The oklahoma department of wildlife conservation plans to make improvements to the cherokee WMA shooting range

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $115,951.39 Formula Grant under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education program (CFDA 15.611) to the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC). The grant will fund improvements to the Cherokee Wildlife Management Area shooting range, including:

• Increasing the height of backstops on the existing pistol and rifle ranges to a minimum of 20 feet
• Improving the side berms of the existing pistol and rifle range to a minimum height of 10 feet
• Enhancing ADA access and parking throughout the facility
• Improving the covered shooting areas, shooting benches, and target stands
• Adding an archery range and a rifle range
• Installing appropriate fencing and signage

These upgrades will increase the overall usability and capacity of the shooting range to accommodate more participants. The performance period for this grant runs from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2026.

Specifically we will improve the backstops on the existing pistol and rifle ranges to a minimum height of 20 foot and improve the side berms of the existing pistol and rifle range to a minimum height of 10 foot and improve and expand ADA access and parking throughout and improve the covered shooting areas and shooting benches and target stands and add an archery range and a rifle range and add appropriate fencing and signage throughout the shooting range. These improvements and expansions will increase range usability and range capacity to accommodate more participants.