Provide increased public access to shooting facilities for citizens located in shelby and surrounding counties

The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) was awarded a $5,000,000 Formula Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety program (CFDA 15.611) on October 1, 2023. The purpose of this grant is to construct a new public shooting range facility in Shelby County, Alabama that will provide increased access and opportunities for citizens to sight-in sporting arms and participate in recreational shooting activities. The project will include the construction of 15-yard, 25-yard, 50-yard, 100-yard, 200-yard, and 300-yard rifle and pistol ranges, 3 skeet ranges, 3 trap ranges, a 5-stand range, a sporting clays course, a known distance archery range, and a 3-D archery course. The facility will also include road work, a bridge, parking, berms, and an office with classroom space and bathrooms. This grant supports the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act's mission to restore, conserve, manage, and enhance wild birds, mammals, and their habitats.

This range construction project will allow hunters and recreational shooters more enjoyable opportunities to sight-in sporting arms and enjoy the recreational aspects of recreational shooting.WFF will construct a public shooting range facility (state shooting range - shelby county) that will be comprised of a 15-yard range , a 25-yard range, two 50-yard ranges, a 100-yard range, a 200-yard range , a 300-yard range, 3 skeet ranges, 3 trap ranges, one 5-stand range , one sporting clays course , a known distance archery range from 5-50 yards, and a 3-d archery course. The pistol and rifle ranges will be baffled and have covered shooting shelters. The project will include road work, bridge construction, parking , berms , and an office with classroom space and bathrooms.