Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s Shooting Range Development Grant Program provides matching grants to towns, counties, sportsmen and outdoor recreation organizations, shooting clubs, economic development agencies and others for projects to establish, improve or expand shooting ranges and shooting areas, including archery, across the state.
The Shooting Range Development Grant Program (SRDG) allocates up to $500,000 annually in matching funds through a competitive grant process. To date, the SRDG Program has awarded funding to more than a dozen projects on the Eastern Plains, along the Front Range and on the Western Slope.
The application deadline for 2012 grants has closed. Details of the 2013 program will be announced in the late summer or early fall of 2012, with an application deadline currently projected for early February 2013. Program information on this page provides general guidance for potential 2013 grant applicants, but interested parties should check back in the fall for updated information on 2013 grants and application process. In addition, a new application form and guidelines are expected to be developed for 2013.
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The information below is for reference only. Look for new application information in late summer or early fall of 2012.
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Grant Program Criteria Highlights
These points are just highlights of the grant program's funding criteria. For more about each of these, and other criteria, refer to the 2011-2012 Shooting Range Development Grant Program Guidelines and Application 
package.
- Range project grants applied for must have a substantive public benefit.
- Applicants must provide evidence that the range is or will be approved by the appropriate local government or landowning agency.
- An Environmental Stewardship Plan must be developed before final fund-ing is awarded.
- Established guidelines for the construction of shooting ranges must be followed.
- Grants will be on a reimbursement basis; at least 25% of the project's cost must have come from non-federal sources.
- Projects will be expected to finish within two years of the grant award year.
- Grants will be for a minimum of $5,000 and a maximum to be determined by the review and approval process.
Download the 2012 Shooting Range Development Grant Program Guidelines and Application package for details of the program including the application process, application instructions, eligible costs, proposal evaluation and selection, and a wealth of references to help develop shooting range projects.