RICHMOND TOWNSHIP, MI— Marquette County’s new DNR shooting range in is slated to open October 11th.
The $2 million, all-accessible range will offer target shooting up to 400 yards, along with archery and sporting clay shooting.
The range is in Richmond Township, off Marquette County Road 480, along the Goose Lake boating access site road. It will be dedicated to Michigan Conservation Officer Emil Skoglund and Game Warden Arvid Erickson, who were murdered by an ex-convict with a pistol not far from the location in September of 1926.
Officials say shooting is prohibited at the range site until October 11th, and former gravel pit shooting areas nearby have been cleaned up and closed. With the help of the Michigan National Guard, 142 tons of trash and debris were removed from those illegal shooting sites.
