'It's like the wild west' on popular road for shooting near Granite Falls
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GRANITE FALLS Piercing the awe-inspiring view of the Cascades along Green Mountain Road, a gunshot rings out.
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The gunshots dont 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, isnt happy about the trigger trash.
If you do it respectfully, you have access to this amazing recreational opportunity, Bruner said. If you dont follow the rules and were 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 dont want to do.
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This is on National Forest property