Target practice fuels Mount Rainier wildfire concerns

Jacob Nierenberg

Jacob Nierenberg Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Target practice fuels Mount Rainier wildfire concerns</h1>
                <h2><p>As the fires in British Columbia rage and create a regional haze, precautionary measures such as burn bans have been implemented across the region. However, many Mount Rainier area locals argue that careless shooters taking to the woods for target practice may start a forest fire. According to a MyNorthwest</p></h2>
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            <p>As the fires in British Columbia <a href="http://www.king5.com/story/news/local/wildfires/2015/07/05/smoke-from-canada-wildfires-streaming-into-washington/29742341/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">rage</a> and create a regional haze, precautionary measures such as burn bans have been implemented across the region. However, many Mount Rainier area locals argue that careless shooters taking to the woods for target practice may start a forest fire. According to a <a href="http://mynorthwest.com/11/2781420/Target-shooting-adds-to-fire-fears-around-Mount-Rainier?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">MyNorthwest report</a>, target shooting is heavily regulated but legal on U.S. Forest Service lands. But some shooters break the law by using propane tanks, aerosol cans and other flammable objects as targets. In this unusually hot and dry season? An exploding target would pose a serious threat.</p>
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As the fires in British Columbia rage and create a regional haze, precautionary measures such as burn bans have been implemented across the region. However, many Mount Rainier area locals argue that careless shooters taking to the woods for target practice may start a forest fire. According to a MyNorthwest report, target shooting is heavily regulated but legal on U.S. Forest Service lands. But some shooters break the law by using propane tanks, aerosol cans and other flammable objects as targets. In this unusually hot and dry season? An exploding target would pose a serious threat.

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By Jacob Nierenberg

Jacob Nierenberg is an editorial intern at Crosscut. He has lived in Washington for nearly all of his life, and still proudly identifies with the Pacific Northwest despite his relocation to Stanford U