CLAYTON – The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish will close its Stephen M. Bush Memorial Shooting Range for maintenance at sunrise on the third Wednesday of each month, beginning July 16.

The range will reopen at sunrise the following day. The closure will allow contractors to safely perform maintenance and remove trash and debris from the range. Public access to the range will be completely restricted on days the range is closed.

The Department would like to remind the public to recreate responsibly. This includes packing out all shooting trash, including shell casings and targets and not shooting at glass or other objects not intended to be shot at on the range.