Jonesville Shooting Range & Park

What was this event? A public open house for the Jonesville Shooting Range and Park planning project was held on November 6th, 2025 from 5:00 to 7:30pm in the Sutton Elementary School gym. With an open house format, attendees were able to directly interact with the client and consultant team. Various exhibits were available at the open house including maps to show the location of the site, and three initial concepts for possible improvements focusing on the development of a shooting range. Attendees were encouraged to provide their written comments on a “site assessment” form, and to visit the project website for additional information or to leave digital comments. You can view the meeting's exhibits at this previous post: Exhibits from November 6th Public Meeting   A summary document was developed and can be downloaded with these links: High Image Quality Download (larger file size) Reduced Image Quality Download (smaller file size) Summary of input (This is from the downloadable ...

 You can download a PDF of the exhibits from the November 6th Open house using this link: https://spaces.hightail.com/receive/4Hbb3bvvgv  You can click on the images below for a lower quality version to view on-screen.  Project Area Boundary    Project Area Boundary and Surrounding Parcels Higher quality aerial image in background, but with LESS accurate property lines.    Project Area Boundary and Surrounding Parcels Lower quality aerial image in background, but with MORE accurate property lines.  Concept Layout - Option 1   Concept Layout - Option 2  Concept Layout - Option 3  

You are invited to a Public Meeting on   Thursday, November 6th , to participate in the development of a plan for the Jonesville Shooting Range and Park. The meeting will be held in an open-house format, where you are welcome to drop by   between 5:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.  to hear about the project, interact with the project team, and provide your input. The project team would appreciate your knowledge of the site's existing conditions and your thoughts on some initial conceptual plans that will be shared. The meeting will be held in the Sutton Elementary School Gym (11672 Wright Way, Sutton-Alpine, AK 99674).

 Here is a link for a PDF of the project area overlaid on an aerial photo (as shown above): Project Area

      Open this blog post to access the project comment collector.  If you wish to share a comment or concern, you may use this link ( Comment Collector ) to be taken to Survey Monkey to provide your input. 

The Jonesville Public Use Area (JPUA) is located approximately 58 miles north of Anchorage near the community of Sutton. The land encompassed by the JPUA is owned by the State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources (DNR), with collaborative management between DNR, Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G), and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough (MSB). Surrounded by exquisite views of the Matanuska Valley and immense wilderness within a short drive of Alaska’s most populous city, the JPUA has all the makings of a quintessential Alaskan recreation site. The site attracts tens of thousands of visitors every year, who participate in outdoor activities such as camping, off-roading, hiking, biking, fishing, hunting, and shooting. Over time, the area has experienced progressively destructive and unsafe behavior by some users, including indiscriminate shooting, vehicle burning, and vandalism. These activities have created safety concerns that have had a negative impact on the local communi...