IT IS OFFICIAL NOW!

[ACP.45.45.45]

Steele Peak is closed indefinitely. Trash and shooting in unapproved areas I was told by BLM Reps. OP shooting in the wrong areas got the Riverside Sheriff's Dept. involved due to complaints of bullets landing in inhabited areas. By the way that was the last local shooting spot left.

[Lonestargrizzly]

Gotta be a shooter and a conservationalist. Alot of people don't understand that it's crucial to our way of life to take care of areas that we love.

[Jimi Jah]

This is a trend as more development happens in the back country. There are houses nearly everywhere now, that wasn't the case years ago.

[EndoDef]

Time to hit the 15

[Nguyen]

because idiots decide its a good idea to bring a TV out there to shoot at and then leave it there thinking its biodegradable.

[onelonehorseman]

Stupid is as stupid does.

I wonder how many of the shooters who leave a mess at public sites, are the same ones who later complain when they come back and find the gates locked, and access posted?

We truly are our own worst enemies sometimes.

[heidad01]

Yep, that is because the 4473 does not ask the purchasers if they are certified trailer trash.
No disrespect meant to anyone.

[Pofoo]

While I totally agree about the trash problem, from what the op said "complaints of bullets landing in inhabited areas" and other comments and stories, I don't believe that the trash is the main reason to shut this down. They would have found a excuse to do it anyway.
Remember the San Gabriel Valley Gun Club, aka Fish Canyon Shooting Range?

https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/city-council-closing-san-gabriel-valley-gun-club.114091/

The part about all the new residents signing disclosure statements before allowing them to buy houses near by is so typical of "progressive thinking".

[tmuller]

Pack out more than you pack in

I feel bad for you urban socal guys I remember 4 or 5 places getting the nix in my san diego days...development and trash almost as dangerous to gun owners as the gov.

[decastro]

I was out there this past Saturday the 25th. while everyone is firing off to the right (towards the mountain), a lil further in I saw a few groups firing off to the left. It was a WTF moment.

I seen a few groups with rakes cleaning up when they were done, that is always appreciated. Glad I'm not the only one. However it is now to late.

[omega]

most people that bring junk to the range have no intention of picking up the mess, I often hear them say they leave it for the next guy to use as a target, then the next guy leaves it for the next, and it builds up, and the last person to use it as a target will say they didnt put it there.

I wont leave anything behind, even a paper target or cardboard box, even if another shooter asks me to leave it for him to use for a target

because I cant rely on the next guy to throw it away or pick it up.

[Mark75H]

because idiots decide its a good idea to bring a TV out there to shoot at and then leave it there thinking its biodegradable.

Yer not using enough Tannerite

[Thepug99]

what about places like arizona desert or nevada ? do you have trash laying around too? is this normal?

[Mitch]

what about places like arizona desert or nevada ? do you have trash laying around too? is this normal?

Yep.

Only difference is the Nevada desert is very large, and there aren't ten million people within an hour's drive. So there isn't as much trash at the informal shooting spots. But there is still trash.