SANDS TOWNSHIP, MI-- The Department of Natural Resources is continuing its work to bring the U.P.’s first public shooting range to Marquette County.
Officials are looking to spend $800,000 on the site, which needs to be easily accessible to the more populated areas of Marquette, Negaunee, and Ishpeming. The DNR is considering three sites in Sands Township—a Sands West property managed by the DNR, a parcel of Marquette County Road Commission property, and private property owned by Cliffs Natural Resources, which are off County Road 480.
Public Information Officer John Pepin says sound testing was done in May and June and the DNR is waiting for results.
Federal grant application rules say a site must be selected by October 1.
The Sands Township Board will discuss the project at its August 15 meeting.
