Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Sheriff's shooting range - safe location?

Recently a reader asked me if I thought the current location of the shooting range of the McHenry County Sheriff's Department is safe.

His letter mentioned that the range appears to be aimed directly at Camp Lakota, the Boy Scout camp, which the reader thought to be about 3/4-mile from the range. The range is located on Hartland Road, south of Nelson Road, and next door to the McHenry County Highway Department's garage and near homes on Nelson Road, where residents are often bothered by the sounds of gunshots for many hours. Across Hartland Road to the east is Valley Hi Nursing Home, operated by McHenry County.

Residents in the area are concerned about lead eventually entering the water supply in the area, but they have been unsuccessful in garnering official attention at the McHenry County Government level to the potential problem of groundwater contamination.

If anyone knows of problems with stray lead flying off the range, will you please let me know? You can comment below this article or contact me directly.

1 comment:

Justin said...

The option (costly) is to enclose the range which BTW has been there long before the homes were built. The range is safe since it has high earthen berms. It's funny how a homeowner can shoot on his or her own property, and cause as much noise as they wish. They can operate dirt bikes which are much more annoying. Oh I forgot, this is Gus' much hated Sheriff's Department.