 
through Thursday, as will the archery range.


There are three Munitions Impact Sites "downrange" from the 
Sportsmen's club. These were re-mediated more than ten years ago. 
However, as part of the land transfer process, the State of New 
Mexico is requiring that samples be taken from these sites. Because 
these impact areas are downrange from the pistol pits, and the access 
road is downrange from the rifle range, both the pistol pits and the 
rifle range will be closed while the geologists are in the field.

Watch the website for updates.  I will attempt to update the website 
on a dialy basis.

marv alme
President, LASC