Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) released a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for review and public comment regarding a proposal to provide $46,924 for a shooting range improvement grant to Toole County for partial funding to renovate the exhibit building on the Marias Fairgrounds into a safe indoor shooting range with a meeting/education area with new adjacent storage facility. The Marias Fairgrounds is located .5 miles east of Shelby, Montana on Hwy 2. A written copy of the EA can be obtained by writing FWP, PO Box 200701, Helena, MT 59620, or electronically by contacting kcunningham@mt.gov or by visiting http://fwp.mt.gov/news/publicnotices/ Written comments will be accepted at FWP, PO Box 200701, Helena, MT 59620 or by e-mail to kcunningham@mt.gov . The comment period ends at 5:00 PM on September 24th, 2010. This draft EA will be considered as final if no substantive comments are received by the deadline listed above.

Kurt Cunningham PO BOx 200701 Helena MT 59620-0701

The public comment period for this public notice ended on Friday, September 24, 2010.