North Fork Wolf Creek Recreational Shooting Lanes

Being new to the area I was not thrilled with the shooting ranges in the city of Portland and surrounding areas. As a note Salt Lake City has better indoor ranges. But finding this has been a blessing it's clean and safe. So far people have been courteous and I have shared lanes on several occasions. I have watch for years areas get shut down due to abuse in Utah and I would hate to see that happen here. Oregon is a beautiful state and it needs to be treated with respect. This place is awesome and we are very lucky to have it, so don't take it for granted.
In the future I would love to see a few more lanes and a few longer ones.
Thank you to all the individuals that made this possible! What we do today effects generation well into the future.

Having had a play in the design and progress through my time volunteered with the Forrest Grove ODF department, I'll try not to show my bias.

This set of four improved fire resistant shooting lanes are pretty cool.

Though these lanes are in essence an experiment to show good or bad results to bigger parties at the state level ODF, they are well thought out and constructed.

With the goal of safety and fire prevention the lanes were cleared of all woody debris and some even have gravel lanes to prevent mud. All lanes have a large backstop area for catching the majority of bullets traveling in the shooting direction of the lane. In theory if the lane is used correctly, the backstop should be catching the bullet. Safety design elements were included as well. Such as the jersey barriers in full width of the lane to create a shooting line or shooting barrier, as well as a nice place to store your weapons facing down range. Thus preventing unessesary muzzle sweeping that can occur when shooting in groups from the back of a truck/s.

I enjoy shooting here, as long as I am lucky enough to get a spot! For the most part, I have found members of this site kind enough to let others join as the top two sites are more than large enough for larger groups as demonstrated at our grand opening. Though the longest range is site 4 at 80 yards, I still find it long enough to thoroughly site in a rifle.

One other nice thing about these sites, is the fact that they are so heavily watched by members of this site. So for the most part, I have yet to see one thoroughly trashed. If anything I've collected a half of a garbage bag of sofa cans and some paper targets from the two available not in use at the moment sites.

Kudos to the ODF for implementing a really nice and unique recreational location for those of this area. I hope to continue volunteering with the ODF and look forward to seeing more of these sites pop up in time to come!