'It's like the wild west' on popular road for shooting near Granite Falls

GRANITE FALLS — Piercing the awe-inspiring view of the Cascades along Green Mountain Road, a gunshot rings out.

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The gunshots don’t come as a surprise. Shotgun shells, rifle and handgun casings and targets litter the side of the road. A Taco Bell drink cup sits next to one shell. Firework trash and a shot-up Volkswagen Bug with racing stripes sit in the gullies surrounding the paved section of road.

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Camden Bruner, the Darrington district ranger, isn’t happy about the “trigger trash.”

“If you do it respectfully, you have access to this amazing recreational opportunity,” Bruner said. “If you don’t follow the rules and we’re getting litter, getting damaged forest products, getting injuries and unsafe situations, getting fire starts, then we need to start restricting access, which is something we don’t want to do.”



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This is on National Forest property