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Map showing the proximity of the proposed Arizona Game and Fish shooting range to Walnut Canyon National Monument and the study area. 
 

Information on Proposed Shooting Range Near Walnut Canyon, Updated February 2011

In the spring of 2010, the National Park Service was invited to comment on the Arizona Game and Fish Commission plans to build a public shooting range on the former Foster Ranch, approximately 1.5 miles from the boundary of Walnut Canyon National Monument. The following documents and links are intended to provide information about this project.

Diane Chung, Superintendent of the North Central Arizona Monuments comments regarding the shooting range proposal (pdf) 

Walnut Canyon National Monument Preliminary Results of Shooting Range Tests, September 2010 (pdf)

For information regarding the Arizona Game and Fish shooting range, please click the following:

Arizona Game and Fish Proposed Northern Arizona Shooting Range

For articles from the Arizona Daily Sun, click the following links:
Article posted February 6, 2011   

Article posted February 7, 2011

 

Walnut Canyon Shotgun Model

Walnut Canyon Shotgun Model
Animation shows noise resulting from a single shot from a shotgun.  Noise is assumed to be present continuously, with orientation of the gun rotating as seen by black bar at the center. Noise source data was taken from an example in the International Standards Organization for firing range noise.

Credit / Author: Kurt Fristrup, Senior Scientist, Natural Sounds and Night Skies Division, NPS and Charlotte Formichella, Research Associate, Colorado State University  Produced by the Noise Model Simulation (NMSim) program developed by Wyle Laboratories Arlington, VA

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Test Shots Recorded at Walnut Canyon

Test Shots Recorded at Walnut Canyon
The following was recorded at Walnut Canyon during testing of shots being fired at Foster Ranch, August 2010

Credit / Author: NPS

Download Original File: waca-Walnut-Canyon-NM-Shots-2010.mp3 (704 KB)
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NPS/USFS Joint Study, 2010
Learn more about the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and the National Park Service (NPS) joint special study to explore management options for an area of land surrounding Walnut Canyon National Monument, primarily administered by the Coconino National Forest.

 
General Management Plan
This plan signed in 2007, will guide park management for approximately 10-15 years. (pdf, 8650 KB)
 


Parks Look for Public Input
You can keep up with the Flagstaff Area National Monuments (Sunset Crater Volcano, Walnut Canyon, and Wupatki) by checking out our projects at the PEPC website, the doorway to Planning, Environment and Public Comment.

PEPC is an online collaborative tool that provides you with unprecedented, easy access to documents used in developing and tracking projects within the National Park Service. It also allows you to tell us what you think about the various projects planned for the Flagstaff Area National Monuments, or other parks nationwide.

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Last Updated: June 13, 2011 at 18:53 MST