Roaring Fork Valley Sportsman's Association

Pan & Fork 4-H Shooting Club blasts their way to the State Finals

Each Monday night in Basalt nearly a dozen local youths from the Pan & Fork 4-H Shooting club practice their skills at the trap and skeet range at the Roaring Fork Valley Sportsman's Association. This year several of these youths qualified for the state competition.

Last weekend in Pueblo local Jesse Wagner took 3rd place in the individual .22 rifle hunt class and overall the team took 3rd place in the Junior .22 rifle open class.  Congratulations to all who competed!

Good luck to the shooters who will compete on September 5, 6, and 7 in Colorado Springs in the shotgun events: skeet, 5-stand and trap. 

Read more about the program in the August 27 edition of the Carbondale Sopris Sun. Article and video by Sue Melus of Melus Outdoors, LLC, public relations and new media communications.

Meeting Tonight at 6pm at the Basalt Town Hall

From today's Aspen Times: "A group of homeowners wants the Basalt Town Council to ask the Colorado Division of Wildlife to build an enclosure around the shooting range to reduce the noise. Until that happens, they want shooting at the range stopped on Sundays."

The issue is scheduled to be discussed at Tuesday's council meeting at 6:00 p.m. at the Basalt Town Hall. Please attend to voice your support for the shooting range.