Scout camp’s shooting range permeated land with lead

at a former police shooting range in West Jordan at 7725 South and 6400 West; the Salt Lake Gun Club, 208 S. Redwood Road, North Salt Lake; the Utah National Guard’s small arms firing range west of Vernal. In addition to the SITLA property, cleanups are in the works at the Carbon County law enforcement range in Price and the former Police Mutual Aid Association range in Parleys Canyon.

Lead contamination permeates shooting ranges at a former Boy Scout camp, pictured here in the winter of 2022 on state trust lands in Beaver County’s Tushar Mountains. Because surrounding trees were embedded with so much shot, Utah officials had to cut them down and burn the wood as part of a remediation project costing $300,000.

The land is among the most beautiful in SITLA’s 3.4-million-acre portfolio, but the contamination limits the agency’s options for making money off it, according to Torgerson. The contamination is spread around a 2-acre area and is contained within the top 3 inches of soil. The only way to clean up the site was to cut down the trees, stack the wood and burn it, allowing the lead to melt and drip out. Conducted last winter when conditions were just right, the burning had to be done carefully to avoid volatilizing the lead and sending it into the atmosphere, Torgerson explained.

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